Australia

Tasmania

Australian sparkling wine is covered here through Tasmania, where sparkling wine made up 41% of all wine from the 2026 vintage.1 National Australian rules for sparkling wine were not collected for this page.

Tasmania

The island state's industry body, Wine Tasmania, reports that 41% of all 2026 Tasmanian wine was sparkling, up from 38% in 2024.1,2 Its sparkling wine is described as made from Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier, the same three varieties that dominate Champagne.2,3

Measure20242026
Grapes processed16,805 t11,163 t
Wine producedabout 1,214,000 cases806,000 cases
Sparkling share38%41%

Figures from the Wine Tasmania vintage reports.2,1 The 2026 bearing vineyard area was about 2,451 ha.1 Wine Australia estimated the 2026 crush slightly higher, at 11,219 t.1

The smaller 2026 crush and the higher sparkling share both come from the same report; the report does not split sparkling volume in tonnes.

Not yet covered

Other Australian sparkling regions, national labelling rules and national production figures were not collected for this page. For the region itself, see Tasmania.

Same grapes as the English PDOs

The three Tasmanian sparkling varieties are also among the six permitted for English Quality Sparkling Wine, and they are the principal varieties of the Sussex PDO.4,5 In both cases the rules come from a legal specification; in Tasmania the variety list is a description in the industry report, not a rule.2

See also

TasmaniaRegionsTasmaniaRegionsPinot NoirGrapesChardonnayGrapesMeunierGrapesTraditional methodMethodsWorldRegions

Sources

  1. Wine Tasmania. Vintage 2026 report (2026)
  2. Wine Tasmania. Vintage 2024 report (2024)
  3. Comité Champagne. Grape varieties
  4. Defra. English Wine PDO specification (December 2011), Part 2 Quality Sparkling Wine (2011-12)
  5. Defra Wine Team, hosted by WineGB. Defra guidance / application specification: Sussex quality sparkling wine PDO (rev. Sept 2019) (2019-09)

Facts checked on 2026-10-19