Wine

There was an increase in the quantity of pure alcohol available for consumption from wine between 2008–09 and 2009–10 of 4.3%, from 65.6 million litres to 68.5 million litres (Table 4).

Year ended 30 June	White table wine	Red table wine	Other wines	Total
VOLUME OF PURE ALCOHOL ('000 litres)
2005	26 648	21 039	9 588	57 275
2006	27 447	21 322	9 541	58 311
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	25 120	10 807	68 452
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF PURE ALCOHOL(a) (litres)
2005	1.64	1.30	0.59	3.53
2006	1.66	1.29	0.58	3.53
2007	1.75	1.37	0.58	3.70
2008	1.74	1.35	0.57	3.66
2009	1.78	1.39	0.57	3.73
2010	1.81	1.40	0.60	3.81
(a) Litres per person aged 15 years and over.

The volume of wine available for consumption increased by 4.5%, from 515.8 million litres in 2008–09 to 539.0 million litres in 2008–09. White wine, which increased by 4.3% or 10.9 million litres, accounted for much of this increase. Red wine increased by 3.0%, while the volume of other wines increased by 8.7% (Table 5).

Year ended 30 June	White table wine	Red table wine	Other wines	Total
VOLUME ('000 litres)
2005	221 943	161 326	72 640	455 906
2006	227 679	162 381	73 090	463 151
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	187 464	85 000	539 014
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION (a) (litres)
2005	13.67	9.93	4.47	28.07
2006	13.79	9.84	4.43	28.06
2007	14.45	10.38	4.54	29.36
2008	14.32	10.12	4.44	28.89
2009	14.55	10.35	4.45	29.36
2010	14.86	10.45	4.74	30.04
(a) Litres per person aged 15 years and over.