Another Record California Grape Crush

Dear Client:The 2009 California wine grape crush was one of the largest in history, second only to the 2005 crush, according to a preliminary report released today from the California Agricultural Statistics Service (CASS). Excluding raisin and table type varieties, the wine grape crush totaled about 3.697 million tons. The total 2009 crush at 4,089,160 tons was 11% larger than 2008. It also marks the second time in 10 years that California's crush has exceeded 4 million tons. This doesn't