how grape prices are determined in the market?

Question

what are the current grape prices?

Answer 1

It depends where you are talking about.

In Champagne the grape prices are set annually by a committee. The best rated vineyards get the full price, lower rated vineyards get 90% or whatever theire rating merits. In Napa Valley the Napa Valley Grapegrowers recommend price bands to their members.

In free market areas the rates are set as per any other fruit product - by agreement between buyer and seller. Wineries often have contracts with grape growers thatlast several years, and price depends on sugar levels of grapes. Other wineries actually rent the vineyard and tell the grower what to do, e.g. pick and throw away half the grapes on the vine in mid year to concentrate the flavor in the remaining grapes and pay a set rental per acre independent of how many grapes are produced.

For 2006 in Napa Cabernet Sauvignon and Franc have highest prices while surprisingly Pinot Gris (which is another name for Pinoy Grigio) has second lowest. See http://www.napagrowers.org/prices_06.htm

and see http://westernfarmpress.com/news/08-14-06-first-wine-price/

Answer 2

There is no set way to design a wine list, but most places separate red, white, pink, sparkling and dessert and fortified wines. Thats because most consumers know what type of wine they want, and it can be hard telling just from the name what color the wine is. If you separate them, then which goes first? Many people start a meal with a white or sparkling, then go to red and finish with a dessert. Where to put the pink? After the white makes sense. But some restuarants with large amounts of wine have separate lists for each category. Some with small lists will have all the whites on one side of a sheet and all the reds on another. You can group wines by where they come from, their cost, their style (eg heavy, light bodied), Parker points etc. There are no hard and fast rules. How would you do it?

Answer 3

In a non-subsidized, free market, supply and demand are always the prime determining factors.