2022 Calif Grape Crush: Price Up, Tons Down. Red Wine Largest Share: Cab Over Chard

Full report here (PDF)

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The 2022  crush totaled 3,620,595 tons, down 6.7% from the 2021 crush of 3,880,141 tons. Red wine varieties accounted for the largest share of all grapes crushed, at  885,875 tons, down 7.2% from 2021.

This according to the 2022 California Preliminary Crush Report from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.

According to the report:

• Cabernet Sauvignon surpassed Chardonnay as the variety with the largest percentage of the total tonnage crushed at 15.4%.
• Chardonnay accounted for the second largest percentage of the total crush at 14.4%.
• White wine varieties crushed totaled 1,463,787 tons, down 8.6% from 2021.
• The 2022 average price of all varieties was $910.80, up 5.7% from 2021.
• Average prices for the 2022 crop by type were as follows: red wine grapes, $1,150.58, up 7.2% from 2021; white wine grapes, $682.07, up 1.0% from 2021; raisin grapes, $314.27, up 7.8% from 2021; and table grapes, $215.64, up 17.9% from 2021.
• Grapes produced in District 4 (Napa County) received the highest average price at $6,847.19 per ton, up 12.2% from 2021.
• District 3 (Sonoma and Marin counties) received the second highest average price at $2,858.39 per ton, up 6.4% from 2021.
• The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon average price of $1,892.40 was up 13.8% from 2021 and the Chardonnay average price of$1,014.63 was up 3.9% from 2021. The 2022 average price for French Colombard was $330.64, up 1.9% from 2021, while the Zinfandel average price was up 0.7% from 2021, at $651.06 per ton.
• District 13 (Madera, Fresno, Alpine, Mono, Inyo Counties; and Kings and Tulare Counties north of Nevada Avenue (Avenue 192)), had the largest share of the State’s crush at 1,149,339 tons.
• The average price per ton in District 13 was $357.48.

LEADING GRAPE VARIETIES AND DISTRICTS

Raisin grape varieties crushed for wine accounted for 2.9% of the total crush and

Table varieties crushed for wine were 4.6% of the total crush.

 

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• Link From NASS/USDA
  
• Previews of Wine Grape Crush Report from Turrentine & Ciatti
• Last Year’s Report:Wine Grape Prices Take Big Jump : 2021 California Grape Crush Report (Preliminary)