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A while ago we did an article on the average price of beer per 330ml can per province, and we found that poor Capetonians and rest of the folk living in the Western Cape paid a lot more for their beer than the rest of South Africa's provinces. See that article here: Click here
In today's blog post we take a look at the average price paid per 750ml of red wine per province over time. Now it has to be stated the data is supplied by Statistics South Africa and states "Red wine" and the bottle size. We therefore cannot comment on the year, cultivar or brand of wine used in the calculation of the average prices. But hey we dont want to sound like wine snobs. We just like looking at numbers. And we provide some below. |
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Wine prices per province per year.
The bar chart below shows the average price of a 750ml bottle of red wine per province per year from 2010 up to the latest available data for 2018. One thing folk in the Western Cape must be happy about is the fact that for once they are not paying the most, well in 2018 at least. So far for 2018, those living in KwaZulu-Natal pay the most for a bottle of red wine, at R78.49 a bottle, while those in the Western Cape pays R74.36 a bottle. The citizens of Limpopo pay an average price of R45.30 per bottle of 750ml red wine.
Again it has to be noted, the quality of the wine might be noticeably different between that being collected and priced in Limpopo vs that in say the Western Cape. We cant provide more detail on this, as it is aggregated number provided to us. So far the average price paid in 2018 for a 750ml bottle of red wine per province is shown below:
- KwaZulu-Natal: R78.49
- Western Cape: R74.36
- Northern Cape: R54.82
- Gauteng: R51.93
- North West: R49.50
- Eastern Cape: R48.70
- Free State: R47.86
- Mpumalanga: R45.38
- Limpopo: R45.30
So what about the average price from 2010 up to 2018?
If we take a look at the average price per bottle of 750ml red wine from the start of 2010 up to the latest available data for 2018, or friends in the Western Cape is in the worst position once again, having paid the highest average price for red wine over the full time period. The bar chart below provides a graphical representation of this.
Those living in the Western Cape just cant catch a break, they have the highest rate of inflation of all the provinces, as we have shown in our inflation heat map a couple of times, they have the highest average price per 330ml can of beer and now it shows that over the last 8 years, they have on average been paying the most per bottle of 750ml red wine. We can only assume the quality of red wine stocked in the Western Cape is of a higher quality than the rest of the country, as they all wine experts down in the Cape and would not be seen dead buying a cheap bottle of wine. Only joking Western Cape reader.
The average price paid since January 2010 up to April 2018 for a bottle of 750ml red wine per province is shown below:
Those in the Western Cape has paid over the last 8 and half years, 33% more for a 750ml bottle of red wine compared to those living in Gauteng. Sure you have the mountain, but does that warrant paying more for beer and wine than those living in Gauteng?
The average price paid since January 2010 up to April 2018 for a bottle of 750ml red wine per province is shown below:
- Western Cape:R 60.08
- KwaZulu-Natal:R 55.64
- North West:R 49.45
- Eastern Cape:R 47.55
- Northern Cape:R 45.59
- Gauteng:R 45.11
- Free State:R 41.45
- Mpumalanga:R 37.83
- Limpopo:R 36.15
Those in the Western Cape has paid over the last 8 and half years, 33% more for a 750ml bottle of red wine compared to those living in Gauteng. Sure you have the mountain, but does that warrant paying more for beer and wine than those living in Gauteng?