The most commonly used regions are those created by the state government for the purposes of economic development.
Others regions include those made for land management, such as agriculture or conservation, and for the gathering of information, such as statistical or meteorological.
The region includes the local government areas of Colac Otway, Corangamite, Glenelg, Greater Geelong, Moyne, Queenscliffe, Southern Grampians, Surf Coast and Warrnambool City.
[2] The Gippsland region stretches from the eastern outskirts of Melbourne to the southeastern tip of Victoria and north to the Black-Allan Line denoting the border with New South Wales.
[8] As of November 2014, they are: Mallee, Wimmera, Northern Country, North East, East Gippsland, West & South Gippsland, Central, North Central, South West, Alpine and Melbourne.
In the state's north-west, the Murray Darling and Swan Hill regions also produce wine.