tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392866426745021699.post1250908661730801855..comments2024-03-28T07:27:16.088+01:00Comments on The Wine Gourd: When did California become a "red wine" state?David Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578729952036086391noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392866426745021699.post-1666692599236914982018-03-06T09:53:27.364+01:002018-03-06T09:53:27.364+01:00Jim, Thanks for your comments.
The first point ha...Jim, Thanks for your comments.<br /><br />The first point has become increasingly important — the predominance of red wine from Napa skews both the tonnage and the outside view of the whole state's wine.<br /><br />Your second point is interesting - the color of the grapes does not always determine the color of the wine. This is also true of many sparkling wines. The post title should therefore more properly be "red grape" rather than "red wine". The data I have seen suggests that white:red Zinfandel is about 6:1.David Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276520192744208262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392866426745021699.post-42868249055998616572018-03-05T18:11:33.768+01:002018-03-05T18:11:33.768+01:00David, Thanks for the analysis. Two points. Fir...David, Thanks for the analysis. Two points. First, Napa Cabernet skews the value of all red grapes. Consider that in 2017 it represented 11% of the Cabernet crush (66,159 tons out of a state total of 599,833) but because of its high value (average $/ton of $7475 versus a statewide average of $1548) the Napa tonnage accounted for 64% of the statewide Cabernet value.<br /><br />The second point is that Zinfandel, which at 364,187 tons, was the second largest "red" grape crushed, should also be considered a "white" grape in that much (50%?) is used to produce White Zinfandel. I couldn't find actual volumes of White Zinfandel, but if someone has access to IRI or Nielsen scan data, we could estimate tonnage.Jim Lapsleynoreply@blogger.com