Albarino is a Portuguese and Spanish white grape, Alvarinho across the border, with high acidity and stone-fruit and citrus character, grown in coastal, maritime climates. Since its own record begins in 2009, bearing acreage has grown from 407 acres five years before the present to 713 acres in the latest report, a roughly 75 percent increase, spread across 21 counties. It is grown mainly in the state's cooler coastal regions and bottled as a varietal white wine.
What kind of grape this is
- Registry name
- ALVARINHO
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- BLANC
- Country of origin
- PORTUGAL
- Synonyms
- 11
- Approved on a US label
- Albariño (Alvarinho)
- FPS selections
- 2
CDFA prints it as Albarino
names this grape is known by elsewhere, per VIVC
the names TTB permits on a bottle
distinct clones and selections held at UC Davis
Registries
What is published
Counts describe what this atlas holds for Albarino, not what California grows. A zero is a published answer: it means the source names the grape and reports nothing under it, or does not name it at all.
- 268
county-years of acreage
21 counties, 713 bearing acres in 2025
- 239
district-years of crush
16 of 17 crush districts, 17 crop years
- 239
district-years of Brix
tonnage-weighted at the crusher, Crush Report Table 3
- 11
producers in this atlas
producers whose curated wine list names it — a curated roster of 2,772 producers, not a census of California
- —
regions with a maturity date
not one of the eight cultivars with a
Acreage in California
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Counties and concentration
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Where it is planted
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Share of each county's vineyard
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The counties
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Tonnage and price by district
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Brix at the crusher
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Growers in this atlas's roster
- Black Stallion Winerybottled
Winery · Albariño & Tempranillo
- Brick Barn Wine Estatebottled
Winery · Albariño
- Klinker Brick Winerybottled
Winery · Albariño
- La Jotabottled
Winery · Restricted Proprietary White Wine
- Longboard Vineyardsbottled
Winery · Albariño Elieo
- Matanzas Creekbottled
Winery · Albariño
- Miramonte Winerybottled
Winery · Albariño
- The Hess Collectionbottled
Winery · Lion Tamer White Blend
- Davis Family Vineyardslisted
Brand · Albariño
- Limited Lotlisted
Brand · Albariño
- Solitary Cellarslisted
Brand · Albariño
11 of this atlas’s 2772 curated producers, 8 of them with a named wine in the atlas made from it. A roster is not a census — this is who the atlas has entered, not who grows the grape in California.