Australian wine companies

The wine production industry in Australia has had a fairly uneven performance over the past five years due to an oversupply of wine , the Australian dollar and competition in export markets . However , trade deals with South Korea , Japan and China led to an annual growth of 2.3 percent in the industry , and a profit of $ 198.1m .

The wine industry buys grapes and other key ingredients to process into wine , port and wine-based beverages . The products are then packaged in bottles or casks and sold to wine merchants and retail outlets . The industry also includes the production of beverages such as cider .

The following wine companies are a mixture of smaller producers and major wineries which contribute to the country ’ s wine production industry :