California Grape Crush falls 5%.The California Department of Food and Agriculture California Department of Food and Agriculture, which was established in 1919 by the California Legislature,[1] works in partnership with the agricultural industry and other governmental agencies to regulate various aspects dealing with food and agriculture related announced in its Preliminary Grape Crush Report that California vintners crushed 2.94 million tons of wine grapes Grapes - A Modula-like system description language. E-mail: <peter@cadlab.cadlab.de>. ["GRAPES Language Description. Syntax, Semantics and Grammar of GRAPES-86", Siemens Nixdorf Inform, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-8009-4112-0]. from the 2003 harvest, which was down 5% from the 3.1 million tons in 2002. Challenging winegrowing weather was the major reason given for the falloff fall·off n. A reduction or decrease: a falloff in car sales. Noun 1. falloff - a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in in grape production, though some say that was augmented by the thousands of vine acres that have been removed in the last few years. Red wine varieties accounted for the largest share of the total crush, at 1.64 million tons, which was down 10% from 2002. White wine varieties totaled 1.30 million tons, up 1% from 2002. Among all wine varieties, Chardonnay was again the leader, with about one-fifth of the total volume, followed by Cabernet Sauvignon Cab·er·net Sauvignon n. 1. A variety of black grape used to make red wine, notably in Bordeaux and the Napa Valley. 2. A dry red wine made from this grape. [French. , French Colombard, Zinfandel and Merlot. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. some observers, the well-documented excess wine inventories in California are beginning to ease because of the relatively light crop combined with increasing domestic and international sales. |
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