2009
CALIFORNIA WINE SHIPMENTS TO THE U.S. RISE MODESTLY:
RETAIL VALUE FALLS 3% AS CONSUMERS TRADE DOWN
SAN FRANCISCO – During the recessionary 2009
economy, California vintners shipped 467.7 million gallons (196.7 million
cases) of California wine to the U.S. wine market in 2009, up a modest 0.2%
compared to the previous year’s volume. The estimated retail value of
these sales was $17.9 billion, down 3% from 2008 as consumers traded down to
lower-priced wines, according to wine industry consultants Gomberg, Fredrikson
& Associates in Woodside.
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BENNETT VALLEY, California (January
21, 2010)—The wine business is always onto the next new thing, and for 2010 the
buzz is all about cool climate vineyard sites. Peter and Marie Young,
owners of Grey Stack Cellars have been producing a steady stream of
acclaimed wines from their Bennett Valley vineyard, and the Bennett Valley is
one of the coolest growing regions in Northern California.
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