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California Wine Atlas

Grignolino

Red wine grape · reported 2000–2025

Further reading: VIVC catalog entry

Grignolino is an Italian variety from Piedmont. California's acreage record is a single snapshot: 60 bearing acres in 2000, split mainly between Tulare and Napa counties, with nothing reported since across 26 tracked crop years. It is a pale-colored, high-acid, tannic red, unusual for its light color despite firm structure. In California it registers today as a historical footnote rather than a maintained planting.

What kind of grape this is

Species
VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
Berry color
NOIR
Country of origin
ITALY
Synonyms
30

names this grape is known by elsewhere, per VIVC

Approved on a US label
Grignolino

the names TTB permits on a bottle

FPS selections
1

distinct clones and selections held at UC Davis

What is published

Counts describe what this atlas holds for Grignolino, 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.

4

county-years of acreage

4 counties

72

district-years of crush

7 of 17 crush districts, 26 crop years

72

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

Every acreage observation

Reported by county — never by AVA

crop yearcountybearingnon-bearingof county
2000Napa County1300.03%
2000Santa Barbara County10<0.01%
2000Santa Clara County900.64%
2000Tulare County3700.28%

Tonnage and price by district

Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA

All 7 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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