Orange wine region

Orange is a wine region and Australian Geographical Indication in the Central Ranges zone in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is named for the town of Orange and defined as the contiguous area that is above 600 m elevation within the City of Orange, Cabonne Shire and Blayney Shire.

Grape vines were first planted commercially in 1980. The region is defined to be above the 600 m contour line. Orange is 260 km (3½ hours drive) west of Sydney and 295 km north of Canberra.



Wineries in Orange
• Atallah Wines

• Amour Wines

• Angullong Vineyard

• Bloodwood

• Borrodell on the Mount

• Brangayne of Orange

• Byrne Farm Wines

• Canobolas Wines

• Cargo Road Winery

• Carillion Wines

• ChaLou Wines

• Colmar Estate

• Cooks Lot

• Cumulus Estate

• Dindima

• Doll in a Box

• De Salis

• Faisan Estate

• Habitat Vineyard

• Heifer Station Vineyard

• Highland Heritage

• HOOSEGG Wines

• Logan Wines

• Mayfield Vineyard

• Macquariedale Wines

• Montoro Wines

• Mortimers Wines

• Nashdale Lane

• Oculus Wines

• Orange Mountain Wines

• Pana Wines

• Patina

• Philip Shaw

• Printhie / Swift

• Rikard Wines

• Ross Hill

• Rowlee Wines

• See Saw Wines

• Slow Wine Co.

• Stockman's Ridge

• Strawhouse Wines

• Swinging Bridge

• Tamburlaine

• Word of Mouth Wines

• Zinga Wines Wineries that use Orange region grapes in their wines include Brokenwood Wines (Hunter Valley based), Samantha May Wines (Mudgee), Clark Wines (Mudgee), Jessop Wines (Mudgee), Eloquesta (Mudgee) and Lowe Wines (Mudgee). In 2007, South Australian based Penfolds winery released the 2007 Penfolds Bin 311 Orange Region Chardonnay.