Wine

There was a decrease in the quantity of pure alcohol available for consumption from wine between 2009-10 and 2010-11 of 0.6%, from 68.5 million litres to 68.0 million litres. White wine made up 48.0% of all pure alcohol in wine in 2010-11, followed by red wine (36.6%) and other wines (15.4%).

Year ended 30 June	White table wine	Red table wine	Other wines	Total
VOLUME OF PURE ALCOHOL ('000 litres)
2006	27 447	21 332	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	r25 119	10 807	r68 451
2011	32 642	24 892	10 494	68 028
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF PURE ALCOHOL(a) (litres)
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	r3.82
2011	1.79	1.37	0.58	3.74
(a) Litres per person aged 15 years and over. r revised

The volume of wine available for consumption decreased by 0.8%, from 539.1 million litres in 2009-10 to 534.8 million litres in 2010-11. This was the first decrease since 1994-95. Other wines (which comprise sparkling, carbonated, dessert wine, sherry and vermouth as well as other wines not elsewhere included) accounted for much of this decrease. Apparent consumption of red wine decreased slightly while white wine recorded a slight increase.

Year ended 30 June	White table wine	Red table wine	Other wines	Total
VOLUME ('000 litres)
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	r187 454	r85 001	r539 055
2011	267 554	185 764	81 496	534 814
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION(a) (litres)
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	r14.87	r10.46	4.74	r30.07
2011	14.69	10.20	4.47	29.37
(a) Litres per person aged 15 years and over. r revised