Wine Facts

- California is the Number 4 wine producer in the world, following France, Italy and Spain.

- By 2010, or sooner, The United States is expected to become the number 1 wine market in the world.

- California produces approximately 90% of all wine made and two thirds of all wine sold in the United States.

- In 2007, there were 2,700 bonded wineries and 4,600 wine grape growers in California.

- The California wine industry has an economic impact of more than $51 billion on the state’s economy and $125 billion on the U.S. economy.

- Nearly 20 million people visit California wine country each year.

- There are about 400 species of oak, though only 20 are used in making oak barrels. Of the trees that are used, only 5% are suitable for making high grade wine barrels. The average age of a French oak tree harvested for use in wiwne barrels is 170 years.

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1 grape = 1 glass
75 grapes = 1 cluster
4 clusters = 1 bottle
40 clusters = 1 vine
1 vine = 10 bottles
1200 clusters = 1 barrel
1 barrel = 60 gallons
60 gallons = 25 cases
30 vines = 1 barrel
400 vines = 1 acre
1 acre = 5 tons
5 tons = 332 cases

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How big can a wine bottle get?

Standard (750 ml) - 1 bottle
Magnum (1.5 L) - 2 bottles
Jerobaum (3 L) - 4 bottles
Rehoboam (4.5 L) - 6 bottles
Methuselah 6 L) - 8 bottles
Salmanazar (9 L) - 12 bottles
Balthazar (12 L) - 16 bottles
Nebuchadnezzar (15 L) - 20 bottles