WINE

The quantity of pure alcohol available for consumption from wine increased 1.9% between 2010-11 and 2011-12, from 68.0 million litres to 69.3 million litres. White wine made up 48.6% of all pure alcohol in wine in 2011-12, while red wine made up 36.6% and other wines 14.8%.

Year ended 30 June	White table wine	Red table wine	Other wines	Total
VOLUME OF PURE ALCOHOL ('000 litres)
2007	29 389	23 058	9 816	62 263
2008	29 866	23 122	9 819	62 807
2009	31 193	24 379	10 028	65 600
2010	32 525	25 119	10 807	68 451
2011	r32 614	24 892	10 494	r68 000
2012	33 672	25 390	10 226	69 287
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF PURE ALCOHOL(a) (litres)
2007	r1.77	r1.39	r0.59	r3.75
2008	r1.76	r1.36	r0.58	r3.71
2009	r1.80	r1.41	r0.58	r3.78
2010	r1.84	r1.42	r0.61	r3.87
2011	r1.82	r1.39	0.58	r3.79
2012	1.84	1.39	0.56	3.80
r revised (see paragraph 5 of the Explanatory Notes) (a) Litres per person aged 15 years and over.

The volume of wine available for consumption increased by 2.1%, from 534.6 million litres in 2010-11 to 545.6 million litres in 2011-12. White wine (up 3.2% or 8.7 million litres) accounted for most of this increase, followed by red wine (up 2.0% or 3.7 million litres). The volume of other wines decreased by 1.6% between 2010-11 and 2011-12.

Year ended 30 June	White table wine	Red table wine	Other wines	Total
VOLUME ('000 litres)
2007	242 814	174 407	76 257	493 478
2008	245 776	173 716	76 124	495 616
2009	255 677	181 931	78 171	515 780
2010	266 599	187 454	85 001	539 055
2011	r267 328	185 764	81 496	r534 588
2012	275 996	189 479	80 159	545 635
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION(a) (litres)
2007	r14.62	r10.50	r4.59	r29.72
2008	r14.51	r10.25	r4.49	r29.25
2009	r14.74	r10.49	r4.51	r29.74
2010	r15.07	r10.60	r4.81	r30.48
2011	r14.88	r10.34	r4.54	r29.77
2012	15.12	10.38	4.39	29.89
r revised (see paragraph 5 of the Explanatory Notes) (a) Litres per person aged 15 years and over.