Grape Facts
• US highest value fruit crop
• 6th largest crop in US
• Valued at close to $5 billion (USDA NASS)
• Nearly one million acres of grape-bearing land (wine, raisins, and table grapes)
• 32% of the value of all noncitrus fruit grown in the US
• 25,000 US Farms grow grapes (MKF Research)
• 7,343,400 tons of grapes (USDA NASS)
• Contribute $162 billion to US economy
• $33 billion in wages and $17 billion in state and local tax revenues
(MKF Research)
Production Facts
• US produces 605 million gallons of wine
• California produces 90% of the volume of wine
• US accounts for 10% of world grape production (4th after Italy, France
and Spain)
• The US leads the world in wine consumption with sales ofclose to $35 billion
• Wine can be purchased at 600,000 places both on-premise and off-premise
• As of October 2014 there are 7,946 wineries in all 50 states
Exports
• US exports reached $1.55 billion in winery revenues up 16% to previous year,
a gain for a fourth year (Wine Institute)
• Volume shipments reached 435 million liters or 478 million cases
(Wine Institute)
• Exports of American table grapes, grape juice products, raisins, and wine
reached $1.6 billion (in 2006), the largest US horticultural export
• California produces 90% of all wine exported from US (Wine Institute)
• Top markets are European Union, Canada, Japan, China, and Mexico
• Approximately 1/3 of raisin crop is exported
Imports
• US imported $5 billion worth of wine (US Department of Commerce)
• 30% of wine sold in the US is imported
• Imports have grown 76% in five years up to 2006, most in wine imports
• Top three countries from which wine is imported are Italy, France
and Australia
Tourism
• Nearly 30 million winery visits annually, providing employment to over 50,000 people
• California has 20.7 million visits, generating $2 billion in tourism revenue
• New York had 4.1 million visits and generated $312 million (MKF Research)
• Washington had 2.4 million visits representing 2.3% of overall tourism
accounting for $1 billion in wine related expenditures (Stonebridge Research)
Sustainable Practices
• Sustainable practice programs lead the wine industry in practices that are
environmentally friendly and that reinforce the connection between wine and
the community
• Programs exist East to West: from New York to California, Oregon
and Washington
Top 10 Wine Producing States
| Rank | State | Gallons |
| 1 | California | 783,047,749 |
| 2 | Washington | 34,712,644 |
| 3 | New York | 28,900,557 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | 10,278,722 |
| 5 | Oregon | 7,964,417 |
| 6 | Vermont | 4,315,420 |
| 7 | Ohio | 3,582,902 |
| 8 | Michigan | 2,334,036 |
| 9 | Kentucky | 2,241,527 |
| 10 | Texas | 1,026,465 |
Statistics gathered from the U.S. Tax & Trade Bureau by WineAmerica, 2013
Top 10 Wineries by State
| Rank | State | Number of Wineries |
| 1 | California | 3,782 |
| 2 | Washington | 681 |
| 3 | Oregon | 599 |
| 4 | New York | 320 |
| 5 | Virginia | 248 |
| 6 | Texas | 204 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | 182 |
| 8 | Ohio | 143 |
| 9 | Michigan | 137 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 129 |
Prepared from U.S. Tax & Trade Bureau Data by WineAmerica, 2013