Grape variety plantings - James Halliday Australian Wine Companion

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	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
CHARDONNAY
hectares	21,724	24,138	28,008	30,507	31,219	32,151	31,564
tonnes	256,328	233,747	311,273	378,287	397,322	366,936	428,082
RIESLING
hectares	3,962	3,987	4,255	4,326	4,400	4,432	4,400
tonnes	27,838	28,994	36,404	41,237	38,380	31,002	39,305
SAUVIGNON BLANC
hectares	2,914	2,953	3,425	4,152	4,661	5,545	6,404
tonnes	25,567	21,028	39,774	38,355	40,513	36,515	62,420
SEMILLON
hectares	6,610	6,283	6,278	6,282	6,236	6,752	6,716
tonnes	100,785	77,096	99,237	96,727	96,934	75,170	100,031
OTHER WHITE
hectares	26,215	24,700	23,925	23,365	17,683	24,303	23,109
tonnes	253,253	196,209	266,794	253,837	228,311	192,026	223,075
TOTAL WHITE
hectares	61,425	62,051	65,891	68,632	64,199	73,183	72,193
tonnes	666,771	557,074	753,482	808,443	801,460	701,649	852,913
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
hectares	29,573	28,171	29,313	28,621	28,103	27,909	27,553
tonnes	257,223	225,723	319,955	284,062	274,350	183,052	258,066
GRENACHE
hectares	2,528	2,322	2,292	2,097	2,025	2,011	2,011
tonnes	26,260	19,866	24,987	25,418	22,697	15,602	19,755
MOURVEDRE
hectares	1,238	1,092	1,040	963	875	794	785
tonnes	12,452	11,822	13,992	10,149	10,882	6,596	8,401
MERLOT
hectares	10,101	10,352	10,804	10,816	10,593	10,790	10,764
tonnes	104,423	92,865	123,944	132,586	123,084	90,461	125,285
PINOT NOIR
hectares	4,414	4,270	4,424	4,231	4,254	4,393	4,490
tonnes	21,341	27,949	41,690	36,887	33,921	26,251	43,923
SHIRAZ
hectares	37,031	37,106	39,182	40,508	41,115	43,417	43,977
tonnes	326,564	309,000	436,691	415,421	422,430	283,741	441,950
OTHER RED
hectares	12,284	12,268	11,235	10,797	7,002	11,309	10,902
tonnes	99,467	85,297	101,816	105,460	92,845	63,339	86,741
TOTAL RED
hectares	97,169	95,491	98,290	98,033	93,967	100,623	100,482
tonnes	847,730	772,522	1,063,075	1,009,983	980,209	669,042	984,121
TOTAL GRAPES
hectares	158,594	157,492	164,181	166,665	158,167	173,776	172,675
tonnes	1,514,501	1,329,596	1,816,556	1,818,426	1,781,668	1,370,690	1,837,034
PERCENTAGE (TONNES)
White	44.02%	41.9%	41.48%	44.46%	44.98%	51.18%	46.43%
Red	55.98%	58.1%	58.52%	55.54%	55.02%	48.82%	53.57%
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008

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	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
CHARDONNAY
hectares	11,721	13,713	14,662	16,855	18,526	18,434
tonnes	92,258	119,678	148,515	210,770	201,248	245,199
RIESLING
hectares	3,412	3,423	3,345	3,347	3,658	3,558
tonnes	37,135	32,907	33,811	30,144	26,800	26,980
SAUVIGNON BLANC
hectares	1,538	1,725	1,904	2,413	2,706	2,766
tonnes	15,009	13,328	18,405	22,834	21,487	25,326
SEMILLON
hectares	4,079	4,803	5,287	6,044	6,832	6,803
tonnes	45,062	52,829	57,112	80,191	77,506	88,427
OTHER WHITE
hectares	26,372	27,047	25,566	26,331	27,873	25,781
tonnes	326,894	265,288	271,620	282,459	265,196	232,334
TOTAL WHITE
hectares	47,122	50,711	50,764	54,990	59,595	57,342
tonnes	516,358	484,030	529,463	626,398	592,237	618,266
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
hectares	8,752	11,219	14,695	21,169	26,674	28,609
tonnes	68,839	67,015	91,876	127,494	159,358	249,288
GRENACHE
hectares	1,940	2,014	1,988	2,255	2,756	2,427
tonnes	26,212	24,198	23,842	24,196	23,998	22,563
MOURVEDRE
hectares	583	614	696	866	1,147	1,128
tonnes	8,821	7,629	8,238	9,217	10,496	11,624
MERLOT
hectares	1,246	2,461	3,802	6,387	8,575	9,330
tonnes	9,227	10,331	13,881	31,801	51,269	80,142
PINOT NOIR
hectares	1,748	1,896	2,192	2,996	3,756	4,142
tonnes	14,801	13,924	19,123	19,668	19,578	29,514
SHIRAZ
hectares	10,389	13,410	17,930	25,596	32,327	33,676
tonnes	81,674	94,848	131,427	192,330	224,394	311,045
OTHER RED
hectares	5,902	6,149	6,372	8,656	11,347	11,621
tonnes	36,469	34,503	38,224	45,103	57,255	68,640
TOTAL RED
hectares	30,560	37,763	47,675	67,925	86,582	90,933
tonnes	246,043	252,448	326,611	449,809	546,348	772,816
TOTAL GRAPES
hectares	77,682	88,474	98,439	122,915	146,177	148,275
tonnes	762,401	736,478	856,074	1,076,207	1,138,585	1,391,082
PERCENTAGE (TONNES)
White	67.73%	65.73%	61.85%	59.21%	52.02%	44.45%
Red	32.27%	34.27%	38.15%	41.79%	47.98%	55.55%
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