Riverina wine region

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{{Infobox wine region

| name = Riverina

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| year = 1998

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| country = Australia

| part of = Big Rivers

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| heat units =2201

| precipitation = {{convert|200|mm}}

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| planted = > {{convert|20,000|ha}}

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| grapes =300,000 tonnes in 2013{{cite web |url=http://www.riverinawinemakers.com.au/ |title=Riverina Winemakers' Association |accessdate=28 May 2016}}

| varietals =Botrytis Semillon and other warm climate table wines

| wineries =16

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Riverina is an Australian Geographical Indication (AGI) registered in the Register of Protected GIs as a wine region. The Riverina AGI is centred on Griffith and is roughly circular with towns on the boundary including Mossgiel, Condobolin, Temora, Junee, Culcairn, Berrigan, Barooga, Finley, Deniliquin and Moulamein. It does not extend as far south as the Murray River.{{cite web |url=https://www.wineaustralia.com/en/Production%20and%20Exporting/Register%20of%20Protected%20GIs%20and%20Other%20Terms/Geographical%20Indications/New%20South%20Wales/Big%20Rivers/Riverina.aspx |title=Riverina |publisher=Wine Australia |work=Register of Protected GIs and Other Terms |accessdate=28 May 2016}} As such, the Riverina wine region is smaller than the generally known Riverina area.

The Riverina region relies heavily on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Scheme, initiated between 1906 and 1912 by Sir Samuel McCaughey.{{cite web |url=http://www.winecompanion.com.au/reference%20data/wine%20regions/riverina |title=Riverina Wine Region |author=James Halliday |work=Australian Wine Companion |accessdate=28 May 2016}}

The Riverina region produces 60% of the grapes in New South Wales from over {{convert|20,000|ha}} of vines, 25% of Australian wine.