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Pinot Noir harvest, Central Coast Sonoma Caswell Park, V. californica, a wild type used as root stock and for §Breeding Rodney Strong Vineyards. The 2020 table grape harvest was worth $2.12 billion [1] while wine grapes brought in $1.7 billion, down 15.3% year-on-year.
Times are getting increasingly tough for many of California's wine grape growers. Wine-souring smoke from wildfires, grape-shriveling drought and global warming have all been playing an ...
Experts recommend ripping out 50,000 more acres, or 8% of all the vineyards left in California. It's a new reality here — far more painful than simple sour grapes. Extended interview: Billie Eilish
Prior to Prohibition, Los Angeles County was California's largest wine producer by volume. [11] [12] [13] The first modern day vineyard was planted in 1985 by restaurateur Michael McCarty, with the help of Dick Graff of Monterey's Chalone Vineyard. [14] [15] Today the appellation is home to 52 commercial grape growers and 198 acres (80 ha) of ...
Fresno County remains the Valley’s grape leader at 160,324 acres, followed by San Joaquin County at 111,972 acres, Kern County at 95,424 acres, Madera County at 55,989 acres, and Tulare County ...
In Monterey County, Chardonnay is the primary grape as it comprises 40% of total vine acreage. Chardonnay grapes from Monterey County have become prized by winemakers throughout the state. Currently, the northern areas of the county mainly cultivate Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Riesling, and Pinot Blanc due to the cooler weather.
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 ...
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