North American Wineries Top 7,000
North American Wineries Top 7,000
Apr 8, 2010 6
San Rafael,CA - The total number of wineries in North America has grown by 361 in less than one year, and swelled by 1,961 since January 2005, according to data released today on Wines & Vines IndustryBase. There are a total of 7,011 bonded and virtual wineries in the United States, Canada and Mexico; 6,589 in the U.S. alone.
Not surprisingly, the continent’s largest wine producer, California, continues to spawn the most new vintners, adding 68 new wineries since July 2009, and a total of 670 during the past five years, for a current total of 3,115. Washington state’s tally grew at a faster rate, from just 368 wineries in 2005, and 565 in July 2009, to 593 today.
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