fun Facts

• One barrel of wine equals 20 cases, which equals 1200 glasses. 
  
  
• A ton of grapes makes about 720 bottles of wine, or 60 cases.
  
  
• One vine annually produces between four and six bottles of wine, or between 20 and 30 glasses.
  
  
• Each bottle of wine contains about 2.8 pounds of grapes. That means each five-ounce glass of wine contains a little over half a pound of grapes.
  
  
• There are between 35 to 60 clusters of grapes per vine.
  
  
• One acre of land is home to between 450 and 600 vines.
  
  
• If California were nation it would be the fourth leading wine producing country in the world -- after France, Italy, and Spain in that order.
  
  
• There are approximately 850 wineries in California. Roughly half of these sell less than 5,000 cases per year.

* Facts are based on estimates.  Exact figures may vary based on yields, planting widths, age of vines and wine grape variety among other factors.