South Africa Wine Industry and Economic Overview 2024

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

WINE PRODUCTION 2023 ESTIMATE

ESTIMATE WINE SALES 2023

GRAPES CRUSHED -13.8% 1.18 m TONNES

TOTAL SALES +4.5% R35.6 bn

WINE PRODUCED 786 m litres wine, 149 m litres other products -12.5% 935 m LITRES

GLASSES

of South African wine are enjoyed world wide every day (125ml glass) 17 M GLASSES

COMPOSITION 2012 - 2022

PRODUCERS -4.9% 2 487

EXPORTS 39% VOLUME VOLUME

-17% 306.3 MILLION LITRES

CELLARS 523 -2.4%

VALUE

+0.9% R10.0 bn FOB VALUE

PRODUCTION VS AREA UNDER VINES

VOLUME 486.4 MILLION LITRES LOCAL 61% VOLUME

million tonnes

’000 hectares

1.6 m 1.4 m 1.2 m 1.0 m 0.6 m 0.4 m 0.2 m 0.0 m

102 100

98 96 94 92 90 88 86 84

VALUE R25.6 bn RETAIL SELLING VALUE

’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’16 ’17 ’18 ’19 ’20 ’21 ’22

+6.3%

Wine grape Production (tonnes)

Vineyard area (ha)

CONTRIBUTION 2022

employees in the entire value-chain 270 364

contribution to GDP (0.9%) 56 bn

farm and cellar employees 85 962

Source: SAWIS, January 2024. For more information visit www.sawis.co.za

INDUSTRY ECONOMIC VALUE FOOTPRINT

WESTERN CAPE

TONNES PRODUCTION

JOBS SUPPORTED 245 128 TOTAL HECTARES 86 544 COVERED

NUMBER OF CELLARS 511

1 315 743

GDP CONTRIBUTION

50.9 bn AT MARKET PRICE

TOTAL CELLARS 523

NORTHERN CAPE

NUMBER OF CELLARS 12

TONNES PRODUCTION

JOBS SUPPORTED 7 333 TOTAL HECTARES 2 840 COVERED

59 882

GDP CONTRIBUTION

1.4 bn AT MARKET PRICE

REST OF THE COUNTRY

SIZE RANKING IN THE WORLD

ECONOMIC VALUE OF WINE TOURISM

TONNES PRODUCTION 311 JOBS SUPPORTED 17 902 GDP CONTRIBUTION 4.2 bn AT MARKET PRICE

WINES EXPORTED 6TH VOLUME OF WINE

GDP CONTRIBUTION 9.3 bn

8TH PRODUCED

EMPLOYMENT 40 108 OPPORTUNITIES (TOURISM)

AREA UNDER VINE

14TH

TABLE & WINE GRAPES

SOUTH AFRICA’S CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD WINE

WINE PRODUCTION 3.9%

WINE EXPORTS 4.1%

Source: SAWIS, January 2024. For more information visit www.sawis.co.za