California drives U.S. wine exports to record

Driven by California wineries, U.S. wine exports hit a record $1.14 billion in revenue in 2010, according to the San Francisco-based Wine Institute. It was a 25.6 percent gain over 2009.

California accounts for 90 percent of the nation's wine exports and is the world's fourth-largest wine producer.

The institute also said that national wine volume shipments rose 1.9 percent last year to 425.5 million liters.

"This positive news indicates that our goal of $2 billion in wine export revenues by 2020 is achievable," said Robert Koch, Wine Institute president and CEO.

Thirty-eight percent of last year's U.S. wine exports, by valu文章来源华夏酒报e, were shipped to the 27 member countries of the European Union, accounting for $435 million in revenue.

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