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California Wine Grape Acreage by Variety - 2000

This is from the California Agricultural Statistics Services.
This information is exerpted from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Web Site.

ESTIMATED GRAPE ACREAGE 1/
Type	1999	2000	Percent Change
Wine	554,000	568,000	+2.5
Bearing	424,000	458,000	+8.0
Non-Bearing	130,000	110,000	-15.4
1/ Reported data with an allowance for incompleteness.

ALL GRAPES: ACREAGE STANDING BY TYPE, BY YEAR PLANTED, CALIFORNIA

Variety

1992
and
Earlier

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

1999
Total

Bearing

Non-
Bearing 1/

Total

Acres

Wine

254,421

17,743

23,302

25,019

35,885

46,916

33,949

23,959

19,485

403,287

77,392

480,679

470,159

White

131,618

5,825

6,358

8,434

13,883

16,106

10,624

4,998

4,614

182,223

20,236

202,459

205,103

Red

122,804

11,918

16,944

16,586

22,002

30,810

23,325

18,961

14,871

221,064

57,156

278,220

265,055

WHITE WINE TYPE GRAPES: ACREAGE STANDING BY VARIETY, BY YEAR PLANTED, CALIFORNIA
Variety	1992 and Earlier	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2000			1999 Total
	1992 and Earlier	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	Bearing	Non- Bearing 1/	Total	1999 Total
	Acres
Burger 2/	1,374	71	0	24	0	367	174	6	11	1,836	191	2,027	2,131
Chardonnay	48,881	4,366	4,958	7,376	11,810	11,881	7,238	3,563	3,418	89,272	14,219	103,491	102,568
Chenin Blanc	18,552	9	76	52	136	302	232	20	63	19,127	316	19,443	20,962
Emerald Riesling	424	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	424	0	424	624
French Colombard	41,732	4	2	65	251	5	4	20	52	42,058	76	42,135	44,585
Gewurztraminer	914	10	94	51	26	303	147	6	1	1,399	154	1,553	1,669
Gray Riesling 3/	57	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	57	4	61	92
Malvasia Bianca 4/	1,714	368	231	38	96	2	30	25	9	2,450	64	2,514	2,450
Marsanne	23	5	7	8	1	7	5	0	2	50	7	57	51
Muscat Blanc 5/	974	11	33	45	58	27	37	48	12	1,147	97	1,244	1,252
Muscat of Alexandria	4,078	461	173	6	13	13	67	171	220	4,744	458	5,202	5,176
Muscat Orange	61	0	7	24	8	13	34	6	10	113	49	162	172
Palomino 6/	692	0	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	742	0	742	790
Pinot Blanc	793	1	9	8	12	39	20	26	82	862	128	990	1,000
Pinot Gris 7/	69	12	59	207	294	298	268	257	149	939	675	1,614	1,216
Roussanne	5	18	11	13	4	47	38	43	16	97	97	194	152
Sauvignon Blanc	7,581	194	353	253	652	1,776	1,826	572	389	10,808	2,787	13,595	13,499
Sauvignon Musque	7	10	11	19	27	34	24	12	0	108	35	143	118
Semillon	772	99	57	28	113	268	51	32	14	1,337	97	1,433	1,538
St Emilion 8/	373	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	375	0	375	373
Symphony	228	33	110	0	74	121	15	0	0	566	15	582	592
Tocai Friulano	113	0	1	0	2	0	3	4	7	117	15	132	124
Viognier	161	115	149	186	181	514	241	143	88	1,306	471	1,777	1,488
White Riesling 9/	1,775	6	10	13	58	11	98	37	41	1,873	176	2,049	1,950
Other White Wine	266	31	8	18	17	78	69	7	29	417	105	522	532
TOTAL WHITE WINE	131,618	5,825	6,358	8,434	13,883	16,106	10,624	4,998	4,614	182,223	20,236	202,459	205,103
1/ Non-bearing years are 1998, 1999, and 2000. Thompson Seedless and all table grapes begin bearing after one non-bearing year in Riverside and Imperial counties. 2/ Monbadon. 3/ Trousseau Gris. 4/ Vennentino. 5/ Muscat Canelli. 6/ Golden Chasselas. 7/ Pinot Grigio. 8/ Ugni Blanc and Trebbiano. 9/ Johannisberg Riesling.

RED WINE TYPE GRAPES: ACREAGE STANDING BY VARIETY, BY YEAR PLANTED, CALIFORNIA
Variety	1992 and Earlier	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2000			1999 Total
	1992 and Earlier	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	Bearing	Non- Bearing 1/	Total	1999 Total
	Acres
Alicante Bouschet	1,271	0	5	7	1	120	108	65	10	1,403	183	1,586	1,683
Barbera	7,543	1,277	1,502	39	140	66	295	62	29	10,566	386	10,952	12,035
Black Malvoisie	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	53	12	65	66
Cabernet Franc	1,421	95	99	51	215	503	560	175	372	2,382	1,106	3,489	3,281
Cabernet Sauvignon	26,884	1,314	1,915	2,444	5,865	9,862	8,084	7,280	6,017	48,285	21,381	69,666	62,734
Carignane	7,054	0	26	7	39	19	21	8	3	7,145	32	7,177	7,676
Carmine	26	0	0	0	0	75	1	0	0	101	1	102	99
Carnelian	965	0	0	0	483	112	120	0	0	1,560	120	1,680	1,735
Centurian	254	0	2	0	0	0	0	70	0	256	70	326	402
Charbono	49	0	0	0	2	1	1	15	15	51	31	82	62
Cinsault	11	0	3	0	9	0	28	13	2	23	44	66	59
Counoise	3	0	0	1	0	0	39	8	7	5	54	59	32
Dolcetto	29	5	6	9	38	71	14	0	0	157	14	171	167
Freisa	0	0	0	10	38	4	4	0	121	51	125	176	58
Gamay Beaujolais	676	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	13	676	41	717	897
Gamay 2/	658	0	56	15	0	12	19	5	0	740	24	764	851
Grenache	9,749	52	80	304	229	427	387	190	44	10,841	621	11,462	11,958
Grignolino	23	0	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	60	0	60	78
Lambrusco	103	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	103	0	103	103
Malbec	60	5	39	48	55	116	234	92	112	324	438	762	567
Mataro 3/	360	25	7	12	31	36	54	48	33	470	135	605	568
Merlot	10,560	3,672	6,919	7,308	7,641	5,970	3,437	2,638	1,841	42,070	7,915	49,986	47,638
Meunier	167	3	0	16	8	1	27	0	0	195	27	221	226
Mission	746	0	0	0	0	2	97	81	0	749	178	926	1,057
Muscat Hamburg	31	0	2	0	8	29	0	0	1	70	1	72	92
Nebbiolo	59	0	19	48	19	24	13	15	0	169	27	196	221
Petite Sirah	1,724	16	67	132	205	351	333	574	280	2,495	1,188	3,682	3,208
Petite Verdot	91	24	19	14	89	113	82	104	129	350	315	665	485
Pinot Noir	6,705	188	250	356	1,385	2,885	2,297	2,382	2,925	11,769	7,604	19,373	15,606
Pinotage	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	70	5	75	80	8
Primitivo	1	0	17	0	6	42	33	7	15	66	55	121	105
Royalty	732	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	732	0	732	835
Rubired	7,006	1,487	763	740	323	522	1,309	1,616	553	10,841	3,477	14,318	13,151
Ruby Cabernet	5,370	213	675	165	237	723	792	333	41	7,383	1,165	8,548	8,873
Salvador	724	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	724	0	724	791
Sangioveto 4/	490	150	245	235	406	1,274	316	116	63	2,799	494	3,293	3,387
Syrah Noir	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	107	1	126	127	0
Syrah 5/	867	138	230	969	1,164	3,184	2,666	2,233	1,248	6,553	6,147	12,699	10,299
Tempranillo 6/	368	19	9	41	42	135	20	36	42	614	99	713	708
Zinfandel	29,238	3,222	3,950	3,584	3,230	3,928	1,661	721	666	47,152	3,047	50,200	51,811
Other Red Wine	731	14	38	33	56	204	245	40	115	1,075	399	1,474	1,448
TOTAL RED WINE	122,804	11,918	16,944	16,586	22,002	30,810	23,325	18,961	14,871	221,064	57,156	278,220	265,055
1/ Non-bearing years are 1998, 1999, and 2000. Thompson Seedless and all table grapes begin bearing after one non-bearing year in Riverside and Imperial counties. 2/ Napa Gamay and Valdiguie. 3/ Mourvedre. 4/ Sangiovese and Brunello. 5/ French Syrah and Shiraz. 6/ Valdepenas.