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 |
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 |
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 |