The home of Australia's most popular wine

In the Central East of South Australia, just over the border where New South Wales and Victoria meet at Mildura, Australia's largest wine region thrives. It is not the largest by area but by acreage and volume. In fact, the Riverland wine region is so large it currently accounts for half of South Australia's grape production and a quarter of the entire country's wine production. Internationally, the Riverland is responsible for a major percentage of all Australian wine exported overseas. The Riverland wine region has approximately 1,100 winegrape growers who in 2011 produced over 380,000 tonnes of grapes.

The Riverland's wonderful climate, its commitment to viticultural quality through ‘world’s best practices’ in irrigation, clone selection, and vineyard management techniques produce excellent fruit. Its innovative winemaking enables the Region to handle volumes of fruit and produce wines that people love to drink and are winning local and international awards.

The majority of the wine produced from Riverland grapes is sold by Constellation Wines, Boar's Rock, Angove Family Winemakers, Kingston Estate, Salena Estate, and Thachi Wines.

The Riverland also has an emerging boutique wine industry with wineries such as 919 Wines, Burk Salter, Omersown, O’Donohoe’s,Mallee Estate and Loch Luna Estate bringing great diversity to the Riverland wine offering. A number of the aforementioned wineries offer wine sales and tastings through Cellar Door Sales.

The main grape varieties grown in the Riverland are Chardonnay, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The Riverland is renowned for its generous fruit driven wines that are produced to compliment the fabulous lifestyle, environmental and cultural attributes of the Region.

The vintage period in the Riverland generally runs from mid- January to late April.

Source: The Web of Riverland Wine Industry Development Council