Grape production in NSW is concentrated in the Murrumbidgee and Murray Statistical Divisions (SDs).
Data for 2006-07 indicate there were 40,700 hectares of bearing vines in NSW; a further 3,100 hectares had been planted but were not yet bearing fruit; 429,000 tonnes of grapes were produced and the great majority (94%) were grown for winemaking.
Four varieties of grapes accounted for 65% of all production: chardonnay (119,000 tonnes), shiraz (78,000 tonnes), cabernet sauvignon (39,200 tonnes) and semillon (40,400 tonnes). White grape production (251,000 tonnes) exceeded red grape production (178,000 tonnes).
VITICULTURE, NSW
|
 | Vines
not yet bearing | Vines
bearing | |
| area
ha | area
ha | Production(a)
'000t |
|
| 2002-03 | 2 748 | 34 291 | 386.9 |
| 2003-04 | 3 061 | 35 975 | 482.6 |
| 2004-05 | 3 501 | 35 777 | 508.3 |
2005-06
2006-07 | 3 566
3 056 | 36 632
40 672 | 509.9
428.8 |
|
(a) Fresh weight.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).
Data for 2006-07 indicate 49% of all grape production in NSW came from the Murrumbidgee SD (212,000 tonnes). This was followed by the Murray SD with 140,000 tonnes.
VITICULTURE, 2006-07
|
| Statistical Division | Vines
not yet bearing
area
ha | Vines
bearing
area
ha | Production(a)
'000t |
|
| Sydney | 21.6 | 266.2 | 0.9 |
| Hunter | 111.5 | 4 304.2 | 19.2 |
| Illawarra | 27.9 | 237.1 | 1.1 |
| Richmond-Tweed | 2.0 | 3.0 | - |
| Mid-North Coast | 1.0 | 35.7 | 0.2 |
| Northern | 26.7 | 313.9 | 1.1 |
| North Western | 138.4 | 3 450.8 | 18.0 |
| Central West | 114.5 | 4 006.0 | 27.1 |
| South Eastern | 91.0 | 1 057.0 | 2.7 |
| Murrumbidgee | 1 591.8 | 17 969.5 | 212.0 |
| Murray | 903.4 | 8 623.1 | 140.1 |
| Far West | 26.3 | 405.3 | 6.6 |
| | | |
| New South Wales | 3 056.1 | 40 671.6 | 428.8 |
|
(a) Fresh weight.
Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2007 Vineyards Collection.
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