Merbein

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Merbein Victoria
Commercial Street, the main street of Merbein
Merbein
Coordinates	34°10′S 142°03′E / 34.167°S 142.050°E / -34.167; 142.050
Population	4,976 (2021 census)[1]
Established	1912
Postcode(s)	3505
Elevation	56 m (184 ft)
Location	553 km (344 mi) northwest of Melbourne 12 km (7 mi) northwest of Mildura
LGA(s)	Rural City of Mildura
State electorate(s)	Mildura
Federal division(s)	Mallee
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 23.7 °C 75 °F 9.7 °C 49 °F 285.1 mm 11.2 in
Localities around Merbein: Yelta New South Wales New South Wales Merbein West Merbein New South Wales Merbein South Merbein South Birdwoodton

Merbein is a town just north of Mildura, Victoria, in the Sunraysia region of Australia. It is on the Calder Highway between Mildura and the Murray River crossing at the Abbotsford Bridge to Curlwaa. At the 2016 census, the town had a population of 1,981.^[1] Merbein is 12 kilometres from Mildura, 553 kilometres (344 mi) from Melbourne and 389 kilometres (242 mi) from Adelaide.

The town is known for farming and is part what is informally called the "fruit bowl" or "food bowl", the growing region roughly made of the Coomealla and Sunraysia irrigation districts fed by the Darling and Murray rivers. Produce farmed in Merbein include grapes, citrus, mushrooms, green beans, asparagus and pistachios.

Merbein is also home of Mildara Wines, a winery W B Chaffey had built in 1913 for the first intake of grapes in 1914. The winery, originally known as the Mildura Distillery and Winery, stands on a 30-metre sandstone cliff near Pump Hill.