The part of wine production that varies most is the cost of the grapes. This is also the single biggest expense in a bottle of wine. Some grape varieties are more expensive to purchase (like Cabernet) and some are relatively cheap. Looking at Cabernet Sauvignon the price of the fruit varies widely across the state.The price is in dollars per ton of Cabernet grapes. On average you get about 750 bottles of wine out of a ton of wine grapes.
$6,850 Napa County
$2,960 Sonoma County
$2,350 Lake County
$1,315 Monterey County
$1,200 Sierra Foothills (several counties)
$375 Southern Central Valley (several counties)
Why such a variance? Perceived quality and the resulting supply-and-demand.
Dollar values from Vinex
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