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 |
| Mendocino Ridge name change | CA | Mendocino | Mendocino Ridge Board of Directors | 08/19/2020 |
| Rancho Guejito | CA | San Diego County | Rancho Guejito Vineyard, Inc. | 01/25/2021 |
| Conneaut Creek | OH | Ashtabula | Andrew Kirk | 6/14/2021 |
| Tryon Foothills | NC | Polk | Cory Lillberg | 8/31/2021 |
| Sonoma Coast--Dry Creek Valley boundary realignment | CA | Sonoma | Tyler Klick | 11/19/2021 |
| Pocket Peak | CA | Sonoma | Patrick Shabram | 5/19/2022 |
| Nashoba Valley | MA | Middlesex, Worcester | Justin Pelletier | 5/25/2022 |
| Columbia Hills | WA | Klickitat | Kevin Pogue | 7/29/2022 |
| Llano Uplift | TX | Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, San Saba | Justin Scheiner | 10/12/2022 |
| Carmel Coast | CA | Monterey | Patrick Shabram | 10/18/2022 |
| Kaw Valley | KS | Atchison, Brown, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson,Johnson, Leavenworth, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee, Washington | Kevin Pogue | 11/14/2022 |
| Champlain Valley of Vermont | VT | Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Rutland | Vermont Grape and Wine Council | 12/20/2022 |
| Rockpile expansion | CA | Sonoma | Mark Trione | 12/20/2022 |
| Rancho Santa Fe | CA | San Diego | Rancho Santa Fe Vintners & Growers Association | 1/4/2023 |
| Arroyo Seco expansion | CA | Monterey | Patrick Shabram | 2/7/2023 |
| Hickory Sands | TX | Mason, McCulloch, Llano, San Saba | Tesha Parr Solomon and Dan McLaughlin | 2/27/2023 |
| Mill Creek-Walla Walla Valley | WA | Walla Walla | Kevin Pogue | 7/20/2023 |
| Highland Valley | CA | San Diego | Highland Valley Wine Country Alliance | 7/24/2023 |
| Mount St. Helens | WA | Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Skamania | Southwest Washington Winery Association | 9/18/2023 |
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