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California Wine Atlas

Pecorino

White wine grape · reported 2016–2025

Further reading: VIVC catalog entry

Pecorino is an Italian variety associated with Abruzzo and the Marche. It has no bearing acreage reported to CDFA in California; the atlas first records it in district data in 2016, and it has since appeared across 2 crush districts over 10 crop years. It is a crisp, aromatic white grape. In California it remains at the earliest, experimental stage, without an established acreage base.

What kind of grape this is

Species
VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
Berry color
BLANC
Country of origin
ITALY
Synonyms
48

names this grape is known by elsewhere, per VIVC

Registries

What is published

Counts describe what this atlas holds for Pecorino, 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

11

district-years of crush

2 of 17 crush districts, 10 crop years

11

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

All 2 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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