WINE

The quantity of pure alcohol available for consumption in Australia in the form of wine decreased 0.5% between 2011-12 and 2012-13, from 69.0 million litres to 68.7 million litres. White wine made up 47.2% of all pure alcohol in wine in 2012-13, while red wine made up 37.7% and other wines 15.1%.

Year ended 30 June	White table wine	Red table wine	Other wines	Total
VOLUME OF PURE ALCOHOL ('000 litres)
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	32 614	24 892	10 494	68 000
2012 2013	r33 496 32 446	r25 322 25 921	10 226 10 352	r69 044 68 719
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF PURE ALCOHOL(a) (litres)
2008	1.76	1.36	0.58	3.71
2009	1.80	1.41	0.58	3.78
2010	1.84	1.42	0.61	3.87
2011	1.82	1.39	0.58	3.79
2012 2013	r1.83 1.75	1.39 1.39	0.56 0.56	r3.78 3.70
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 decreased by 0.5%, from 543.7 million litres in 2011-12 to 541.1 million litres in 2012-13. Red wine and other wines both recorded increases during this period (2.4% and 2.0% respectively), while white wine decreased by 3.1%. This was the first decrease in the volume of white wine available for consumption since 2001 (the first year for which data is available for wine by type).

Year ended 30 June	White table wine	Red table wine	Other wines	Total
VOLUME ('000 litres)
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	267 328	185 764	81 496	534 588
2012 2013	r274 558 265 950	r188 969 193 443	80 159 81 728	r543 686 541 121
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION(a) (litres)
2008	14.51	10.25	4.49	29.25
2009	14.74	10.49	4.51	29.74
2010	15.07	10.60	4.81	30.48
2011	14.88	10.34	4.54	29.77
2012 2013	r15.04 14.31	r10.35 10.41	4.39 4.40	r29.78 29.11
r revised (see paragraph 5 of the Explanatory Notes) (a) Litres per person aged 15 years and over.