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Californian wine snapshot

>> Friday, May 02, 2008

Wine is, according to a press release from The Wine Institute, the number one finished agricultural product in retail value in the US. Here's some more statistics:
-- California produces 90% of all wine in the US
-- California is, if one regards it as a country, the world's fourth wine producer, after France, Italy and Spain
-- There is 2687 wineries and 4600 grape growers
-- 213,000 hectares (527,000 acres) of vineyards
-- 3.2 million tons of grapes are harvested to a value of $1.82 bn
-- Chardonnay and Cabernet are the leading varieties followed by Merlot and Zinfandel
-- 60% of the grapes are red and 40% are white (green)

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