Oregon Winegrape Acreage, Survey by Stanley D. Miles*

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1 Oregn inegrape Acreage, Survey by Stanley D. Miles* Survey In the summer f 1981, the Viticulture Survey mmittee f the ine Research Advisry Bard wrte a letter t the Extensin Service asking fr help in making a survey t determine the acreages, by variety, f wineggapps in Oregn. A survey frm was develped and mailing lists f grape grwers were acquired. In. Nvember, 1981 the survey frm was mailed t thse n the mailing lists. In January, 1982, a fllw-up request was sent t thse that had nt respnded. In additin, persnal cntacts were made t gather acreage data frm nn-respndents. hile we knw that nt all grape grwers respnded t the survey, it is thught that data in this reprt includes 8 percent r mre f Oregn's winegrape. Anyne reading this wh was nt included r knws f ther vineyards is encuraged t send us names and addresses. ntents I II Summary table f bearing, nnbearing and ttal by variety Summary table f size f vineyard peratin III 'Bearing' winegrape acreage -- by variety and by cunty IV V VI Nnbearing winegrape acreage -- by variety and by cunty Size distributin f Oregn vineyards by cunty Summary table n yields and prices fr the five primary grape varieties Pages 7 & 8 List f respndents by cunty ) *Extensin Ecnmist, Oregn State niversity, rvallis, Oregn. Victr Kreimeyer and Rdger Khnert were very helpful in cmpleting this surv\ey. Pagel

2 I Acres f Oregn ihegrapes Variety Bearing Nnbearing Ttal Pint Nir hite Riesling hardnnay abernet Sauvignn Gewurztraminer Gamay Beaujlais Merlt Sauvignn Blanc Muller Thurgau Zinfandel Pint Gris Miscellaneus Red Miscellaneus hite Other Ttal , Varieties nt specified. Size f acreages II Size f Vineyard Operatins Oregn Bearin 9 Nnbearin 9 All ttal vineyards ttal ttal vineyards ttal ttal vineyards ttal & ver Ttal ,239.* *Sme ttals may nt tie the same due t runding. Number f Respndents There were 8 grape grwers reprting bearing vineyards and 91 reprting nnbearing vineyards. Mst f thse with bearing reprted sme nnbearing but many with nnbearing appeared t be just getting int the business. Vineyard peratins in Oregn are quite small. Of the 8 reprting bearing acreages nly 3 peratins had 3 r mre.. Fiftyseven r 71 percent f the 8 peratins had 1 r less. Of the 91 Operatins reprting nnbearing, almst all (87) had 15 r less. In mst cases, hwever, these grapegrwers als have bearing vineyards. Page 2

3 III Oregn inegrape Acreage Bearing 1981 Variety 4-1 O A,.) ni E M -%e as s-- c...) In M 73).5.e M- a, c r-. _c. w In - (.--I 1- --I.I-. s- (1:,c-..Y L 4, A - tel ns 3: ,4.-. E45., S.-41 Mt ns 4-1 I-. Pint Nir hite Riesling hardnnay abernet Sauv Gewurztraminer Gamay Beaujlais Merl f Sauvignn Blanc Muller Thurgau Zinfandel Pint Gris 1..7 '1.7 Miscellaneus Red Miscellaneus hite Other 1/ Ttal / N specific descriptin given.. Page 3

4 'awe iv Oregn inegrape Acreage Nnbearing 1981 Variety O +3 O :1 M E c m (..) (13 ) GI a ) m,-.) 1- at. ) rd m -.I r-- -.i, (S i5- ct G ,-. - E3 s- +3 ) a. 4-I d L) :5 IJ Pint Nir hite Riesling hardnnay abernet Sauv Gewurztraminer Gamay Beau4flai ' Merlt Sauvignn Blanc - 1.2, Muller Thurgau Zinfandel Pint Gris Miscellaneus Red Miscellaneus hite :7. Other Ttal / N specific descriptin given. i 6.5 Page 4

5 V Size f Acreage 4-) O Or 4-3 LI O E Al -he 41:1 -, LA (V ) S v)..)d Vni Oregn. Ttal Grape Acreage Number f Vineyards r. - - ) RI, -' I 1-- S... (S..1 O. Oi.r.-. 11:1 3 g-- r. E n3 Y-.- S... 4,-, V.. 4-, _ sa & ver - _ _) ttal ,239. Size Distributin Number f Vineyards ri n Et & ver Page 5

6 Acres Reprted Survey respndents reprted 718 f bearing vineyards. Pint Nir was the primary variety grwn with The three main varieties were Pint Nir, hite Riesling, and hardnnay with a cmbined acreage f 57 r almst 8 percent f the ttal. There were 519 nnbearing vineyard reprted. The same three varieties (as reprted abve) were dminant. Over 7 percent f the nnbearing were in these three varieties: Pint Nir, hite Riesling, and hardnnay. Yamhill unty grwers reprted mre grape, bth bearing and nnbearing, than any ther cunty. ashingtn unty was secnd; in fact, between the tw cunties, they had 455 r 63 percent f the bearing acreage and abut half f the nnbearing. Variety VI inegrape Yields & Prices.1981 Average Yield Prices Reprted in $/tn eighted Average - High Lw Pint Nir hite Riesling hardnnay Gewurtztraminer abernet Sauvignn Prices & Yields hile the acreages by variety were quite cmplete n the survey frms, the yield and price data was nt cmplete. e did, hwever, tabulate yield and price infrmatin frm the frms that prvided this data. The abve table summarizes this infrmatin. In reviewing this, remember the data was nt cmplete and n standards were used as t quality. Sugar cntent f curse affects price, and bunch rt and/r materials ther than grapes (M.O.G.) affect bth price and yield. The yields appear t be quite lw. Things affecting this might be the particular year, many f the vineyards may be yung and nt in full prductin, yield may in fact be lw and this is a prblem, r a cmbinatin f the things mentined. Page 6

7 Vineyard Respndents Bentn unty Alpine Vineyards Mary's Peak Vineyard Mclain's Vineyard. Natural High Farms Spielhf Vineyards lackamas unty Big Fir inery Jplin, arl & Olga Kellar's ellar Ladd Hill ineyard Milliren, Steve Needy Vineyards Nrth illamette Experiment Statin Pint Submarine alman, Dn assn, Jim Duglas unty Andersn Vineyard Ber-Mar Vineyards Derner, Duglas Elktn Vineyards Gates' Elgarse Vinery Henry Vineyard Hillcrest Vineyard Red Hill Vineyard, Feren Red Hill Vineyard, Hwell Sims Vineyard Suth mpqua Vineyard Vined Vineyard Vinrch Vineyard Jacksn unty Dunbar Orchards Evans Valley Vineyard Gebhard Orchards Hummingbird Hill Vineyard Layne Vineyard Ousterhut, Jhn Valley View Vineyard Jsephine unty Dively, Edna. Milar Feehely's Fthill Farm, Inc. Ferrell, Dn Gerber, Ted Great Oak Vineyard Heles Vineyard Lakeshre Vineyard Oregn aves inery Pair-A-Dice Vineyard Rckydale Vineyards Siskiyu Vineyards mpany Lane unty Frgern Vineyards Hinman Farms McIntire, Pauline McKenzie River Vineyard Peaceful Valley Vineyard Schalvichris Vineyards Smith, David ipper, Flrian right,. A. Linn unty Markheim Vineyards Meadw's Vineyard Marin unty Prter's Vineyard Silver Falls Vineyard Skyline Vineyard Sunnyside Vineyards ahl Vineyard Plk unty Ashfrd, Jasn Bethel Heights Vineyard per Hllw Vineyard Feltz, James H. Glenn reek Vineyard Spring Valley Vineyard Page 7

8 . hardnnay Vineyard.Respndents -- Page 2 ashingtn unty Yamhill unty hban, Paul hristensen, Mel tes des ulmbe Vineyard Din Vineyard Five Muntains Vineyard Heesacker Vineyards Ladd Hill Vineyard Laurel Hill Vineyard Leyden Vineyards Mt. per Vineyard Mulhausen Vineyards Old Pumpkin Ridge Perrault Vineyard Reuter Hill Vineyard Ritter, Miltn Shafer Vineyards Sunset Vineyards Tualatin Vineyard Van Shepen Vineyards indhill Vineyards irtz Vineyards Other unties rippen Family Orchard - Bangsund Vineyards - La asa de vin Vineyard - McNesney Vineyard Hd River asc Mrrw Mrrw Adams Vineyard Adelsheim Vineyards Amity, Vineyards ambus BelTus Vineyard attrill, Bill Oaks Vineyard hateau Benit: hehalem Vineyards Dundee Hills' Vineyard Durant Vineyards Elk ve.vinery Ela Hills Vineyard Erath Vineyards..-: Eyrie Vineyards Hyland'Vineyards, Inc. Jensen, Fred Kirschwld Vineyard Knudsen Vineyards Marval Vineyards McDaniel Vineyards Red Hills. Vineyard Rich, Jhn Saucy Vineyards Skl Blsser Vineyard Stewart, Jhn -' Stnehedge Vineyard Teppla, Mark. ynate Vineyards Page 8