The Crush - July 2020 - 10

[ CAWG & INDUSTRY NEWS ]

PD/GWSS Board News: Referendum
Passes, Assessment Approved

Value of CA Wine Sales in the US Grew
6 Percent in 2019 to Reach $43.6B

The Pierce's Disease & Glassy-Winged
Sharpshooter (PD/GWSS) referendum
passed with 78 percent approval of
California winegrape growers. All
winegrape producer entities that paid
the assessment on grapes crushed in
2019 received ballots and 49 percent
cast ballots (40 percent had to vote in
order to validate the referendum). "In
these trying times, we appreciate the support of the industry
in passing this referendum," PD/GWSS Board Chair Domonic
Rossini said. "The PD/GWSS Board is always focused on
growers' best interests and ensuring our industry has the best
research at its back to protect California vineyards from pests
and diseases." The next referendum will be conducted in 2025.

Wine Institute recenty released its
2019 year-end wine sales statistics.
Highlights:

The PD/GWSS Board advises CDFA on the use of winegrape
assessment funds. Since 2001, it has invested more than $47
million on research and outreach on PD, GWSS and other
designated pests and diseases, including European grapevine
moth, mealybugs, red blotch virus, fanleaf virus, leafroll virus
and spotted lanternfly. During its July 7 meeting, the board
voted to set the winegrape assessment at $1 per $1,000 of value
for the 2020 harvest. The recommendation was approved by
CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. The annual rate has averaged $1.39
per $1,000 of value since it was established in 2001.
WEBSITE: pdgwss.net

* $43.6 billion: Retail value of
California wine sales in the U.S.
($40.2 billion in 2018).
* 241.5 million: Nine-liter cases of California wine shipped in
the U.S.
* 275.6 million: Nine-liter cases of California wine shipped
worldwide (U.S. and abroad).
* $1.36 billion: U.S. wine exports (95 percent from California)
reached this amount in winery revenues.
* Five top-selling varietals by volume share: Chardonnay (18.6
percent), cabernet sauvignon (15.1 percent), red blends (10.7
percent), pinot grigio/gris (10 percent), moscato/muscat (6
percent).
* The top markets for U.S. wine exports: European Union's
28-member countries ($427 million); Canada ($424 million),
Hong Kong ($113 million), Japan ($92 million), China ($39
million), South Korea ($27 million), Nigeria ($24 million),
Mexico ($19 million), Phillippines ($18 million) Dominican
Republic ($16 million) and Switzerland ($15 million).
READ MORE: wineinstitute.org/press-releases/

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10 / JULY 2020
http://www.wineinstitute.org/press-releases/ http://www.pdgwss.net
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