The 2025 Australian winegrape crush is estimated to be 1.57 million tonnes, 160,000 tonnes (11 per cent) more than the 2024 crush but still 140,000 tonnes below the 10-year average of 1.71 million tonnes, according to the National Vintage Report 2025, released today by Wine Australia.
Wine Australia has released its five-year Strategic Plan 2025–30, outlining how it will support Australian grapegrowers, winemakers and exporters in navigating current pressures while building a more resilient, profitable and sustainable future.
Wine Australia recently hosted a successful inbound visit by five Japanese on-premise professionals as part of its ongoing efforts to grow the profile of Australian wine in Japan.
The Australian grape and wine sector is being called to rally behind an exciting new message that reframes how domestic consumers connect with Australian wine.
The message is clear, powerful and proudly local: ‘We make a wine for that.’
The Australian grape and wine sector is being invited to take part in Wine Australia’s annual customer engagement stakeholder survey between 2-30 June, to help enhance the services and programs it delivers to empower the success of Australia’s grape and wine businesses.
A feasibility study commissioned by Wine Australia has found that establishing regional collection points for discarded CCA-treated vineyard posts in South Australia is both viable and beneficial — offering a safer and more sustainable way to manage this challenging waste stream.
Wine Australia sponsored the Primary Industries Education Foundation of Australia (PIEFA) conference held in Canberra on 19–20 May, which welcomed over 165 delegates from education and industry.
Wine Australia recently led an innovative program across South Australia's Riverland region aimed at connecting students with the local viticulture and wine sector in a meaningful and hands-on way.
The benefits of a Wine Australia project that aims to ensure the sector has an ongoing supply of healthy and true-to-type planting material have been demonstrated in an offshoot project to provide virus-free planting material of Chardonnay P58 — a widely recognised and favoured selection among Australia’s premium Chardonnay producers.
The feasibility of capturing the carbon dioxide produced during fermentation for reuse in winery operations has been confirmed in a trial carried out during the 2024 and 2025 vintages at Hill Smith Family Estates’ Oxford Landing winery in South Australia.
Recent data suggests that wine’s traditional role in the Australian on-premise channel is in decline. While interest in wine hasn’t disappeared, changing tastes, rising expectations and operational challenges are changing the way Australians engage with wine in bars, pubs and restaurants.
This market bulletin examines the main findings of the 2025 National Vintage Survey and what they mean for the wine sector.
Wine Australia’s new online Grape Growing Cost Calculator provides a quick and easily accessible way to estimate the cost of growing grapes, helping growers understand the contribution of different cost components and the impact of changes to any of these on the bottom line.
Growers don’t have to wait for offer prices to get a good indication of the direction that prices are likely to move. The Wine Australia Grape Price Indicators Dashboard is a source of independent, free, trustworthy and relevant information
In the 12 months ended March 2025, Australian wine exports increased by 41 per cent in value to $2.64 billion and by 6 per cent in volume to 647 million litres, according to Wine Australia’s Export Report released today. The increase is mainly due to the elevated level of premium wine shipments to mainland China, after tariffs on Australian bottled wine were removed at the end of March 2024.