List of American Viticultural Areas
An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a designated wine grape-growing region in the United States distinguishable by geographic features, with boundaries defined by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), United States Department of the Treasury.[1] As of 2012, there were 206 recognized AVAs—several of which are shared by two or more states.
American Viticultural Areas range in size from the Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA at 29,900 square miles (77,000 km2) across four states, to the Cole Ranch AVA in Mendocino County, California, at only 62 acres (25 ha). The Augusta AVA near the town of Augusta, Missouri, was the first recognized AVA, gaining the status on June 20, 1980.[2]
Arizona
Arkansas
- Altus AVA
- Arkansas Mountain AVA
- Ozark Mountain AVA (shared with Missouri and Oklahoma)
California
Central Coast and Santa Cruz Mountains
All of these AVAs are included in the geographic boundaries of the Central Coast AVA with the exceptions of Ben Lomond Mountain AVA and Santa Cruz Mountains AVA, which are surrounded by, but are specifically excluded from, the larger regional AVA.
- Arroyo Grande Valley AVA
- Arroyo Seco AVA
- Ballard Canyon
- Ben Lomond Mountain AVA
- Carmel Valley AVA
- Central Coast AVA
- Chalone AVA
- Cienega Valley AVA
- Edna Valley AVA
- Hames Valley AVA
- Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara AVA
- Lime Kiln Valley AVA
- Livermore Valley AVA
- Monterey AVA
- Mt. Harlan AVA
- Pacheco Pass AVA
- Paicines AVA
- Paso Robles AVA
- San Antonio Valley AVA
- San Benito AVA
- San Bernabe AVA
- San Francisco Bay AVA
- San Lucas AVA
- San Ysidro District AVA
- Santa Clara Valley AVA
- Santa Cruz Mountains AVA
- Santa Lucia Highlands AVA
- Santa Maria Valley AVA
- Sta. Rita Hills AVA
- Santa Ynez Valley AVA
- York Mountain AVA
Central Valley
Unlike other regions of California, there is no large regional AVA designation that includes the entire Central Valley wine growing region.
- Alta Mesa AVA
- Borden Ranch AVA
- Capay Valley AVA
- Clarksburg AVA
- Clements Hills AVA
- Cosumnes River AVA
- Diablo Grande AVA
- Dunnigan Hills AVA
- Jahant AVA
- Lodi AVA
- Madera AVA
- Merritt Island AVA
- Mokelumne River AVA
- River Junction AVA
- Salado Creek AVA
- Sloughhouse AVA
- Tracy Hills AVA
Klamath Mountains
These AVAs are located in the southern Klamath Mountains of far northwestern California.
North Coast
All of these AVAs are included within the geographic boundaries of the six-county North Coast AVA.
- Alexander Valley AVA
- Anderson Valley AVA
- Atlas Peak AVA
- Bennett Valley AVA
- Benmore Valley AVA
- Big Valley Lake County
- Calistoga AVA
- Chalk Hill AVA
- Chiles Valley AVA
- Clear Lake AVA
- Cole Ranch AVA
- Coombsville AVA
- Covelo AVA
- Diamond Mountain District AVA
- Dos Rios AVA
- Dry Creek Valley AVA
- Fort Ross-Seaview AVA
- Fountaingrove District AVA[3]
- Green Valley of Russian River Valley AVA
- Guenoc Valley AVA
- High Valley AVA
- Howell Mountain AVA
- Kelsey Bench-Lake County
- Knights Valley AVA
- Los Carneros AVA
- McDowell Valley AVA
- Mendocino AVA
- Mendocino Ridge AVA
- Moon Mountain District Sonoma County
- Mt. Veeder AVA
- Napa Valley AVA
- North Coast AVA
- Northern Sonoma AVA
- Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley AVA
- Oakville AVA
- Pine Mountain-Cloverdale AVA
- Potter Valley AVA
- Red Hills Lake County AVA
- Redwood Valley AVA
- Rockpile AVA
- Russian River Valley AVA
- Rutherford AVA
- Solano County Green Valley AVA
- Sonoma Coast AVA
- Sonoma Mountain AVA
- Sonoma Valley AVA
- Spring Mountain District AVA
- St. Helena AVA
- Stags Leap District AVA
- Suisun Valley AVA
- Wild Horse Valley AVA
- Yorkville Highlands AVA
- Yountville AVA
Sierra Foothills
All of these AVAs are contained entirely within the geographic boundaries of the Sierra Foothills AVA.
- California Shenandoah Valley AVA
- El Dorado AVA
- Fair Play AVA
- Fiddletown AVA
- North Yuba AVA
- Sierra Foothills AVA
Cascade Foothills
All of these AVAs are located in northeastern California
- Manton Valley AVA
South Coast
All of these AVAs are contained entirely within the geographic boundaries of the South Coast AVA.
- Antelope Valley of the California High Desert AVA
- Cucamonga Valley AVA
- Leona Valley AVA
- Malibu-Newton Canyon AVA
- Malibu Coast AVA
- Ramona Valley AVA
- Saddle Rock-Malibu AVA
- San Pasqual Valley AVA
- Sierra Pelona Valley AVA
- South Coast AVA
- Temecula Valley AVA
Colorado
Connecticut
- Southeastern New England AVA (shared with Massachusetts and Rhode Island)
- Western Connecticut Highlands AVA
Georgia
- Upper Hiwassee Highlands AVA (shared with North Carolina)
Idaho
- Snake River Valley AVA (shared with Oregon)
- Lewis-Clark Valley AVA (shared with Washington - newly established in April 2016)
Illinois
- Shawnee Hills AVA
- Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA (shared with Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin)
Indiana
- Indiana Uplands
- Ohio River Valley AVA (shared with Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia)
Iowa
- Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA (shared with Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin)
Kentucky
- Ohio River Valley AVA (shared with Indiana, Ohio, and West Virginia)
Louisiana
- Mississippi Delta AVA (shared with Mississippi and Tennessee)
Maryland
- Catoctin AVA
- Cumberland Valley AVA (shared with Pennsylvania)
- Linganore AVA
Massachusetts
- Martha's Vineyard AVA
- Southeastern New England AVA (shared with Connecticut and Rhode Island)
Michigan
Minnesota
- Alexandria Lakes AVA
- Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA (shared with Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin)
Mississippi
- Mississippi Delta AVA (shared with Louisiana and Tennessee)
Missouri
- Augusta AVA
- Hermann AVA
- Ozark Highlands AVA
- Ozark Mountain AVA (shared with Arkansas and Oklahoma)
New Jersey
As of 2014, New Jersey had 48 licensed wineries in operation in thirteen of the state's 21 counties.[4][5][6] Of these wineries, 33 are located in two of the state's three approved American Viticultural Areas (AVA). No New Jersey wineries are located in the Central Delaware Valley AVA, which is shared with portions of eastern Pennsylvania.[7] The state's three approved AVAs comprise roughly 2.5 million acres of the state's 5.6 million acres—90% of this area is located in the state's nine southern counties in which the Outer Coastal Plain AVA was established.
New Jersey produced 1.72 million gallons (approximately 716,000 cases) of wine in 2010 and the state was seventh in the United States in total production. Wineries grow Vitis vinifera, Vitis labrusca, or French hybrid wine grapes, and producing or offering for sale wine produced over ninety varieties of grapes and over 25 different fruits. The state's most popular red wine varietals grown are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Chambourcin; and the most popular white wine varietals being Chardonnay and Vidal blanc.[8] The U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2007 Census of Agriculture reported 1,043 acres being cultivated for grapes—almost double the 551 acres reported in 2002.[9] Current estimates indicate that total acreage may increase by 50%-100% when updated statistics for the next USDA Census of Agriculture are released in 2013. In 2007, 192 farms in the state were growing grapes to be sold as table grapes and converted into wine and juice production—this is up from 182 in 2002.[9] The state's wine industry generates between US$30,000,000-$40,000,000 of revenue annually.[10]
Name of American Viticultural Area (AVA) | Created | Area (acres) | # of wineries | Winery acreage | Quantity of wine produced (cases) | Notes |
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Central Delaware Valley AVA (shared with Pennsylvania) | 27 February 1987 | 96,000[11] | 0 | 0 | 0 | [12] |
Outer Coastal Plain AVA | 12 March 2007 | 2,250,000 | 28 | 592 | 223,600 | [13] |
Warren Hills AVA | 7 September 1988 | 144,640 | 5 | 80 | 21,050 | [14] |
New Mexico
- Mesilla Valley AVA (shared with Texas)
- Middle Rio Grande Valley AVA
- Mimbres Valley AVA
New York
- Cayuga Lake AVA
- Finger Lakes AVA
- Hudson River Region AVA
- Lake Erie AVA (shared with Ohio and Pennsylvania)
- Long Island AVA
- Niagara Escarpment AVA
- North Fork of Long Island AVA
- Seneca Lake AVA
- The Hamptons, Long Island AVA
North Carolina
- Haw River Valley AVA
- Swan Creek AVA
- Upper Hiwassee Highlands AVA (shared with Georgia)
- Yadkin Valley AVA
Ohio
- Lake Erie AVA (shared with New York and Pennsylvania)
- Grand River Valley AVA
- Isle St. George AVA
- Loramie Creek AVA
- Ohio River Valley AVA (shared with Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia)
Oklahoma
- Ozark Mountain AVA (shared with Arkansas and Missouri)
Oregon
- Applegate Valley AVA
- Chehalem Mountains AVA
- Columbia Gorge AVA (shared with Washington)
- Columbia Valley AVA (shared with Washington)
- Dundee Hills AVA
- Elkton, Oregon
- Eola-Amity Hills AVA
- McMinnville AVA
- Red Hill Douglas County, Oregon AVA
- Ribbon Ridge AVA
- Rogue Valley AVA
- Snake River Valley AVA (shared with Idaho)
- Southern Oregon AVA
- The Rocks District of Milton–Freewater AVA
- Umpqua Valley AVA
- Walla Walla Valley AVA (shared with Washington)
- Willamette Valley AVA
- Yamhill-Carlton District AVA
Pennsylvania
- Central Delaware Valley AVA (shared with New Jersey)
- Cumberland Valley AVA (shared with Maryland)
- Lake Erie AVA (shared with New York and Ohio)
- Lancaster Valley AVA
- Lehigh Valley AVA
Rhode Island
- Southeastern New England AVA (shared with Connecticut and Massachusetts)
Tennessee
- Mississippi Delta AVA (shared with Louisiana and Mississippi)
Texas
- Bell Mountain AVA
- Escondido Valley AVA
- Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country AVA
- Mesilla Valley AVA (shared with New Mexico)
- Texas Davis Mountains AVA
- Texas High Plains AVA
- Texas Hill Country AVA
- Texoma AVA
Virginia
- Middleburg AVA
- Monticello AVA
- North Fork of Roanoke AVA
- Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace AVA
- Rocky Knob AVA
- Shenandoah Valley AVA (shared with West Virginia)
- Virginia's Eastern Shore AVA
Washington
- Ancient Lakes AVA
- Columbia Gorge AVA (shared with Oregon)
- Columbia Valley AVA (shared with Oregon)
- Horse Heaven Hills AVA
- Lake Chelan AVA
- Lewis-Clark Valley AVA (shared with Idaho - newly established in April 2016)
- Naches Heights AVA
- Puget Sound AVA
- Rattlesnake Hills AVA
- Red Mountain AVA
- Snipes Mountain AVA
- Wahluke Slope AVA
- Walla Walla Valley AVA (shared with Oregon)
- Yakima Valley AVA
West Virginia
- Kanawha River Valley AVA
- Ohio River Valley AVA (shared with Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio)
- Shenandoah Valley AVA (shared with Virginia)
Wisconsin
- Lake Wisconsin AVA
- Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA (shared with Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota)
- Wisconsin Ledge AVA[15]
References
- ↑ http://www.ttb.gov/appellation/
- ↑ Code of Federal Regulations, 27 C.F.R §9.22 27 C.F.R §9.22
- ↑ Swindell, Bill (February 24, 2015). "Fountaingrove becomes newest appellation in Sonoma County". Press-Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
- ↑ Garden State Wine Growers Association. GSWGA Wineries. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. "New Jersey ABC list of wineries, breweries, and distilleries" (5 February 2013). Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. "New Jersey ABC license update" (16 April 2013). Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ An analysis was done comparing a list of wineries provided by the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control with the AVA's description in the Code of Federal Regulations.
- ↑ Hodgen, Donald A. (U.S. Department of Commerce). "U.S. Wine Industry 2011". Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- 1 2 National Agricultural Statistics Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2007 Census of Agriculture, State Level Data: New Jersey Table 35. Specified Fruits and Nuts by Acres: 2007 and 2002. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ↑ Capuzzo, Jill P. "Ready For Prime Time?" in New Jersey Monthly (13 February 2012). Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ↑ Shared with Pennsylvania
- ↑ 27 CFR 9.49 Central Delaware Valley. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ↑ 27 CFR 9.207 Outer Coastal Plain. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ↑ 27 CFR 9.121 Warren Hills. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ↑ Ganchiff, Mark. "Wisconsin Ledge AVA approved". Midwest Wine Press. Retrieved 7 April 2012.