Barossa’s wine landscape
Great wine comes from a specific place, shaped by its land, climate, and people. Barossa’s Geographical Indication (GI) status protects this connection, ensuring that when you drink a wine labelled Barossa, you know exactly where it comes from.
Recognised internationally, a GI defines a wine zone, region, or sub-region, protecting its name under Australian and global law. The Barossa zone (or Barossa, as often coined), located north of Adelaide in South Australia, was officially recognised in 1997 and is made up of two distinct wine regions: Barossa Valley and Eden Valley. While Barossa Valley is known for its bold, generous reds, Eden Valley, with its higher elevation and cooler climate, is home to elegant Rieslings and refined Shiraz. Within Eden Valley, High Eden is Barossa’s only officially declared sub-region, offering another layer of distinction.
Barossa’s GI ensures that its regional identity, heritage, and quality are protected—so when you taste a Barossa wine, you’re tasting a story of place.
Barossa GI
Zone
An area that usually comprises one or more regions.
The Barossa Zone currently has 14,222 hectares under vine.
Region
An area of land with unique and homogenous grape-growing attributes that produces at least 500 tonnes of wine grapes in a year, comprises at least 5 independently owned vineyards of at least 5 hectares each.
The Barossa Valley Region currently has 11,930 hectares under vine.
The Eden Valley Region currently has 2,292 hectares under vine.
Sub-region
A sub-region must fulfil the same criteria as a region but grape-growing attributes must be more unique and homogenous.
Read more about Barossa GI on Wine Australia.
*Source: SA Winegrape Crush Survey 2024
