Australian wine sector at a glance
The Australian wine sector at a glance is a one-page overview of the Australian wine sector. It provides a convenient summary of the latest summary statistics for journalists, educators, students and government as well as importers of wine, cellar door sales personnel and others looking to provide an overview of the sector.
Statistics covered include:
- Total vineyard area in Australia and top five varieties
- Total winegrape crush by state
- Total wine production by colour
- Australian wine exports by volume, value and major destination
- Domestic wine sales by source (local vs imported) and top varietals
- Wine business statistics including employment figures and number of grapegrowing and winemaking businesses.
Report summary - 2024-25
The total vineyard area in Australia in 2019 is estimated to be 146,244 ha, of which South Australia accounted for 52%, New South Wales 24% and Victoria 15%.
The total winegrape crush in 2025 was 1.57 million tonnes, of which the top two varieties were Shiraz (23 per cent) and Chardonnay (18 per cent).
Australia exported 639 million litres of wine in 2024-25, valued at $2.48 billion (FOB). The top destination market by value was the China, accounting for 36 per cent of the exports, followed by the UK, with 14 per cent. On the domestic market, Australian wine sales in 2024-25 are estimated to be 443 million litres, making up 84 per cent of the total sales on the domestic market in this year.
There are estimated to be 2156 wineries and approximately 6000 grapegrowers employing 203,392 full and part-time employees across 65 winegrowing regions in Australia, contributing $51.3 billion annually to the Australian economy.
See also the National Vintage Report and the Australian Wine Production Sales and Inventory Report.
About the sources
This report is derived from a number of sources which provide data to the Australian wine sector.
- The total area of vineyards is provided by the National Vineyard scan.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) provides the vineyard area by variety data. Historical reports are available on their website.
- The latest crush data has been sourced from the Wine Australia National Vintage Survey.
- Production and domestic sales has been collected by Wine Australia in the annual Production, Inventory and Sales Survey.
- The export data is sourced from the Wine Australia Export Approvals Database. More information on exports can be found here.