Barbera is an Italian variety from Piedmont. California's bearing acreage has collapsed since 2000, falling from 10,566 to 3,764 acres in 2025, a decline of nearly two-thirds, though it is still grown in 38 counties. Fresno alone holds 55 percent of the statewide total, with Madera next, making it a Central Valley grape above all. It is high in acid with moderate tannin, historically used for everyday and jug wine; it was once one of California's most widely planted Italian varieties.
What kind of grape this is
- Approved on a US label
- Barbera
- FPS selections
- 6
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 Barbera, 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.
- 847
county-years of acreage
38 counties, 3,764 bearing acres in 2025
- 416
district-years of crush
17 of 17 crush districts, 26 crop years
- 416
district-years of Brix
tonnage-weighted at the crusher, Crush Report Table 3
- 5
producers in this atlas
producers whose curated wine list names it — a curated roster of 2,772 producers, not a census of California
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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
Reported by county — never by AVA
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Share of each county's vineyard
Reported by county — never by AVA
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The counties
Reported by county — never by AVA
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Tonnage and price by district
Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA
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Brix at the crusher
Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA
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Growers in this atlas's roster
- Klinker Brick Winerybottled
Winery · Barbera
- Belle Marie Winerylisted
Brand · Zinfandel, Barbera, Petite Sirah, Petit Verdot, Syrah
- Brave Horse Winerylisted
Brand · Barbera
- La Fattorialisted
Brand · Barbera, Merlot
- Wiley Wineslisted
Brand · Barbera
5 of this atlas’s 2772 curated producers, 1 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.