Article: 2005 grape crush rises 19 percent over 2004

The 2005 grape crush totaled a record 4,318,083 tons, up 19 percent from the 2004 crush of 3,615,278 tons, said the U.S. Department of Agricultues California Grape Cruch Report. Red wine varieties accounted for the largest share of all grapes crushed, at 2,220,096 tons, up 35 percent from 2004.

The 2005 white wine variety crush totaled 1,524,404 tons, up 34 percent from 2004.

Tons crushed of raisin type varieties totaled 467,477, down 36 percent from 2004, while tons crushed of table type varieties totaled 106,106, down 6 percent from 2004.

Beginning with the 1999 season, the Grape Crush Report includes the total number of tons crushed for concentrate production. In determining grape tonnage ...

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