The Tumbarumba Wine Region is one of Australia's coolest, highest and most remote wine regions. The area, being primarily a vineyard region, has a significant quantity of vineyards situated around the base of the Australian Alps. The vines are grown in a variety of soils from the predominant granite to the fertile basalt soils. Vineyards are found at altitudes between 500m and 800m above sea level.
This wine region was only established back in the early 1980's. Prior to that, the area was mainly used for sheep grazing, gold digging and the hosting the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme. The region had a period of boom in the 1990's with the establishments of many new vineyards producing table and sparkling fruit.
All of this regions fruit is infact shipped elsewhere for vinification.
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