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States with the most wineries

States ranked by the number of TTB-permitted wineries (bonded wine premises).

California
#1 state
6,400
Wineries
51
States ranked
TTB
Federal source

According to the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) List of Permittees, published August 2026, 84,273 federal alcohol Basic Permits are on file across 52 states and territories, 18,120 wineries, 5,670 distilleries, 21,526 importers, and 38,957 wholesalers. State counts here are tallied directly from that public federal record, not modeled or estimated, and per-capita rates use U.S. Census Bureau Vintage-2023 population. Breweries are excluded: they hold a Brewer's Notice under a separate statute and are not in the TTB list. See the methodology for the calculation.

The ranking in one line

California leads with 6,400 wineries; the #51 cutoff to make this list is 13 (Mississippi).

6,400
#1 · California
13
#51, the cutoff to make this list
1,430
#2 · Washington
51
states ranked

Source: TTB FOIA List of Permittees, August 2026.

Top 12 states - wineries

Bar length = wineries

  1. 1
    California 6,400 wineries
  2. 2
    Washington 1,430 wineries
  3. 3
    Texas 1,013 wineries
  4. 4
    Oregon 995 wineries
  5. 5
    New York 854 wineries
  6. 6
    Michigan 754 wineries
  7. 7
    Virginia 643 wineries
  8. 8
    Pennsylvania 622 wineries
  9. 9
    Ohio 558 wineries
  10. 10
    Missouri 363 wineries
  11. 11
    North Carolina 312 wineries
  12. 12
    Colorado 275 wineries

Source TTB FOIA List of Permittees · August 2026

The bar to make this list

Wineries across all 51 ranked states

every ranked state, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source TTB FOIA List of Permittees · August 2026

Full ranking

#StateWineriesWineriesDistilleriesWholesalers
1California6,4006,4005729,346
2Washington1,4301,4302391,909
3Texas1,0131,0133322,143
4Oregon9959951561,461
5New York8548543472,724
6Michigan754754318471
7Virginia643643158718
8Pennsylvania6226223271,005
9Ohio558558179584
10Missouri363363133505
11North Carolina312312186988
12Colorado275275175800
13Wisconsin253253125440
14Maryland21921987529
15Florida2132132032,704
16Georgia207207148686
17Massachusetts205205102581
18Illinois2042041171,154
19Iowa18218256929
20Indiana174174120262
21Arizona17317372394
22Minnesota16616684322
23Kentucky151151206436
24New Mexico13313355162
25Tennessee130130144413
26Idaho12512535173
27Oklahoma12212223125
28Connecticut11411444432
29Vermont10510555137
30New Jersey10410473752
31Maine888858424
32Kansas878744902
33New Hampshire85853482
34Alabama767658145
35South Carolina656562920
36Montana484843128
37South Dakota47471937
38West Virginia474738189
39Arkansas464624270
40Nebraska42423284
41Utah39393388
42Rhode Island353521134
43Puerto Rico3232125458
44Alaska30302475
45North Dakota3030558
46Louisiana242456197
47Hawaii232330134
48Wyoming19192191
49Nevada181840413
50Delaware16167178
51Mississippi131311501

Per-class columns show how each state's permits split across the four federal classes.

Frequently asked questions

What counts as a winery here?

A holder of a federal wine premises permit in the TTB List of Permittees. That spans large commercial producers and small bonded wineries alike; it reflects federal licensing, not acreage or output.

Why is winery count so concentrated?

Wine production depends on climate and terroir, so wineries cluster tightly in suitable regions. That makes the geographic concentration of wineries stronger than for distilleries, importers, or wholesalers, which can locate anywhere.

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Sources: TTB FOIA List of Permittees (August 2026), published by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. Reformatted without alteration; confirm any record against the official TTB list.

According to the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau's List of Permittees, the August 2026 List of Permittees source contains 84,273 federal Basic Permit records. PlainAlcohol renders those records directly from the source; no figure is typed in by an editor. This ranking is rendered directly from the TTB List of Permittees, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data & editorial changelog, or report a data error.