Number of Wineries in the U.S.

  In the last ten years the U.S. has gone from about 7,400 wineries to over 11,000. That's about a 50% increase.

  California has 4,800 wineries followed by Oregon and Washington each with about 850. Texas and New York follow each with over 400. Sonoma and Napa Counties each have over 400. 

  For Sonoma, Napa, and really for California, wine growth started in the 1970s. In the early part of that decade Sonoma and Napa each had a couple dozen wineries. Later in the '70s the region returned to the same acreage of grapes as there was before Prohibition (Prohibition, the Depression, and the war years really set America back in wine production). Since the 1980s the growth in American wineries has been exponential. 

  It's been quite a ride! 

Growth in the number of American wineries
since the Great Recession.  Source: statistica.com
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