Plantings in the Southern Flinders-Baroota wine region date to the late 1990s. While the area is huge the vineyard numbers are small. With vines so far north it is no surprise that water is a major problem. With water you could grow grapes from the South Flinders to Tennant Creek.
At 33 S the South Flinders is little different to the latitude of the Hunter Valley. The northerly location makes the latitude of the lower Murray Basin seem almost cool climate by comparison. The vines are planted on flats close to Spencer Gulf and further inland at higher altitudes but it’s hotter than Clare so the flavours are super charged by another degree.
The cooling influence of winds blowing up the Gulf tempers ripening as they do for the Clare Valley but this influence fades as you go north.
See HERE for details of other South Australian wine regions
