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Facts from Sonoma County Grape Growers Association
Sonoma
County: 52 miles wide, 47 miles long, 190 wineries
Sonoma
County Total Acreage: 1,050,000
Grape
Acres in 2000: 55,877
Grape
Value: $390 million, 67% of Ag total.
Leading
acreage:
Chard:
16,100
SB:
2,100
Other:
1,600
CS:
11,000
Merlot:
7,600
PN:
8,600
Zin:
5,100
Others:
3,800
Sonoma
County population:
1970:
204,000
2000:
450,000
Sonoma
County grape acres:
1970:
12,600
2000:
55,877
Sonoma
County had 23,500 acres of grapes in 1893.
Single
acre Sonoma County Vineyard Averages:
5
tons of grapes or 10,000 lbs.
13.5
barrels of wine or 7,552 oz
797
gallons of wine at 128 oz.
3985
bottles of wine
One
barrel of wine contains:
740
pounds of grapes
59
gallons
24.6
cases of wine
One
case of wine contains:
30
lbs of grapes
307
oz. Of wine
12
bottles
One
bottle of wine contains:
2.4
pounds of grapes
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