This statewide survey report on winegrape acreage in Oregon covers bearing and nonbearing acres, size of vineyard operation, variety and county, size distribution, prices, and yields

Miles, Stanley D.

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Oregon Winegrape Acreage Survey

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Linfield College DigitalCommons@Linfield Oregon Wine Board Documents Oregon Wine Board (OWB) Collection 1981 Oregon Winegrape Acreage Survey Stanley D. Miles Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/owha_owb  Part of the Viticulture and Oenology Commons Recommended Citation Miles, Stanley D., "Oregon Winegrape Acreage Survey" (1981). Oregon Wine Board Documents. Report. Submission 55. https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/owha_owb/55 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. Oregon Winegrape Acreage Survey . ' by Stanley D .. Miles* 1981 'Survey In the summer of 1981, the Viticulture Survey Committee of the Table Wine Research Advisory Board wrote a letter to the Extension Service asking for help in making a survey to determine the acreages, by variety, of winegyap~s in Oregon. A survey form was developed and mailing lists of grape growers were acquired. In November, 1981 the survey form was mailed to those on the mailing lists. In January, 1982, a follow-up request was sent to those that had not responded. In addition, personal contacts were made to gather acreage data from non-respondents. · While we kno~t that not a 11 grape growers responded to the survey, it is thought that data in this report includes 80 percent or more of Oregon's winegrape acres. Anyone reading this who was not included or knows of other vineyards is encouraged to send us names and addresses. Table I Table II Table III Table IV Table V Table VI Pages 7 & 8 Contents Summary table of bearing, nonbearing and total acres by variety Summary table of size of vineyard operation 'Bearing' winegrape acreage -- by variety and by county Nonbearing winegrape acreage -- by variety and by county Size distribution of.Oregon vineyards by county Summary table on yields and prices for the five primary grape varieties List of respondents by county *Extension Economist, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Victor Kreimeyer and Rodger Kohnert were_ very helpful in completing this surv,ey. Page l Variety Pinot Noir White Riesling Chardonnay .Cabernet Sauvignon Gewurztraminer Gamay Beaujolais Mer lot Sauvignon Blanc Muller Thurgau Zinfandel Pinot Gris · Miscellaneous Red Miscellaneous White Other lJ Total acres . . lJ Varieties not specified. Table I Acres of Oregon Winegrapes Bearino 241 . l 176.7 151. 9 40.0 42.5 13.8 7.3 8.3 2.2 1.2 l. 7 1. l 17.7 12. 6 718. l Table II ··. ,_ acres Nonbea ri no 162.7 89.4 120.5 23.4 51.8 4.6 3.0 3.6 14.3 . 27 .o 6.5 6.7 5.9 519.4 Size of Vineyard Operations Oregon Bearing Nonbearinq Size of total total total total acreacies vinevards acres vinevards acres 0 - 5.0 43 93. l 59 154.3 5. l - lo. 0 14 ll 7 .4 17 125.9 lo. l - 15. 0 8 97.6 ll . 143. 0 15. l - 20.0 5 84.3 1 19.0 20. l - 25.0 5 ll o. 6 2 41. 7 25.l - 30.0 2 57. 1 ---- ---30. 1 & over 3 158.0 l 35.5 Total 80 718 .1 91 519.4 • *Some totals may not pe the same due to rounding. Number of Respondents All total vinevards 52 23 14 10 6 7 5 Total 403.8 266. l 272.4 63.4 94.3 18.4 10. 3 ll. 9 16.5 1.2 28.7 7.6 24.4 18.5 1,237.5 total acres 122.8 179.0 175.3 177 .8 132. l 197. 2 254.8 117 1,239.0* There were 80 grape growers reporting bearing v.ineyards and 91 reporting nonbearing vineyards. Most of those with bearing acres reported some nonbearing acres but many with nonbearing acres appeared to be just getting into the business. Vineyard operations in Oregon are quite small. Of the 80 report-ing bearing acreages only 3 operations had 30 or more acres .. Fifty-seven or 71 percent of the 80 operations had 10 acres or less. Of the 91 operations reporting nonbearing acres, almost all (87) had 15 acres or less. In most cases, however, these grapegrowers also have bearing vineyards. Page 2 ' \ \ Table III· Oregon Winegrape Acreage Bearing 1981 c: ~ Vl CIJ 0 "' c: ..., Vl c: E Vl c: ·~ "' ~ CIJ " s::: "' "' 0 ~ s::: c: ~ ·~ 0 0 .,., ~ Vl c. 0 ··~ ·~ s....., ~ \ ..., u "' .,., CIJ CIJ c: ·~ .,., ~ ~ CIJ s::: "' Variety c: "' " u Vl c: c: s.. ~ Vl E ~ :::> ..., CIJ ~ 0 "' 0 "' ·~ "' 0 "' "". ..., 0 0 "' u Cl "" "" -' -' ::;: c.. ~ >- Cl I-Pinot Noir 2. 1 . 5 15.4 2.8 7.5 1.0 17.5 13.5 6.8 51. 2 121. 8 1.0 241.1 Hhite Riesling 4.2 .5 32.3 .8 2.0 4.0 4.3 6.5 2.2 54.2 64.9 .8 176.7 Chardonnay 1.4 .3 8.9 14. 2 .2 5.0 .3 6.0 2.8 28.3 84.5 - II 151. 9 Cabernet Sauv 1.4 - 11.3 20. 1 1. 2 3.5 .3 - - - 2.2 - II 40.0 Gewurztrami.ner .5 - 9.7 2.0 3.0 3.5 .7 - - 14.5 8.6 - 42.5 Gamay Beaujolais - - 2.5 3.2 1.0 - - 3.0 .8 - 3.3 - 13 .8 Mer lot - - - 3.5 .5 - - - - - 3.3 - 7.3 ,. Sauvignon Blanc - - 5.0 .6 - - - - - 1.0 1. 7 - ' 8.3 Muller Thurgau - - - - - - .2 - - .7 1.3 - 2.2 Zinfandel - - 1.2 - - - - - - - - - 1. 2 Pinot Gris -- - - -- - - -1.0 .7 - 1. 7 Mi see 11 aneous Red I - - - - - ,l - - - - 1.0 - II 1.1 Miscellaneous White . 1 .2 5.0 .7 - 1. 2 .5 - 2.0 5.6 2.4 - II 17 .7 Other 1! 1.3 5.0 - 3.0 - - - - - 1.0 1.3 1. 0 II 12.6 Total 11.0 6.5 91.3 50.9 15.4 18.3 23.8 29.0 14. 6 157.5 297.0 2.8 II 718.l lJ No specific description given. Page 3 1ao1e n Oregon Winegrape Acreage Nonbearing 1981 ~ c: (/) QJ 0 c: "' c: ..., (/) "' E (/) c: ·~ C> ~ QJ 0 c: "' "' 0 .s::; c: :;: c: ~ ·~ u 0 .:.!. ~ (/) Cl. 0 0 ·~ ·~ s......, ~ ..., u C> .:.!. QJ QJ c: ·~ s... .:.!. .s::; .s::; QJ c: "' c: "' "' u (/) c: c: s... s... ~ (/) E .s::; ::i ..., Variety QJ ~ 0 "' 0 "' ·~ "' 0 0 "' "' ..., 0 0 co u Cl ..., ..., --' --' ::c ::c a.. ::;: >- OU I-Pinot Noir 5. l 3. l 12.0 2.0 15.4 13.5 4.0 5.5 -19. l 41.3 41. 7 -162. 7 White Riesling 7.6 1.3 lo. 5 - 3.0 19. 9 .5 5.0 1.5 .7 9.4 30.0 - . II 89.4 Chardonnay l. 0 2.0 13.0 2.9 7.3 4.5 3.0 4.7 - 16.8. 26.6. 38.7 - II 120.5 Cabernet Sauv 3.8 -. l .7 1.8 4.0 6.0 .5 l. 5 1.5 1.5 .7 .5 23.4 Gewurztraminer J 1.0 - 5.6 1.2 6.6 12.4 7.5 1. 5 1.4 7.0 7.5 . l - 51.8 Gamay Beauj~lai - 2.0 - - 1.8 - - - - - .5 .3 - 4.6 Mer lot i I .5 .4 • 3 1.3 . .5 II 3,0 - - - - - - - -Sauvignon Blanc 1.2 ,, .3 1.5 .6 3.6 - - - - - - -Muller Thurgau - - --2.0 --.5 - - 1.0 l 0.8 - 14, 3 . .. Zinfandel -- - - - --- - -- - -~ Pinot Gris - - --- - - - - - -27.0 -27.0 Miscellaneous Red I - - - - • - - - - - - - 6.5 - II 6.5 I Miscellaneous· White . l .2 - - 2.0 .2 - . l 1.3 .5 . 5 1.8 - II 6.7 Other JJ .5 1.3 .3 .8 - - ~ - - - .3 2.5 1.0 5.9 Total I 19.6 9.9 41.5 9.2 . 40.2 54.5 21.0 18. l 8.5 45.6 88.6 161. 2 1.5 519.4 / Jj No specific description given. /' Page 4 ,.,,,,,,, /.,,. ~ c Size of :::J 0 Acreage u --- acres ---0 - 5.0 5. 1 - 10. 0 10. 1 - 15. 0 15. 1 - 20.0 20. 1 - 25.0 .. 25.l - 30.0 30. 1 & over Total Number of Vineyards 60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 -c 0 .... c QJ ca 4 --1 ---5 0 0-5 5.1-10 "' "' E "' c "' "' 0 -" ~ "' u Cl - '"' :::J u ~ 0 "' u 0 ...., 9 6 3 -2 1 -2 -- 1 1 -- -- 2 1 -- -9 13 6 10.1-15 Table V Oregon ,· Total Grape Acreage Number of Vineyards ·1981 QJ c ·~ ..c C• 0. 0 QJ QJ c ·~ -" "' c c ,_ ~ 0 "' ·~ "' 0 ...., -' -' ::E: c.. 7 2 - 1 4 2 5 -2 1 1 - 1 1 -1 - - 1 -- - - - --.. - 1 1 - -- - - - 1 . 11 8 2 5 6 Size Distribution .. 1981 15.1-20 "' "' c E QJ 0 ,_ ,_ .... "' "' u Cl ~ QJ '+-"' c ~ ·~ ·~ ·~ ,_ .... ~ ~..c ..c QJ c "' "' "' E ..c :::J .... .... "' "' ..... 0 0 0 3: >- OU I- I-9 4 3 52 122.8 2 8 - 23 179.0 4 5 - 14 175.3 3 2 -10 177 .8 2 4 . - 6 132. 1 . -- 2 - 7 197.2 1 3 - 5 254.8 21 28 3 117 1,239.0 ------------------------------- acres -----------------------------Page 5 Acres Reported Survey respondents reported 718 acres of bearing vineyards. Pinet Noir was the primary variety grown with 241 acres. The three main varieties were Pinet Noir, White Riesling, and Chardonnay with a combined acreage of 570 acres or almost 80 percent of the total. . There were 519 nonbearing vineyard acres reported. The same three vari-eties (as reported above) were dominant. Over 70 percent of the nonbearing acres were in these three varieties: Pinet Noir, White Riesling, and Chardonnay. Yamhill County growers reported more grape acres, both bearing and nonbearing, than any other county. Washington County was second; in fact, between the two counties, they had 455 acres or 63 percent of the bearing acreage and about half of the nonbearing acres. Table VI Winegrape Viel ds & Prices ·.1981 Prices Reported in $/ton Average Weighted Variety Yield Average High Low Pinet Noir 1.41 573 800 361 White Riesling 2.33 5g2 900 280 Chardonnay 1.65 726 930 600 Gewurtztraminer 1.87 668 800 540 Cabernet Sauvignon 2. 31 612 700 500 Prices & Yields While the acreages by variety were quite complete on the survey forms, the yield and price data was not complete. We did, however, tabulate yield and price information from the forms that provided this data. The above table summarizes this information. In reviewing this, remember the data was not complete and no standards were used as to quality. Sugar content of course affects price, arid bunch rot and/or materials other than grapes (M.O.G.) affect both price and yield. The yields appear to be quite low. Things affecting this might be the par-ticular year, many of the vineyards may be young and not in full production, yield may in fact be low and this is a problem, or a combination of the things mentioned. Page 6 '\\ Benton County Alpine Vineyards Mary's Peak Vineyard McClain's Vineyard Natural High Farms Spielhof Vineyards Clackamas County Big Fir Winery Joplin, Carl & Olga Kellar's Cellar Ladd Hill .Vineyard Milliren, Steve Needy Vineyards North Willamette Experiment Station Pinot Submarine Walman, Don Wasson, Jim Douglas County Anderson Vineyard Ber-Mar Viney~rds Doerner, Douglas Elkton Vineyards Gates' Elgarose Vine,ry Henry Vineyard Hillcrest Vineyard Red Hill Vineyard, Feren Red Hill Vineyard, Howell Sims Vineyard South Umpqua Vineyard Vinedo Vineyard Vinorch Vineyard Jackson County Dunbar Orchards Evans Valley Vineyard Gebhard Orchards Hummingbird Hill Vineyard Layne Vineyard Ousterhout, John Valley View Vineyard .: .. ,...,· Vineyard Respondents Josephine County Dively, Edna Milar Feeh'ely's Foothill Farm, Inc. Ferrell, Don Gerber, Ted Great Oak Vineyard Helen's· Vineyard Lakeshore Vineyard Oregon Caves Winery Pair-A-Dice Vineyard Rockydale Vineyards Siskiyou Vineyards Company Lane County Forgeron Vineyards Hinman Farms Mcintire, Pauline McKenzie River Vineyard Peaceful Valley Vineyard Schalvichris Vineyards Smith, David l~ipper, Florian Wright; W. A. Linn County Markheim Vineyards Meadow's Vineyard Marion County Porter's Vineyard Silver Falls Vineyard Skyline Vineyard Sunnyside Vineyards Hahl Vineyard Polk County Ashford, Jason Bethel Heights Vineyard Cooper Hollow Vineyard Feltz, James H. Page 7 Glenn· Creek Vineyard Spring Valley Vineyard Vineyard·Respondents -- Page 2 Washington County Chaban, Paul Christensen, Mel Cotes des Coulombe Vineyard Dion Vineyard Five Mountains Vineyard Heesacker Vineyards Ladd Hill Vineyard Laurel Hill Vineyard Leyden Vineyards Mt. Cooper Vineyard Mulhausen Vineyards Old Pumpkin Ridge Perrault Vineyard Reuter Hill Vineyard Ritter, Mil ton Shafer Vineyards Sunset Vineyards Tualatin Vineyard Van Shepen Vineyards Windhill Vineyards Wirtz Vineyards Other Counties .. ,. ·~· Yamhill County Adams Vineyard Adelsheim Vineyards Amity Vineyards Cambus Bellus Vineyard Cattrall, Bill Chardonnay Oaks Vineyard Cha teau Benoit. Chehalem Vineyards Dundee Hills' Vineyard Durant Vineyards Elk Cove·Vinery Eola Hills Vineyard Erath Vineyards Eyrie Vineyards ·• Hyland Vineyards, Inc. Jensen, Fred Kirschwold Vineyard Knudsen Vineyards Marval Vineyards McDaniel Vineyards Red Hills Vineyard Rich, John Saucy Vineyards Crippen Family Orchard - Hood River Sokol Blosser Vineyard Stewart, John Stonehedge Vineyard Bangsund Vineyards - Wasco La Casa de vin Vineyard - Morrow McNesney Vineyard - Morrow · Teppola, Mark W. Wynate Vineyards Page 8 

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