Wine Sector Survey To Combine Pricing And Crush Data Collection

The introduction of a combined Wine Sector Survey, a first for the Australian wine community, to streamline the annual collection of data across the wine community aims to save Australian wine producers valuable time.

The Wine Sector Survey 2015 will combine the annual data collected by the Australian Grape and Wine Authority (AGWA) Price Dispersion Survey, the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia Vintage Survey, the South Australian Crush Survey and the Murray-Darling / Swan Hill Wine Grape Crush Report and the results will be out in July 2015.

AGWA Chief Executive Officer, Andreas Clark, said: “We’re extremely pleased to work together to improve the collection of data across the sector, which will also help to lighten the load on wineries this year.

“AGWA is collecting the information on behalf of all participating organisations and we are broadening the survey to all wineries so that we can calculate accurate production figures by region and variety”.

Winemakers’ Federation of Australia (WFA) Chief Executive, Paul Evans, said:

“To track progress in the industry we need robust data so producers can consider adjustments ahead of next vintage and take action where necessary.

“Moving the South Australian Crush Survey into the Wine Sector Survey means that South Australian grape and wine producers only need to provide their information once, which will help save time and reduce paperwork”, said South Australian Wine Industry Association Chief Executive Brian Smedley and Wine Grape Council of South Australia Executive Officer, Peter Hackworth.

Wine producers that would like to participate in the Wine Sector Survey 2015 can contact Sandy Hathaway at [email protected].

AGWA has also funded the Australian Bureau of Statistics to conduct the Vineyard Survey, the first since 2012, and vineyard area data from grape growers is currently being collected.

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