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Alcohol permits in Monterey

Every federal alcohol Basic Permit holder with a Monterey, California premises address — from the public TTB List of Permittees.

33
Permit holders
5
Wineries
7
Importers
California
State

Monterey in one line

Monterey, California is home to 33 federal alcohol permit holders, led by wholesalers (21).

33
permit holders
21
wholesalers
7
importers
5
wineries

Source: TTB FOIA List of Permittees, April 2025.

According to the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) List of Permittees, published April 2025, 83,590 federal alcohol Basic Permits are on file across 11,147 U.S. cities. The holders below are every winery, distillery, importer, and wholesaler whose permit premises is registered in this city; the record is reproduced from that public federal source without alteration. See the methodology for how cities are attributed.

Permit mix

Wholesalers21 · 64%
Importers7 · 21%
Wineries5 · 15%
Name Class
Czech Commerce, LTD. Importer
Madeleine Wines

Damien Georis

Importer
Doc Pepe's Lab

Doc Pepe's Lab, LLC

Importer
Chateau Julien

Great American Wineries, INC.

Importer
MBF Company

Jeff Moses

Importer
Madeleine Wines LLC Importer
Penniless Adventurer, INC. Importer
Carmel Valley Vintners, LLC Wholesaler
Cult of 8 Wholesaler
Czech Commerce, LTD. Wholesaler
Madeleine Wines

Damien Georis

Wholesaler
Doc Pepe's Lab

Doc Pepe's Lab, LLC

Wholesaler
Foghorn Wines

Foghorn, LLC

Wholesaler
Great American Wineries, INC.

Great American Wineries, INC.

Wholesaler
J. Project Team CO. Wholesaler
Madeleine Wines LLC Wholesaler
Monterey Bay Beer Distributing Company

Monterey Bay Brewing Company

Wholesaler
Monterey Bay Brewing Company Wholesaler
Navy Exchange Package Store Wholesaler
Nordic Techology, INC.

Nordic Technology & Trade, INC

Wholesaler
North Bay Trading CO., INC. Wholesaler
Otter Cove

Otter Cove, LLC

Wholesaler
Pacific Grove Brewing Company, LLC Wholesaler
Penniless Adventurer, INC. Wholesaler
Ryan M. Kobza Wholesaler
The Congenial Spirits Company, LLC Wholesaler
The Wine Experience - Monterey

The Wine Experience, LLC

Wholesaler
Veritas Cellars

Veritas Associates LLC

Wholesaler
Albatross Ridge Winery

Albatross Ridge Winery, INC.

Winery
Carmel Ridge Winery

Carmel Ranch Corporation

Winery
Doc Pepe's Lab

Doc Pepe's Lab, LLC

Winery
The Wine Experience

The Wine Experience, LLC

Winery
Vino Giuliana

Tim Harris

Winery

Frequently asked questions

How many federal alcohol permit holders are in Monterey, California?

Monterey, California has 33 businesses holding a federal alcohol Basic Permit — led by wholesalers (21). Each holds an active TTB FAA Basic Permit.

How many wineries are in Monterey?

Monterey has 5 bonded wineries holding a federal Basic Permit from the TTB.

Are breweries included?

No. Breweries do not hold an FAA Basic Permit — they file a Brewer's Notice (IRC §6103, protected from disclosure) — so they are not in the public TTB List of Permittees this directory uses.

How do I verify a permit?

Every record here comes from the TTB FOIA List of Permittees (April 2025). Confirm a specific permit's current status on the official TTB Public Permit Search.

What the permit data shows for this city

A city-level view of federal alcohol permits answers one specific question: who, in this place, is licensed by the U.S. government to produce, import, or distribute beverage alcohol? The TTB FOIA List of Permittees is the authoritative federal answer. Unlike a state liquor-license lookup — whose format and fields differ across all fifty states — every record here carries a federally standardized Basic Permit number that identifies the operating entity, its premises, and the class of activity it is authorized to conduct. That standardization is what makes a clean city-by-city comparison possible.

A concentration of permit holders in one city usually tracks a few drivers: proximity to grape or grain supply for producers, a port or dense population center for importers and wholesalers, or a local market that supports tasting rooms and craft demand. Breweries are not part of this picture — they hold a Brewer's Notice under a separate federal statute and are not published in this list. Counts reflect permit premises addresses as filed with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, not retail outlets or production volume.

Source: TTB FOIA List of Permittees, published April 2025 — public U.S. government data, reformatted without alteration. Verify with the TTB →