16 CapitalPress.com
September 8, 2017
The ‘Big Two’
wine states by
the numbers
A numerical look at California
and Washington, the top two
wine-producing states in the U.S.
560,000
52,000
Acres of vineyards in California
Acres in Washington
$904
Average price for wine grapes
in California (per ton)
$1,160
Average price in Washington
4 million
Wine grape production in
California (tons)
260,000
Wine grape production in
Washington
7.2
Wine grape yield in California
(tons per acre)
5.19
Wine grape yield in Washington
$3.6 billion
Value of wine grape production
in California
$313 million
Value of wine grape production
in Washington
— National Agricultural
Statistics Service, 2016
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