Wine is so simple…and so complex. 

It’s just fermented grape juice. But its magic—color, aroma, taste, and pure pleasure—depend on myriad factors like grape variety, region, vintage, sugar-acid-pH ratios, picking dates, winemaker decisions, and so much more. It’s a perfect blend of art and science, and one of life’s greatest pleasures.

It’s also a source of 1,750,363 jobs, including nearly 50,000 in agriculture that are not even directly related to winery employment. In the Supplier category there are 41,551 agricultural jobs, and another 7,523 in the Induced category. The American wine industry is first and foremost a farming industry that could not exist without a large, skilled and dedicated labor force as well as the trellises, tractors, harvesters, and supplies needed to grow good grapes that make great wine at a reasonable price.

There are 10,761 wine producers and 763,080 vineyard acres in the United States, and all 50 states produce and consume wine, which generates $323.55 billion to our economy. Enlightened legislators understand that our industry has growth potential, and will help that be realized if they know these facts. Please help spread the word.

For WineAmerica’s 2025 National Economic Impact Study of the Wine Industry, click HERE.

For more ways that wine is magic, click HERE.