VQA Wine facts & statistics
Contribution of VQA Wineries to Ontario's Economy
• Sales (total retail value for 2011) |
$288 million |
• Volume |
15.6 million litres |
Every bottle of Ontario VQA wine sold in the province generates $12.29 in added value (above sales and direct markups) to the Ontario economy (source - KPMG Study of the Ontario Economic Impact of Ontario VQA wines, Nov 2011). The total value-add of the Ontario VQA wine industry is approximately $200 million.
Other Key Statistics of the VQA Wine Industry| VQA Wines - Sales (2011) Retail value of VQA sales by sales channel (total $288 million) |
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• LCBO |
$103.8 million |
• Winery Retail Stores |
$99.9 million |
• Wine delivered directly to licencees |
$46.8 million |
• Interprovincial and Export |
$37.2 million |
| VQA Wines - Production (2011) | |
• Total - all VQA wine |
20.6 million litres |
• Icewine production (2011) |
700,000 litres |
• Total volume of Late Harvest wines (2011) |
120,000 litres |
| Grape Growing | |
• Wine grape acreage |
16,000 acres (6,500 hectares) |
• Wine grape production (2011) |
62,000 tonnes (metric tonnes) |
of which, Vinifera grape production |
42,000 tonnes |
• Value of wine crop (2011) |
$85 million |
• Value of vineyard land in Niagara |
$40,000 per acre |
| Number of VQA Wineries | |
• 2012 |
135 |
vs. number in 2006 |
94 |
| Export | |
• Wholesale value of VQA Sales (fiscal 2011) |
$30 million |
• Top 10 Countries for Export: United States, China, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Malaysia, France |
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| Tourism | |
• Estimated number of visitors to wineries (per year) |
1 million |
