The home of Australia's most popular wine

The Riverland region surrounds the River Murray from Blanchetown, through Renmark to the Victorian border.

The Riverland accounts for around half of South Australia’s total crush and around one quarter of Australia’s 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 and Mallee 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.

For a more detailed examination of the Riverland wine industry, the Council is pleased to offer the Riverland Wine Industry Regional Profile 2005 for download (590kb, pdf).