Economic impact of wine in Oregon

About the Oregon vineyard and wine industry’s Economic Impact Study

Every three years, OWB commissions a comprehensive study to examine the impact of the wine and wine grape industries on Oregon’s economy. It evaluates revenues, jobs, and wages derived from sectors ranging from core businesses of grape growing and wine production as well as others like distribution and tourism. It also evaluates the impact of the next layer of related businesses, including suppliers and service providers, and finally incorporates the impact of employees within the complete supply chain spending their earned wages.

2022 Economic Impact Report.

The Oregon Wine Board (OWB) has commissioned studies quantifying the economic impact of Oregon’s wine grape and wine-producing industries in Oregon in the years 2005, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2020 (the last two years were combined) and now 2022.  For this 2022 edition, Economic Forensics and Analytics (EFA) is the lead consultant, with Full Glass Research (FGR) providing guidance and industry modeling when needed (FGR has been involved since in this report since the 2005 edition).  We use 2019 as a pre-pandemic benchmark and comparison year for industry data, especially comparing the previous economic impacts to those from 2022.

This report focuses on a “multiplier” effect from wine-related businesses and their employees.  Incomes generated by wineries and vineyards come from selling commodities (grapes) and products (bottled and bulk wine after grapes are processed), workers spending their wages, and vendors generating revenues that become more wages and spending.  Vineyard investment, a signal of changing confidence in Oregon’s wine industry, increased from 2019 to 2022.  We will see in this report that Oregon’s wine industry continues to create more income for businesses, households, and government through a mix of core and allied industry changes.

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