U.S. Wine, Grapes and Grape Products Contribute $162 Billion to Economy
Source: MKF Research LLC (via The Wine Institute)
Among the key findings:
- Employment: 1.1 million full-time equivalent jobs
- Agriculture: 23,856 grape growers, 934,750 grape bearing acres, $3.5 billion in farm gate grape sales
- Wine Industry Direct Impact: 4,929 wineries in 2005, up from 2,904 in 2000, a 70% increase in five years; wineries now in all 50 states; $11.4 billion in winery sales revenues
- Wine Industry Value Added: $2.7 billion in distributor share of American wine revenue; $9.8 billion in retail and restaurant share of American wine revenue; 27.3 million wine-related tourist visits; $3 billion estimated wine-related tourism expenditures.
- Other Grape Products: $1.669 billion retail value of grape juice and grape product sales; $3 billion retail value of table grape sales; $560 million retail value of raisin sales
- Total Taxes Paid: $17.1 billion, including $9.1 billion federal and $8 billion state and local
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