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California wine has a long and continuing history, and in the late twentieth century became recognized as producing some of the world's finest wine. While wine is made in all fifty U.S. states , up to 90% (by some estimates) of American wine is produced in the state.
California wine export volume has shown impressive growth and demonstrating increased popularity in a highly competitive global market. Its vintages continue to perform around the world, especially in Southeast Asia, Mexico and the EU. California vintners represent 80% of U.S. wine production and 95% of U.S. wine exports.
2005 Eyrie Vineyards Pinot gris. Wine has been produced in the United States since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. [1] [2] [3] As of 2023, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 80.8% of all US wine.
California's own consumption of table production grew from 1980 to 2001 from 1.8 to 3.5 kilograms (4.0 to 7.7 lb) per capita per year. [7] Consumption here and throughout the country is so high that the country remains a net importer despite this state's production, which reached 71,000 short tons (64,000 t) in the 2015 table harvest. [7]
California was once a hotbed of Japanese wine producers, until 20th-century legislation boxed them out. Over a hundred years later, a comeback is underway. Japanese Winemakers Have a Long History ...
While two grape varieties were native to California, Vitis californica and Vitis girdiana, neither were used for wine production. [ 10 ] The grape was introduced to present-day California in the late 18th century by Franciscan missionaries ; [ 11 ] the first planting of the grape in present-day California was done by Junipero Serra at Mission ...
Los Carneros (also known as Carneros) is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) which includes parts of both Sonoma and Napa counties in California, U.S.A. The 37,000 acres (58 sq mi) area was recognized on September 18, 1983 by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), Treasury after reviewing the petition submitted by Beaulieu Vineyards proposing to establish a viticultural area named ...
A modern era of quality wine production began in the late 1960s when a new owner of Simi Winery sought to revive the area's long winemaking history. In the 1970s, a new wave of producers, such as Chateau Souverain and Jordan Vineyard & Winery , descended upon the area and started making wines that received critical and consumer acclaim.