1997 OREGON WINERY REPORT

May 8, 1998
Frequency: Annual

Oregon's wine industry continues to grow

-- The total number of wineries in Oregon increased by 6 to 111.

-- In 1997 103 wineries crushed 18,669 tons of grapes, 23 percent more than 

    the 1996 vintage.

-- Cooperage capacity increased 6 percent from the prior year.

-- Sales during 1997 totaled 12 percent more than in 1996.

-- Wine inventory on January 1, 1998 was up 14 percent from a year earlier.

-- This year's crush was 36 percent estate grown, 60 percent grown by other 

    Oregon vineyards and 4 percent grown in other states.




Inventory includes both bottled case goods and gallons of bulk

storage converted to case equivalents. The figures include bonded

and tax-paid inventory, regardless of location, owned by wineries. 




Grape wines from the 1996 vintage plus fruit and berry wines  made

in 1996 were the most recent included in the inventory table. Sales

include only grape wines.




Wineries reported unfilled grape crushing needs of 513 tons in 1997. 

Reported needs were: Pinot Noir, 248 tons;  Pinot Gris, 112 tons;

Merlot, 68 tons; White Riesling, 62 tons; Cabernet Sauvignon 13 tons;

Gewurztraminer, 10 tons.




This report was published by the Oregon Agricultural Statistics Service 

with the cooperation of the Oregon Wine Advisory Board, the

Oregon Winegrowers Association and the Oregon Department of

Agriculture. Funding was provided by the Oregon Wine Advisory

Board.

Oregon wineries: Crush, by type of acquisition and county, 1997 and 1996 totals

County	Estate grown	Purchased	Custom crush	All crush, 1997	All crush, 1996
	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons
Douglas	295	467	107	869	596
Lane	414	2,327	169	2,910	2,557
Marion	187	1,361	0	1,548	1,432
Polk	946	1,624	253	2,823	2,119
Washington	1,410	718	19	2,147	2,057
Yamhill	2,632	3,186	266	6,084	4,780
Other Willamette Valley 1/	275	459	0	734	661
Rogue Valley 2/	581	707	72	1,360	853
All others 3/	49	145	0	194	136
Total, 1997	6,789	10,994	886	18,669	--
Total, 1996	5,382	9,009	800	--	15,191

1/ Benton, Clackamas, Linn and Multnomah counties.
2/ Jackson and Josephine counties.
3/ Clatsop, Deschutes, Hood River, Tillamook and Umatilla counties.

Oregon wineries: Equivalent wine production, 1996-97 4/

	Cases	Cases	Cases	Cases	Cases	Cases	Cases	Cases	Cases	Cases	Cases	Cases
1997	57,101	268,235	27,983	36,050	25,966	147,731	450,000	3,718	89,748	70,084	1,176,618	--
1996	30,189	216,050	17,962	8,571	24,391	113,130	403,550	5,357	96,870	41,345	--	957,416

1/ Benton, Clackamas, Linn and Multnomah counties.
2/ Jackson and Josephine counties.
3/ Clatsop, Deschutes, Hood River, Tillamook and Umatilla counties.
4/ Equivalent wine production equals tons crushed times 150 gallons per ton divided by 2.38 cases per gallon.

Oregon wineries: Crush, by origin and variety, 1996-97

	Oregon						Grown in other states		All crush
	Estate grown		Other Oregon grown		All Oregon grown
Variety	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997	1996	1997
	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons	Tons
Cabernet Sauvignon	55	133	364	661	419	794	60	112	479	906
Chardonnay	1,250	1,672	2,134	2,567	3,384	4,239	44	17	3,428	4,256
Gewurztraminer	101	147	184	296	285	443	0	1	285	444
Merlot	12	50	116	250	128	300	8	272	136	572
Muller Thurgau	146	259	241	153	387	412	0	0	387	412
Pinot Blanc	41	72	59	97	100	169	0	0	100	169
Pinot Gris	733	908	1,036	1,436	1,769	2,344	26	0	1,795	2,344
Pinot Noir	2,355	2,623	3,907	4,299	6,262	6,922	141	218	6,403	7,140
Sauvignon Blanc	18	20	67	39	85	59	0	0	85	59
White Riesling	534	675	945	749	1,479	1,424	58	0	1,537	1,424
Zinfandel	4	8	115	170	119	178	0	0	119	178
All others	133	222	291	452	424	674	13	91	437	765
Total	5,382	6,789	9,459	11,169	14,841	17,958	350	711	15,191	18,669

Oregon wineries: Inventory, by vintage, variety and wine type, January 1, 1997 & 1998 1/

	January 1, 1997				January 1, 1998
Variety and wine type	1995 vintage	1994 and earlier vintages	All vintages	Share of total	1996 vintage	1995 and earlier vintages	All vintages	Share of total
	Cases	Cases	Cases	Percent	Cases	Cases	Cases	Percent
Cabernet Sauvignon, red	16,951	19,424	36,375	4 .3	13,934	31,061	44,995	4 .6
Cabernet Sauvignon, blush	5,64	660	6,334	0 .8	1,460	574	2,034	0 .2
Chardonnay	115,537	80,182	195,719	22 .9	135,002	63,920	198,922	20 .5
Gewurztraminer	11,508	4,322	15,830	1 .9	9,285	4,215	13,500	1 .4
Merlot	8,163	6,446	14,609	1 .7	16,350	10,218	26,568	2 .7
Muller Thurgau	5,997	923	6,920	0 .8	6,940	462	7,402	0 .8
Pinot Blanc	1,584	1,135	2,719	0 .3	3,876	2,990	6,866	0 .7
Pinot Gris	47,139	5,135	52,274	6 .1	46,694	24,592	71,286	7 .3
Pinot Noir, red	220,666	107,053	327,719	38 .3	250,109	176,615	426,724	43 .9
Pinot Noir, blush	3,009	2,523	5,532	0 .7	4,602	1,330	5,932	0 .6
Sauvignon Blanc	7,537	4,748	12,285	1 .4	3,474	7,929	11,403	1 .2
White Riesling	40,234	21,604	61,838	7 .2	42,512	18,955	61,467	6 .3
Zinfandel	9,928	809	10,737	1 .3	8,985	1,152	10,137	1 .1
Other red varietal	2,885	1,492	4,377	0 .5	1,750	3,815	5,565	0 .6
Other white varietal	7,049	10,213	17,262	2 .0	6,717	5,101	11,818	1 .2
Red blends	2,760	1,827	4,587	0 .5	4,166	8,101	12,267	1 .3
White blends	2,751	99	2,850	0 .3	234	878	1,112	0 .1
Blush blends	1,512	300	1,812	0 .2	1,845	0	1,845	0 .2
All sparkling wines	39,308	36,346	75,654	8 .8	21,027	30,874	51,901	5 .3
Total	550,192	305,241	855,433	100 .0	578,962	392,782	971,744	100 .0

Oregon wineries: Equivalent inventory, by vintage, January 1,1997 & 1998 2/

	Gallons	Gallons	Gallons		Gallons	Gallons	Gallons
Total	1,309,457	726,474	2,035,931	--	1,377,930	934,821	2,312,751	--

1/ Figures in this table include estimates for incomplete responses.
2/ Equivalent inventory equals cases times 2.38 gallons per case.