Los Carneros Stags Leap Howell Mountain Diamond Mountain District Spring Mountain District Mount Veeder Atlas Peak Calistoga Rutherford Oakville Yountville Chiles Valley Wild Horse Valley St Helena Oak Knoll Napa Valley AVA Sub district: Pope Valley
Northern Sonoma Alexander Valley Dry Creek Valley Knights Valley Russian River Valley Chalk Hill Green Valley of Russian River Valley Rockpile Sonoma Coast Sonoma Valley Sonoma Mountain Los Carneros Bennett Valley Pine Mountain Cloverdale Peak Moon Mountain Northern part of Sonoma coast AVA experiences coolest climate Pinot noir & Chardonnay plantings with some Rhone varietals. Alexander Valley & Dry Creek Valley much warmer Knights Valley warmest. Bordeaux varietals. Russian River Valley moderate climate with alluvial soils (Goldridge) Dry Creek & Rockpile Rich style Zinfandels Largest part of Carneros Sparkling wine production (Taittinger & Codorniu) Pinot noir & Chardonnay
Mendocino County AVA s Mendocino Mendocino Ridge Anderson Valley Potter Valley Redwood Valley McDowell Valley Yorkville Highlands Dos Rios Cole Ranch Covelo Cole Ranch & McDowell Valley are essentially monopole AVA s of the Esterlina & McDowell Valley wineries.
Benmore Valley Clear Lake Guenoc Valley Big Valley Kelsey Bench
San Francisco Bay Area AVA s San Francisco Bay Livermore Valley Santa Cruz Mountains Ben Lomond Mountain Santa Clara Valley San Ysidro District
Monterey County AVA s Monterey Carmel Valley Santa Lucia Highlands Arroyo Secco Chalone San Bernabe San Antonio Valley Hames Valley San Lucas San Benito County AVAs Mount Harlan Cienega Limekiln Valley San Benito Paicines
San Luis Obispo County AVA s Paso Robles Arroyo Grande York Mountain Edna Valley
Santa Barbara County AVA s Santa Maria Valley Santa Ynez Valley Sta Rita Hills (within S. Ynez valley) Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara (within S. Ynez valley) Ballard Canyon (within S. Ynez valley)
SOUTH COAST AVAs San Pasqual Valley Temequla CENTRAL VALLEY AVAs Clarksburg Dunnigan Hills Madera Lodi Merrett Island SIERRA FOOTHILLS AVAs Shenandoah Valley El Dorado Fiddletown North Yuba Fair Play
Lodi AVA sub districts Mokelumne River Cosumnes River Jahant Borden Ranch Alta Mesa Sloughhouse Clements Hills
Washington AVA s Puget Sound Columbia Valley* Yakima Valley Rattlesnake Hills Red Mountain Snipes Valley Walla Walla Valley* Horse Heaven Hills Lake Chelan Wahluke Slope Colombia Gorge* * AVA s shared with Oregon
Oregon AVA s Willamette Valley AVA Chehalem Mountains Ribbon Ridge Yamhill- Carlton district Dundee Hills Mc Minnville Eola Amity Hills Southern Oregon AVA Red Hills Douglas County Umpqua Valley Rogue Valley Applegate Valley Columbia Valley AVA Columbia Gorge Walla Walla Valley Snake River Valley
New York AVA s Long Island AVA North Fork of Long Island The Hamptons Long Island Finger Lakes AVA Cayuga Lake Seneca Lake Hudson River Region Lake Erie (Shared with Pennsylvania & Ohio) Niagara Escarpment Production mainly in Finger Lakes district (90%) but also on Long Island Traditionally Vitis Labrusca planted (Niagara,) & Hybrids (Vidal) but now European varieties planted. Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot blanc Gewurztraminer. Bordeaux varietals on Long Island
Largest producing area (approx 15,000 acres) on the shores of Lake Erie & Lake Ontario. 4 main viticultural areas: Niagara Peninsula Largest area 2 regional Appellations Niagara Escarpment Niagara on the lake Lake Erie North Shore Pelee Island (Lake Erie) Prince Edward County (Lake Ontario) Continental climate mitigated by the effect of the lakes Riesling, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc Pinot noir dominant varietals Icewine a speciality of the region. Harvesting at -8 c or below
Niagara Escarpment DVA Short Hills Bench Twenty Mile Bench Beamsville Bench Niagara on the Lake DVA Niagara River Niagara Lakeshore Four mile Creek St David s Bench Other Sub Appellations Vinemount Ridge Creek Shores Lincoln Lakeshore