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Green Wine: By the Numbers
- 529,000: Acres of land in California devoted to the state's 2,275 wineries.
- 28: Wineries certified by CCOF as of November 2007.
- 9,240: Acres of vineyard owned by those 28 wineries (a 10.4 percent increase from 2006).
- 105: Wineries, vineyards, and traders certified biodynamic (or in the process of becoming so) by Demeter.
- 2,258: Acres certified as sustainable by LIVE, Inc as of June 2005.
- $80 million: Sales of organic wine in the U.S. in 2005.
- 17: Percent that organic wine sales are expected to grow in 2008.
- 3: Years it takes a vineyard to become certified as organic.
- 10: Percent that production costs increase, on average, when a winery becomes organic.
Sources: California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance, CCOF, Organic Wine Journal, L.I.V.E., Inc, Organic Consumers, Wine Business Monthly.
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