Victoria, NSW and Tasmania Wine Map: 36 Regions in 3D, Interactive

Yarra Valley, Hunter Valley, Mornington Peninsula, and Tasmania in full 3D terrain.

This interactive 3D wine map of southeastern Australia shows 36 regions on real terrain: Victoria’s 21, from the Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula and Geelong around Melbourne through Heathcote, Bendigo and the Goulburn Valley to Rutherglen, Beechworth and the King Valley in the northeast and the Grampians and Pyrenees in the west; 14 in New South Wales, from the Hunter Valley and Orange to Canberra, Hilltops, Tumbarumba and the Riverina; and Tasmania, drawn in 3D by SommGeo, with the Hunter, Grampians and Goulburn Valley subregions marked. Fly between regions with the bookmarks, check elevation and slope, run the daylight animation and click any region for its grapes and profile. The interactive map is part of SommGeo membership, which starts with a free 15-day trial.

• Regions on the map: 36 GIs, every boundary clickable: 21 in Victoria, 14 in New South Wales and Tasmania, plus 5 subregions
• Victoria: More wine regions than any other state, packed into a small area where a few hundred meters of altitude or a few kilometers of coast change the wine
• Hunter Valley: Low, warm and humid, at roughly 60 to 150 meters (200 to 490 feet), yet the home of Semillon that ages for decades at 10 to 11% alcohol
• Tasmania: One GI for the whole island, with vineyards in the Tamar, Coal River, Derwent and Huon valleys and on the east coast, the country’s sparkling wine and cool-climate Pinot Noir stronghold
• Rutherglen: Warm continental northeast Victoria, where fortified Muscat and Topaque (Muscadelle) are aged for decades in a style made nowhere else
• 3D tools: Tilt and rotate the terrain, bookmarks to fly between areas, elevation profile readouts, daylight and shadow animation and layer controls

This 3D Fast Map covers Australia’s eastern wine regions across three states with very different geographic personalities. Victoria packs a high number of distinct GIs into a relatively small area, driven by varied topography and coastal influence. New South Wales is well-known for the Hunter Valley, one of Australia’s oldest wine regions, where low elevation and warm, humid conditions produce a style unlike anything else in the country. Tasmania, separated by Bass Strait, offers a genuinely cool maritime climate that makes it a natural fit for sparkling wine, Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay. The terrain differences across these three states are striking, and 3D is the best way to see why they produce such different wines.

What You’ll Explore

This 3D Fast Map covers wine regions across Victoria, New South Wales, and Tasmania. Click any mapped region for detailed popup content covering grape varieties, classification details, and geographic specifics. Use the bookmarks to jump between key areas./p>

• Full 3D terrain across Victoria, NSW, and Tasmania wine regions
• Bookmarks for quick navigation to key areas within the map
• Elevation profile tool for measuring vineyard altitude and slope gradients
• Daylight and shadow animation to visualize aspect and sun exposure

Key Regions in Focus

Victoria: Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula

Victoria has more individual GIs than any other Australian state, packed into a compact area where small changes in elevation and coastal proximity create distinct growing conditions. The Yarra Valley, northeast of Melbourne, ranges from around 50 meters (164 ft) on the valley floor to over 400 meters (1,312 ft) in the Upper Yarra, producing everything from ripe Shiraz at the warmer, lower elevations to taut Pinot Noir and Chardonnay higher up. The Mornington Peninsula juts into Bass Strait south of Melbourne, where maritime influence keeps temperatures moderate and wind is a constant factor. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay dominate. Further north, Rutherglen and the King Valley offer completely different conditions: Rutherglen’s warm continental climate produces fortified Muscat and Topaque (Muscadelle) of a style found nowhere else in Australia.

New South Wales: Hunter Valley

The Hunter Valley sits at low elevation (roughly 60 to 150 meters / 197 to 492 ft) about 160 kilometers (99 miles) north of Sydney, and its warm, humid climate would seem an unlikely setting for fine wine. But the Brokenback Range to the west shelters the valley, while the region’s proximity to the coast brings afternoon cloud cover and moderating breezes that temper the heat during the growing season. The Hunter’s signature is Semillon, picked early at low sugar levels and bottled without oak, producing wines that seem simple in youth but develop complexity with a decade or more of bottle age. Shiraz is the main red, and Hunter Shiraz tends toward a medium-bodied, earthy style quite different from the Barossa or McLaren Vale.

Tasmania

Tasmania is Australia’s coolest and most southerly wine-producing state, sitting between 41°S and 43°S across Bass Strait from the mainland. The island’s climate is genuinely maritime with cool temperatures and reliable rainfall. The Tamar Valley in the north, Coal River Valley near Hobart, and the East Coast each offer different mesoclimates shaped by the island’s rugged topography and varied coastal exposure. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are the dominant varieties, and the state has become an increasingly important source for sparkling wine base. The cool conditions and long hang times produce fruit with natural acidity and flavor intensity.

Hopefully this index is useful on its own. To explore these regions interactively, with every boundary on real terrain and a full profile for each, start a 15-day free trial. To see what one of these maps is like first, a different map is unlocked for everyone every day. For a flat view of every Australian region, see the Australia Fast Map; the South Australia 3D map covers the rest of the mainland’s big names.