Wine-Searcher reports that California’s 2025 grape crush fell to 2.76 million tons, including 2.62 million tons of wine grapes, making it the smallest wine grape harvest since 1999 and the smallest overall grape harvest since 1994. The report frames that as unexpectedly good news for drinkers because lower grape prices may push better coastal fruit into more affordable wines, while also stressing the more worrying backdrop for agriculture, including acreage removals, climate strain, rising costs and a structural shift towards white grapes, which overtook red grapes in the 2025 harvest.