Structure of the South African Wine industry

OIVMarch 2013

Yvette van der Merwe

STRUCTURE OF THE WINE INDUSTRY

Primary grape producers 3527

Wine cellars 582• Producer cellars 52• Intake of member’s grapes• Process 75% of harvest • Could buy in grapes/wine

• Private cellars 505• Process own grapes• 17% of harvest

• Producing wholesalers 25• Mainly buy bulk, also process grapes• 8% of harvest

2002 2007 2011

1-100 ton 2173 1717 1461

101-500 ton 1545 1475 1273

501-1000 ton 404 482 457

>1001 ton 224 325 336

250 750

1 2501 7502 2502 7503 2503 7504 2504 750

50%43% 41%

36%

37%36%

9%

12%13%

5%8%

10%

1-100 ton 101-500 ton 501-1000 ton >1001 ton

4 3463 999

3 527

NUMBER OF WINE GRAPE PRODUCERS“20% of producers produces 70%+ of the crop”

WINE CELLARS”10% – 15% of cellars crush 70% - 80% of crop”

2002 2007 2011

0-100 ton 171 263 258

100-500 ton 111 139 158

501-1000 ton 38 41 55

1001-5000 ton 56 62 58

5001-10000 ton 24 14 15

>10000 ton 28 41 38

50

150

250

350

450

550

650

40%47% 44%

26%

25% 27%9%

7% 9%

13%

11% 10%

6%

3% 3%

7%

7% 7%

0-100 ton 100-500 ton 501-1000 ton 1001-5000 ton 5001-10000 ton >10000 ton

428

560582

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