Cortese is an Italian variety from Piedmont, the grape behind the dry white wine Gavi. California has no bearing acreage reported to CDFA for it and no growers on record, despite a long thin trail in district crush data: 92 district-years across 11 crush districts spanning all 26 tracked crop years. In California it remains a minor, largely unreported planting rather than an established commercial variety with tracked acreage.
What kind of grape this is
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- BLANC
- Country of origin
- ITALY
- Synonyms
- 11
- Approved on a US label
- Cortese
- FPS selections
- 2
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 Cortese, 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.
- 0
county-years of acreage
the Grape Acreage Report has never named it in a county table
- 92
district-years of crush
11 of 17 crush districts, 26 crop years
- 92
district-years of Brix
tonnage-weighted at the crusher, Crush Report Table 3
- 0
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
Tonnage and price by district
Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA
All 11 districts on one axis →
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Brix at the crusher
Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA
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