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American Viticultural Area
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An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a delimited grape-growing region distinguishable by geographic features, ...
American Viticultural Area (AVA)
A region for growing wine grapes that is officially designated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) based on geographic, climatic and historical criteria.
American Viticultural Area (AVA)
The term given in the United States to an officially designated winegrape growing region.
American Viticultural Area (AVA)
An officially designated viticultural area (VA; grape growing area) based on geographic location as identified by the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco (BATF).
American Viticultural Area
Often abbreviated AVA. This is the set of US laws which regulate the use of place names on wine labels. Unlike similar laws in Europe, there are no restrictions on grape variety, yield or wine making practices.
AMERICAN VITICULTURAL AREA (AVA): An grape-growing area that has officially been given appellation status by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Examples are Napa Valley and Sonoma Valley, yet many AVA's are considerably smaller in size.
American Viticultural Area (USA)
Abbreviated to AVA, this term describes a geographically defined region for growing grapes.
American Viticultural Area (AVA): A delimited, geographical grapegrowing area that has officially been given appellation status by the Alcohol and Tobacco, Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). Two examples of AVAs are Napa Valley and Sonoma Valley.
AVA: American Viticultural Area; a denominated American wine region approved by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Bacchus: The Roman god of wine, known as Dionysus in ancient Greece; a hybrid white grape from Germany.
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
A system implemented in 1983 created to identify the origin of US wines along the same lines as the French Appellation d'Origine Controlee system.
American Viticultural AreaGrowing regions in the United States, distinguished by geographical and terroir features, that are defined and regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
AVA American Viticultural Area. Implemented in 1983, it is the American equivalent to the French AOC system. For varietal wines, 75% of grapes must come from the AVA on the label. ^ back to top
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The Santa Cruz Mountains AVA (American Viticultural Area) for example boasts an incredible amount of identifiable microclimates, with the weather differing drastically from one vineyard to another.
Napa Valley is in California, North-East from San Francisco, and the wine production area is recognized by the American quality system as Napa Valley AVA (American Viticultural Area).
Located in southwestern Riverside County, Temecula is California’s only prominent American Viticultural Area south of Los Angeles.
If the specific wine region or "American Viticultural Area" like Napa is on the label, at least 85% of the grapes must come from that region.
In the United States, the "American Viticultural Area" construct does little to define the regions beyond geographical boundaries. Grape type is legally irrelevant so long as it makes up 75 percent of the blend to be labeled as such.
In the United States, for a wine to be vintage dated and labeled with a country of origin or American Viticultural Area (AVA) (such as "Sonoma Valley"), it must contain at least 95% of its volume from grapes harvested in that year.
New official wine appellation (known as an AVA, or American Viticultural Area), simply one example of the extraordinary growth of wineries all across the U.S.
An AVA is a geographical indication. It stands for American Viticultural Area and is the US equivalent of an appellation in France.
is a geographical designation of origin. The system used in the States defines AVAs (American Viticultural Areas). Acronyms used elsewhere include AC/AOC (France); DOC/DOCG (Italy); DO/DOC (Spain); DO/IPR (Portugal) ...
Nearly 1,500 miles of Pacific coastline, several mountain ranges and a Mediterranean climate provide warm, dry days, cool evenings and a luxuriously long growing season. There are 89 distinct American Viticultural Areas within California's five ...
 See also: Viticultural area, Wine, Grape, Region, Vineyard
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