Wine Community Impact
Wine Industry Impact By the Numbers
Economic
1 in 4
Sonoma County jobs are in the wine industry
54,000+
Full-time employees work in the wine industry
$3.2 billion
in wages paid per year to wine industry employees
$8 billion
The US retail value of wines produced in Sonoma County
$1.2 billion
in tourism dollars is generated by wine tourism
Charitable Giving
$36+ million
raised to-date for local non-profits
$1.2 million
donated in grants in 2020
$50,000
granted for flood relief in March 2019
80 Sonoma County Non-Profits
have received grants to date from the Sonoma County Wine Auction in 2019.
Click here to see the current list of organizations.
Sustainability
1st
100% sustainable U.S. wine region by 2019. Click here for more information.
6%
of Sonoma County’s one million acres are planted to vineyards
80%
of Sonoma County’s vineyards are 100 acres or less
85%
of Sonoma County’s vineyards are family-owned
