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 |
| Gabilan Mountains | CA | Monterey, San Benito | Parker Allen | 06/14/18 |
| 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 |
| Comptche | CA | Mendocino | Michael Nolan | 05/26/2020 |
| Mendocino Ridge name change | CA | Mendocino | Mendocino Ridge Board of Directors | 08/19/2020 |
| Crystal Springs of Napa Valley | CA | Napa | Steven Burgess | 09/02/2020 |
| Winters Highlands | CA | Solano, Yolo | Berryessa Gap Vineyards | 11/25/2020 |
| Contra Costa | CA | Contra Costa | Patrick Shabram | 12/20/2020 |
| Rancho Guejito | CA | San Diego County | Rancho Guejito Vineyard, Inc. | 01/25/2021 |
| Nine Lakes of Eastern Tennessee | TN | Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Roane, Sevier, Union | Appalachian Region Wine Producers Association | 6/4/2021 |
| Upper Cumberland | TN | Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Pickett, Putnam, Overton, Smith, Van Buren, Warren, White | Appalachian Region Wine Producers Association | 6/4/2021 |
| Conneaut Creek | OH | Ashtabula | Andrew Kirk | 6/14/2021 |
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