105,000

The average salary (in U.S. dollars) of a winemaker in Sonoma County, California, in 2015 (according to the most recent Wine Business Monthly Salary Survey). By comparison, winemakers in Napa Valley made $102,000 on average last year, and winemakers in Washington State made $83,000. Winemaker salaries are the lowest in the northeastern U.S.–$61,000.

In a recent survey of 2,000 adults, nearly 30% thought Sauternes was:

A. A French cream sauce for fish or asparagus

B. The French version of sauerkraut

C. A type of orange

D. A type of Mediterranean bird

When the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) recently surveyed 2000 Britons, 29% believed that the famous French sweet wine Sauternes was “a type of orange.” Twenty percent of respondents thought it was a beach resort. And seven percent thought it was a plant. It appears that wine education is not quite yet a fait accompli.

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