Nero d'Avola is a Sicilian red grape, known there for deep color and dark-fruited, medium-tannin wine, and its registry identity here maps to more than one cataloged variety internationally. California's presence is small and recent: acreage sits at 63 acres in 2025, having first appeared in the record in 2004, spread thinly across 11 counties. It reads as an experimental, warm-climate planting by growers drawn to Sicilian varieties rather than an established California category, with 22 crop years of crush data but no consistent commercial scale behind it.
What kind of grape this is
- Approved on a US label
- Nero d'Avola
- FPS selections
- 2
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 Nero D'avola, 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.
- 33
county-years of acreage
11 counties, 56 bearing acres in 2025
- 159
district-years of crush
14 of 17 crush districts, 22 crop years
- 159
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
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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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