(RadioAustralia) - Wine exporters say 2017 was their best year since 2004, with a lot of that growth driven by China.

Australian winemakers are showing a renewed spring in their step today, with export figures released this morning showing record growth in 2017, a buoyancy not seen in the industry since 2004.

The value of wine exports has increased by 15 per cent in the past year to $2.56 billion, and it was also a record year for volume, increasing 8 per cent to 811 million litres.

Wine Australia chief executive Andreas Clark, who is in London for an Australia Day marketing push in the United Kingdom, said the export figures were being driven largely by exports to China, a market that had increased by 63 per cent in the past year.