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White Wines Of California--homework

1. what is the worldwide rank of United States in wine production? 2.what is the worldwide rank of the United States in wine consumption? 3.Approximately how many wineries are there in the united states? 4. how many states in U.S have wineries?
Answer From Expert Roger Bohmrich MW

The US is the fourth largest wine producer after France, Italy and Spain. In terms of total consumption, the US became the largest consumer in 2010, taking over the lead from France. On a per capita basis, the US is still well down the list. There are 7,626 bonded wineries in the US as of 2010, a substantial increase over the number just ten years earlier (2,904). To my knowledge, there are wineries in every state. For further information, you may want to visit wineinstitute.org.


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Roger has enjoyed a lengthy career in the wine trade as an importer and retailer, and at present he is an educator, speaker and consultant. He set up and managed Millesima USA, a New York merchant affiliated with a leading European company. Previously, he served as senior executive of importers Frederick Wildman & Sons. In recent years, Roger has judged wine competitions in Argentina, Turkey, Portugal, China and the U.S. Roger is one of America's first Masters of Wine.

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