World Wine Producing Countries 2005

Sources: Global Agricultural Information Network reports, USDA, Department of the Treasury, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, and the EU Report on the Wine Sector. Official marketing year for France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal is August/July beginning 2001/2002, marketing year for Southern Hemisphere countries is January/December. One hectoliter equals 26.42 U.S. gallons, or 11 cases. One case contains twelve 750 ml bottles.

World Wine Exporting Countries 2005
The 14 largest export nations (2005 dates) – France, Italy, Spain, Australia, Chile, the United States of America, Germany, South Africa, Portugal, Romania, Moldova, Hungary, Croatia and Argentina. California produces about 90% of the wine in the United States. In 2000, Great Britain imported more wine from Australia than from France for the first time in history.

Grape Growing in the U.S.
Grape growing contributes to the U.S. economy in diverse ways. It generates jobs, exports, tax revenues, tourism and, of course, outstanding wines, juices, raisins and table grapes. These products are healthy and nutritious. But grapes and grape products are subject to intense global competition that may seriously affect the ability of American grape growers and processors to successfully compete. The industry’s future success will hinge on public and private policies that facilitate rather than impede responses to new competitive conditions.

Grapes are the highest value fruit crop in the nation and the sixth largest crop overall. Grapes account for about 30% of the value of all fruits grown in the United States. Grapes processed in agricultural areas for wine and juice now make up 67% of the entire national crop compared with about 30% in 1969. The federal government does not subsidize grape growing. Wineries are typically owned by grape growers and located on farms where grapes are grown. This processing adds tremendous farm-based value to the crop, varying from three to more than ten fold the value of the fruit. At this time we estimate the economic impact of the American grape crop to be approximately $50 billion/year.

U.S. Wine Production
According to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Non-citrus Fruits and Nuts Summary, utilized grape production4 for 2005 totaled 7.1 million metric tons5, up 26 percent from the 2004 crop. The California crop, which accounted for 89 percent (down from 90 percent during 2004) of the 2005 U.S. utilized grape production, was up 24 percent from the previous year. Also for California, wine-type production increased 35 percent from 2004, raisin-type and table-type production increased 13 percent. The 2005 growing season throughout much of California was characterized by a mild summer that mitigated the affects of large spring rains. Utilized production increased from 2004 in all grape estimating states except Arizona, Arkansas, and Texas.

U.S. Wine Consumption
Wine consumption in the United States has been rising slowly and consistently over the last 11 years. Various sources put consumption of wine by American adults at 25 to 33 percent. The core wine drinkers (people who drink wine at least once per week) make up about half of this group. The rest are marginal wine drinkers. According to Euromonitor International, U.S. yearly per capita consumption of wine is 12 liters, up from 10.6 liters in 2000. While French wine remains popular, market share has been lost to lower-priced wines from other countries. Americans are drinking more imported wines from countries such as Italy, Australia, Spain, Chile, Germany, New Zealand, Portugal, and South Africa.

U.S. Wine Exports
The United States exported 3.8 million hectoliters of wine and wine products (including cider, fermented beverages, and wine must) during 2005, a 15 percent drop from 2004. The United States exported $659 million of wine and wine products during 2005, which represented a decrease of 17 percent from 2004. By quantity, the top market for the United States, the United Kingdom, decreased 42 percent above the year before. Canada, the second highest export market for the United States, increased by 9 percent in quantity. Italy ranks as the United States’ third top market after purchases increased 262 percent during 2005. A U.S. wine producer sends bulk wine to Italy for bottling and ships the product to other parts of Europe from there. Japan ranks fourth and decreased 44 percent from the previous year. Germany continues to rank fifth and decreased 11 percent from 2004.

TTB Production Statistics per State 2004 - Total = 630,253,150 Tons
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State	Production (Tons)	Percentage
Alabama	125	0.0%
Alaska	0	0.0%
Arizona	21143	0.0%
Arkansas	52800	0.0%
California	568628053	90.2%
Colorado	114496	0.0%
Connecticutt	50681	0.0%
DC	0	0.0%
Delaware	0	0.0%
Florida	1410270	0.2%
Georgia	134585	0.0%
Hawaii	0	0.0%
Idaho	510077	0.1%
Illinois	118553	0.0%
Indiana	436934	0.1%
Iowa	52838	0.0%
Kansas	0	0.0%
Kentucky	1238261	0.2%
Louisiana	0	0.0%
Maine	13381	0.0%
Maryland	144667	0.0%
Massachusetts	39570	0.0%
Michigan	808093	0.1%
Minnesota	0	0.0%
Mississippi	12987	0.0%
Missouri	852668	0.1%
Montana	0	0.0%
Nebraska	0	0.0%
Nevada	0	0.0%
New Hampshire	0	0.0%
New Jersey	1602684	0.3%
New Mexico	548610	0.1%
New York	29011382	4.6%
North Carolina	736394	0.1%
North Dakota	0	0.0%
Ohio	857339	0.1%
Oklahoma	0	0.0%
Oregon	1996342	0.3%
Pennsylvania	568249	0.1%
Rhode Island	33901	0.0%
South Carolina	10025	0.0%
South Dakota	0	0.0%
Tennessee	143660	0.0%
Texas	955187	0.2%
Utah	0	0.0%
Vermont	1185013	0.2%
Virginia	717345	0.1%
Washington	16514248	2.6%
West Virginia	30440	0.0%
Wisconsin	375064	0.1%
Wyoming	0	0.0%
Others	327085	0.1%