California vineyards 'over-planted' by more than 20,000 hectares

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California vineyards 'over-planted' by more than 20,000 hectares

At the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium’s State of the Industry address, Bitter again emphasised the need for large-scale vineyard reductions in California, to better balance supply with market demand. He explicitly called for more vines to be uprooted in coastal regions, such as Santa Barbara, Lake, Mendocino, and Monterey counties, as well as among Lodi’s Zinfandel plantings. From the total request for removal, Bitter recommended that 11,300 hec…