Malvasia Bianca is an Italian white grape, part of the broad Malvasia family and, per the atlas's registry match, related to Sciaccarello, traditionally used for aromatic, sometimes lightly sweet white wine. California's numbers show a sharp decline from an earlier peak: bearing acreage has fallen from 2,450 acres in 2000 to 732 acres in the latest report, though it still spans 20 counties. It is grown here mainly for its perfumed, Muscat-adjacent character, often finished with some residual sweetness for easy-drinking white bottlings.
What kind of grape this is
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- BLANC
- Country of origin
- ITALY
- Parentage
- SCIACCARELLO×unknown
- Synonyms
- 20
- Approved on a US label
- Malvasia bianca (Moscato greco)
- FPS selections
- 2
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 Malvasia Bianca, 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.
- 367
county-years of acreage
20 counties, 732 bearing acres in 2025
- 297
district-years of crush
16 of 17 crush districts, 26 crop years
- 297
district-years of Brix
tonnage-weighted at the crusher, Crush Report Table 3
- 3
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
- Bedrock Wine Co.bottled
Winery · Oakville Farmhouse Vineyard
- Flora Springs Vineyardsbottled
Winery · Soliloquy
- Gloria Ferrerbottled
Winery · Malvasia Bianca
3 of this atlas’s 2772 curated producers, 3 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.