South African Wine Industry Statistics

Growth in wineries

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Number of primary grape producers	4360	4183	3999	3839	3667	3596	3527	3440	3323	3314	3232	3145	3029	2873
Number of wine cellars which crush grapes	581	572	560	585	604	573	582	582	564	559	566	568	546	542
Producer cellars	65	65	59	58	57	54	52	50	50	49	48	48	48	47
Producing wholesalers	21	17	20	23	23	26	25	23	21	25	24	27	26	27

Area under wine grape vineyards (excluding Sultana)

Source:SAWIS

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Chenin blanc	18.4	18.3	18.2	18.2	17.9	18	18.2	18.5	18.6	18.5
Colombar(d)	11.8	11.9	11.8	11.7	11.7	12	12	12	11.9	11.6
Sauvignon Blanc	9.3	9.5	9.6	9.5	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.7	9.8	10.3
Chardonnay	8.2	8.2	8	7.9	7.7	7.4	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.2
Muscat d’Alexandrie*	2.2	2.1	2.1	2	2	2	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8
Sémillon	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1
Muscat de Frontignan (Muscadel)	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9
Viognier	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.8
Other white varieties	3.5	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0
Total white varities	56.2	56	55.6	55.1	54.6	54.6	54.6	55.2	55.2	55.3

Cabernet Sauvignon	12.3	12.2	12	11.8	11.7	11.5	11.3	11.1	11.0	11.0
Shiraz	9.9	10	10.3	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.3	10.2
Pinotage	6	6.2	6.5	6.9	7.2	7.4	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.3
Merlot	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.2	6.1	6	5.8	5.8	5.8
Ruby Cabernet	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3
Cinsaut	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.9	1.8
Pinot noir	0.8	1	1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.3
Cabernet Franc	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
Other red varieties	2.9	3	3.1	3.3	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.9	4.0	4.2
TOTAL RED	43.8	44	44.4	44.9	45.4	45.4	45.4	44.8	44.8	44.7

Total white and red	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Total hectares	101259	101017	100568	100099	99689	99472	98594	95775	94545	93 021
Sultana * (Hectares)	9082	9025	8350	8202	7799	7582	7420	7066	6658	6 499
* Also utilised for raisins and as table grapes. Source: SAWIS

	Age of vines – hectares
VARIETY	TOTAL HECTARS	< 4 YEARS	4 - 10 YEARS	11 - 15 YEARS	16 - 20 YEARS	>20 YEARS
Chenin blanc	17242	1 069	4 239	4 099	1 705	6 130
Colombar(d)	10 821	696	2 659	2 197	1 248	4 020
Sauvignon blanc	9 533	881	1 492	3 112	1 903	2 146
Chardonnay	6 661	465	1 258	2 266	1 035	1 636
Muscat d’Alexandrie*	1 665	107	356	121	30	1 050
Sémillon	1 064	22	196	281	168	396
Muscat de Blanc	825	100	306	106	27	286
Viognier	766	17	43	448	247	10
Other white varieties	2 828	208	1 013	645	98	864
Total white varieties	51 404	3 565	11 562	13 276	6 462	16 539

Cabernet Sauvignon	10 233	504	1 020	1 222	5 765	1 721
Shiraz	9 497	328	1 611	1 444	4 879	1 235
Pinotage	6 791	179	2 341	373	1 379	2 518
Merlot	5 411	187	477	423	2897	1427
Ruby Cabernet	2 101	62	583	169	736	550
Cinsaut	1 713	73	232	250	413	745
Pinot noir	1 176	105	451	331	185	103
Cabernet Franc	798	35	73	179	454	56
Other red varieties	3 897	405	1 193	865	1 017	417
Total red varieties	41 617	1 878	7 983	5 257	17 726	8 773

Total white and red	93 021	5 443	19 545	18 533	24 189	25 311

* Also utilised for raisins and as table grapes. Source: SAWIS