Melon, a Burgundian white bred from Gouais Blanc and Pinot, is the grape of Muscadet, where it makes lean, high-acid wines meant to be drunk young. California's crush records track it continuously from 2000 through 2025 across five districts, but volumes stay modest — a peak year saw about 36 tons crushed statewide, with 2025 itself totaling roughly 40 tons, and no bearing acreage has ever been separately reported. Prices have topped out around $3,000 a ton. It remains a minor, specialty planting here, valued for the same neutral, crisp character that makes it a natural partner for oysters and other shellfish in its home region.
What kind of grape this is
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- BLANC
- Country of origin
- FRANCE
- Parentage
- HEUNISCH WEISS×PINOT
- Synonyms
- 42
- Approved on a US label
- Melon de Bourgogne (Melon)
- FPS selections
- 6
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 Melon, 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
- 66
district-years of crush
5 of 17 crush districts, 26 crop years
- 66
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
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Brix at the crusher
Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA
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