Vinpro Cost Guide 2025 / 2026

VOORWOORD / FOREWORD

In the pursuit of a sustainable, efficient and participating wine grape producer community, Vinpro’s Agricultural Economic Services division is committed to providing effective and value-added economic services to all Vinpro members, as well as various role-players in the industry. A promising winter season spurred high expectations for the 2024 crop, but large amounts of rain in June and again in September resulted in flood damage and high disease pressure in several wine grape districts. Unforeseen increases in input costs, namely crop protection and repairs, put cash flow under immense pressure and the effect of delayed capital-intensive replacements is becoming more noticeable every year. With the industry producing the smallest wine grape crop in three decades this season, the onus was placed on wine grape prices to drive producers’ profitability upwards. Against this backdrop, study group surveys are collected annually across all 10 wine regions, processed and the results shared with the participants. Critical financial indicators, trends and efficiency measures are discussed within these study groups and serve as a starting point for operating in a truly optimal and informed manner. As a result of this initiative, industry average figures and the Vinpro Cost Guide are compiled, updated and distributed annually to provide additional support to producers and other role-players within the wine value chain.

In die strewe na ’n volhoubare, doeltref fende en deelnemende wynprodusentege meenskap, bly Vinpro Landbou-ekonomiese Dienste toegewyd tot ’n effektiewe en waar detoegevoegde ekonomiese dienslewering aan Vinpro se lede en verskeie rolspelers in die bedryf. ’n Belowende winterseisoen het gelei tot hoë verwagtinge vir die 2024-oes, maar groot hoeveelhede reën in Junie en weer in Sep tember het vloedskade en hoë siektedruk tot gevolg gehad in menige wyndruifstreke. Onvoorsiene stygings in insetkostes het kon tantvloei onder hewige druk geplaas en die effek van uitgestelde kapitaal-intensiewe ver vangings raak jaar op jaar meer merkbaar. Met die wynbedryf wat tydens hierdie sei soen die kleinste wyndruifoes in drie dekades opgelewer het, is die onus op wyndruifpryse geplaas om produsente se winsgewendheid in ’n opwaartse tendens te dryf. Teen hierdie agtergrond, word daar jaarliks studiegroepresultate regoor al 10 wyndis trikte ingesamel, verwerk en as sulks aan die deelnemers gedeel. Kritiese finansiële aan wysers, tendense en doeltreffendheidsmaat stawwe word binne hierdie studiegroepe bespreek en dien as vertrekpunt om werklik optimaal en ingelig te handel. As uitvloeisel van die aksie, word bedryfsgemiddelde syfers en die Vinpro Kostegids jaarliks op gedateer en beskikbaar gestel ter verdere ondersteuning aan produsente en ander rolspelers binne die wynwaardeketting.

SAMESTELLING / COMPOSITION Yolandi Botha Vinpro Landbou-ekonomiese Dienste / Vinpro Agricultural Economic Services Office: 021 276 0429 | Cell: 082 625 6605 yolandi@vinpro.co.za

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