1997 OREGON VINEYARD REPORT
January 22, 1998

Wine grape acreage, production and value continue to increase
Oregon's 1997 wine grape crop was a record 18,500 tons, 23 percent above last year's previous record crop and 32 percent larger than 1995. The value of this season's crop totaled $21.5 million, up 40 percent from the previous record, also set in 1996. Harvested acreage continued the record setting trend, up 9 percent from last year's prior high to 6,300 acres. Funding for the 1997 Vineyard Survey was provided by the Oregon Wine Advisory Board.

Wine Grapes: Acreage, yield, production, price and value, by variety, Oregon, 1996-97

All planted
acreage Harvested
acreage Yield per
harvested acre
Production Price
per ton Value
of production

Variety 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997

Acres
Acres
Acres
Acres
Tons
Tons
Tons
Tons
Dollars
Dollars 1,000 Dollars 1,000
Dollars

Cabernet Sauvignon 335 312 235 241 2.17 3.09 510 744 1,080 1,120 551 833

Chardonnay 1,508 1,506 1,257 1,327 2.73 3.12 3,426 4,137 990 1,150 3,392 4,758

Gewurztraminer 192 185 137 164 2.34 2.79 320 458 720 780 230 357

Merlot 197 228 94 144 1.52 2.56 143 368 1,370 1,420 196 523

Muller Thurgau 92 90 90 82 4.36 4.95 392 406 620 770 243 313

Pinot Blanc 76 99 39 61 2.51 2.75 98 168 1,080 1,210 106 203

Pinot Gris 1,019 1,146 616 761 2.62 2.78 1,611 2,117 1,190 1,260 1,917 2,667

Pinot Noir 2,946 3,039 2,436 2,551 2.55 2.67 6,219 6,821 1,140 1,380 7,090 9,413

Sauvignon Blanc 88 89 61 61 2.08 2.39 127 146 850 840 108 123

Semillon 41 52 13 46 1.92 1.89 25 87 850 860 21 75

White Riesling 690 698 607 595 2.59 3.64 1,573 2,163 660 680 1,038 1,471

Zinfandel 51 67 43 58 2.60 4.24 112 246 760 890 85 219

All others 265 289 172 209 2.58 3.06 444 639 727 790 323 505

Total 7,500 7,800 5,800 6,300 2.59 2.94 15,000 18,500 1,020 1,160 15,300 21,460

Wine Grapes: Vineyards, acreage, yield and production, by county, Oregon, 1996-97

Number of
Vineyards All planted
acreage Harvested
acreage Yield per
harvested acre
Production

County 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997

Number Number Acres Acres Acres Acres Tons Tons Tons Tons

Benton 22 23 260 284 190 200 2.42 2.85 460 570

Clackamas 20 22 109 129 96 120 2.47 2.53 237 304

Douglas 38 38 518 558 306 347 2.82 3.22 863 1,116

Hood River 8 7 52 51 38 39 1.76 2.33 67 91

Jackson 29 29 319 338 226 273 1.73 2.97 390 812

Josephine 23 22 318 308 226 203 2.12 4.12 478 837

Lane 33 33 615 625 368 448 2.03 2.48 748 1,109

Linn 8 7 78 79 65 68 1.65 1.85 107 126

Marion 22 22 457 502 395 447 2.34 2.47 926 1,103

Polk 41 41 1,019 1,156 922 973 2.97 2.80 2,737 2,722

Umatilla 6 6 69 120 62 60 1.15 4.27 71 256

Wasco 8 8 91 88 63 75 1.35 3.49 85 262

Washington 41 42 860 928 715 740 3.31 3.03 2,365 2,242

Yamhill 98 103 2,289 2,349 1,958 2,030 2.74 2.94 5,373 5,967

All others 10 9 446 285 170 277 .55 3.55 93 983

Total 407 412 7,500 7,800 5,800 6,300 2.59 2.94 15,000 18,500

Wine grapes: All planted acreage, by variety and area, Oregon, 1997 and 1996 totals

	Cabernet Sauvignon		Gewurz- traminer	Merlot	Muller Thurgau	Pinot Gris	Pinot Noir	Sauvignon Blanc	White Riesling	All others	All varieties
Area	Cabernet Sauvignon	Char- donnay	Gewurz- traminer	Merlot	Muller Thurgau	Pinot Gris	Pinot Noir	Sauvignon Blanc	White Riesling	All others	1997	1996
	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres
Benton Co.	7	22	7	1	3	34	167	10	18	15	284	260
Douglas Co.	57	110	21	26	3	52	104	11	72	102	558	518
Jackson Co.	66	74	6	119	2	18	12	3	0	38	338	319
Josephine Co.	18	83	12	7	4	57	95	9	18	5	308	318
Lane Co.	14	104	8	0	1	195	214	2	68	19	625	615
Marion Co.	5	104	7	0	3	105	244	0	25	9	502	457
Polk Co.	20	309	29	0	12	125	521	16	50	74	1,156	1,019
Washington Co.	4	172	29	0	24	165	366	2	109	57	928	860
Yamhill Co.	8	460	18	0	35	349	1,211	26	156	86	2,349	2,289
Other Valley 1/	9	35	22	2	3	37	77	0	21	21	227	205
Columbia River 2/	104	33	26	73	0	9	28	10	161	81	525	640
Total, 1997	312	1,506	185	228	90	1,146	3,039	89	698	507	7,800	--
Total, 1996	335	1,508	192	197	92	1,019	2,946	88	690	433	--	7,500

Wine Grapes: Harvested acreage, by variety and area, Oregon, 1997 and 1996 totals

	Cabernet Sauvignon		Gewurz- traminer	Merlot	Muller Thurgau	Pinot Gris	Pinot Noir	Sauvignon Blanc	White Riesling	All others	All varieties
Area	Cabernet Sauvignon	Char- donnay	Gewurz- traminer	Merlot	Muller Thurgau	Pinot Gris	Pinot Noir	Sauvignon Blanc	White Riesling	All others	1997	1996
	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres
Benton Co.	7	19	3	0	3	25	123	4	7	9	200	190
Douglas Co.	39	88	16	8	3	5	59	6	41	82	347	306
Jackson Co.	64	69	5	76	2	12	12	3	0	30	273	226
Josephine Co.	4	57	11	3	0	29	73	5	17	4	203	226
Lane Co.	12	85	8	0	1	82	179	2	66	13	448	368
Marion Co.	2	85	4	0	3	87	234	0	25	7	447	395
Polk Co.	20	266	26	0	12	95	434	16	45	59	973	922
Washington Co.	1	156	26	0	23	110	312	2	95	15	740	715
Yamhill Co.	6	444	17	0	32	284	1,028	16	129	74	2,030	1,958
Other Valley 1/	9	32	22	2	3	29	69	0	18	19	203	171
Columbia River 2/	77	26	26	55	0	3	28	7	152	62	436	323
Total, 1997	241	1,327	164	144	82	761	2,551	61	595	374	6,300	--
Total, 1996	235	1,257	137	94	90	616	2,436	61	607	267	--	5,800

Wine grapes: Yield, by variety and area, Oregon, 1997 and 1996 totals

	Cabernet Sauvignon		Gewurz- traminer	Merlot	Muller Thurgau	Pinot Gris	Pinot Noir	Sauvignon Blanc	White Riesling	All others	All varieties
Area	Cabernet Sauvignon	Char- donnay	Gewurz- traminer	Merlot	Muller Thurgau	Pinot Gris	Pinot Noir	Sauvignon Blanc	White Riesling	All others	1997	1996
	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons
Benton Co.	3.00	3.32	2.00	0.00	2.00	2.08	2.93	2.25	5.29	1.44	2.85	2.42
Douglas Co.	2.44	3.39	2.50	2.13	5.67	4.40	3.51	1.33	2.85	3.60	3.22	2.82
Jackson Co.	2.83	3.81	0.60	2.72	1.00	2.50	2.92	1.67	0.00	2.87	2.97	1.73
Josephone Co.	5.00	3.49	5.36	4.67	0.00	4.34	3.60	3.00	6.88	6.00	4.12	2.12
Lane Co.	2.67	2.38	1.38	0.00	10.00	2.28	2.58	2.00	2.74	1.54	2.48	2.03
Marion Co.	2.50	2.92	2.00	0.00	4.67	3.23	1.78	0.00	4.40	2.86	2.47	2.34
Polk Co.	2.85	3.02	2.04	0.00	4.75	2.54	2.66	3.00	2.80	3.05	2.80	2.97
Washington Co.	3.00	3.27	2.88	0.00	5.17	2.65	2.59	2.50	3.54	6.33	3.03	3.31
Yamhill Co.	3.83	3.03	2.47	0.00	5.38	2.89	2.82	1.75	3.30	2.82	2.94	2.74
Other Valley 1/	2.00	2.38	2.50	0.50	3.00	1.86	2.14	0.00	3.17	1.74	2.22	2.14
Columbia River 2/	3.75	5.00	4.08	2.29	0.00	3.67	2.29	3.43	4.32	2.66	3.60	0.91
Total, 1997	3.09	3.12	2.79	2.56	4.95	2.78	2.67	2.39	3.64	3.05	2.94	--
Total, 1996	2.17	2.73	2.34	1.52	4.36	2.62	2.55	2.08	2.59	2.54	--	2.59

1/ Clackamas, Linn, and Multnomah Counties .
2/ Gilliam, Grant, Hood River, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla and Wasco Counties .

Wine grapes: Production, by variety and area, Oregon, 1997 and 1996 totals

	Cabernet Sauvignon		Gewurz- traminer	Merlot	Muller Thurgau	Pinot Gris	Pinot Noir	Sauvignon Blanc	White Riesling	All others	All varieties
Area	Cabernet Sauvignon	Char- donnay	Gewurz- traminer	Merlot	Muller Thurgau	Pinot Gris	Pinot Noir	Sauvignon Blanc	White Riesling	All others	1997	1996
	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons
Benton Co.	21	63	6	2	6	52	361	9	37	13	570	460
Douglas Co.	95	298	40	17	17	22	207	8	117	295	1,116	863
Jackson Co.	181	263	3	207	2	30	35	5	0	86	812	390
Josephine Co.	20	199	59	14	0	126	263	15	117	24	837	478
Lane Co.	32	202	11	0	10	187	462	4	181	20	1,109	748
Marion Co.	5	248	8	0	14	281	417	0	110	20	1,103	926
Polk Co.	57	804	53	0	57	241	1,156	48	126	180	2,722	2,737
Washington Co.	3	510	75	0	119	291	808	5	336	95	2,242	2,365
Yamhill Co.	23	1,344	42	1	172	822	2,900	28	426	209	5,967	5,373
Other Valley 1/	18	76	55	1	9	54	148	0	57	33	451	366
Columbia River 2/	289	130	106	126	0	11	64	24	656	165	1,571	294
Total, 1997	744	4,137	458	368	406	2,117	6,821	146	2,163	1,140	18,500	--
Total, 1996	510	3,426	320	143	392	1,611	6,219	127	1,573	679	--	15,000

1/ Clackamas, Linn, and Multnomah Counties. 2/ Gilliam, Grant, Hood River, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla and Wasco Counties.

Wine grapes: New plantings and fruit not used or lost, by variety, Oregon, 1997

New
plantings

Harvested
but not
utilized

Not
harvested

Losses

Variety
To birds
To disease
To frost All
losses

Acres Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons

Cabernet Sauvignon 29 1 1 28 32 1 61

Chardonnay 34 7 21 74 240 22 336

Gewurztraminer 2 1 0 19 18 8 45

Merlot 45 1 0 10 11 1 22

Muller Thurgau 3 0 0 2 26 0 28

Pinot Gris 91 2 0 21 48 11 80

Pinot Noir 196 13 22 84 229 37 350

Sauvignon Blanc 0 0 1 1 11 5 17

White Riesling 12 7 15 26 83 14 123

All others 95 18 0 13 39 8 60

Total 507 50 60 278 737 107 1,122

Wine grapes: Use or sales, by destination and variety, Oregon, 1997

Variety
Estate or home use &
not utilized

Oregon
Washington and
all other
destinations
All uses
or sales

Tons Tons Tons Tons

Cabernet Sauvignon 133 384 227 744

Chardonnay 1,429 2,432 276 4,137

Gewurztraminer 167 187 104 458

Merlot 37 244 87 368

Muller Thurgau 194 212 0 406

Pinot Gris 807 1,310 0 2,117

Pinot Noir 2,315 4,424 82 6,821

Sauvignon Blanc 53

	All planted acreage		Harvested acreage		Yield per harvested acre		Production		Price per ton		Value of production
Variety	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997
	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Dollars	Dollars	1,000 Dollars	1,000 Dollars
Cabernet Sauvignon	335	312	235	241	2.17	3.09	510	744	1,080	1,120	551	833
Chardonnay	1,508	1,506	1,257	1,327	2.73	3.12	3,426	4,137	990	1,150	3,392	4,758
Gewurztraminer	192	185	137	164	2.34	2.79	320	458	720	780	230	357
Merlot	197	228	94	144	1.52	2.56	143	368	1,370	1,420	196	523
Muller Thurgau	92	90	90	82	4.36	4.95	392	406	620	770	243	313
Pinot Blanc	76	99	39	61	2.51	2.75	98	168	1,080	1,210	106	203
Pinot Gris	1,019	1,146	616	761	2.62	2.78	1,611	2,117	1,190	1,260	1,917	2,667
Pinot Noir	2,946	3,039	2,436	2,551	2.55	2.67	6,219	6,821	1,140	1,380	7,090	9,413
Sauvignon Blanc	88	89	61	61	2.08	2.39	127	146	850	840	108	123
Semillon	41	52	13	46	1.92	1.89	25	87	850	860	21	75
White Riesling	690	698	607	595	2.59	3.64	1,573	2,163	660	680	1,038	1,471
Zinfandel	51	67	43	58	2.60	4.24	112	246	760	890	85	219
All others	265	289	172	209	2.58	3.06	444	639	727	790	323	505
Total	7,500	7,800	5,800	6,300	2.59	2.94	15,000	18,500	1,020	1,160	15,300	21,460

	Number of Vineyards		All planted acreage		Harvested acreage		Yield per harvested acre		Production
County	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997
	Number	Number	Acres	Acres	Acres	Acres	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons
Benton	22	23	260	284	190	200	2.42	2.85	460	570
Clackamas	20	22	109	129	96	120	2.47	2.53	237	304
Douglas	38	38	518	558	306	347	2.82	3.22	863	1,116
Hood River	8	7	52	51	38	39	1.76	2.33	67	91
Jackson	29	29	319	338	226	273	1.73	2.97	390	812
Josephine	23	22	318	308	226	203	2.12	4.12	478	837
Lane	33	33	615	625	368	448	2.03	2.48	748	1,109
Linn	8	7	78	79	65	68	1.65	1.85	107	126
Marion	22	22	457	502	395	447	2.34	2.47	926	1,103
Polk	41	41	1,019	1,156	922	973	2.97	2.80	2,737	2,722
Umatilla	6	6	69	120	62	60	1.15	4.27	71	256
Wasco	8	8	91	88	63	75	1.35	3.49	85	262
Washington	41	42	860	928	715	740	3.31	3.03	2,365	2,242
Yamhill	98	103	2,289	2,349	1,958	2,030	2.74	2.94	5,373	5,967
All others	10	9	446	285	170	277	.55	3.55	93	983
Total	407	412	7,500	7,800	5,800	6,300	2.59	2.94	15,000	18,500

	New plantings	Harvested but not utilized	Not harvested	Losses
Variety	New plantings	Harvested but not utilized	Not harvested	To birds	To disease	To frost	All losses
	Acres	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons
Cabernet Sauvignon	29	1	1	28	32	1	61
Chardonnay	34	7	21	74	240	22	336
Gewurztraminer	2	1	0	19	18	8	45
Merlot	45	1	0	10	11	1	22
Muller Thurgau	3	0	0	2	26	0	28
Pinot Gris	91	2	0	21	48	11	80
Pinot Noir	196	13	22	84	229	37	350
Sauvignon Blanc	0	0	1	1	11	5	17
White Riesling	12	7	15	26	83	14	123
All others	95	18	0	13	39	8	60
Total	507	50	60	278	737	107	1,122

Variety	Estate or home use & not utilized	Oregon	Washington and all other destinations	All uses or sales
	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons
Cabernet Sauvignon	133	384	227	744
Chardonnay	1,429	2,432	276	4,137
Gewurztraminer	167	187	104	458
Merlot	37	244	87	368
Muller Thurgau	194	212	0	406
Pinot Gris	807	1,310	0	2,117
Pinot Noir	2,315	4,424	82	6,821
Sauvignon Blanc	53