Wine Industry Funds

Wine industry fund public meeting

All South Australian wine makers and grape growers contribute to the wine industry funds and are invited to attend the public meeting where the plans will be presented, to be held on:

Wednesday 17 June 2026
Available on Teams
12 noon

The management plans include estimates of the likely contributions to the funds over the following five-year period, proposals for investment of the funds, and proposals for fund applicants.

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South Australia's grape and wine industry has access to a reliable source of funding through the 7 wine industry funds. This gives it:

capacity to innovate
ability to adopt best industry practice
resources to respond positively to the demands of the modern market.

The rules for each fund are set out in the below fund regulations.

Industry fund regulations

Contributing to the funds

Grape growers, winemakers, and wineries have different responsibilities in contributing to the wine industry funds.

Wine grape growers

Grape grower contributions are collected from the grower by a winemaker. The winemaker is entitled to deduct the grape grower contributions from its payment to a grape grower.

The winemaker forwards these grape grower contributions to PIRSA when paying their winemaker contributions.

Winemakers

Depending on the fund, winemakers pay a contribution based on one of the following:

processing their grapes and other grapes from a particular wine region
grapes grown by the winemaker.

Grape growers making wine under contract

Grape growers making wine under contract are deemed to be winemakers, so they must:

pay the winemaker contributions
collect grape grower contributions on any grapes they purchase and forward these to PIRSA when paying their winemaker contributions.

Wineries in other states

Pay the grower contribution.
Pay the winemaker contribution to receive services or benefits funded by payments from the fund.

Contribution rates

In addition to regional fund contributions, SA grape growers (excluding winemakers who grow grapes) must contribute to the SA Grape Growers Industry Fund.

The amount is 0.2% of the purchase price.

See the rates below or download a copy of the 2026 vintage – Wine Industry Fund contribution rates ( PDF 154.5 KB ).

Rates for the 2026 vintage

Adelaide Hills

Grower: $7.95 per tonne.

Winemaker:

purchased grapes: $7.95 per tonne
own grapes: $15.90 per tonne.

Barossa

Grower: $11.70 per tonne.

Winemaker:

purchased grapes: $11.70 per tonne
own grapes: $11.70 per tonne.

Maximum contribution payable by a winemaker or a grape grower: $55,281.

Minimum contribution payable by a Barossa winemaker: $213.

Clare Valley

Grower: $9.00 per tonne.

Winemaker:

purchased grapes: $9.00 per tonne
own grapes: $9.00 per tonne.

Maximum contribution payable by a winemaker or a grape grower: $20,000.

Winemaker minimum contribution if the winemaker has a vineyard or processing facility in the Clare Valley but no cellar door: $500.

Winemaker minimum contribution if the winemaker has a cellar door in the Clare Valley: $1,000.

Langhorne Creek

Grower: $7.00 per tonne.

Winemaker:

purchased grapes: $7.00 per tonne
own grapes: $14.00 per tonne.

Maximum contribution payable by a winemaker or a grape grower: $30,000.

McLaren Vale

Grower: $10.14 per tonne.

Winemaker:

purchased grapes: $13.45 per tonne
own grapes: $13.45 per tonne.

Maximum contribution payable by a winemaker or a grape grower: $38,289.80.

Riverland

Grower: 0.5% of amount payable to grower.

Winemaker:

purchased grapes: $0.50 per tonne
own grapes: $1.50 per tonne.

Contribution process

Contributions must be paid to PIRSA by 30 June each year.
If any grapes are grown by a person other than the winemaker, you must first complete the grower details spreadsheet ( XLSX 170.0 KB ) including:

ABN
Email address
Tonnes
Amounts deducted

For the Riverland and SA Grape Growers funds, you must also provide the total paid to the grower.

Complete the wine industry fund contributions form for all wine funds and attach the grower details spreadsheet when prompted.

Please note:

The form cannot be saved and will need to be completed in the one session – if you start the form again it will reset to the beginning
You do not need to register or log in to use the online form, but you must have a valid email address.

Amounts payable are calculated automatically and can be paid online.

Download contribution forms

Use of funds

The Minister approved the release of funds from wine industry funds for 2025-26. The project funds are paid to the representative regional association and used for projects to benefit contributors to the wine industry fund. Details listed below:

Projects	Adelaide Hills	Barossa	Clare Valley	Langhorne Creek	McLaren Vale	Riverland	SA Grape Growers
Total Approved by Minister for release from each Wine Industry Fund for 2025-26	$412,600	$1,294,600	$337,600	$339,600	$674,600	$744,600	$627,600
Project Funding to the recognised regional wine association	$386,000	$1,126,000	$290,000	$290,000	$582,000	$409,000	$500,000
Project funding detailed information contact	Adelaide Hills Wine Region	Barossa Australia	Clare Valley Grape & Wine Association	Langhorne Creek Grape & Wine	Mc Laren Vale Grape, Wine & Tourism	Riverland Wine	Wine Grape Council of South Australia
Administration costs (budget)	$16,600	$18,600	$13,600	$12,600	$17,600	$20,600	$30,600

In addition, the funds will be applied to refund payments.

Details of actual fund expenditure are published in the Wine Industry Fund annual reports.

Contribution refunds

Growers and winemakers must contribute to the funds, but you can ask for a refund in the year of the vintage.

You cannot access benefits or services provided by fund payments for 2 years if you get a refund.

Refund requests for vintage 2025 closed on 30 November 2025.

If you have any queries regarding the refund process, please contact us.

Fund management

The Primary Industry Funding Schemes Act 1998 requires management plans for each fund to be revised annually and presented at a public meeting. Presentations include:

estimates of the likely contributions to the funds over the following 5-year period
proposals for investment of the fund
proposals for how the fund will be applied to benefit contributors.

The latest management plans were presented at the public meeting on 17 June 2026. See the presentation slides ( PDF 2.0 MB ).