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Dancing Crow Vineyards licensed to sell wine at West LA Farmers Market

Dancing Crow Vineyards licensed to sell wine at West LA Farmers Market

Rule Changes Los Angeles, CA local

State issues type 79 permit for the 1635 Purdue Ave market on October 22

October 22nd, 2026: ABC issues type 79 permit

Overview

Updated Oct 28

California's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control issued Dancing Crow Vineyards a type 79 permit on October 22, 2026, eight days after the application appeared on the state list. The agency's license lookup lists the permit as active for the West LA Farmers Market at 1635 Purdue Ave.

The permit lets the Lake County winery sell its own bottled wine at the market, with pours capped at 3 ounces per person per day and 5,000 gallons a year across all such permits. Senate Bill 917, signed August 27, 2026, drops the rule that farmers-market wine come only from the winery's own grapes starting January 1, 2027, and lets up to three wineries pour at one market. Lake County had 38 active winery licenses as of October 26, down from 61 a decade earlier, the Wine Country Gazette reported.

Why it matters

A Lake County winery can now sell bottles straight to Los Angeles shoppers, without a distributor or a tasting room.

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Key Indicators

Type 79
License type
State permit for a winegrower to sell wine at a certified farmers market.
Active
Status on ABC lookup
License file 683603 issued October 22, 2026 and listed active.
8 days
Application to license
From the October 14 listing to the October 22 issuance.
3 oz
Pour limit per person per day
State cap on wine served at farmers market tastings.

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Organizations Involved

DC
Dancing Crow Vineyards LLC
Winery
Holds an active type 79 permit for the West LA Farmers Market, issued October 22, 2026

A Lake County winery that received a state permit to sell its wine at the West LA Farmers Market.
California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
State regulatory agency
License issuer

State agency that licenses and regulates alcohol sales in California.

Timeline

2 events Latest: October 22nd, 2026 · 3 weeks ago

  1. ABC issues type 79 permit

    Latest Regulatory

    The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control issued Dancing Crow's farmers market permit, file 683603, and lists it as active.

  2. License application appears on ABC list

    Regulatory

    Dancing Crow's type 79 license application at 1635 Purdue Ave shows on the state ABC list, marked applied for.

Scenarios

1

Dancing Crow sells wine at West LA market

Likely Resolves by Q2 2027

Discussed by: California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control licensing reports

With the type 79 license issued, Dancing Crow begins selling its bottles at the farmers market.

4

More wineries pour at the West LA market once SB 917 takes effect

Possible Resolves by End of 2027

Discussed by: State Sen. John Laird, the bill's author, and a DPF Law analysis of the measure

SB 917 lets wineries that buy grapes from other growers sell at certified farmers markets from January 1, 2027, and raises the cap on instructional tastings at one market from one licensee to three. If producers act on it, state license records would show type 79 permits for more than one winery selling at 1635 Purdue Ave.

Historical Context

2 moments from history that rhyme with this story — and how they unfolded.

Ongoing

Lake County builds its own wine identity (ongoing)

Lake County sits north of Napa and Mendocino with volcanic soils and extensive grape acreage. Much of its crop historically went into wine bottled elsewhere, and a wave of its own wineries has worked to sell Lake County wine under its own label. Dancing Crow's site describes that mission directly.

Then

More Lake County-labeled bottles reach retail shelves.

Now

The region gains recognition as a wine source rather than a grape supplier.

Why this matters now

The license application is one more step in putting Lake County wine in front of Los Angeles shoppers.

Ongoing

Farmers markets become a direct-sales channel (ongoing)

Farmers markets across American cities let small farms and food producers sell straight to customers, capturing retail margins without a storefront or middlemen.

Then

Small producers gained urban retail presence at low cost.

Now

Markets became a standard sales channel for small agriculture.

Why this matters now

The type 79 license in this application is the state's permit for wine sales at such markets.

Sources

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California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Dancing Crow Vineyards Food Access LA Los Angeles Tourism North Bay Business Journal / Press Democrat California Legislative Information Wine Country Gazette Lake County Features OpenGovUS (California ABC records) Hoodline BruinLife Napa Valley Focus California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control