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Home > Press Room > Statistics > Number of California Wineries

Number of California Wineries

Bonded winery premises include every licensed production facility of single firms or individuals, licensed warehouses, experimental wineries and wineries with no casegoods production or fermentation capacity. Bonded winery licenses are issued by U.S. Tax and Trade Bureau for the purpose of designating a tax-paid environment for wine.

Bonded Wineries

Year California United States
2012 3,754 8,806
2011 3,540 8,157
2010 3,364 7,626
2009 2,972 6,705
2008 2,843 6,368
2007 2,687 5,958
2006 2,447 5,424
2005 2,275 4,929
2004 2,059 4,356
2003 1,869 3,873
2002 1,704 3,469
2001 1,562 3,187
2000 1,450 2,904
1999 1,364* 2,688*
1998 1,185 2,338
1997 1,011 1,988
1996 877 1,755
1995 944 1,820
1994 922 1,772
1993 866 1,683
1992 845 1,648
1991 827 1,623
1990 807 1,610
1989 799 1,573
1988 775 1,541
1987 750 1,453
1986 739 1,455
1985 712 1,367
1984 676 1,246
1983 641 1,172
1982 606 1,084
1981 576 1,021
1980 508 920
1975 330 579
1970 240 441
1965 232 424
1960 256 500
1955 360 679
1950 428 879
1945 414 903
1940 474 1,090

Source: U.S. Tax and Trade Bureau and Wine Institute
* History Revised
For further information on bonded wineries, see this page for a list of wine producers and blenders: http://www.ttb.treas.gov/foia/frl.shtml

Revised on May 7, 2013


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