{"id":29,"date":"2014-02-27T18:18:57","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T18:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2021-01-28T01:03:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T01:03:00","slug":"wine-appellations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/tasting-room-guide\/wine-appellations\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine Appellations"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13248\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13248\" src=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/russian-river-valley-ava.jpg\" alt=\"Russian River Valley\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/russian-river-valley-ava.jpg 640w, https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/russian-river-valley-ava-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russian River Valley AVA &#8211; American Viticultural Area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Wine Appellations or AVA&#8217;s in California Wine Country<\/h2>\n<p>California wine country consists of many specific wine-growing regions. These wine-growing regions are AVAs or American Viticultural Areas. What is a wine appellation or what we call in the U.S. AVA&#8217;s?\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>What is a Wine Appellations or American Viticultural Area?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Instead of Appellations, the United States uses the term <strong>American Viticultural Areas or AVA<\/strong> for short.<\/li>\n<li>AVAs are \u201cofficial\u201d grape growing regions that have been designated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF).<\/li>\n<li>When an AVA is on the wine bottle\u2019s label, <strong>85% of that wine<\/strong> must come from the AVA.<\/li>\n<li>AVAs are geographic locations that have a particular climate, soil, and elevation.\u00a0 These geographic factors influence a vine&#8217;s characteristics.<\/li>\n<li>To use an example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wines-of-rugged-rockpile\/\">Rockpile AVA<\/a> in northern Sonoma Country has a unique climate and elevation factor.<\/li>\n<li>Just because the wine comes from a specific AVA does not indicate anything about the quality of the wine.<\/li>\n<li>Any region in the United States can apply to become an AVA.<\/li>\n<li>There can be sub-AVAs which means there can be several AVA\u2019s designated within a larger AVA area. Example: The Napa Valley is an AVA, but there are smaller areas located within the Napa Valley that have an AVA. The Rutherford AVA is a small geographic area located within the Napa AVA. Can you identify all the AVAs of the Napa Valley? <a href=\"https:\/\/napavintners.com\/napa_valley\/appellations.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here is a list of the 16 Napa Valley AVAs<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Since an AVA is based on geographic regions, about all you can tell is what varietals are suited for growing in a particular AVA. Read, study, and taste wine. Don\u2019t rely solely on the fact that wine comes from a certain AVA. Rely on your knowledge and tasting experience.<\/li>\n<li>For more information on American Viticultural Areas:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineinstitute.org\/ava\/use\/matrix.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wine Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wine-regions\/\">Explore AVA in California&#8217;s 14 Wine Regions<\/a><\/h4>\n<div align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><br \/>\n    google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-3584518074112100\";<br \/>\n    google_ad_slot = \"3847823339\";<br \/>\n    google_ad_width = 336;<br \/>\n    google_ad_height = 280;<br \/>\n<\/script>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/carneros-backroad-napa.jpg\" alt=\"What is a wine appellation\" class=\"wp-image-13413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/carneros-backroad-napa.jpg 640w, https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/carneros-backroad-napa-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>The Carneros AVA &#8211; a cool climate that is perfect for Pinot Noir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wine Appellations or AVA&#8217;s in California Wine Country California wine country consists of many specific wine-growing regions. These wine-growing regions are AVAs or American Viticultural Areas. What is a wine appellation or what we call in the U.S. AVA&#8217;s?\u00a0 What is a Wine Appellations or American Viticultural Area? Instead of Appellations, the United States uses &#8230; <a title=\"Wine Appellations\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/tasting-room-guide\/wine-appellations\/\" aria-label=\"More on Wine Appellations\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":19,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"ppma_author":[1885],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16111,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/16111"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}