DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Wine Grape Crush Survey
Murray Darling / Swan Hill
2012
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The information contained in this survey was collected, analysed and published by Department of Primary Industries, on behalf of the Murray Valley Wine Grape Industry Advisory Committee, comprising winery and grower representatives from the Murray Darling and Swan Hill regions. The publication of this survey is made possible through the support of the wineries that processed fruit from Murray Darling and/or Swan Hill vineyards in 2012. REPORT PREPARATION
Kristen Pitt Department of Primary Industries Centre for Environmental Sciences TER 4, Ernest Jones Drive Macleod VIC 3085 Tel.: (03) 8458 2600 Email: [email protected]
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INTRODUCTION Wine grape crush surveys are carried out in the Murray Darling and Swan Hill regions annually to provide early and accurate estimates of the tonnes and prices of grapes purchased and grown by wineries. These surveys also provide information on the estimated tonnes to be purchased and grown over each of the subsequent two years, together with an assessment of the tonnes that wine makers would prefer to receive.
The data is provided voluntarily by wineries on the understanding and guarantee that data for individual wineries will not be released. Only aggregated data is reported.
DATA REQUESTED FROM WINERIES Wineries are asked to provide the following information by variety and region:
Tonnes Purchased
The tonnages purchased from independent grape growers.
Tonnes Own Grown
The tonnages the winery itself has grown.
Tonnes Preferred
The tonnages the wineries would have preferred to crush in the current vintage.
Committed Intake Own Grapes, Committed Intake Purchased Grapes, Total Required Intake for the next 2 years
The tonnages wineries are committed to crush for the next 2 years, and they would prefer to crush assuming no limitations on equipment, supplies etc.
Purchase Prices
The highest and lowest price paid for each variety and the total purchase value (post receival price, not including freight or end use bonuses) for each variety purchased.
Tonnes crushed for concentrate and distillate 2012 vintage
Due to the 2010-11 seasonal conditions, wineries were asked to report on tonnes of grapes crushed for concentrate and distillate. This data was again requested for the 2012 for comparison.
DATA QUALITY Responses were not received from all wineries sent survey forms and some wineries may not have been approached. The absolute tonnages should, therefore, be treated with care. A proportion of wineries did not supply all the data requested. This was particularly true of price data and future estimates.
The data has been checked exhaustively to eliminate transcription and analysis errors and to reduce, where possible, errors in data supplied by wineries. The data on the current vintage can be considered as accurate as possible.
The projections are a snapshot of the views of wine makers or company executives at the time of the survey. They are subject to variation with market fluctuations and changes in production over subsequent years. The projections are imperfect and will almost certainly vary with time.
DATA TREATMENT All data provided by the wineries has been aggregated. Under an agreement with the wineries covering the provision of data, disaggregation is not permitted. It is not possible to provide data from individual wineries.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1 Summary Data & Yearly Trends ...........................................................................................................................................................5
Total tonnes crushed and total crop value............................................................................................................................................6
Actual and preferred tonnages since 2007...........................................................................................................................................7
Historical trends in production ..............................................................................................................................................................8
Historical trends in estimated value of purchased fruit compared to total crush ..................................................................................9
Actual and preferred tonnages by variety...........................................................................................................................................10
Percentage of total crush by variety ...................................................................................................................................................11
Section 2 Price & Tonnage Data..........................................................................................................................................................................12
Notes on information provided in Section 2........................................................................................................................................13
Intake and price summary data by variety for red grapes ..................................................................................................................14
Intake and price summary data by variety for white grapes ...............................................................................................................15
Intake and price summary data by variety for red grapes: Murray Darling & Swan Hill based wineries only ....................................16
Intake and price summary data by variety for white grapes: Murray Darling & Swan Hill based wineries only .................................17
Section 3 Estimates of Expected & Preferred Intakes ......................................................................................................................................18
Notes on information provided in Section 3........................................................................................................................................19
Section 4 Trend Graphs for Selected Varieties .................................................................................................................................................25
Notes on information provided in Section 4........................................................................................................................................26
List of Wineries Returning Survey Forms................................................................................................................................................................40
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Summary Data and Yearly Trends
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TOTAL TONNES CRUSHED AND TOTAL CROP VALUE Wine only
Total winery grown
Total purchased Total crushed (supply)
Total preferred (demand)
Tonnes from other growers as % of total
% of demand supplied
Estimated value of purchased grapes
Estimated value of total crush
Red 16,427 100,261 116,688 119,271 86% 98% $37,580,296 $43,671,305
White 26,432 170,234 196,666 181,139 87% 109% $57,264,066 $65,529,062
Total 42,859 270,495 313,354 300,410 86% 104% $94,844,362 $109,200,367
TOTAL TONNES CRUSHED AND TOTAL CROP VALUE Wine and Concentrate
Total winery grown
Total purchased Total crushed (supply)
Total preferred (demand)
Tonnes from other growers as % of total
% of demand supplied
Estimated value of purchased grapes
Estimated value of total crush
Red 18,094 100,261 118,355 120,971 85% 98% $37,580,296 $44,294,455
White 28,663 172,520 201,183 185,239 93% 109% $57,874121 $80,235,737
Total 46,757 272,781 319,538 306,210 89% 104% $95,454,540 $124,530,192
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ACTUAL AND PREFERRED TONNAGES SINCE 2007
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100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
Harvest Year
To
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Crushed
Preferred
Crushed 355,389 365,211 375,323 328,147 256,398 280
