By Pamela Swanigan
Canadian figures are from 2011. North America calculates volume in case sales (a case being equivalent to 9L of wine), Europe in hectolitres (a hectolitre being 100 litres). I have converted both of these metrics to litres.
Nova Scotia: Winery revenue: $2.9 million. Litres sold: 5.9 million
British Columbia: Winery revenue: $333 million. Litres sold: 35.1 million
Quebec: Winery revenue: $160 million. Litres sold: 41.4 million
Ontario: Winery revenue: $531 million. Litres sold: 63 million
Canada: Winery revenue: $1.2 billion. Litres sold: 164.7 million
Washington State: Winery revenue: $1 billion. Litres sold: 112.5 million
California: Winery revenue: $22 billion. Litres sold: 1.9 billion
United States (2012): Winery revenue: $34.6 billion. Litres sold: 3.24 billion
New Zealand (2013): Winery revenue: NZ$1.33 billion. Litres sold: 270 million
France (2013; excluding Champagne): Export revenue: US$7.7 billion.
Export sales: 1.5 billion litres
Italy (2012): Export revenue: US$4.66 billion. Export sales: 2 billion litres
Australia (2012): Wine revenue: AU$5.3 billion. Export sales: 711 million litres
Sources: Wines and Vines; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Wines of Nova Scotia; Wine Institute; New Zealand Wines; New Zealand Herald; L’Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin (OIV); Italian Wine Central; Reuters; Food Magazine (Australia).
