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AVA American Viticultural Area

Posted in Update by Ryan O'Connell on April 12, 2009

I added a government document from the US that lists every single classified wine producing region, or American Viticultural Area (AVA).  The document comes from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.  That’s like the US equivalent to France’s AOC status except that it is updated more frequently. On the one hand, that’s nice because it reflects new discoveries. On the other hand, that’s lame since some of the changes seem trivial and financially motivated.  But this is not a blog where I rant about politics.  This list is comprehensive.  http://www.ttb.gov/appellation/us_by_ava.pdf Enjoy.  And draw your own conclusions.