Wine Industry : The United States

Wine Industry

The wine industry has been around for hundreds of years, and is still thriving at a global level in the modern day. The grape is the way to the almighty dollar when it comes to wine; if your wine grape acreage is dismal, there is no way to stay competitive in the wine industry. The U.S. and Canada both play active parts in this industry, but the U.S. has really set forth the initiative and became a top producer in wine.

U.S. Wineries

The U.S. winery industry is present in all 50 states, but California is clearly the largest producer (MKF RESEARCH LLC, 2007, p. 5). As noted by MKF Research LLC, in 2005, there were 23,856 grape growers, 90% of their farms were less than 100 acres, utilizing 934,750 acres in the U.S. (2007, p. 5). In 1999, there were only 2,688 wineries in the U.S., but by 2005 that number shot up to 4929, a growth of 83% (MKF RESEARCH LLC, p. 6). A staggering 27.3 million tourists visited U.S. wineries in 2005 (MKF RESEARCH LLC, p. 3).

Canadian Wineries

The Canadian winery industry is primarily in four of the ten provinces, and they are: Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Quebec (Frank, Rimerman + Co. LLP & Eyler, 2013, p. 4). According to Frank, Rimerman + Co. LLP & Eyler, in 2011, there were 1,329 grape farms using 27,524 acres to cultivate grapes in Canada (p. 2). In 2005, there were 374 wineries in Canada, but that number has increased to 476 in 2011 (Frank, Rimerman + Co. LLP & Eyler, p. 4). Wine tourism accounted for $1.2 billion of Canada’s economy in 2011, and attracted 3 million tourists (Frank, Rimerman + Co. LLP & Eyler, p. 2)

Wines Made In The U.S.

If you drink wine, there is no doubt you are familiar with the prestige of California’s wines. They have taken the U.S. wine indu...

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