List of American Viticultural Areas

An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a designated wine grape-growing region in the United States distinguishable by geographic features, with boundaries defined by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), United States Department of the Treasury. As of 2012, there were 206 recognized AVAs—several of which are shared by two or more states.

American Viticultural Areas range in size from the Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA at 29,900 square miles (77,000 km²) across four states, to the Cole Ranch AVA in Mendocino County, California, at only 62 acres (25 ha). The Augusta AVA near the town of Augusta, Missouri, was the first recognized AVA, gaining the status on June 20, 1980.

All of these AVAs are included in the geographic boundaries of the Central Coast AVA with the exceptions of Ben Lomond Mountain AVA and Santa Cruz Mountains AVA, which are surrounded by, but are specifically excluded from, the larger regional AVA.

Unlike other regions of California, there is no large regional AVA designation that includes the entire Central Valley wine growing region.

These AVAs are located in the southern Klamath Mountains of far northwestern California.

All of these AVAs are included within the geographic boundaries of the six-county North Coast AVA.

All of these AVAs are contained entirely within the geographic boundaries of the Sierra Foothills AVA.

All of these AVAs are located in northeastern California

All of these AVAs are contained entirely within the geographic boundaries of the South Coast AVA.