Other Victorian wine regionsThere’s much more to Victorian winemaking than just the Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley. The warm-climate regions of Murray Darling and Swan Hill are situated along the Murray River in the north west of Victoria. The continental Murray Darling region specialises in Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvingon and Shiraz, as does the Swan Hill region (not surprising, as thy share the same red brown loamy soils). Further east along the Murray River, the region of Rutherglen has carved a reputation for unique fortified wine styles such as Muscat which boast the sweetest fruit flavours concentrated through long dry autumns. Victoria’s other wine regions are general cooler than those of the States to the north and west. In the Alpine Valleys region, autumn comes fast and vignerons and winemakers strive to ripen fruit before the frosts take their toll but their losses are balanced by the rich, complex wines that are produced through cool summers.
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