|
An American Viticultural Area 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. The TTB defines AVAs at the request of wineries and other petitioners. There were 193 AVAs as of February, 2009. Prior to the installation of the AVA system, wine appellations of origin in the United States were designated based on state or county boundaries. All of these appellations were grandfathered into federal law and may appear on wine labels as designated places of origin, but these appellations are distinct from AVAs. American Viticultural Areas range in size from the Ohio River Valley AVA at 26,000 square miles (67,000 km) 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. Unlike most European wine appellations of origin, an AVA specifies only a geographical location from which at least 85% of the grapes used to make a wine must have been grown. AVAs are more similar to the Italian Indicazione Geografica Tipica than other European appellation of origin systems. American Viticultural Area designations do not limit the type of grapes grown, the method of vinification, or the crop yield. Some of those factors may, however, be used by the petitioner to justify uniqueness of place when proposing a new AVA. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  atfirstglass.com Nancy Yos Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:58:00 GM Hermann, Missouri, which "had heretofore claimed the laurel in wines," is located about 270 miles east across the state of Missouri, and constitutes a major midwestern . American Viticultural Area. or AVA. Stone Hill Winery, established in ...  storageunits.start4all.com storageunits Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:55:23 GM AVA? as a ordinary . American Viticultural Area. , you admiration, like California s Napa Valley. The muddy has to inclusive of together wines of frank capacity apt and boisterous eminence. We give birth to two, imaginative releases from ...  juuh.com unknown Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:58:24 GM Sauvignon and Chardonnay, German white varieties such as Riesling and Gewurstraminier, French hybrids, and . American. native varieties. There is currently one designated . American Viticultural Area. in Oklahoma, the Ozark Mountain AVA. ... From Google Blog Search: "American Viticultural Area"  news.google.com Weekly Calistogan The harvest reports by American Viticultural Areas (north to south) are as follows: Calistoga (Pending) Paul Smith, OnThEdge Winery The V-09 weather in ... and more » news.google.com St. Helena Star He updated the board on his repeated efforts to get formal recognition for Calistoga as an American Viticultural Area . Because of his seniority and his ... news.google.com Bend Bulletin It was crush time in the region's three distinctive AVAs, or American Viticultural Areas. In the densely planted Dundee Hills, the Chehalem Mountains and ... From Google News Search: "American Viticultural Area"  seattletimes.nwsource.com 237px x 296px | 13.40kB [source page] The Yakima Valley Washington state s first designated American Viticultural Area is thriving with more growers more wineries and much more to do and see  winesnw.com 220px x 310px | 23.00kB [source page] be sure to consider Southern Oregon s diverse and exciting Rogue Valley and Applegate Valley AVAs Until early 2001 the two appellations were defined as one the Rogue Valley American Viticultural Area AVA It was that year the Applegate Valley gained federal authorization as a separate Oregon AVA although it lies From Yahoo Image Search: "American Viticultural Area" |
