Lower Murray zone is a wine zone located in the state of

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which covers the portion of the state south of a line of latitude approximately in line with Crystal Brook, east of a line of longitude approximately in line with

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and north of a line of latitude approximately in line with Cape Willoughby at the east end of

Kangaroo Island Kangaroo Island, also known as Karta Pintingga (literally 'Island of the Dead' in the language of the Kaurna people), is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island. It lies in the state of South Australia, southwest ...

. The zone is bounded by the following wine zones: Far North to its north, the Mount Lofty Ranges, Barossa and Fleurieu (from north to south) to its west and the

Limestone Coast The Limestone Coast is a name used since the early twenty-first century for a South Australian government region located in the south east of South Australia which immediately adjoins the continental coastline and the Victorian border. The ...

to its south. The term ‘Lower Murray’ was registered as an

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under the ''Wine Australia Corporation Act 1980'' on 7 December 1996. As of 1998, the zone only contains one region - the

Riverland The Riverland is a region of South Australia. It covers an area of along the River Murray from where it flows into South Australia from New South Wales and Victoria downstream to Blanchetown. The major town centres are Renmark, Berri, Loxt ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lower Murray zone (wine) Wine regions of South Australia

See also

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