Despite total acreage planted declining from 629,850 acres (254,891 ha) in 1980 to 360,972 acres (146,080 ha) in 2003, Mendoza is still the leading producer of wine in Argentina.[1] As of the beginning of the 21st century, the vineyard acreage in Mendoza alone was slightly less than half of the entire planted acreage in the United States and more than the acreage of New Zealand and Australia combined.[2]