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Wine Production in New Zealand - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Disha Kartik Jeswanth Disha Kartik Jeswanth Melbourne, Australia Last Updated: July 2024 ANZSIC C1214NZ

Revenue

$3.5bn

2024-25

$3.5bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XXX.Xm

Employees

5,147

Businesses

428

Wages

$XXX.Xm

Wine Production in New Zealand industry analysis

Export markets have provided solid demand for premium New Zealand wines, supporting the industry’s performance over the past five years. Exports account for nearly 70% of industry revenue, with major export destinations including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. Demand for high-quality wine in these countries, particularly for New Zealand's sauvignon blanc, has helped drive export growth. However, falling domestic per capita wine consumption and weather events like Cyclone Gabrielle in February 2023 have constrained revenue growth. Revenue is expected to increase at an annualised 0.3% over the five years through 2024-25, to $3.5 billion. This includes an anticipated rise of 2.9% in 2024-25.

Trends and Insights

  • New Zealand's wine producers are experiencing revenue growth thanks to rising overseas demand. While the domestic market remains important, the balance is shifting further towards exports, with nearly 70% of revenue coming from international markets in 2024-25.
  • White wine continues to dominate, expanding as a share of revenue over the past few years. Marlborough sauvignon blanc’s strong reputation continues to drive demand overseas, with sales of chardonnay and pinot gris also rising.
  • Marlborough is New Zealand's largest wine manufacturing region. Its sauvignon blanc is particularly notable due to the area's ideal climate, low rainfall and moderately fertile soil, which fosters an optimal grape-growing environment.
  • Market share concentration is low. Delegat Group is the largest company and has expanded its share, but several other established players have lost ground to a rising number of new entrants.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 0.3 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $3.5bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

Rising overseas demand is driving revenue growth for New Zealand wine producers

  • Wine production in New Zealand is heavily oriented to international markets. Value growth has outpaced volume growth, hinting at the international market’s readiness to pay premium prices.
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Wine Production in New Zealand
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Global appetite for New Zealand wine is set to expand

  • Exports are forecast to remain the main source of revenue for wineries for years to come. International demand for New Zealand wines is forecast to grow significantly over the next few years.

Biggest companies in the Wine Production in New Zealand

Company
Market Share (%)
2025
Revenue ($m)
2025
Delegat
403.5
Constellation NZ Holdings
302.0
Pernod Ricard New Zealand
301.9

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Products & Services Segmentation

Wine Production in New Zealand
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including White wines, Red wines and Ciders. White wines is the largest segment of the Wine Production in New Zealand.

Trends and Insights

Strong demand overseas is driving up white wine sales

  • The major white wine varieties produced in New Zealand include sauvignon blanc, pinot gris, chardonnay and riesling. Other, less common, varieties include sauvignon gris and gewurztraminer.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Industry operators primarily produce wine, port and wine-based alcoholic beverages. They then package these products in bottles or casks, and sell them to wine wholesalers and liquor retail outlets. The production of other alcoholic beverages not elsewhere classified, such as cider, is also included in the industry.

What's included in this industry?

White wineRed wineFortified wineCiderPerrySherryMead

Companies

DelegatConstellation NZ HoldingsPernod Ricard New Zealand

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Related Terms

PERRYCELLAR DOOR SALESBULK WINE

Industry Code

ANZSIC 2006

ANZSIC 1214 - Wine Production in New Zealand

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

New Zealand's wine producers are experiencing revenue growth thanks to rising overseas demand. While the domestic market remains important, the balance is shifting further to...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

White wine continues to dominate, expanding as a share of revenue over the past few years. Marlborough sauvignon blanc’s strong reputation continues to drive demand overseas,...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Marlborough is New Zealand's largest wine manufacturing region. Its sauvignon blanc is particularly notable due to the area's ideal climate, low rainfall and moderately ferti...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each region
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each region in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each region in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across Asia Pacific, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Market share concentration is low. Delegat Group is the largest company and has expanded its share, but several other established players have lost ground to a rising number ...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

Two of New Zealand’s three major wine manufacturers are foreign-owned. France-based Pernod Ricard acquired Montana Wines in 2005. US-based Constellation Brands acquired Nobil...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
  • Overview of Delegat's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Constellation NZ Holdings's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Pernod Ricard New Zealand's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of revenue, market share and profit margin trend for 2 additional companies

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Delegat, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Constellation NZ Holdings, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Pernod Ricard New Zealand, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description, key data and performance trends for 2 additional companies

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

The Geographical Indications (Wine and Spirits) Registration Amendment Act 2016 safeguards the identity of wine regions like Marlborough against misuse overseas. This benefit...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Profit margins have increased over the past few years. The cost of major inputs like wine grapes and glass bottles has spiked. However, export prices have outpaced them.

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Average Wage (2014-2029)
  • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
  • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2014-2029)
  • IVA (2014-2029)
  • Establishments (2014-2029)
  • Enterprises (2014-2029)
  • Employment (2014-2029)
  • Exports (2014-2029)
  • Imports (2014-2029)
  • Wages (2014-2029)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Wine Production industry in New Zealand in 2024?

The market size of the Wine Production industry in New Zealand is $3.5bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Wine Production in New Zealand industry in 2024?

There are 428 businesses in the Wine Production industry in New Zealand, which has grown at a CAGR of 1.1 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Wine Production industry in New Zealand grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Wine Production industry in New Zealand has been growing at a CAGR of 0.3 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Wine Production industry in New Zealand over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Wine Production industry in New Zealand is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Wine Production market in New Zealand?

The biggest companies operating in the Wine Production market in New Zealand are Delegat, Constellation NZ Holdings and Pernod Ricard New Zealand

What does the Wine Production in New Zealand include?

White wine and Red wine are part of the Wine Production industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Wine Production in New Zealand?

The company holding the most market share in New Zealand is Delegat.

How competitive is the Wine Production industry in New Zealand?

The level of competition is high and increasing in the Wine Production industry in New Zealand.

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  • New Zealand Company Register
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

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  • Industry federations or regulators
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