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The More We Know: Crop Calculations

  • 1 plant        =      7.70 lbs.
  • 1 ton          =      2, 000 lbs.
  • 1 pound     =      0.075 gallons
  • 1 ton          =      150  gallons
  • 1 ton   =    63 to 66 cases
  • 1 acre         =      1 ½ to 6 tons  (+or-)
  • 1 vine         =      3.2 bottles
  • 1 bottle       =     .75 liter (750ml)
  • 5 bottles     =      0.990752 gallons
  • 1 case        =      2.37753 gallons
  • 1 gallon      =      3.785 liters
  • 1 barrel       =     25 liters (300 bottles)
  • 1 barrel       =     25 cases
  • 100 liters = 26.42 gal. = 11.14 cases = 133 bottles
  • 5 tons of grapes = 3,985 bottles of wine = 15,940 glasses of wine = 13.5 barrels of wine
  • one barrel of wine = 59 gallons of wine = 1,180 glasses of wine = 24.6 cases of wine
  • one case of wine = 30 pounds of grapes =48 glasses of wine = 12 bottles of wine
  • ONE bottle of wine = 2.4 pounds of grapes
  • 5.5 gal carboy =  2.31 cases =  25 1/4 bottles
  • 73 lbs of grapes = one carboy
  • It takes 6 (5 gal) buckets of grapes to fill a 32 gal fermentor  with grapes. Approx. 150 – l70 lbs of grapes.
  • It takes 8 to 9 (5 gal) buckets to fill a 32 gal fermentor with must to the 20 gal step.
  • 3 gallon carboy = 3 gallons 18 oz., or 402 oz, = 1.26 cases = 15 bottles
  • 5.5 gallon carboy = 5 gallons 48 oz. (3 pints),  or 688 oz
  • 1 ton of grapes = 2.7 barrels
  • 1 ton of grapes = 66.4 cases, 797 bottles.

Info thanks to Tom Morehouse.