U.S. AVAs

Question 1

What are the 5 AVAs of Michigan?; what was the 1st?; what’s the most recent?

Alphabetical Order

F-L-L, O-T

Answer 1

F-L-L, O-T

• Fennville 1981
• Lake Michigan Shore 1983
• Leelanau Peninsula 1982
• Old Mission Peninsula 1987
• Tip of the Mitt 2016

Question 2

What are the 10 AVAs of New York?; what were the 1st 2?; what is the most recent?

Answer 2

C-C-F-H, L-L, N-N-S-T

• Cayuga Lake 1988
• Champlain Valley of New York 2016
• Finger Lakes 1982
• Hudson River Region 1982
• Lake Erie (shared with Ohio and Pennsylvania) 1983
• Long Island 2001
• Niagara Escarpment 2005
• North Fork of Long Island 1986
• Seneca Lake 2003
• The Hamptons, Long Island 1985

Question 3

What are the 8 AVAs of Virginia?

Alphabetical Order

A-M-M, N-N, R-S-V

Answer 3

A-M-M, N-N, R-S-V

• Appalachian High Country (shared with North Carolina and Tennessee) 2016
• Middleburg Virginia 2012
• Monticello 1984
• North Fork of Roanoke 1983
• Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace 1987
• Rocky Knob 1983
• Shenandoah Valley (shared with West Virginia) 1982
• Virginia’s Eastern Shore 1991

Question 4

What are the 8 AVAs of of Texas?

Alphabetical Order

B-E-F-M, TD-TH-TH-T

Answer 4

B-E-F-M, TD-TH-TH-T

• Bell Mountain 1986
• Escondido Valley 1992
• Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country 1988
• Mesilla Valley (shared with New Mexico) 1985
• Texas Davis Mountains 1998
• Texas High Plains 1993
• Texas Hill Country 1991
• Texoma 2005

Question 5

What state is Bell Mountain AVA located?

Answer 5

Texas

B-E-F-M, TD-TH-TH-T

• Bell Mountain 1986
  
  • ​2nd AVA of Texas
• Escondido Valley 1992
• Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country 1988
• Mesilla Valley (shared with New Mexico) 1985
• Texas Davis Mountains 1998
• Texas High Plains 1993
• Texas Hill Country 1991
• Texoma 2005

Question 6

What is the 1st AVA of Texas?

Answer 6

Mesilla AVA (shared with New Mexico)

B-E-F-M, TD-TH-TH-T

• Bell Mountain 1986
• Escondido Valley 1992
• Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country 1988
• Mesilla Valley (shared with New Mexico) 1985
• Texas Davis Mountains 1998
• Texas High Plains 1993
• Texas Hill Country 1991
• Texoma 2005

Question 7

What are the 4 AVAs of Texas with ‘Tex’ in the name?

Answer 7

B-E-F-M, TD-TH-TH-T

• Bell Mountain 1986
• Escondido Valley 1992
• Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country 1988
• Mesilla Valley (shared with New Mexico) 1985
• Texas Davis Mountains 1998
• Texas High Plains 1993
• Texas Hill Country 1991
• Texoma 2005

Question 8

What state is Rocky Knob AVA located?

Answer 8

Virgina

A-M-M, N-N, R-S-V

• Appalachian High Country (shared with North Carolina and Tennessee) 2016
• Middleburg Virginia 2012
• Monticello 1984
• North Fork of Roanoke 1983
• Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace 1987
• Rocky Knob 1983
• Shenandoah Valley (shared with West Virginia) 1982
• Virginia’s Eastern Shore 1991

Question 9

What are the 2 AVAs of Arizona and the 2 AVAs of Arkansas?

Answer 9

• Arizona
  
  • Sonoita 1984
  • Willcox 2016
• Arkansas
  
  • Altus 1984
  • Arkansas Mountain 1986

Question 10

What are the 2 AVAs you’ll find in Conneticut?

Answer 10

• Western Connecticut Highlands 1988
• Southeastern New England 1984
  
  • Shared by Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts​

​(Map is of Rhone Island)

Question 11

Name the 2 AVAs of Colorado.

Answer 11

• Grand Valley 1991
• West Elks 2001

Question 12

Name the 4 AVAs of Missouri. Which AVA is shared with Arkansas and Oklahoma?

Answer 12

• Augusta 1980
• Hermann 1983
• Ozark Highlands 1987
• Ozark Mountain 1986
  
  • Shared by Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma

Question 13

What are the 9 AVAs of Monterey County?

Answer 13

• Monterey 1984
• Carmel Valley 1982
• Santa Lucia Highlands 1992
• Arroyo Seco 1983
• Chalone 1982
  
  • Shared by Monterey, San Benito
• San Bernabe 2004
• San Lucas 1987
• San Antonio Valley 2006
• Hames Valley 1994