Mount Barker Wine Region

The Mount Barker wine region is located approximately 4hrs drive south of Perth. Its a great place to make camp and explore the five wine producing sub regions within the Great Southern: Albany, Denmark, Frankland River, Mount Barker and the Porongorups.

Producing around 37% of wine grapes grown in WA, the Great Southern is one of Australia's largest GI's. The Great Southern offers unique and varied climates for grape growing. Renowned both nationally and internationally for Riesling, Shiraz, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon, the Great Southern and in particular Mount Barker offer the wine traveller a chance to try many classic wine varieties grown and made to perfection.

The climate of the Mount Barker region during the growing season offers warm and sunny days providing important sunlight availability and excellent fruit ripening conditions, while the cool nights enhance and retain acidity. This often results in the production of exceptional fruit that in turn, makes for a sublime wine drinking experience. Our average rainfall of 600 to 700mm per annum is perfect for grapevine requirements, so many vineyards in the region employ minimum irrigation at key times of the growing season. Some established vineyards in the region are proudly dry grown. Minimal irrigation and dry grown grapes produce concentrated, intense wines that drink well young and offer excellent potential to develop with bottle age.

Please look through our list of Wineries and make use of our mapping system to plan your next wine tasting weekend. You can jump to individual winery websites from each members page providing more detailed information on a producer. Many of our producers offer tasting plates and Cafe style dining at their cellar door to compliment the tasting experience.

Our News and Events pages will keep you up to date with what the Mount Barker Wine Producers Association and our members are doing, and may help you plan the timing of your visit. One thing is for sure, you are always welcome to drop in and have a wine tasting at any of our cellar doors.

If you encounter any problems while using this website, or require any information regarding the MBWPA, please email us via the Contacts page.