The U.S Wine Industry

* The retail value of wine produced in the United States in 2005 was $23.8 billion, about 73 percent of the total wine sold in the United States.

* About 90 percent of the volume of wine produced in the United States comes from California. California-produced wines also account for 95 percent of the value of all U.S. wine sold.

* An estimated 305 million cases of wine from all sources were sold in the United States in 2006.

* The vast majority of wineries in the United States produce less than 5,000 cases of wine per year. Together these wineries represent less than two percent of all the wine the United States produces but a major share of the wine costing more than $30/bottle.