Western Plains | |
Type: | Australian Geographical Indication |
Year: | 1996 |
Country: | Australia |
Part Of: | New South Wales |
Sub Regions: | None |
Grapes: | Shiraz, Grenache etc. |
Wineries: | 8 |
Western Plains is an Australian Geographical Indication for a grape growing zone (larger than a "region") encompassing most of northwestern New South Wales in Australia. It was entered in the Register of Protected Names on 1 May 1996. There are no regions defined in the zone.[1] Most of this zone is arid and unsuitable for grape growing.[2]
There are approximately eight commercial wineries in the Western Plains zone. They are all in the eastern part of the zone, near the towns of Dubbo, Narromine, Warren and Coonabarabran.[3]