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When Alabama native
Terrell Owens’ NFL career started with the San Francisco 49ers in 1996, wine wasn’t in his playbook.
At one of Owens’ first team dinners, 49ers fullback
William Floyd told him to try some red wine, but it wasn t love at first sip. It was really dry … so that s what I always remembered of wine, Owens told
Wine Spectator. But over the past few years I ve tried to expand my palate.
Owens says he stayed away from alcohol during the season, but San Francisco’s proximity to Napa Valley was bound to have an impact, and now the NFL Hall of Famer has joined a growing list of NFL veterans in the wine business. (Among those fellow NFL stars now winning at the wine game is
Prices and Tonnage Drop like a Rock
Napa Grape Prices Down 20 Percent Napa Cabernet Tonnage Down 42 Percent February 11, 2021
In its preliminary crush report released yesterday, the California Agricultural Statistics Service (CASS) said 3.4 million tons of wine grapes were crushed in 2020, down 13 percent compared to 2019 when roughly 3.9 Million tons were crushed.
Red wine varieties accounted for 1,813,964 tons, down 15.9 percent from 2019 and white varieties totaled 1,590,335 tons, down 9.8 percent. The 2020 average price of all varieties was $674.72, down 16.8 percent. Average prices for red wine grapes were $791.33, down 22.4 percent and for white wine grapes were $554.74, down 5.9 percent from 2019.
The overall number, 3.4 million tons, was right in line with industry expectations. “It’s not surprising to see the total number because it’s exactly what the people who look at this all year long thought it would be,” Allied Grapegrowers President Jeff