The sweeping Gippsland zone stretches from Melbourne to the south-eastern tip of Australia. As Oz Clarke noted, ‘The distance between its westernmost winery, Phillip Island Estate, and its easternmost Wyanga Park (at Lakes Entrance), is 240 kilometres as the crow flies.’ The region had wine production stretching back to the 19th century, ceasing during WWI and experienced a revival in the 1970s. Although, total production is still very small preventing the official designation of the sub-regions South Gippsland, West Gippsland and East Gippsland.