Australian Wine

Australian wine industry has just over 200 years, but today you will find vineyards throughout all 60 designated wine regions totaling 170,000 hectares. And it has been the fourth-largest exporter in the world,exporting to over 400 million litres a year to a large international export market that includes "old world" wine-producing countries such as France, Italy and Spain.There is also a significant domestic market for Australian wines, with Australians consuming over 400 million litres of wine per year.Australian wine industry is a significant contributor to the Australian economy through production, employment, export and tourism.