Gewurztraminer is an aromatic pink-skinned mutation of Savagnin, a German-associated grape used in Alsace for intensely perfumed, often off-dry white wine. California's numbers show a steady decline: bearing acreage has fallen from 1,400 acres in 2000 to 848 acres in the latest report, spread across 22 counties. It is grown here mainly in cooler regions for its lychee-and-rose-petal aromatics, bottled in styles ranging from dry to noticeably sweet, and it is reported in the state's cooler wine regions each vintage.
What kind of grape this is
- Registry name
- GEWUERZTRAMINER
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- ROSE
- Country of origin
- GERMANY
- Parentage
- SAVAGNIN ROSE MUTATION
- Synonyms
- 219
- Approved on a US label
- Gewürtztraminer
- FPS selections
- 11
CDFA prints it as Gewurztraminer
confirmed by DNA markers
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 Gewurztraminer, 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.
- 416
county-years of acreage
22 counties, 848 bearing acres in 2025
- 350
district-years of crush
16 of 17 crush districts, 26 crop years
- 350
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
- —
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
- Alexander Valley Vineyardsbottled
Winery · Gewürztraminer
- Bedrock Wine Co.bottled
Winery · Alta Vista Vineyard Gewürztraminer, Compagni Portis Vineyard
- Black Stallion Winerybottled
Winery · Limited Release Gewürztraminer
- Grgich Hills Estatebottled
Winery · Gewürztraminer, Miljenko's Selection
- Intergalacticlisted
Brand · Gewürztraminer
5 of this atlas’s 2772 curated producers, 4 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.