Queensland's best-known wine region, a high granite plateau around Stanthorpe near the New South Wales border.
History
Italian families who settled after the First World War grew table grapes here, and winemaking expanded from the 1960s and 70s. The region's altitude, mostly over 800 metres, gives it a cool climate despite its northern location.
It promotes alternative varieties under the name 'Strange Birds'.
Wines of Granite Belt
Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Verdelho, plus alternative varieties such as Fiano, Vermentino, Tempranillo and Saperavi.
Climate
Cool, high altitude
Producers in Granite Belt
- Sirromet Wines (125 wines)
- Symphony Hill Wines (96 wines)
- Heritage Estate (85 wines)
- Witches Falls Winery (77 wines)
- Ridgemill Estate (65 wines)
- Ballandean Estate Wines (49 wines)
- Golden Grove Estate (49 wines)
- Hidden Creek (45 wines)
- Robert Channon Wines (45 wines)
- Boireann (37 wines)
- Kingsley Grove Estate (36 wines)
- Summit Estate (35 wines)
- Balancing Heart (33 wines)
- Flame Hill Vineyard (32 wines)
- Preston Peak (32 wines)
- Ravenscroft Vineyard (32 wines)
- Symphonia Wines (31 wines)
- Granite Ridge Wines (30 wines)
- Jester Hill Wines (26 wines)
- O’Reilly's Canungra Valley Vineyards (26 wines)
- Banca Ridge (22 wines)
- Mason Wines (22 wines)
- Tobin Wines (20 wines)
- Bent Road (19 wines)
- Jimbour Wines (19 wines)
- Kominos Wines (18 wines)
- Lucas Estate (16 wines)
- Settlers Rise (16 wines)
- Crusher Wines (15 wines)
- Dear Vincent (15 wines)
- Girraween Estate (15 wines)
- Harrington Glen Estate (13 wines)
- Severn Brae Estate (13 wines)
- Whiskey Gully Wines (13 wines)
- Bungawarra (12 wines)
- Twisted Gum Wines (12 wines)
- View Wine (12 wines)
- Mountview Wines (11 wines)
- 4382 Terroir (10 wines)
- Savina Lane Wines (10 wines)
- Just Red Wines (9 wines)
- Rumbalara (9 wines)
- Domaine de Binet (8 wines)
- Casley Mount Hutton Winery (7 wines)
- Moonrise Estate (7 wines)
- Mount Tamborine Vineyards & Winery (7 wines)
- Aussie Vineyards (6 wines)
- Blind Man's Bluff Vineyards (6 wines)
- Robinsons Family Vineyards (6 wines)
- Back Pocket (5 wines)
- Cypress Post (5 wines)
- Felsberg Winery (5 wines)
- Pyramids Road Wines (5 wines)
- Ambar Hill (4 wines)
- Stone Ridge (4 wines)
- Cody's (3 wines)
- rokkwell (3 wines)
- Sabrina River Wines (3 wines)
- Art of Krupinski (2 wines)
- Gowrie Mountain Estate (2 wines)
- Storm King Wine Co (2 wines)
- Wild Soul (2 wines)
- Aventine Wines (1 wine)
- Castle Glen Australia (1 wine)
- Rangemore Estate (1 wine)
- Windermere Wines (1 wine)
- Gerler