This statewide survey report on vineyards in Oregon covers bearing and nonbearing acres, size of vineyard operation, variety and county, size distribution, prices, and yields. The report also contains some comparisons of data for 1994 and 1995. According to this report, the wine grape acreage, production, and value of the crop all reached new records in 1995

Kriesel, Ronald F.

Marousek, Douglas C.

Oregon Agricultural Statistics Service

Rowley, Homer K.

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Linfield College DigitalCommons@Linfield Oregon Wine Board Documents Oregon Wine Board (OWB) Collection 1-23-1996 1995 Oregon Vineyard Report Oregon Agricultural Statistics Service Homer K. Rowley Ronald F. Kriesel Douglas C. Marousek Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/owha_owb  Part of the Viticulture and Oenology Commons Recommended Citation Oregon Agricultural Statistics Service; Rowley, Homer K.; Kriesel, Ronald F.; and Marousek, Douglas C., "1995 Oregon Vineyard Report" (1996). Oregon Wine Board Documents. Report. Submission 23. https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/owha_owb/23 This Report is protected by copyright and/or related rights. It is brought to you for free via open access, courtesy of DigitalCommons@Linfield, with permission from the rights-holder(s). Your use of this Report must comply with the Terms of Use for material posted in DigitalCommons@Linfield, or with other stated terms (such as a Creative Commons license) indicated in the record and/or on the work itself. For more information, or if you have questions about permitted uses, please contact digitalcommons@linfield.edu. OREGONAGRICULTURALSTATISTICSSERVICE1220 S.W. 3rd Ave., Rm 1735Portland,  OR  97204503-326-21311-800-338-2157FAX: 503-326-25491-800-731-70111995 OREGON VINEYARD REPORT  January 23, 1996   Frequency: Annual Wine Grape Acreage, Production and Value Reach New Highsi i l iOregon’s 1995 wine grape crop was a record 14,000 tons, 13 percent above the prior largest crops of 1993 and 1992. Value of thisseason’s crop totaled $13.4 million, up 37 percent from the previous record set in 1993. Harvested acreage continued a record setting trend,up 8 percent from last year’s prior high. Funding for the 1995 Vineyard Survey was provided by the Oregon Wine Advisory Board.Wine Grapes: Acreage, yield, production, price and value, by variety, 1994-95i i l i i l iAll plantedacreageHarvestedacreageYield perharvested acre ProductionPriceper tonValue of productionVariety 1994 1995 1994 1995 1994 1995 1994 1995 1994 1995 1994 1995       - - - - - - - -  Acres  - - - - - - - -                - - - - - - - - - Tons  - - - - - - - - -            - - Dollars - -           -1,000 Dollars -                                             Cabernet Sauvignon 275 291 222 222 1.61 2.31 358 512 820  900 294  461Chardonnay 1,453 1,512 1,162 1,197 2.41 2.60 2,795 3,108 850  910 2,376  2,828Gewurztraminer 201 212 178 181 1.71 1.83 305 332 650* 640 198* 212Merlot 152 173 104 143 1.38 1.69 143 242 1,000  1,150 143  278Muller Thurgau 104  90 88 81 3.03 4.68 267 379 500* 580 134* 220Pinot Blanc 43 75 15 33 1.67 1.88 25 62 990  1,090  25  68Pinot Gris    717 878 416 497 1.69 2.50 704 1,241 1,170  1,160 824  1,440Pinot Noir 2,563 2,744 2,085 2,289 1.76 2.35 3,670 5,379 990  1,130 3,633  6,078Sauvignon Blanc    92  107 77 74 1.52 2.58 117 191 730* 820  85* 157Semillon  37 44 32 41  1.84 1.68  59  69 600* 580  35* 40White Riesling  685 710 624 616  3.04 2.95 1,895 1,816 580* 580    1,099*1,053Zinfandel 36 40 32 38 2.31 5.37    74 204 670* 740 50* 151All others 242 224 165 188 2.35 2.47 388 465 593* 976 230* 454Total 6,600 7,100 5,200 5,600   2.08 2.50 10,800 14,000 845  960 9,126  13,440* RevisedWine Grapes: Vineyards, acreage, yield and production , by county, 1994-95i i i l iVineyardsAll plantedacreageHarvestedacreageYield perharvested acre ProductionCounty 1994 1995 1994 1995 1994 1995 1994 1995 1994 1995- Number -  - - - - - - - - - - -  Acres - - - -  - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - - - -  Tons - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Benton 21  22 243    281 140       189 1.61  2.28  225  430   Clackamas 18  20 106    118 75    93 1.61  2.05  121  191   Douglas 36  36 376    440 297    296 2.43  2.89  722  855   Hood River 5  6 23    29 21    22 1.19  3.05  25  67   Jackson 31  29 280    295 191    235 1.74  2.51  333  591   Josephine 23  23 292    311 198    185 1.75  2.69  347  497   Lane 28  32 482    590 303    355 1.95  1.97  591  699   Linn 6  5 64    64 39    39 1.28  1.67  50  65   Marion 21* 21 428*  427 248*  333 1.52  1.69  376* 563   Morrow 1  1 390    390 390    390 2.38  1.28  930  501   Polk 42  41 949    997 824    892 2.48  2.99  2,046  2,670   Umatilla 8  7 65    83 62    77 1.87  2.23  116  172   Wasco 10  9  98    1 78    81 2.51  3.79  196  307   Washington 41  39   853    862 725    706 2.05  2.76  1,489  1,951   2 Vineyard Report -  1995i   -  Yamhill 98  96 1,914*  2,083 1,591*  1,697 2.02  2.61  3,211* 4,423   All others 9  9 37    35    18    10 1.22  1.80  22  18   Total 398*  396 6,600     7,006 5,200    5,600 2.08  2.50  10,800  14,000   * Revised.Wine grapes: All planted acreage,  by variety and area, 1995 and 1994 totalsi ll l i lCabernetSauvignonGewurz-traminer MerlotMullerThurgauPinotGrisPinotNoirSauvignonBlancWhiteRieslingAllothersAll varietiesArea Chardonnay 1995 1994AcresPolk Co. 24  293 35    -- 11 77 416 28 52   61  997 949   Washington Co.  6  172 28    -- 25 159 345 4 93    30   862     853   Yamhill Co.  6  388 23     4 31 277 1,102 17 159   76   2,083  1,914* East Valley 1/ 11  133 27     1 5 114 239 7 40   49  626  615* South Valley 2/ 19  139 20     3 8 179 364 11 95   34  872 725   Douglas Co. 59  89 30   10 3 11 85 14 87   52  440 376   Rogue Valley 3/ 89  159 22   88 7 58  113 19 17    34    606 572   Columbia River 4/ 77  139 27   67 -- 3 80 7 167  47  614 596   Total,  1995 291  1,512 212 173 90 878 2,744 107 710  383    7,100 --   Total,  1994 275  1,453 201 152 104 717 2,563 92 685  358    -- 6,600   Wine Grapes: Harvested acreage, by variety and area, 1995 and 1994 totalsi i lAll varietiesAreaCabernetSauvignon ChardonnayGewurz-traminer MerlotMullerThurgauPinotGrisPinotNoirSauvignonBlancWhiteRieslingAllothers 1995 1994AcresPolk Co.  23 265  34 -- 11    43 381  27  52 56 892   824Washington Co.   3 150  26 -- 18    97 303    2  87 20 706   725Yamhill Co.   5 314  18 4 31 183 913   17   151  61 1,697   1,591*East Valley 1/   9   76  21 --   5   86 209  7  31 29 473    379*South Valley 2/ 14   89  15 1   6  49 267  4  77 22 544   443Douglas Co. 34   68  22 4   3    5  62  7  49 42   296   297Rogue Valley 3/ 65 106  19 69   7  31  79  7  12 25  420   389Columbia River 4/ 69 129  26 65 --   3  75  3 157 45  572   552Total,  1995 222  1,197   181  143  81  497    2,289    74 616 300  5,600      --Total,  1994 222  1,162   178 104  88  416    2,085    77 624 348      -- 5,200 Wine grapes: Yield per harvested acre, by variety and area, 1995 and 1994 totalsi i l i lCabernetSauvignonGewurz-traminer MerlotMullerThurgauPinotGrisPinotNoirSauvignonBlancWhiteRieslingAllothersAll varietiesArea Chardonnay 1995 1994TonsPolk Co. 3.39 2.83 2.03 n.a. 6.64 3.88 2.85 3.85 3.08 3.30 2.99 2.48  Washington Co. 3.00 2.79 1.88 n.a. 4.50 2.28 2.52 3.50 3.84 3.30 2.76 2.05  Yamhill Co. 3.40 2.79 1.94 2.75 4.90 2.72 2.44  .82 3.07 2.15 2.61 2.02*East Valley 1/ 2.56 1.97 1.95 n.a. 5.40 1.91 1.12 1.57 3.74 2.34 1.76 1.50*Vineyard Report-1995i  - 3South Valley 2/ 3.79 1.74 1.13 3.00 2.33 1.80 2.09 2.00 2.61 1.50 2.08 1.84  Douglas Co. 1.94 3.69 1.32 3.25 2.33 3.40 2.89 1.71 2.69 3.55 2.89 2.43  Rogue Valley 3/ 2.31 2.90 1.05 2.23 3.57 2.68 2.68 2.14 5.08 2.44 2.59 1.75  Columbia River4/1.68 1.54 2.77 .94 n.a. 1.33 1.64 6.67 2.22 2.38 1.84 2.30  Total,  1995 2.31 2.60 1.83 1.69 4.68 2.50 2.35 2.58 2.95 2.67 2.50 --   Total,  1994 1.61 2.41 1.71 1.38 3.03 1.69 1.76 1.52 3.04 1.57 -- 2.08  * Revised.1/ Clackamas, Linn, Marion and Multnomah Counties. 2/ Benton and Lane Counties. 3/ Jackson and Josephine Counties.  4/ Gilliam, Grant, Hood River, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla and Wasco Counties. Wine grapes:  Production, by variety and area, 1995 and 1994 totalsi i i lCabernetSauvignonGewurz-traminer MerlotMullerThurgauPinotGrisPinotNoirSauvignonBlancWhiteRieslingAllothersTotalArea Chardonnay 1995 1994TonsPolk Co. 78 750 69    -- 73 167 1,084 104 160 185 2,670 2,046  Washington Co.  9 419 49    -- 81 221 765 7 334 66 1,951 1,489  Yamhill Co. 17 877 35   11 152 497 2,225 14 464 131 4,423 3,211*East Valley 1/ 23 150 41    --  27 164 234 11 116 68 834 568*South Valley 2/ 53 155 17     3 14 88 557 8 201 33 1,129 816  Douglas Co. 66 251 29   13 7 17 179 12 132 149 855 722  Rogue Valley 3/ 150 307 20 154    25 83 212 15 61 61 1,088 680  Columbia River 4/ 116 199 72   61 -- 4 123 20 348 107 1,050 1,268  Total,  1995 512 3,108 332 242 379 1,241 5,379 191 1,816 800 14,000 --  Total,  1994 358 2,795 305 143 267 704 3,670 117 1,895 546 -- 10,800 * Revised.1/ Clackamas, Linn, Marion and Multnomah Counties. 2/ Benton and Lane Counties.3/ Jackson and Josephine Counties. 4/ Gilliam, Grant, Hood River, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla and Wasco Counties. Wine grapes: New plantings and tonnage lost, by variety, 1995i l i l iNewplantings1995 Harvested but notutilized1995Notharvested1995Losses, 1995Variety Birds Disease FrostAlllosses    - Acres -                    -  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tons - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - -         Cabernet Sauvignon 2 -- -- 16 19 3 38Chardonnay 58 8 33 47 415 21 483Gewurztraminer 1 1 1 12 29 30 71Merlot 6 -- -- 5 1 -- 6Muller Thurgau -- 1 -- 3 26 1 30Pinot Gris 186 1 5 8 33 9 50Pinot Noir 140 12 8 49  297 6 352Sauvignon Blanc 1 1 15 11 33 6 50White Riesling -- 9 4 27 126 21 174All others 26 1 7 16 25 4 45Total 420 34 73 194 1,004 101 1,2994 Vineyard Report -  1995i   -  Wine grapes: Use or sales, by destination and variety, 1995i l i i iVarietyEstate orhome use &not utilized Oregon Washington CaliforniaOther statesand foreign countries 1/ All usesor sales Tons  Cabernet Sauvignon 91 342 79 -- -- 512Chardonnay 1,024 1,844 219 6 15 3,108Gewurztraminer 93 150 71 18 -- 332Merlot 20 192 30 -- -- 242Muller Thurgau 232 147 -- -- -- 379Pinot Gris 437 804 -- -- -- 1,241Pinot Noir 2,036 3,241 87 -- 15 5,379Sauvignon Blanc 21 132 10 28 15 191White Riesling 637 886 258 20 -- 1,816All others 246 528 26 -- -- 800 Total 4,837 8,266 780 72 45 14,0001/ Includes unknown destinations outside Oregon.Compiled by:i l      United States Department of Agriculture      Oregon Agricultural Statistics Service        Homer K. Rowley, State Statistician        Ronald F. Kriesel, Deputy State Statistician        Douglas C. Marousek, Agricultural StatisticianCooperating with:i i     Oregon Wine Advisory Board     Oregon Wine Growers Association     Oregon Department of AgricultureCopies of this publication are available by contacting the Oregon Agricultural Statistics Service, 1220 S.W. 3rd Ave., Room 1735, Portland, Oregon97204--2899, (326-2131 in Portland or 1-800-338-2157). The 1995 Winery Report will be available about April 15, 1996.

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