Verdelho is historically associated with Madeira in Portugal, where it was used for fortified wine, though the atlas carries no confirmed origin record for it. California's bearing acreage has held flat at 149 acres through 2025, spread across 16 counties led by San Joaquin and Sacramento. In California it is grown not for fortified wine but for dry, aromatic varietal whites, a small but steady niche planting.
What kind of grape this is
- Approved on a US label
- Verdelho
- FPS selections
- 7
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 Verdelho, 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.
- 224
county-years of acreage
16 counties, 149 bearing acres in 2025
- 237
district-years of crush
15 of 17 crush districts, 26 crop years
- 237
district-years of Brix
tonnage-weighted at the crusher, Crush Report Table 3
- 1
producer 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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Growers in this atlas's roster
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Winery · Verdelho
1 of this atlas’s 2772 curated producers, 1 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.