Tumbarumba is a wine region in

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. It is part of the

Southern New South Wales New South Wales wine is Australian wine produced in New South Wales, Australia. New South Wales is Australia's most populous state and its wine consumption far outpaces the region's wine production. The Hunter Valley, located north of Sydney, ...

zone and was entered in the Register of Protected Names on 10 December 1998. It surrounds the town of

Tumbarumba Tumbarumba ( ) is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, about southwest of the state capital, Sydney. Tumbarumba is located on the periphery of the Riverina and South West Slopes regions at the western edge of the Snowy Mountains. The s ...

and is on the western foothills of the

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. The elevation in the region ranges from in the west to in the east. Tumbarumba has plantings of about roughly evenly split between white and red varieties. The dominant white variety is

chardonnay Chardonnay (, , ) is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine. The variety originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern French wine, France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from English wine, Englan ...

and the dominant red variety is

pinot noir Pinot Noir () is a red-wine grape variety of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French language, French words for ''pine'' and ''black.' ...

. Between them, they are about 80% of total plantings. The first vineyards were planted in 1982. It is now known for producing sparkling wines as well as cool-climate table wines, as it is the coolest climate grape-growing region in New South Wales. Much of the grape crop from the region is sold to major wine companies with production facilities outside of the area. There are also a few local wine producers.

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