American Viticultural Areas Located in California by Name
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The table below summarizes all approved American Viticultural Areas in alphabetical order. Effective dates and acreage are also provided. Clicking on the hyperlinked name will query the U.S. government printing office for the current regulation. Please be patient - it may take a few moments for the page to load. Newer AVAs may not be in the GPO database. Users may want to review the AVA files section to obtain the final rule for these AVAs that were published in the Federal Register. When downloading PDF files on a Windows system, you will need to rename the file. Please remember to use the "*.PDF" naming convention when renaming the file so that the file can be properly associated with the Acrobat reader.
| AVA Name | Text | Acreage | Eff Date | |
| Alexander Valley | TEXT | 32,536.00 | 6/13/1988 | |
| Anderson Valley | TEXT | 600.00 | 9/19/1983 | |
| Arroyo Grande Valley | TEXT | 42,880.00 | 2/5/1990 | |
| Arroyo Seco | TEXT | 18,240.00 | 5/16/1983 | |
| Atlas Peak | TEXT | 11,400.00 | 2/24/1992 | |
| Ben Lomond | TEXT | 38,400.00 | 1/8/1988 | |
| Benmore Valley | TEXT | 1,440.00 | 11/18/1991 | |
| Bennett Valley | TEXT | 8,140.00 | 12/29/2003 | |
| California Shenandoah Valley | TEXT | 10,000.00 | 2/27/1987 | |
| Capay Valley | TEXT | 102,400.00 | 2/18/2003 | |
| Carmel Valley | TEXT | 19,200.00 | 1/13/1983 | |
| Central Coast | TEXT | 4,000,000.00 | 11/25/1985 | |
| Chalk Hill | TEXT | 22,400.00 | 6/13/1988 | |
| Chalone | TEXT | 8,540.00 | 7/14/1982 | |
| Chiles Valley | TEXT | 6,000.00 | 4/19/1999 | |
| Cienega Valley | TEXT | 0.00 | 9/20/1982 | |
| Clarksburg | TEXT | 64,640.00 | 2/22/1984 | |
| Clear Lake | TEXT | 168,960.00 | 6/7/1984 | |
| Cole Ranch | TEXT | 150.00 | 5/16/1983 | |
| Cucamonga Valley | TEXT | 109,400.00 | 5/1/1995 | |
| Diablo Grande | TEXT | 30,000.00 | 8/21/1998 | |
| Diamond Mountain District | TEXT | 5,000.00 | 7/31/2001 | |
| Dos Rios | TEXT | 15,500.00 | 11/14/2005 | |
| Dry Creek Valley | TEXT | 80,000.00 | 9/6/1983 | |
| Dunnigan Hills | TEXT | 89,000.00 | 6/14/1993 | |
| Edna Valley | TEXT | 22,400.00 | 6/11/1987 | |
| El Dorado | TEXT | 416.00 | 11/14/1983 | |
| Fair Play | TEXT | 21,120.00 | 4/27/2001 | |
| Fiddletown | TEXT | 11,500.00 | 11/3/1983 | |
| Guenoc Valley | TEXT | 4,396.00 | 12/21/1981 | |
| Hames Valley | TEXT | 10,240.00 | 4/25/1994 | |
| High Valley | TEXT | 14,000.00 | 8/1/2005 | |
| Howell Mountain | TEXT | 14,080.00 | 1/30/1984 | |
| Knights Valley | TEXT | 36,240.00 | 11/21/1983 | |
| Lime Kiln Valley | TEXT | 2,300.00 | 7/6/1982 | |
| Livermore Valley | TEXT | 96,000.00 | 10/1/1982 | |
| Lodi | TEXT | 458,000.00 | 3/17/1986 | |
| Los Carneros | TEXT | 0.00 | 9/19/1987 | |
| Madera | TEXT | 230,000.00 | 1/7/1985 | |
| Malibu-Newton Canyon | TEXT | 850.00 | 6/13/1996 | |
| McDowell Valley | TEXT | 540.00 | 2/27/1987 | |
| Mendocino | TEXT | 275,200.00 | 7/16/1984 | |
| Mendocino Ridge | TEXT | 87,466.00 | 12/26/1997 | |
| Merritt Island | TEXT | 5,000.00 | 2/27/1987 | |
| Monterey | TEXT | 35,758.00 | 7/16/1984 | |
| Mount Harlan | TEXT | 7,440.00 | 12/17/1990 | |
| Mount Veeder | TEXT | 15,000.00 | 3/22/1990 | |
| Napa Valley | TEXT | 225,280.00 | 2/27/1981 | |
| North Coast | TEXT | 3,008,000.00 | 10/21/1983 | |
| North Yuba | TEXT | 22,400.00 | 8/30/1985 | |
| Northern Sonoma | TEXT | 348,000.00 | 9/25/1986 | |
| Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley | TEXT | 8,300.00 | 4/26/2004 | |
| Oakville | TEXT | 5,760.00 | 8/2/1993 | |
| Pacheco Pass | TEXT | 3,200.00 | 4/11/1984 | |
| Paicines | TEXT | 4,500.00 | 9/15/1982 | |
| Paso Robles | TEXT | 666,618.00 | 11/3/1983 | |
| Potter Valley | TEXT | 27,500.00 | 11/14/1983 | |
| Red Hills Lake County | TEXT | 0.00 | 9/10/2004 | |
| Redwood Valley | TEXT | 22,400.00 | 2/21/1997 | |
| River Junction | TEXT | 1,300.00 | 7/9/2001 | |
| Rockpile | TEXT | 15,400.00 | 4/29/2002 | |
| Russian River Valley | TEXT | 126,600.00 | 11/21/1983 | |
| Rutherford | TEXT | 6,650.00 | 8/2/1993 | |
| Saint Helena | TEXT | 9,060.00 | 10/11/1995 | |
| Salado Creek | TEXT | 2,940.00 | 8/30/2004 | |
| San Benito | TEXT | 45,000.00 | 11/4/1987 | |
| San Bernabe | TEXT | 24,796.00 | 8/30/2004 | |
| San Francisco Bay | TEXT | 1,566,713.00 | 3/22/1999 | |
| San Lucas | TEXT | 33,920.00 | 3/2/1987 | |
| San Pasqual Valley | TEXT | 9,000.00 | 9/16/1981 | |
| San Ysidro District | TEXT | 2,340.00 | 12/17/1990 | |
| Santa Clara Valley | TEXT | 332,800.00 | 4/27/1989 | |
| Santa Cruz Mountains | TEXT | 0.00 | 1/4/1982 | |
| Santa Lucia Highlands | TEXT | 22,000.00 | 6/15/1992 | |
| Santa Maria Valley | TEXT | 80,000.00 | 9/4/1981 | |
| Santa Rita Hills | TEXT | 30,720.00 | 7/30/2001 | |
| Santa Ynez Valley | TEXT | 76,800.00 | 5/16/1983 | |
| Seiad Valley | TEXT | 2,160.00 | 6/20/1994 | |
| Sierra Foothills | TEXT | 2,600,000.00 | 12/18/1987 | |
| Solano County Green Valley | TEXT | 2,560.00 | 1/28/1983 | |
| Sonoma Coast | TEXT | 480,000.00 | 7/13/1987 | |
| Sonoma County Green Valley | TEXT | 32,000.00 | 12/21/1983 | |
| Sonoma Mountain | TEXT | 5,000.00 | 2/22/1985 | |
| Sonoma Valley | TEXT | 4,000.00 | 1/24/1982 | |
| South Coast | TEXT | 115,200.00 | 12/23/1985 | |
| Spring Mountain District | TEXT | 8,600.00 | 6/14/1993 | |
| Stags Leap District | TEXT | 2,700.00 | 2/27/1989 | |
| Suisun Valley | TEXT | 15,360.00 | 12/27/1982 | |
| Temecula Valley | TEXT | 33,000.00 | 2/7/1986 | |
| Trinity Lakes | TEXT | 96,000.00 | 4/29/2005 | |
| Wild Horse Valley | TEXT | 3,300.00 | 12/30/1988 | |
| Willow Creek | TEXT | 6,000.00 | 9/19/1983 | |
| York Mountain | TEXT | 9,360.00 | 2/27/1987 | |
| Yorkville Highlands | TEXT | 40,000.00 | 6/8/1998 | |
| Yountville | TEXT | 8,260.00 | 5/18/1999 |
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