Sonoma County Wine Industry Essay

1167 Words3 Pages

Vanessa Nelson
Mastin
Econ/Per6
16 December 2016
Wine me some money Red liquid sweet but bitter, the taste leaves the drinker wanting more. It's been a long hard week, and waiting at home for you is a nice bottle of red wine from one of the best local wineries. Wine has been around since about 6600 BC; and slowly but surely it grew to become one of the most money making industry in Sonoma County, wine itself. When looking and hearing at economic growth or impact, the main topics that are talked about are climate change, college, or even sports. Little do we know that wine has had impacted the growth in Sonoma County. Throughout this paper we will be looking at the history of wine, and the impact of wine in Sonoma county.
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Due to the combined economic impact of the wine business in the Sonoma County economy in Santa Rosa was $13.4 billion in 2012. It was nearly two-thirds of the county gross product, which also up 76 percent from the $7.6 billion economic impact in 2005 according to the Stonebridge Research Group. The wine industry, provided around 54,297 full-time jobs in Sonoma County; in which they were paying $3.2 billion in wages, compared to in 2005 where 27,534 jobs were provided and $1 billion in wages. In the United States the retail value of wines in Sonoma County was around $7.6 billion, which was the total rate of grapes that were grown in Sonoma County. That making it reach up to $582 million in 2012, which is a 17 percent increased from …show more content…

The graph compares Sonoma County’s land to Napa County’s land. The red represents the plantable land, with Primary Napa County having the most land efficient for planting. The purple represents vineyard cost between Napa County and Sonoma.
In 6600 BC wine was first found, and throughout time wine surely grew into one of the leading money creating industry in Sonoma County. Without wine in Sonoma County it would not be called wine county. The history of wine was a big revelation and little did they know wine became a leading indicator in Sonoma county. So poor a glass of wine and sit back, relax, and enjoy. And think about the money that you are giving the economy.

Work Cited
"Study: Wine Has $13 Billion Impact on Sonoma County Economy." The North Bay Business Journal. N.p., 09 Jan. 2014. Web. 16 Dec. 2016.
"The Wine Institute." 2015 Annual Economic Impact Grows to $57.6 Billion in California, $114.1 Billion in U.S. - The Wine Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2016.
"History of Wine." History of Wine - Who Invented Wine? - Quatr.us. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2016.

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