(SBWIRE) - The 2011 California wine grape harvest was lighter and most of the grapes have been picking at lower sugar levels, giving winemakers the opportunity to make more elegant and balanced wines. According to California office of the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service the 2011 grape crush have totaled 3,874,146 tons, 3 percent down from the 2010 crush of 3,986,314 tons. Red wine varieties crush totaled for 1,920,036 tons, down 6 percent from 2010. The 2011 white wine variety accounted for 426,905 tons, down 7 percent from 2010. Raisin type varieties totaled 372,551, up 36 percent from 2010, and tons crushed of table type varieties totaled 154,653, up 25 percent from 2010.