The Crush - March 2020 - 11

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California Grape Crush Report Final 2019
Stats at a Glance
* Winegrape crush totaled 3,919,146 tons, down from the 2018
crush of 4,281,111 tons.
* Red wine varieties accounted for the largest share of all grapes
crushed, at 2,157,061 tons, down 11.9 percent from 2018.
* The 2019 white wine variety crush totaled 1,762,085 tons, down
3.9 percent from 2018.
* Average prices for the 2019 crop: Red winegrapes, $1,019.56,
nearly the same as 2018. White winegrapes, $589.54, down 7.2
percent from 2018.
* Leading grape varieties crushed were chardonnay (15.6
percent), cabernet sauvignon (14.1 percent), zinfandel (8.5
percent), French colombard (7.8 percent), pinot noir (6.5
percent), rubired (6.1 percent), pinot gris (6 percent), merlot
(5.4 percent) and muscat of Alexandria (4.7 percent).
* The 2019 chardonnay price of $912.72 was down 6 percent from
2018 and the cabernet sauvignon price of $1,769.32 was up
5.1 percent from 2018. The 2019
average price for zinfandel was
$583.42, down 2.7 percent from
2018, and pinot noir average
price was down 6.3 percent from
2018 at $1,570.59 per ton.

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www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_
State/California/

President Signs Bill to Help Protect Ag
from Invasive Species, Other Pests
President Trump on March 3 signed into law the bipartisan
Protecting America's Food & Agriculture Act of 2019 (S. 2107).
The bill authorizes U.S. Customs and Border Protection to
annually hire additional ag specialists, ag technicians and canine
inspection teams at airports, seaports and border crossings to
improve the security of the U.S. food supply. The legislation
was supported by a broad coalition of ag and other groups.
"Invasive species have been estimated to cost the U.S. economy
more than $120 billion annually, with more than half of that
amount representing damage to American agriculture," National
Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA)
CEO Dr. Barb Glenn said in a press release. "NASDA strongly
supports funding for additional staff and canine units to enhance
and maintain a framework designed to protect our nation's
food and agriculture through education, research, prevention,
monitoring and control."

New Grape Varieties Approved for
Designating American Wine
Savagnin/savagnin blanc and poulsard are the two new grape
variety names that have been administratively approved by
the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). Wine
bottlers can use these names, as well as other names granted
administrative approval, to label American wines pending TTB's
next rulemaking. To see the complete list of grape variety names
that are pending and approved, visit www.ttb.gov/wine/grapevariety-designations-on-american-wine-labels.

UCD Launches Grape Genomics Website
From the UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology: The
Cantu lab has released a web portal (www.grapegenomics.com)
with genomic data and analysis tools for wild and cultivated
grapevines. It provides user friendly access to the grape genomes
the lab has generated - such as cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay
and merlot - and access to other publicly available genomic
resources. More genomes will be released in the months ahead
using this portal.
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https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/California/Publications/Specialty_and_Other_Releases/Grapes/Crush/Reports/index.php https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/California/Publications/Specialty_and_Other_Releases/Grapes/Crush/Reports/index.php https://www.ttb.gov/wine/grape-variety-designations-on-american-wine-labels https://www.ttb.gov/wine/grape-variety-designations-on-american-wine-labels http://www.grapegenomics.com/

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