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“With Mother Nature and vineyards responding appropriately, we should hit 4 million tons production statewide from this point forward,” DiBuduo said during the State of the Industry session during the 2016 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium at Sacramento, Calif.
Looking at 2016 production, AGG predicts wine grape tonnage at 4.14 million based on 565,000 acres with an average yield of 7.33 tons per acre, barring a weather setback.
Looking to next year, DiBuduo believes 2017 tonnage could hit the 4.20 million mark on 571,000 bearing acres with average yields at 7.36 tons per acre. He pegs 2018 wine grape production at about 4.25 million tons statewide on 575,000 acres at 7.40 tons per acre
These figures are based on 1 percent coastal and 6 percent interior attrition rates.
