American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) are wine growing regions. For the most part, these align with wine-making and wine-tasting regions and make a convienient way to organize our site. There are some exceptions.

Although there are some wineries in Alaska, there are no vineyards—grapes are shipped in from other places.

Woodenville, Washington has a large number of tasting rooms, but no vineyards and very few wine-making facilities. Wine makers from throughout Washington have remote tasting rooms there to be more-accessable to the population of Seattle/Tacoma.

There are wineries in every state. California has the most, about half of the wineries in the US; Oregon & Washington are second & third, with about another 7 – 8% each; followed by New York & Texas rounding out the top 5. Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, & North Carolina follow. Mississippi has the fewest.