Yield (wine)

The yield of grapes that will be harvested from a vineyard will depend on several factors including vintage conditions, local wine laws and winemaker's preference.

In viticulture, the yield is a measure of the amount of grapes or wine that is produced per unit surface of vineyard, and is therefore a type of crop yield. Two different types of yield measures are commonly used, mass of grapes per vineyard surface, or volume of wine per vineyard surface.[1]

The yield is often seen as a quality factor, with lower yields associated with wines with more concentrated flavours, and the maximum allowed yield is therefore regulated for many wine appellations.

  1. ^ Jancis Robinson, ed. (2006). "Yield". Oxford Companion to Wine (Third ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 780–781. ISBN 0-19-860990-6.