Another New Record for Wine Export Sales

The preliminary export figures released by Statistik Austria for March 2013 show that sales revenues for Austria’s domestic wine sector reached yet another historic record in 2012. According to the figures, the total volume of exports reached 47.1 million liters with a total value of € 131.1 million, each reflecting an increase of approximately 5% over last year’s totals. This is highly impressive, especially because expectations for the wine exports had been dampened because of the small 2012 grape harvest and the resulting higher domestic demand.