California Grape Acreage Report, 2020 Summary California Department of Food and Agriculture Cooperating with the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Pacific Regional Office Pacific Regional Office · P.O. Box 1258 · Sacramento, CA 95812 · (916) 738-6600 · (855) 270-2722 Fax · www.nass.usda.gov/ca Released: April 20, 2021 RESULTS This report consists of two parts: California’s 2020 grape acreage totaled 895,000 acres. Of the total grape acreage, 844,000 were bearing while 51,000 were ➢ Estimated grape acreage -- bearing, non-bearing, and non-bearing. The wine-type grape acreage is estimated at total. 620,000 acres. Of the total acres, 580,000 were bearing and 40,000 were non-bearing. Table-type grape acreage totaled ➢ Detailed data by variety, and year planted -- as 130,000 acres with 122,000 bearing and 8,000 non-bearing. voluntarily reported by grape growers and maintained Acreage of raisin-type grapes totaled 145,000 acres, of which in our list of grape vineyards. 142,000 were bearing and 3,000 were non-bearing. With perfect information, the estimated grape acreage and the The leading wine-type varieties continued to be Chardonnay detailed data would be the same. However, this will never be the and Cabernet Sauvignon. Flame Seedless was the leading case for the following reasons: table-type grape variety. Thompson Seedless continued to be the leading raisin-type variety and was utilized for raisins, fresh ➢ A voluntary survey of approximately 8,900 grape market, concentrate, and wine. growers is unlikely to attain 100 percent completeness. ESTIMATED GRAPE ACREAGE 1 ➢ It is difficult to detect growers who are planting grapes for the first time. Type 2018 2019 2020 Percent Change Raisin 156,000 153,000 145,000 - 5.2 ➢ The detailed data reflects vine removals from 30,000 Bearing 152,000 149,000 142,000 - 4.7 acres during the past twelve months. Of this number, Non-Bearing 4,000 4,000 3,000 - 25.0 significant acreage was harvested in 2020 prior to Table 132,000 130,000 130,000 (NC) being pulled out. As a result, harvested acreage Bearing 121,000 121,000 122,000 + 0.8 removed in 2020 is included in the estimated acreage, Non-Bearing 11,000 9,000 8,000 - 11.1 but excluded from the detailed data Wine 637,000 635,000 620,000 - 2.4 Bearing 590,000 590,000 580,000 - 1.7 PROCEDURES Non-Bearing 47,000 45,000 40,000 - 11.1 All Grapes 925,000 918,000 895,000 - 2.5 The major source of the grape detailed data was a questionnaire Bearing 863,000 860,000 844,000 - 1.9 mailed to all grape growers from our list of grape vineyards. The Non-Bearing 62,000 58,000 51,000 - 12.1 mailing was made in October 2020 to approximately 8,900 1 Reported data with an allowance for incompleteness. grape growers. The questionnaire contained previously reported (NC) No Change crop, variety, and acreage information preprinted. Producers were asked to update the information with new plantings, removals, and any other corrections; new growers were mailed OBJECTIVES a blank questionnaire. Growers were given six weeks to respond by mail. A telephone follow-up was then undertaken. The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Pacific Regional Office partners with California Department of To arrive at the estimated grape acreage, our list of grape Food and Agriculture, California Table Grape Commission, and vineyards was compared with data provided from the pesticide Raisin Administrative Committee to conduct an annual acreage application data maintained by County Agricultural survey of California grape growers. The purpose of this survey Commissioners and the Department of Pesticide Regulation. is to provide annual grape acreage with information on new plantings and removals. It is a continuation of a long series of ACKNOWLEDGMENTS industry-funded grape acreage surveys. We sincerely thank the many farm operators, owners, and management firms providing the information. Funding was provided by an assessment on wine grapes plus funding from the California Table Grape Commission and the Raisin Administrative Committee. Page 1 of 6 TABLE 1 - ALL GRAPES: ACREAGE STANDING BY TYPE, BY YEAR PLANTED, CALIFORNIA 1 2012 2020 2019 and 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non- Type Bearing Total Total Earlier Bearing 2 Acres Raisin 130,815 1,036 1,535 591 987 1,442 1,569 526 192 136,406 2,287 138,693 147,537 Table 61,755 2,613 4,804 5,582 4,771 4,094 2,108 2,963 1,214 83,643 6,261 89,904 88,106 Wine 397,586 14,956 14,185 10,045 9,033 7,610 6,192 5,956 3,313 453,415 15,461 468,876 477,041 White 148,461 4,936 4,796 2,868 2,285 2,406 2,419 2,534 1,062 165,752 6,015 171,767 174,948 Red 249,125 10,020 9,389 7,177 6,748 5,204 3,772 3,422 2,252 287,664 9,446 297,110 302,093 Grapes Excluding Rootstock 590,156 18,605 20,524 16,218 14,791 13,146 9,868 9,445 4,720 673,464 24,009 697,473 712,684 Rootstock 453 42 125 22 15 24 11 46 181 0 0 919 960 All Grapes 590,609 18,647 20,649 16,240 14,806 13,170 9,880 9,490 4,900 673,464 24,009 698,391 713,644 1 Totals may not add due to rounding. 2 Non-bearing years are 2018, 2019 and 2020. Thompson Seedless and all table grapes begin bearing after one non-bearing year in Riverside and Imperial counties. TABLE 2 - RAISIN TYPE GRAPES: ACREAGE STANDING BY VARIETY, BY YEAR PLANTED, CALIFORNIA 1 2012 2020 2019 and 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non- Variety Bearing Total Total Earlier Bearing 2 Acres Black Corinth * 1,324 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1,324 1 1,324 1,334 Dovine 460 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 460 1 460 467 Fiesta 11,828 654 1,161 227 834 851 506 139 0 15,554 645 16,199 16,279 Selma Pete 4,384 297 163 338 70 206 881 302 192 5,458 1,375 6,833 6,486 Sultana 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 0 102 119 Thompson Seedless 112,096 54 180 26 22 366 181 78 0 112,745 259 113,004 121,935 Other Raisin 622 31 31 0 61 19 0 7 0 764 7 771 918 Total Raisin 130,815 1,036 1,535 591 987 1,442 1,569 526 192 136,406 2,287 138,693 147,537 * Synonyms for variety names are shown on Page 6 of this Summary. 1 Totals may not add due to rounding. 2 Non-bearing years are 2018, 2019 and 2020. Thompson Seedless and all table grapes begin bearing after one non-bearing year in Riverside and Imperial counties. Page 2 of 6 TABLE 3 - TABLE TYPE GRAPES: ACREAGE STANDING BY VARIETY, BY YEAR PLANTED, CALIFORNIA 1 2012 2020 2019 and 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non- Variety Bearing Total Total Earlier Bearing 2 Acres Adora Seedless 0 0 36 309 476 0 0 0 0 821 0 821 75 Allison 431 0 71 407 535 381 235 416 126 1,825 776 2,601 1,786 Arra Mystic Dream 0 0 0 0 0 36 36 0 18 36 54 90 0 Arra Mystic Star 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 37 0 19 56 75 0 Arra Passion Fire 0 0 0 0 0 448 37 0 0 448 37 485 0 Arra Passion Punch 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 144 0 144 0 Arra Sugar Drop 0 0 0 0 0 66 0 96 60 66 155 221 0 Arra Sweeties 152 0 0 0 20 17 17 0 37 189 54 243 0 Autumn Crisp 4 15 250 750 334 82 38 228 15 1,434 281 1,716 139 Autumn King 4,864 154 624 313 394 334 31 17 69 6,682 116 6,798 6,275 Autumn Royal 2,793 121 269 59 112 23 20 111 20 3,377 151 3,528 3,826 Beauty Seedless * 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 0 83 156 Black Ivory 9 0 0 22 0 5 20 0 0 35 20 55 55 Blanc Seedless * 747 0 148 178 138 0 0 0 0 1,211 0 1,211 680 Calmeria 374 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 374 0 374 408 Candy Hearts 0 0 0 0 10 11 17 80 32 21 128 149 99 Candy Snaps 0 0 40 0 0 36 0 18 17 76 35 111 76 Castlerock Red 182 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 182 0 182 182 Christmas Rose 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 0 59 78 Cotton Candy 105 231 0 34 0 281 12 202 0 651 214 865 865 Crimson Seedless * 5,754 70 0 140 75 0 0 0 0 6,039 0 6,039 6,800 Early Muscat 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 0 79 79 Emerald Seedless 243 0 32 0 39 0 0 17 0 313 17 331 319 Emperatriz 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 80 80 Emperor 448 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 448 0 448 451 Esteem 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 160 160 Fantasy Seedless 495 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 495 0 495 574 Flame Seedless * 12,110 58 208 221 304 15 51 146 37 12,937 213 13,150 14,718 Flame Tokay 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 152 152 Flaming Red 39 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 59 0 59 59 Funny Fingers 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 0 0 74 0 74 74 Golden Globe 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 158 306 Great Green * 111 0 220 190 6 193 72 108 199 720 379 1,098 605 Holiday 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 255 0 255 255 Ivory * 55 54 277 364 321 456 413 420 295 1,526 1,128 2,654 1,199 Jacks Salute 170 10 19 64 0 0 93 0 148 263 240 504 414 Kelly * 0 15 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 51 0 51 20 Krissy * 143 119 60 117 329 273 364 45 15 1,040 424 1,464 86 Kyoho 16 0 9 21 0 32 4 25 8 78 37 115 107 Luisco 389 38 13 0 0 0 55 0 0 440 55 495 568 Magenta 78 0 19 22 70 52 30 0 0 241 30 270 236 Midnight Beauty * 421 10 10 0 252 46 0 0 0 739 0 739 20 Muscat Flame 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 0 79 101 Niabell 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 97 97 Nicolo 60 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 100 100 Perlette 890 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 898 0 898 911 Princess * 1,534 0 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 1,595 0 1,595 1,962 Raspberry Lemonade 0 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 79 0 79 79 Red Globe * 5,032 83 412 0 0 20 39 0 20 5,546 59 5,605 6,588 Ribier 87 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 0 95 166 Royal Black Seedless 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 57 27 84 84 Ruby Seedless * 1,005 0 85 18 0 0 0 0 0 1,108 0 1,108 1,636 Sable Seedless 67 0 0 75 31 33 0 0 0 206 0 206 142 Scarlet 483 65 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 564 0 564 564 Scarlet Royal 4,734 673 1,039 478 176 271 104 69 0 7,371 173 7,544 7,266 Scarlotta Seedless 647 0 0 0 496 213 0 0 0 1,356 0 1,356 647 Sugra-49 0 0 0 0 0 24 2 65 0 27 65 91 0 Sugra-51 0 0 0 0 7 41 0 90 0 48 90 138 1,014 Sugra-52 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 75 0 10 75 85 0 Sugra-53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 0 0 125 125 0 Sugraone * 3,698 114 50 278 52 0 0 0 0 4,192 0 4,192 4,763 Summer Royal 927 52 29 44 27 0 17 14 0 1,077 31 1,108 1,110 Sweet Celebration 903 76 37 0 0 0 0 82