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There were 1.62 million tonnes of grapes crushed in 2011–12. 825.0 thousand tonnes of white grapes and 795.5 thousand tonnes of red grapes were crushed .

Beverage wine production was 1.23 billion litres 2011–12. Fortified wine production accounted for 1.2% of beverage wine production while white table wine accounted for 49.6% and red and rose table wine accounted for 49.3%.

Inventories of beverage wine totalled 1.69 billion litres at 30 June 2012. 90.2% of inventories were composed of table wine, 4.8% of sparkling wine, 3.6% of fortified wine and 1.5% of other beverage wine.

Table 1. WINE AND GRAPE INDUSTRY 2011–12 (a)
	Value
Fresh grapes crushed (b) (t)	1 620 510
Beverage wine production (million L)	1 225.9
Beverage wine inventories (million L)	1 694.4
Domestic sales of Australian wine (c) (million L)	497.6
Domestic sales value of Australian wine ($m)	2 498.6
(a) Break in series at 2011–12 due to change in survey coverage. Refer to Explanatory notes 3-8 (b) Grape crush data are greater than wine grape production data produced by the Vineyards collection (see paragraph 18 of the Explanatory Notes) (c) Domestic sales data are different compared to the data produced by the quarterly sales survey (see paragraph 19 of the Explanatory Notes)

Table 2. TOTAL GRAPE CRUSH (a)
	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
Fresh grapes crushed	Total t	Total t	Total t	Red t	White t	Total t
New South Wales (b)	647 432	586 319	579 868	220 784	294 510	515 294
Victoria	268 562	250 916	260 818	136 046	169 679	305 725
Queensland	1 982	1 346	700	^505	^546	^1 051
South Australia	750 886	689 100	688 729	412 116	320 020	732 136
Western Australia	59 161	70 259	66 324	24 088	37 504	61 591
Tasmania	4 484	5 072	5 955	1 961	2 752	4 713
Australia	1 732 506	1 603 012	1 602 394	795 500	825 010	1 620 510
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution (a) Break in series at 2011-12 due to change in survey coverage. Refer to Explanatory notes 3-8 (b) Includes ACT

Table 3. WINE PRODUCTION (a)
		2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
Type		'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L
Beverage wine
	Fortified (b)	14 806	11 160	14 582	17 610	14 453
	Unfortified	1 242 593	1 171 464	1 127 715	1 100 226	1 211 466
	Total	1 257 398	1 182 624	1 142 297	1 117 836	1 225 919
Distillation wine (c)		8 245	7 208	9 359	8 150	10 226
Gross total wine		1 265 643	1 189 832	1 151 656	1 125 986	1 236 145
Net total wine (d)		1 263 922	1 187 738	1 149 902	1 123 036	1 234 181
(a) Break in series at 2011-12 due to change in survey coverage. Refer to Explanatory notes 3-8 (b) Relates only to production from unfortified wine of the same vintage. (c) For manufacturing brandy and grape spirit. Included wine obtained from marc. (d) Excludes grape spirit used for fortifying (assumes 95.6% alcohol by volume)

Table 4. WINE PRODUCTION, by state, 2011-12
			NSW/ACT	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	Aust.
Type			'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L
Beverage wine
	Fortified (a)		np	^432	**49	np	*81	–	14 453
	Unfortified
		White	193 044	112 107	^409	273 172	27 049	1 694	607 474
		Red and rose	170 126	94 542	^322	318 934	18 634	1 433	603 992
		Total	363 170	206 649	^731	593 106	45 764	3 128	1 211 466
	Total beverage wine		np	np	^780	np	45 764	3 128	1 225 919
Distillation wine (b)			np	np	–	np	–	–	10 226
Gross total wine			367 702	209 065	^780	609 706	45 764	3 128	1 236 145
Net total wine (c)			366 647	208 958	^737	608 952	45 759	3 128	1 234 181
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated ^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution * estimate has a relative standard error between 25% and 50% and is considered to have a sampling variability too high for most practical purposes ** estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use (a) Relates only to production from unfortified wine of the same vintage. (b) For manufacturing brandy and grape spirit. Included wine obtained from marc. (c) Excludes grape spirit used for fortifying (assumes 95.6% alcohol by volume)

Table 5. GRAPE SPIRIT USED IN CURRENT VINTAGE WINE (a)
	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
State	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L
New South Wales (b)	354	814	288	1 076	1 485	1 381
Victoria	620	293	437	np	np	^112
South Australia	331	611	1 024	629	1 017	841
Other States	5	4	408	np	np	**48
Australia	1 309	1 721	2 157	1 754	2 950	2 381
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution ** estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use (a) Break in series at 2011-12 due to change in survey coverage. Refer to Explanatory notes 3-8 (b) Includes ACT

At June 30 2012, inventories of Australian beverage wine were 1.69 billion litres. Red and rose table wine accounted for 53.0% of beverage wine inventories while white table wine accounted for 37.1%.

Table 6. INVENTORIES OF AUSTRALIAN WINE AND GRAPE JUICE HELD BY WINE MAKING BUSINESSES (a)
			2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
Type			'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L	'000 L
Beverage wine
	Fortified wine		75 011	68 713	62 849	56 714	55 911	60 957
	Sparkling wine		148 458	106 201	111 509	98 032	91 230	81 034
	Table wine (b)
		White	592 920	662 817	669 608	581 061	586 333	628 685
		Red and rose	955 853	1 021 873	1 011 422	961 008	909 832	898 889
		Total	1 548 733	1 684 690	1 681 029	1 542 069	1 496 165	1 527 574
	Other beverage wine (c)		11 370	18 271	23 937	25 821	18 983	24 855
	Total Beverage wine		1 783 613	1 877 876	1 879 324	1 722 636	1 662 289	1 694 421
Distillation wine			993	883	1 431	726	2 248	1 066
Unfermented grape juice			49 732	64 991	63 642	37 239	70 878	38 645
Concentrated must (d)			8 488	3 668	13 116	15 182	13 046	20 312
(a) Break in series at 2011-12 due to change in survey coverage. Refer to Explanatory notes 3-8 (b) Spritzig table wines are included in table wine (c) Includes carbonated wine, wine cocktails, marsala, apertif and tonic wines, de-alcoholised wine, low and reduced alcohol wine and vermouth (d) reported in single strength

In 2011-12, 497.6 million litres of Australian wine was sold domestically for $2,498.6 million. The average price per litre was $5.02.

Table 7. DOMESTIC SALES OF AUSTRALIAN WINE BY WINEMAKING BUSINESSES (a)
	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
Domestic sales of Australian wine (million L) (b)	432.4	456.1	439.9	449.8	470.8	463.9	497.6
Domestic sales value of Australian wine ($m)	1 899.9	2 037.1	2 125.4	2 053.0	2 122.6	2 331.0	2 498.6
(a) Break in series at 2011-12 due to change in survey coverage. Refer to Explanatory notes 3-8 (b) Domestic sales data are different compared to the data produced by the quarterly sales survey (see paragraph 19 of the Explanatory Notes