Wine Statistics

NAME OF ORGANISATION
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

OVERVIEW
Annual collection from smaller winemakers (50-400 tonnes of grapes crushed per year) - 3 questions, red grapes crushed, white grapes crushed and annual domestic wine sales. Activity based survey.

PURPOSE
Quantifies the size of the smaller winemakers. Establishes the scope and coverage of both the Wine and Spirit Production collection and the monthly Sales of Australian Wine by Winemakers collection.

SCOPE
Winemakers who crush 50 to 400 tonnes of fresh grapes in previous financial year.

DATA DETAIL

Conceptual framework
An activity based collection of winemakers who crush 50 to 400 tonnes of fresh grapes per year. Used to help benchmark the Wine and Spirit Production and Sales of Australian Wine and Brandy collections and provide some idea of the contribution of these 'smaller' winemakers.

Main outputs
Red and white grapes crushed and domestic sales of wine.

Classifications
Type of grape crushed

Other concepts (summary)
For the purposes of this collection, winemakers are those businesses that crush grapes, ferment wine, ie, take grape juice and turn it into wine. Winemakers that blend wine only are considered outside the scope for this collection.

GEOGRAPHIC DETAIL
Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
ACT

Comments and/or Other Regions
Not Applicable

COLLECTION FREQUENCY
Annually

Frequency comments
Collection forms are despatched approximately the end of June each year with a return date by the end of July. The data are published approximately six months following the reference period.

COLLECTION HISTORY
Initial Cycle 1986/87

DATA AVAILABILITY
Yes