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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

# State WineriesWineriesDistilleriesWholesalers
1 California 6,400 6,400 572 9,346
2 Washington 1,430 1,430 239 1,909
3 Texas 1,013 1,013 332 2,143
4 Oregon 995 995 156 1,461
5 New York 854 854 347 2,724
6 Michigan 754 754 318 471
7 Virginia 643 643 158 718
8 Pennsylvania 622 622 327 1,005
9 Ohio 558 558 179 584
10 Missouri 363 363 133 505
11 North Carolina 312 312 186 988
12 Colorado 275 275 175 800
13 Wisconsin 253 253 125 440
14 Maryland 219 219 87 529
15 Florida 213 213 203 2,704
16 Georgia 207 207 148 686
17 Massachusetts 205 205 102 581
18 Illinois 204 204 117 1,154
19 Iowa 182 182 56 929
20 Indiana 174 174 120 262
21 Arizona 173 173 72 394
22 Minnesota 166 166 84 322
23 Kentucky 151 151 206 436
24 New Mexico 133 133 55 162
25 Tennessee 130 130 144 413
26 Idaho 125 125 35 173
27 Oklahoma 122 122 23 125
28 Connecticut 114 114 44 432
29 Vermont 105 105 55 137
30 New Jersey 104 104 73 752
31 Maine 88 88 58 424
32 Kansas 87 87 44 902
33 New Hampshire 85 85 34 82
34 Alabama 76 76 58 145
35 South Carolina 65 65 62 920
36 Montana 48 48 43 128
37 South Dakota 47 47 19 37
38 West Virginia 47 47 38 189
39 Arkansas 46 46 24 270
40 Nebraska 42 42 32 84
41 Utah 39 39 33 88
42 Rhode Island 35 35 21 134
43 Puerto Rico 32 32 125 458
44 Alaska 30 30 24 75
45 North Dakota 30 30 5 58
46 Louisiana 24 24 56 197
47 Hawaii 23 23 30 134
48 Wyoming 19 19 21 91
49 Nevada 18 18 40 413
50 Delaware 16 16 7 178
51 Mississippi 13 13 11 501

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

What to do with this state ranking

A rank only matters next to the state itself, or a different cut of the same federal data.

TTB FOIA List of Permittees, published August 2026.

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.