North East Victoria

North East Victoria
Wine region
Type Australian Geographical Indication
Year established 1996
Sub-regions

North East Victoria is an Australian Geographical Indication for a wine zone in the Australian state of Victoria. It includes five named wine regions:

Geography

The North East Victoria zone includes the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range and is bounded on the north side by the Murray River. When it was defined, it It included the Shires of Beechworth, Benalla, Bright, Chiltern, Myrtleford, Oxley, Rutherglen, Tallangatta, Upper Murray, Wangaratta, Yackandandah, and parts of the Shires of Tungamah and Yarrawonga as well as the City of Benalla, the City of Wangaratta and the Rural City of Wodonga.[1]

References

  1. "North East Victoria". Register of Protected GIs and Other Terms. Wine Australia. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
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