Grape Industry Analysis for Investment and Redevelopment

Rootstocks
The proportion of Murray Valley grape plantings on a rootstock increased from 30% in 1997 to
71% in 2014 (page 20).
The dominant rootstocks are Ramsey (33% of grape plantings), Schwarzmann (13%) and Paulsen
1103 (10%) (Figure 7).
67% of wine grape plantings are on a rootstock (Figure 25), 69% of dried grape plantings are on a
rootstock (Figure 39) and 81% of table grape plantings are on a rootstock (Figure 54).
Grower numbers and property size
From 1997 to 2014 grower numbers declined from an estimated 2,445 to 1,277 properties, while
average property size (grapevine area) increased by 119%, from 11.1 ha to 24.3 ha per property
(Figure 8).
In 2014, 24% of grape properties were over 20 ha, growing 75% of grape plantings ( Figure 9).
31% of properties growing wine grapes also produce table and/or dried grapes (page 38).
43% of properties growing dried grapes also produce wine and/or table grapes (page 50).
25% of properties growing table grapes also produce wine and/or dried grapes (page 64).
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