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Pindos Mountains

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Central Spine of Greece

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Mayacamas Mountains

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Mountains that separate Napa and Sonoma

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Vaca Mountains

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Mountains to East of Napa Valley, above Stag’s Leap

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Blue Mountains

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Eastern border of Walla Walla, forming a rain “backdrop”

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Saddle Mountains

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Northern border of Wahluke Slope in Washington

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Chahalem Mountains

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Along the Northern portion of the Willamette Valley

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Klamath Mountains

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On the border of California and Oregon, surrounding the Rouge Valley AVA

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Nahuelbuta Mountains

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Bio Bio, Chile, a southern extension of Chile’s Coastal Mountains

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Eifel Mountains

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Belgium and Luxembourg to the west of the Mosel, part of the Rhenish Massif

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Hunsrück Mountains

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Mountains that separate Mosel from Nahe

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Voges Mountains

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Most important North-South mountains that define Alsace

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Haardt Hills

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German extension of the Voges in Pfalz

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Taunus Mountains

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Northern Ridgeline that defines the Rhiengau

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Mount Lofty Ranges

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Range just east of Adelaide in South Australia

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Great Dividing Range

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Eastern Spine of Australia in NSW and Victoria

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Snowy Mountains

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Part of the Great Dividing Range in Southern NSW

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Mt. Aconcagua

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Highest peak in the Andes, summit is in Mendoza

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Mt. Olympus

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Greece’s highest peak at 3000m, located in Thessaly

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Red Mountain

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AVA in Columbia Valley, Washington. The hottest climate in the state.

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Spring Mountain

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Central portion of the Mayacamas in Napa, the transition from more sedimentary southern portion and the volcanic north.

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Diamond Mountain

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Sub-AVA of Napa, smallest of the Mountain AVAs, rugged and known for its one signature producer.

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Snipes Mountain

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Columbia Valley, Washington. Site of first experimental plantings in the state in the 1940s.

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Horse Heavan Hills

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East west ridge line north of the Columbia River in Washington.

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Dundee Hills

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Oregon’s most famous AVA, surrounding and north of Dundee.

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Ribbon Ridge

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A southern spur of the Chehelem Mountains dominated by Willakenzie sedimentary soils.

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Howell Mountain

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Napa Valley’s first sub-AVA, mostly volcanic and all above the “fog line” at 1400ft.

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Mount Veeder

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Napa’s coolest mountain climate, much of it is too steep to plant legally.

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Atlas Peak

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Mountain near the southern end of Napa’s Vaca Mountains, cool with mostly poor volcanic soils.

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Monashee Mountains

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Mountains around the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia

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Citrusdal Mountain

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Mountain above the Piekenierskloof in the Overberg Region of South Africa

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Spencer Mountains

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Mountains to the south of Nelson, separating Nelson from Cantebury in NZ.

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Mount Barker

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Sub GI of the Great Southern, Western Australia

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Mount Benson

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Coastal GI along the Limestone Coast in Australia, west of Coonawarra

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Mount Gambier

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Southernmost of the Limestone Coast GIs in South Australia

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Gabilan Mountains

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Northeastern side of the Salinas Valley which separate Monterrey and San Benito Counties. Chalone is on the SB side.

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Serra de Estrela

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One of the ranges that surrounds the Daõ in Portugal, Portugal’s highest mountains.

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Ben Lomond Mountain

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Sub AVA of the Santa Cruz Mountains (excluded from Central Coast)

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Cantabrian Mountains

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Northern Spanish Mountains south of Basque that create a rain shadow for Rioja

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Serra do Moraõ

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Mountains that separate the Douro from Tras-o-Montes to the north.

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Serra de Montemuro

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Mountains to the south of Douro, separating Douro from Daõ.

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Arrabida Mountains

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Southern, coastal portion of the Peninsula de Setúbal

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Apennine Mountains

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Central mountain spine of Italy. They begin in southern Piedmonte and run to Calabria

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Mount Vulture

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Volcano shared between Basilicata and Campania in Southern Italy.

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Mount Etna

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Active volcano and wine region on the northeast corner of Sicily

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Brokenback Mountains

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Western edge of Hunter Valley, part of the Great Dividing Range and separating Hunter from the Central Ranges.

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Carpathian Mountains

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Ring around the Danubian plain of Hungary, forming northern and eastern Hungary, and most of Romania.

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Albères Mountains

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Coastal range in Roussillon, on the Mediterranean facing side is Côtes de Roussillon Les Aspres.

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Rattlesnake Hills

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Northern-most and largest of the sub-AVAs of Yakima Valley Washington.

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Dentilles de Montmirail

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Ridge line that resembles a row of teeth above Gigondas in the Southern Rhone

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Montferrato Hills

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Hills in Piemonte north of the city of Asti, known for production of Barbera

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Verduno Hills

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Hills that form the northeastern corner of Barolo, subset of the Langhe Hills

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Langhe Hills

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The large group of hills that dominate Barolo and Barbaresco, south of the Tanaro River around Alba.

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Simonsberg

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The mountain shared by Stellenbosch and Paarl

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Polkadrai Hills

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In the southeastern corner of Stellenbosch, these separate Stellenbosch from the Cape Town suburbs to the west.

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Papagaiberg

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Southeastern facing small Ward in the center of Stellenbosch, just on the east of the town of Stellenbosch.

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Goriska Brda (hills)

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Northwestern Slovenia, bordering Collio in Italy

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Mont Ventoux

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Tall volcanic peak on the southeastern corner of the Southern Rhône.

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