The States With the Most Wineries in 2026 [MAP]

The total number of wineries in the U.S. contracted for the third year in a row, decreasing by 3 percent from 2025, according to the WineBusiness Analytics Winery Database. The downward trend is particularly noticeable in state-by-state counts, where the most populated state, California, dipped by 2 percent.

The top five states remain the same as in 2023, the last year when the overall number of wineries in the U.S. grew, with Oregon, Washington, Texas, and New York joining California as the states with the most. Among them, Oregon is the only one that recorded positive growth, showing a 3 percent increase from 2025 to 2026 as of February.

Beyond Oregon, six other states saw an increase in winery count: Tennessee, Virginia, Kansas, Vermont, West Virginia, and Arkansas. Two to watch are Virginia and Vermont: Each has carved out a niche for itself thanks to early adoption of and success in cultivating hybrid grapes.

Wine Business Daily publishes this list annually. This year’s list isn’t entirely a cause for doom and gloom: The majority of states’ losses are not drastic, as most drops were by 5 percent or less.

With that, here are the 50 states ranked by their number of wineries in 2026.

The States With the Most Wineries

State
Wineries

California
4,646

Oregon
868

Washington
821

Texas
521

New York
450

Pennsylvania
401

Virginia
395

Ohio
327

Michigan
253

North Carolina
194

Missouri
148

Wisconsin
147

Colorado
144

Illinois
118

Georgia
108

Arizona
105

Indiana
105

Maryland
105

Minnesota
90

Iowa
85

Kentucky
81

Florida
79

New Jersey
76

Tennessee
72

Idaho
64

Connecticut
62

New Mexico
62

Massachusetts
58

Oklahoma
57

Kansas
47

Vermont
41

New Hampshire
36

Maine
35

Alabama
34

Nebraska
31

South Carolina
30

West Virginia
30

Rhode Island
20

Alaska
19

Arkansas
19

Montana
19

South Dakota
16

Utah
15

North Dakota
14

Nevada
13

Louisiana
12

Delaware
9

Hawaii
9

Wyoming
9

Mississippi
6

Washington, D.C.
1

Total
11,107

The States With the Most Wineries Per Capita (Per 100,000 Residents)

State
Wineries Per Capita

Oregon
26.36

California
15.79

Washington
13.62

Vermont
8.10

Virginia
6.01

Idaho
4.42

Pennsylvania
4.05

New Mexico
3.87

Ohio
3.70

Iowa
3.58

Alaska
3.52

Michigan
3.31

Wisconsin
3.27

New Hampshire
3.26

Missouri
3.19

Colorado
3.19

Maine
3.15

New York
2.97

North Dakota
2.41

Kentucky
2.39

South Dakota
2.39

North Carolina
2.35

Rhode Island
2.34

Texas
2.33

Maryland
2.25

Connecticut
2.22

West Virginia
2.21

Montana
2.20

Kansas
2.18

Nebraska
2.15

Minnesota
2.11

Indiana
2.07

Wyoming
2.05

Oklahoma
1.93

Arizona
1.85

Tennessee
1.34

Georgia
1.32

Illinois
1.24

Delaware
1.13

New Jersey
1.07

Massachusetts
1.06

Alabama
0.90

Arkansas
0.84

Hawaii
0.81

South Carolina
0.73

Utah
0.62

Nevada
0.53

Florida
0.44

Louisiana
0.36

Mississippi
0.28

Washington, D.C.
0.18

Total
4.38

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