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Swan Hill is a wine region name protected by an Australian Geographical Indication (AGI). It is named for the town of Swan Hill on the south side of the Murray River in the Australian state of Victoria. The wine region spans the Murray and the north eastern part of the region is in the state of New South Wales. The north-eastern part of the region is in the New South Wales zone of Big Rivers. The southern and western parts are in the Victoria zone of North West Victoria. The region spans from Lake Charm and Benjeroop in the southeast through Lake Boga and Swan Hill to past Piangil and Tooleybuc in the north.
Cowra is a wine region and Australian Geographical Indication in the Central Ranges zone in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is named for the town of Cowra.
The Hawke's Bay wine region is New Zealand's oldest and second-largest wine-production region, on the east coast of the North Island. Production reached 41,000 tonnes in 2018 from 4,681 hectares of planted vines, representing 10.2% of total national production. Some of the oldest wineries still operating in New Zealand, including Te Mata Estate, Church Road, and Mission Estate, were established in the Hawke's Bay area in the late 19th century. Despite this, it was only established as a geographical indication (GI) in 2018. The GI protects any wine produced within the boundaries of the entire Hawke's Bay Region, but in practice the vineyards are chiefly concentrated in the plains and low hills surrounding the cities of Napier and Hastings.
The Sunbury wine region is an Australian Geographical Indication for wine made from grapes grown in a region surrounding the town of Sunbury northwest of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. It is one of five regions in the Port Philip zone surrounding Melbourne. The wine region covers suburbs and inner rural areas in the northwestern sector of the Melbourne urban area, extending as far west as Bacchus Marsh and northeast to Beveridge on the Hume Highway.
References
- ↑ "Western Plains Geographical Indication". Register of Protected GIs and Other Terms. Wine Australia . Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ↑ "Western Plains Wine". Wine Regions and Appellations. Wine-Searcher. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ↑ "Western Plains Zone, New South Wales". Halliday Wine Companion. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
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