United States makes more wine than it can reasonably drink, in more styles than any single guide can carry. This almanac is our reading of it. 370 regions, ranked the way we'd visit them; the houses our critics keep returning to; and a short list of restaurants where we'd spend the evening.
United States
United States
370
24,393
5,211
The country, in numbers and adjectives.
The terroirs, by hand.
9 regions worth the trip first — chosen by the Femente desk for the houses we’d open with, the variety of styles within each, and the cooking that grew up around them.
California
# California The state's winemakers pursue contradiction as method: extracting ripeness from Mediterranean heat while chasing freshness…
North Coast
The North Coast pulls between restraint and power—cool-climate precision wrestling with the ripe generosity Cabernet and Pinot Noir…
Napa County
Cabernet dominates the valley floor, but Napa's identity lives in the tension between power and restraint—between the ripe, extracted…
Napa Valley
Cabernet built Napa's reputation, but the valley now produces Chardonnay and Pinot Noir that rival its reds—a shift driven by winemakers…
Central Coast
The Central Coast pulls Pinot Noir and Cabernet from limestone soils that shift mile to mile, forcing winemakers to choose between…
Sonoma County
Sonoma County pulls toward red wine with the hunger of a region that learned to compete: Pinot Noir and Cabernet from its coolest…
Washington
Washington red wines balance ripe fruit and restraint, with Cabernet and Syrah that rarely tip into overextraction—producers here seem as…
Oregon
Pinot noir dominates Oregon's identity, but the state's winemakers use it to explore opposite poles—delicate, high-acid expressions…
Columbia Valley
The Columbia Valley spreads so wide that a winemaker can chase either elegance or power—and often both, across different blocks of the…
The country’s house grammar.
The 8 styles United States makes most of, ranked by bottle count on Femente. The bar beneath each cell shows that style’s share of united states’s production.
7,656
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon — the country’s most numerous bottle.
7,135
7,086
5,690
5,428
5,261
5,196
5,154
The houses that keep showing up.
9 United States estates the prestige critics have agreed on — ordered by the count of 95+ scores across Vinous, Decanter, Wine Advocate and Wine Spectator.
Where to spend the evening.
12 rooms across United States our editors keep coming back to — chosen for the cooking and the wine list, in that order.
Addison by William Bradley
Fine Dining · European — San Diego
100
SingleThread
Farm To Table — Healdsburg
100
Smyth
Modern — West Chicago Township
100
Somni
Modern · Creative — West Hollywood
100
Eleven Madison Park
Modern · European — New York
100
The French Laundry
French Style — Yountville
100
Les Amis
Street Food · Grill · Mediterranean — Fullerton
100
Le Bernardin Privé
Seafood · European — New York
100
Per Se
Fine Dining · European — New York
100
Jean-Georges
Fine Dining — New York
98
THE MODERN
European · Modern — New York
98
Gabriel Kreuther
Modern · European — New York
98
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