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Wine production cost calculator

Work out what it costs you to make a litre and a 750 ml bottle of wine: grapes, inputs, labour, energy, barrels, losses, bottling and overheads. With a breakdown by category and a suggested price for your target margin.

Calculates automatically

The starting values are only an example to show how the calculation works — replace them with your winery's figures.

Only changes how amounts are formatted. No exchange rate is applied: enter every amount in the same currency.

Grapes
Grape source

Editable reference value — adjust it to your pressing and wine style.

Winemaking

Totals for the whole batch.

Barrel ageing
Losses

Lees, racking, evaporation and filtration, on the starting volume.

Bottling

Cost per 750 ml bottle.

Depreciation and overheads

Allocation base: (annual costs ÷ annual litres) × batch litres.

Selling price

Margin on the selling price, before taxes.

Results

Cost per bottle (750 ml)

R 2,93

Cost per litre

R 3,91

Suggested price per bottle

R 4,89

Suggested price per litre: R 6,52

Total batch cost
R 26 016,67
Final litres
6 650 L
750 ml bottles
8 866

Price = cost ÷ (1 − margin). Excludes taxes, distribution and commissions.

Cost per bottle by category
  • Grapes · 38,4 %
  • Winemaking inputs · 2,7 %
  • Labour · 5,4 %
  • Energy · 1,3 %
  • Barrels · 10,8 %
  • Bottling · 34,1 %
  • Overheads and depreciation · 7,3 %

Cost breakdown

CategoryPer bottle%
GrapesR 1,1338,4
Winemaking inputsR 0,082,7
LabourR 0,165,4
EnergyR 0,041,3
BarrelsR 0,3210,8
BottlingR 1,0034,1
Overheads and depreciationR 0,217,3
TotalR 2,93100,0

An indicative estimate based only on the values you enter. It is not accounting or tax advice.

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Frequently asked questions

How is the cost per bottle calculated?
All batch costs (grapes, inputs, labour, energy, barrels, bottling and the share of overheads) are added up and divided by the final litres after losses. The cost per bottle is the cost per litre × 0.75.
How is the barrel cost allocated?
Barrels are depreciated by how long the wine occupies them: litres in barrel × (price ÷ capacity) × (months in barrel ÷ useful life in months). For example, 12 months in a barrel with a 3-year useful life carries one third of its price.
How are estate-grown grapes costed?
The growing cost per hectare is divided by the yield in kg/ha and multiplied by the kg you process, so estate fruit is compared on the same basis as bought-in fruit.
Margin or markup?
The calculator uses margin on the selling price: with a 40% margin, price = cost ÷ 0.6. A 40% markup on cost would give a lower price (cost × 1.4).

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