Cal Grape Crush Down

This is a portion of a news release from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service on California’s grape crush.

The 2020 crush totaled 3,542,038 tons, down 13.9% from the 2019 crush of 4,115,413 tons.

Red wine varieties accounted for the largest share of all grapes crushed, at 1,813,964 tons, down 15.9% from 2019.

White wine varieties crushed totaled 1,590,335 tons, down 9.8% from 2019.

Tons crushed of raisin type varieties totaled 42,425, down 30.5% from 2019, and tons crushed of table type varieties totaled 95,315, down 29.1% from 2019.

The 2020 average price of all varieties was $674.72, down 16.8% from 2019.