Eden Valley, South Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Eden Valley
state = sa


caption =
lga = Barossa Council
postcode = 5235
pop = 431 "2006 Census" [ [http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?locationLastSearchTerm=Eden+Valley&locationSearchTerm=Eden+Valley&newarea=SSC43521&submitbutton=View+QuickStats+%3E&mapdisplay=on&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC43521&geography=&method=Place+of+Usual+Residence&productlabel=&producttype=QuickStats&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=PL&topholder=0&leftholder=0&currentaction=104&action=401&textversion=false&subaction=1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007)] . Eden Valley (State Suburb). "2006 Census Quickstats". Retrieved on 2008-05-29]
est = 1864
stategov =
fedgov =
dist1 = 72
dir1 = North East
location1= Adelaide via

Eden Valley (coord|34|38|S|139|05|E|region:AU-SA_type:city) is a small South Australian town in the Barossa Ranges. It was named by the surveyors of the area after they found the word "Eden" carved into a tree. [http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/e/e1.htm#edenV] Eden Valley has an elevation of 460 metres and an average annual rainfall of 716.2mm.

Eden Valley gives its name to a wine growing region that shares its western boundary with the Barossa Valley. The region is of similar size to the Barossa Valley, and is well known for producing high quality riesling and shiraz wines. Englishman Joseph Gilbert planted the first Eden Valley vineyard, Pewsey Vale, in 1847. Within the Eden Valley region there is a sub-region called High Eden which is located higher in the Barossa Ranges, giving cooler temperatures.

Eden Valley is in the Barossa Council local government area, the state electoral district of Schubert and the federal Division of Wakefield.

ee also

*Yalumba
*South Australian wine

External links

* [http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/e/e1.htm#edenV Eden Valley at the Manning Index]
* [http://www.wineaustralia.com/global/Regions/WineRegion.aspx?p=19"wr=23 Eden Valley at wineaustralia.com]
* [http://www.barossa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=196 Eden Valley at the Barossa Council website]
* [http://www.winebase.com.au/ozmap/sa10.htm Map of Barossa and Eden Valley wineries]

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