Cali Crush Beats Predictions at 4 Million Tons

The 2016 California wine grape harvest came in a bit higher than most predictions at nearly 4 million tons, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture's preliminary grape crush report. That's about 295,000 tons more than 2015, per Turrentine brokerage.Red wine grapes accounted for 2.2 million tons, up a healthy 10.5% from 2015. White wine grapes were up just half that to 1.7 million tons. After taking a dip in 2015, the 2016 average price per ton of