California Wine Map Updates

California Wine Map Updates

The last time we updated our Wine Map of California, a new region – Petaluma Gap – was added almost immediately. It's now in our updated map.

Petaluma Gap Wine Map

Perhaps all of the backlogged new regions will be made official soon! There are currently 9 pending new regions and 3 pending expansions to existing regions in California.

Here's a summary of all of the pending AVAs in the US:

AVA Name State(s) County Date Accepted
Royal Slope WA Adams, Grant 04/14/2017
Alisos Canyon CA Santa Barbara 04/14/2017
Boundary Modification of the Santa Lucia Highlands AVA and the Arroyo Seco AVA CA Monterey 08/01/2017
Verde Valley AZ Yavapai 08/01/2017
San Luis Obispo Coast (SLO Coast) CA San Luis Obispo 08/30/2017
Mount Pisgah, Polk County, Oregon OR Polk 10/12/2017
The Burn of Columbia Valley WA Klickitat 10/31/2017
White Bluffs WA Franklin 11/07/2017
Lower Long Tom OR Benton, Lake 01/04/2018
Upper Lake Valley CA Lake 01/10/2018
Ulupalakua HI Maui 03/06/2018
Goose Gap WA Benton 03/06/2018
Expansion of the Clarksburg AVA CA Sacramento, Solano, Yolo 04/10/2018
Virginia Peninsula VA James City, York, New Kent, Charles City 05/11/2018
Gabilan Mountains CA Monterey, San Benito 06/14/2018
Tehachapi CA Kern 07/11/2018
Palos Verdes Peninsula CA Los Angeles 08/01/2018
Rocky Reach WA Chelan, Douglas 09/26/2018
Paulsell Valley CA Stanislaus/td> 10/23/2018
Long Valley-Lake County CA Lake 11/07/2018
Expansion of the Red Hills Lake County AVA CA Lake 04/17/2019
Yucaipa Valley CA Riverside, San Bernardino 06/21/2019

Source: https://www.ttb.gov/wine/pending_ava_list.shtml

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