Wine Industry Statistics - Viticulture

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Wine Production

The ABS reported that 955ML of beverage wine was produced by winemakers (those crushing in excess of 400 tonnes of grapes) a decrease of 32.3% compared with 2005-06 (See Table). Production of unfortified wine accounted for 99.2% of the total beverage wine. Red/rose wine made up 472.3ML or 49.5% of the 2006-07 beverage wine, a decrease of 39.2% on 2005-06. White wine accounted for 474.7ML, a fall of 23.7% on the previous year. Fortified wine production of 8.0ML was 37% lower than in 2005-06.

South Australia produced 442.7ML or 46.4% of the total production, followed by New South Wales with 324.1ML (33.9%) and Victoria 142.7ML (14.9%). Again, across the board with the exception of Western Australia which was steady, all States produced fewer ML of wine in 2006-07 compared with 2005-06.

Beverage wine production by state ('000 L) in 2006-2007¹
	Unfortified	Fortified²	Total
South Australia	440,446	2,322	442,768
New South Wales	321,604	2,506	324,110
Victoria	139,601	3,159	142,760
Western Australia	43,106	7	43,113
Tasmania	1,888	-	1,888
Queensland	351	19	370
TOTAL Australia	946,996	8,013	955,009
¹Production by winemakers crushing more than 400 tonnes annually or with sales of more than 250,000 litres. ²Relates only to production from unfortified wine of the same vintage. Does not include Distillation wine. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 1329.0