Swan Hill is a
wine region
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name protected by an
Australian Geographical Indication
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(AGI). It is named for the town of
Swan Hill
Swan Hill is a city in the northwest of Victoria, Australia on the Murray Valley Highway and on the south bank of the Murray River, downstream from the junction of the Loddon River. At , Swan Hill had a population of 11,508.
Indigenous Peopl ...
on the south side of the
Murray River
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in the Australian state of
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
. The wine region spans the Murray and the north eastern part of the region is in the state of
New South Wales
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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
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Etymology
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.
The region spans from
Lake Charm
Lake Charm is a small town situated on the Murray Valley Highway, just west of a lake of the same name. Located in the northwest of Victoria, Australia, within the Shire of Gannawarra. Lake Charm is 19 km from Kerang, Victoria, Kerang. At th ...
and
Benjeroop in the southeast through
Lake Boga
Lake Boga () is a town in Victoria, Australia, located next to the lake of the same name. It is situated within the Rural City of Swan Hill within the Mallee region of north-west Victoria. At the 2016 census, Lake Boga had a population of 985 ...
and Swan Hill to past
Piangil
Piangil, once frequently spelled "Pyangil", is a town in the Mallee region of northern Victoria, Australia. It is approximately north west of the state capital, Melbourne and north west of the regional centre of Swan Hill
Swan Hill is a ...
and
Tooleybuc
Tooleybuc is a town in the western Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located on the Mallee Highway, southwest of the state capital, Sydney and north west of Melbourne. Situated on the banks of the Murray River acr ...
in the north.
Almost all vineyards in the Swan Hill region are irrigated from the Murray River or its tributaries. Irrigation began in the 1880s, and the first modern vineyards were planted in the 1930s.
The wines are known as fruit driven wines suitable for short to medium-term cellaring.
References
{{Wine regions of Victoria
Wine regions of New South Wales
Wine regions of Victoria (state)