List of Pending American Viticultural Areas Petitions
The following is a listing of petitions to establish American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) that TTB has accepted as perfected in accordance with Part 9 of TTB regulations. "Accepted as perfected" means that the petition meets the requirements of Part 9, but it is not a guarantee that TTB will proceed with rulemaking.
A petitioned-for AVA will be removed from this list once a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) publishes in the Federal Register, and a rulemaking docket containing a copy of the petition and the NPRM will be available online for public viewing and comment at Regulations.gov. For a listing of AVA-related rulemaking documents that are currently open for public comment, visit our wine rulemaking page.
Copies of petitions and related exhibits for any of the petitioned-for AVAs in the list below are available upon submission of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Get more information on making a FOIA request.
Get more information on submitting a petition to establish a new AVA and our AVA Manual - How to Prepare an American Viticultural Area Petition for further guidance.
|
AVA Name |
State(s) |
County |
Petitioner |
Date Accepted as Perfected |
| Boundary Modification of the Santa Lucia Highlands AVA and the Arroyo Seco AVA | CA | Monterey | Patrick Shabram | 08/01/17 |
| Verde Valley | AZ | Yavapai | Verde Valley Wine Consortium | 08/01/17 |
| San Luis Obispo Coast (SLO Coast) | CA | San Luis Obispo | SLO Coast AVA Association | 08/30/17 |
| Mount Pisgah, Polk County, Oregon | OR | Polk | Brad Ford | 10/12/17 |
| The Burn of Columbia Valley | WA | Klickitat | Joan Davenport, Kevin Corliss, John Derrick | 10/31/17 |
| White Bluffs | WA | Franklin | Kevin Pogue | 11/07/17 |
| Lower Long Tom | OR | Benton, Lane | Dieter Boehm | 01/04/18 |
| Upper Lake Valley | CA | Lake | Terry Dereniuk | 01/10/18 |
| Ulupalakua | HI | Maui | Mark Beaman | 03/06/18 |
| Goose Gap | WA | Benton | Alan Busacca | 03/06/18 |
| Expansion of the Clarksburg AVA | CA | Sacramento, Solano, Yolo | Reamer Farms, Inc. | 04/10/18 |
| Virginia Peninsula | VA | James City, York, New Kent, Charles City | The Williamsburg Winery, Ltd. | 05/11/18 |
| Gabilan Mountains | CA | Monterey, San Benito | Parker Allen | 06/14/18 |
| Tehachapi | CA | Kern | Per la Vita, LLC | 07/11/18 |
| Palos Verdes Peninsula | CA | Los Angeles | Palos Verdes Peninsula Winegrowers | 08/01/18 |
| Rocky Reach | WA | Chelan, Douglas | Kevin Pogue | 09/26/18 |
| Paulsell Valley | CA | Stanislaus | Patrick Shabram | 10/23/18 |
| Long Valley-Lake County | CA | Lake | Terry Dereniuk | 11/07/18 |
| Expansion of the Red Hills Lake County AVA | CA | Lake | Terry Dereniuk | 04/17/19 |
| Yucaipa Valley | CA | Riverside, San Bernardino | Yucaipa Valley Wine Alliance | 06/21/19 |
| Wanapum Village | WA | Grant | Kevin Pogue | 09/25/19 |