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Christina Herrick Posted by Christina Herrick|September 13, 2014

This list, which is part of American and Western Fruit Grower’s annual Top 100 Growers report, is ranked according to 2013 acreage for grapes. This list has been compiled for more than 25 years.

The farms must be owned or leased by one company that is responsible for maintaining it.

2014 Top 100 Lists:

Rank

Company

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GRAPE Crops Grown

Total GRAPE Acreage

Total Acreage

2013 Rank
1 Bronco Wine Co., CA Winegrapes 40,000 40,000 1
2 Premiere Entities, CA Winegrapes 18,160 46,179 5
3 Vino Farms, CA Winegrapes 16,000 16,000 2
4 Gallo Vineyards, CA Winegrapes 15,300 15,300 3
5 Giumarra Vineyards, CA Table Grapes 10,000 10,000 4
6 Monterey Pacific, CA Winegrapes 9,680 11,054 6
7 John Kautz Farms, CA Winegrapes 6,500 6,565 7
8 Beringer Vineyards, CA Winegrapes 6,250 6,250 8
9 Anthony Vineyards, CA Table Grapes 5,400 5,400 9
10 Sutter Home Vineyards, CA Winegrapes 5,000 5,000 10
11 Lucich Farms, CA Winegrapes 4,939 4,939 12
12 Lent-Burden Farming, CA Winegrapes 4,482 11,569 13
13 Delicato Vineyards, CA Winegrapes 4,200 4,500 10
14 S&L Vineyards, CA Winegrapes 4,000 4,000 16
15 Beckstoffer Vineyards, CA Winegrapes 3,816 4,060 15
16 Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, WA Winegrapes 3,700 3,700 17
17 Scheid Vineyards, CA Winegrapes 3,400 3,400 14
18 Valley Farm Management, CA Winegrapes 3,200 3,200 21
19 Shannon Ranches, Inc.. Winegrapes 3,129 3,248 n/a
20 Sun Pacific Farming, CA Table Grapes 3,100 3,100 19
21 Sandridge Farms, CA Winegrapes 3,028 34,000 20
22 Farmland Management Services, CA Winegrapes 2,897 41,691 18
23 Gerawan Farming, CA Table Grapes 2,696 11,974 22
24 T Baker Farming Company LLC , CA Winegrapes 2,500 8,550 23
24 T Creekside Land Co., CA Winegrapes 2,500 2,500 23

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Christina Herrick is former Editor of American Fruit Grower magazine and Western Fruit Grower magazine, published by Meister Media Worldwide. See all author stories here.