The Alpine Valleys is an

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region on the western slopes of the

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in northeast

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. It was registered as an

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on It is bounded to the west by the

King Valley The King Valley, or King River Valley is a wine-producing and agricultural region centred on the King River between Wangaratta and the Alpine National Park in the North East Victoria zone of the Australian state of Victoria. There are a numbe ...

and to the north by the Beechworth wine region. The area is distinctly cooler in climate than some of the other northeast wine regions like

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. The Alpine Valleys produce grapes primarily for

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production. J. Robinson (ed) ''"The Oxford Companion to Wine"'' Third Edition pg 733 Oxford University Press 2006 The Alpine Valleys wine region includes the valleys of the

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, Buffalo, Buckland and

Kiewa Kiewa is a locality in north east Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the Shire of Indigo local government area and on the Kiewa River, north east of the state capital, Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''N ...

rivers. Towns in the region include

Myrtleford Myrtleford is a town in northeast Victoria, Australia, 280 km (170 miles) northeast of Melbourne and 46 km (29 miles) southeast of Wangaratta. Myrtleford is part of the Alpine Shire local government area and in 2016 the town had a po ...

and

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. Small quantities of

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are grown and produced in the Alpine Valleys.

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Wine regions of Victoria (Australia) Regions of Victoria (Australia) {{wine-region-stub

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