The Murray Darling Wine Region

The Murray Darling Wine Region is an important but little known contributer to Australia wine. It comprises large tracts of irrigated Land in the southwest corner of New South Wales and the northwest of Victoria.

Australia's two great rivers, The Murray and The Darling converge just near Mildura, and much of the surrounding land has been used for various irrigated crops since the 1890s.

This region produced fortified wines and brandy and since the 1930s it has been one of Australia's largest producers of table wines. Much of the wine is sold as bulk wine or in casks, but over the past couple of decades some attention has been given to producing quality table wines.

Chalmers Vine Nursery in this region has done much to introduce new varieties and clones into Australia, and to encourage and educate winegrowers, winemakers and consumers to the possibilities of different grape varieties better suited to Australian conditions.

The City of Mildura, at the centre of the region, hosts the annual Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show

Wineries Using Alternative Varieties in the Murray Darling Region

Visiting the Region

Since the arrival of Stefano Di Piero in the 1990s there has been a marked improvement in the food and wine scene in Mildura; it is now an attractive place to use as a base to explore the wineries and the man made natural attractions of the rivers and the surrounding semi desert landscapes.

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