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Laurie Daniel interviews Annette Hoff of Cima Collina in a great new article posted today over at Appellation America covering the evolution and promise of the Monterey AVA. Elsbeth Escafeld Vineyards...

I've noted before that I think the Sonoma Coast AVA makes sense to me, in fact perhaps it's more deserved than some other less 'logical' AVA's which I might mention at a later date. As for the inclusion of the Carneros Sonoma AVA in the Sonoma Coast AVA, I think that makes sense for the following reasons... You may observe that the area along the coast in the north where the temps are lower...

It’s not just potatoes in Idaho. The Snake River Valley has been designated as an AVA by the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau...

Thanks for posting this, Steve. It's really interesting to read the public comments. It's no surprise that growers and wineries which are not in the proposed Westside AVA are opposed to it, but I thought it was telling that several who would be in the new...

... and Trade Bureau's (TTB's) approval process for American Viticultural Areas (AVA's).  I posted a comment on his site that I thought warranted a fuller treatment here. Steve's core point is that the AVA ... stronger in defense of place. The TTB has proposed two main changes to the AVA approval process that it oversees.  The first makes it more difficult to register an AVA that is nested within another...

We hear about appellations, districts and AVA’s all the time, but the term AVA is the only one that tells you a region has been recognized by the federal government as one of distinction. Nancy Hawks Miller, our Director of Education will tell you about some of the requirements and what American Viticultural Areas mean to you as a consumer. Text: What is an AVA? Download Standard Podcast...

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