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Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau<br>
U.S. Department of the Treasury<br>
AUTHORIZED WINE APPELLATIONS OF ORIGIN - U.S. Viticultural Areas Type of
Appellation<br>
Last Updated on 4/23/2007<br>
||**Name of Appellation**||**U.S. State in Which Located**||**Date of Last
Entry**|| Entry**||**Acreage**||**Effective Date**||
||Alexander Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 32536 ||
6/13/1988 ||
||Alexandria Lakes||Minnesota||8/1/2005|| 10880 ||
8/1/2005 ||
||Alta Mesa||California||8/16/2006|| || ||
||Altus||Arkansas||7/1/2004|| 12800 || 6/29/1984
||
||Anderson Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 600 ||
9/19/1983 ||
||Applegate Valley||Oregon||7/1/2004|| 0 || 2/12/2001
||
||Arkansas Mountain||Arkansas||7/1/2004|| 2880000 ||
10/27/1986 ||
||Arroyo Grande Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 42880 ||
2/5/1990 ||
||Arroyo Seco||California||7/1/2004|| 18240 || 5/16/1983
||
||Atlas Peak||California||7/1/2004|| 11400 || 2/24/1992
||
||Augusta||Missouri||7/1/2004|| 0 || 6/20/1980 ||
||Bell Mountain||Texas||7/1/2004|| 3200 || 11/10/1986
||
||Ben Lomond Mountain||California||7/1/2004|| 38400 ||
1/8/1988 ||
||Benmore Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 1440 ||
11/18/1991 ||
||Bennett Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 8140 ||
12/29/2003 ||
||Borden Ranch||California||8/16/2006|| || ||
||California Shenandoah Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 10000 ||
2/27/1987 ||
||Capay Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 102400 ||
2/18/2003 ||
||Carmel Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 19200 ||
1/13/1983 ||
||Carneros (Los Carneros)||California||7/1/2004|| ||
||
||Catoctin||Maryland||7/1/2004|| 170000 || 2/27/1987
||
||Cayuga Lake||New York||7/1/2004|| 460 || 4/25/1988
||
||Central Coast||California||7/1/2004|| 4000000 ||
11/25/1985 ||
||Central Delaware Valley||New Jersey & Pennsylvania||7/1/2004||
96000 || 2/27/1987 ||
||Chalk Hill||California||7/1/2004|| 22400 || 6/13/1988
||
||Chalone||California||7/1/2004|| 8540 || 7/14/1982
||
||Chehalem Mountains||Oregon||12/27/2006|| || ||
||Chiles Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 6000 || 4/19/1999
||
||Cienega Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 0 || 9/20/1982
||
||Clarksburg||California||7/1/2004|| 64640 || 2/22/1984
||
||Clear Lake||California||7/1/2004|| 168960 || 6/7/1984
||
||Clements Hills||California||8/16/2006|| || ||
||Cole Ranch||California||7/1/2004|| 150 || 5/16/1983
||
||Columbia Gorge||Oregon & Washington||7/22/2004|| 179200 ||
7/9/2004 ||
||Cosumnes River||California||8/16/2006|| || ||
||Columbia Valley||Washington & Oregon||7/1/2004|| 1152000
|| 2/27/1987 ||
||Covela||California||3/20/2006|| || ||
||Cucamonga Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 109400 ||
5/1/1995 ||
||Cumberland Valley||Maryland & Pennsylvania||7/1/2004|| 765000
|| 8/26/1985 ||
||Diablo Grande||California||7/1/2004|| 30000 ||
8/21/1998 ||
||Diamond Mountain District||California||7/1/2004|| 5000 ||
7/31/2001 ||
||Dos Rios||California||11/14/2005|| 15500 || 11/14/2005
||
||Dry Creek Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 80000 ||
9/6/1983 ||
||Dundee Hills||Oregon||3/4/2005|| 6490 || 1/31/2005
||
||Dunnigan Hills||California||7/1/2004|| 89000 ||
6/14/1993 ||
||Edna Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 22400 || 6/11/1987
||
||El Dorado||California||7/1/2004|| 416 || 11/14/1983
||
||Eola-Amity Hills||Oregon||8/16/2006|| || ||
||Escondido Valley||Texas||7/1/2004|| 32000 || 6/15/1992
||
||Fair Play||California||7/1/2004|| 21120 || 4/27/2001
||
||Fennville||Michigan||7/1/2004|| 75000 || 10/19/1981
||
||Fiddletown||California||7/1/2004|| 11500 || 11/3/1983
||
||Finger Lakes||New York||7/1/2004|| 8400 || 2/27/1987
||
||Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country||Texas||7/1/2004|| 70400
|| 1/23/1989 ||
||Grand River Valley||Ohio||7/1/2004|| 125000 ||
11/21/1983 ||
||Grand Valley||Colorado||7/1/2004|| 32000 || 12/26/1991
||
||Green Valley of Russian River Valley||California - Name change from Sonoma
County Green Valley||4/23/2007|| 32000 || 12/21/1983
||
||Guenoc Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 4396 ||
12/21/1981 ||
||Hames Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 10240 || 4/25/1994
||
||Hermann||Missouri||7/1/2004|| 51200 || 2/27/1987
||
||High Valley||California||8/1/2005|| 14000 || 8/1/2005
||
||Horse Heaven Hills||Washington||8/1/2005|| 570000 ||
8/1/2005 ||
||Howell Mountain||California||7/1/2004|| 14080 ||
1/30/1984 ||
||Hudson River Region||New York||7/1/2004|| 224000 ||
7/6/1982 ||
||Isle St. George||Ohio||7/1/2004|| 640 || 9/20/1982
||
||Jahant||California||8/16/2006|| || ||
||Kanawha River Valley||West Virginia||7/1/2004|| 64000 ||
5/8/1986 ||
||Knights Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 36240 ||
11/21/1983 ||
||Lake Erie||New York & Pennsylvania & Ohio||7/1/2004|| 2236800
|| 11/21/1983 ||
||Lake Michigan Shore||Michigan||7/1/2004|| 1280000 ||
11/14/1983 ||
||Lake Wisconsin||Wisconsin||7/1/2004|| 28000 || 2/4/1994
||
||Lancaster Valley||Pennsylvania||7/1/2004|| 225000 ||
6/11/1982 ||
||Leelanau Peninsula||Michigan||7/1/2004|| 211200 ||
4/29/1982 ||
||Lime Kiln Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 2300 ||
7/6/1982 ||
||Linganore||Maryland||7/1/2004|| 57600 || 9/19/1983
||
||Livermore Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 96000 ||
10/1/1982 ||
||Lodi||California||7/1/2004|| 458000 || 3/17/1986
||
||Long Island||New York||7/1/2004|| 749146 || 7/16/2001
||
||Loramie Creek||Ohio||7/1/2004|| 3600 || 12/27/1982
||
||Los Carneros (Carneros)||California||7/1/2004|| 0 ||
9/19/1987 ||
||Madera||California||7/1/2004|| 230000 || 1/7/1985
||
||Malibu-Newton Canyon||California||7/1/2004|| 850 ||
6/13/1996 ||
||Martha's Vineyard||Massachusetts||7/1/2004|| 64000 ||
2/4/1985 ||
||McDowell Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 540 ||
2/27/1987 ||
||McMinnville||Oregon||3/21/2005|| 0 || 3/21/2005
||
||Mendocino||California||7/1/2004|| 275200 || 7/16/1984
||
||Mendocino Ridge||California||7/1/2004|| 87466 ||
12/26/1997 ||
||Merritt Island||California||7/1/2004|| 5000 ||
2/27/1987 ||
||Mesilla Valley||New Mexico & Texas||7/1/2004|| 284800 ||
3/18/1985 ||
||Middle Rio Grande Valley||New Mexico||7/1/2004|| 278400 ||
3/3/1988 ||
||Mimbres Valley||New Mexico||7/1/2004|| 636800 ||
12/23/1985 ||
||Mississippi Delta||Mississippi & Tennessee & Louisiana|| 7/1/2004||
3840000 || 10/1/1984 ||
||Mokelumne River||California||8/16/2006|| || ||
||Monterey||California||7/1/2004|| 35758 || 7/16/1984
||
||Monticello||Virginia||7/1/2004|| 800000 || 2/22/1984
||
||Mt. Harlan||California||7/1/2004|| 7440 || 12/17/1990
||
||Mt. Veeder||California||7/1/2004|| 15000 || 3/22/1990
||
||Napa Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 225280 || 2/27/1981
||
||Niagara Escarpment||New York||10/11/2005|| 18000 ||
10/11/2005 ||
||North Coast||California||7/1/2004|| 3008000 ||
10/21/1983 ||
||North Fork of Long Island||New York||7/1/2004|| 101440 ||
11/10/1986 ||
||North Fork of Roanoke||Virginia||7/1/2004|| 0 ||
2/27/1987 ||
||North Yuba||California||7/1/2004|| 22400 || 8/30/1985
||
||Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace||Virginia||7/1/2004||
590080 || 5/21/1987 ||
||Northern Sonoma||California||7/1/2004|| 348000 ||
9/25/1986 ||
||Oak Knoll District||California||7/1/2004|| 8300 ||
4/26/2004 ||
||Oakville||California||7/1/2004|| 5760 || 8/2/1993
||
||Ohio River Valley||Ohio & Kentucky & Indiana & West
Virginia||7/1/2004|| 16640000 || 2/27/1987 ||
||Old Mission Peninsula||Michigan||7/1/2004|| 19200 ||
7/8/1987 ||
||Outer Coastal Plain||New Jersey||3/12/2007|| ||
||
||Ozark Highlands||Missouri||7/1/2004|| 1280000 ||
9/30/1987 ||
||Ozark Mountain||Arkansas & Missouri & Oklahoma||7/1/2004||
3520000 || 8/1/1986 ||
||Pacheco Pass||California||7/1/2004|| 3200 || 4/11/1984
||
||Paicines||California||7/1/2004|| 4500 || 9/15/1982
||
||Paso Robles||California||7/1/2004|| 666618 || 11/3/1983
||
||Potter Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 27500 ||
11/14/1983 ||
||Puget Sound||Washington||7/1/2004|| 5536000 ||
10/4/1995 ||
||Ramona Valley||California||1/6/2006|| || ||
||Rattlesnake Hills||Washington||3/20/2006|| ||
||
||Red Hill Douglas County|| Oregon||11/14/2005|| 5500 ||
11/14/2005 ||
||Red Hills Lake County||California||9/13/2004|| 0 ||
9/10/2004 ||
||Red Mountain||Washington||7/1/2004|| 4040 || 6/11/2001
||
||Redwood Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 22400 ||
2/21/1997 ||
||Ribbon Ridge||Oregon||7/1/2005|| 3350 || 7/1/2005
||
||River Junction||California||7/1/2004|| 1300 || 7/9/2001
||
||Rockpile||California||7/1/2004|| 15400 || 4/29/2002
||
||Rocky Knob||Virginia||7/1/2004|| 9000 || 2/27/1987
||
||Rogue Valley||Oregon||7/1/2004|| 0 || 2/22/1991
||
||Russian River Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 126600 ||
11/21/1983 ||
||Rutherford||California||7/1/2004|| 6650 || 8/2/1993
||
||Saddle Rock - Malibu||California||8/16/2006|| ||
||
||Salado Creek||California||9/13/2004|| 2940 || 8/30/2004
||
||San Antonio Valley||California||7/10/2006|| ||
||
||San Benito||California||7/1/2004|| 45000 || 11/4/1987
||
||San Bernabe||California||9/13/2004||
||San Benito||California||7/1/2004|| 24796 || 8/30/2004
||
||San Francisco Bay||California||7/1/2004|| 1566713 ||
3/22/1999 ||
||San Lucas||California||7/1/2004|| 33920 || 3/2/1987
||
||San Pasqual Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 9000 ||
9/16/1981 ||
||San Ysidro District||California||7/1/2004|| 2340 ||
12/17/1990 ||
||Santa Clara Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 332800 ||
4/27/1989 ||
||Santa Cruz Mountains||California||7/1/2004|| 0 ||
1/4/1982 ||
||Santa Lucia Highlands||California||7/1/2004|| 22000 ||
6/15/1992 ||
||Santa Maria Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 80000 ||
9/4/1981 ||
||Santa Ynez Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 76800 ||
5/16/1983 ||
||Seiad Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 2160 || 6/20/1994
||
||Seneca Lake||New York||7/1/2004|| 204600 || 9/2/2003
||
||Shawnee Hills||Illinois||12/27/2006|| || ||
||Shenandoah Valley||Virginia & West Virginia||7/1/2004|| 2400000
|| 2/27/1987 ||
||Sierra Foothills||California||7/1/2004|| 2600000 ||
12/18/1987 ||
||Sloughhouse||California||8/16/2006|| || ||
||Snake River Valley||Idaho & Oregon||4/9/2007|| ||
||
||Solano County Green Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 2560 ||
1/28/1983 ||
||Sonoita||Arizona||7/1/2004|| 208000 || 11/26/1984
||
||Sonoma Coast||California||7/1/2004|| 480000 ||
7/13/1987 ||
||Sonoma Mountain||California||7/1/2004|| 5000 ||
2/22/1985 ||
||Sonoma Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 4000 || 1/24/1982
||
||South Coast||California||7/1/2004|| 115200 ||
12/23/1985 ||
||Southeastern New England||Connecticut & Rhode Island &
Massachusetts||7/1/2004|| 1875200 || 4/27/1984 ||
||Southern Oregon||Oregon||3/4/2005|| 2001430 || 2/7/2005
||
||Spring Mountain District||California||7/1/2004|| 8600 ||
6/14/1993 ||
||St. Helena||California||7/1/2004|| 9060 || 10/11/1995
||
||Sta. Rita Hills||California - name change from Santa Rita Hills||1/6/2006||
30720 || 7/30/2001 ||
||Stags Leap District||California||7/1/2004|| 2700 ||
2/27/1989 ||
||Suisun Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 15360 ||
12/27/1982 ||
||Temecula Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 33000 ||
2/7/1986 ||
||Texas Davis Mountains||Texas||7/1/2004|| 270000 ||
5/11/1998 ||
||Texas High Plains||Texas||7/1/2004|| 2000 || 4/1/1993
||
||Texas Hill Country||Texas||7/1/2004|| 9600000 ||
12/30/1991 ||
||Texoma||Texas||1/6/2006|| || ||
||The Hamptons - Long Island||New York||7/1/2004|| 136448 ||
6/17/1985 ||
||Tracy Hills||California||12/8/2006|| || ||
||Trinity Lakes||California||4/29/2005|| 96000 ||
4/29/2005 ||
||Umpqua Valley||Oregon||7/1/2004|| 768000 || 4/30/1984
||
||Virginia's Eastern Shore||Virginia||7/1/2004|| 436480 ||
2/1/1991 ||
||Wahluke Slope||Washington||1/6/2006|| || ||
||Walla Walla Valley||Washington & Oregon||7/1/2004|| 178560
|| 2/27/1987 ||
||Warren Hills||New Jersey||7/1/2004|| 144640 || 9/7/1988
||
||West Elks||Colorado||7/1/2004|| 48000 || 5/7/2001
||
||Western Connecticut Highlands||Connecticut||7/1/2004|| 1004550
|| 3/10/1988 ||
||Wild Horse Valley||California||7/1/2004|| 3300 ||
12/30/1988 ||
||Willamette Valley||Oregon||7/1/2004|| 3300000 ||
1/3/1984 ||
||Willow Creek||California||7/1/2004|| 6000 || 9/19/1983
||
||Yadkin Valley||North Carolina||7/1/2004|| 1231000 ||
2/7/2003 ||
||Yakima Valley||Washington||7/1/2004|| 665600 ||
5/4/1983 ||
||Yamhill-Carlton District||Oregon||3/4/2005|| 0 ||
2/7/2005 ||
||York Mountain||California||7/1/2004|| 9360 || 2/27/1987
||
||Yorkville Highlands||California||7/1/2004|| 40000 ||
6/8/1998 ||
||Yountville||California||7/1/2004|| 8260 || 5/18/1999
||
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**References** <br>
[http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region-index-text.aspx Appellation
America]
[http://www.ttb.gov/appellation/us_by_ava.pdf Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and
Trade Bureau]
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