USA - AVA by State (non CA/OR/WA) Flashcards
What AVA are in
Arizona?
Sonoita AVA
- *Willcox AVA**
- (added 2016)*
What AVA are in
Arkansas?
- *Ozark Mountain**
- also in OK, and MO
- contains: Arkansas Mountain, and Altus (in AK)
- also contains: Hermann, Augusta, Ozark Highlands (in MO)
- *Arkansas Mountain**
- completely inside Ozark Mountain
- contains: Altus
- *Altus**
- completely inside: Arkansas Mountain
What AVA are in
Colorado?
West Elks
Grand Valley
What AVA are in
Connecticut?
- *Southeastern New England**
- also in RI, and MA
- contains Martha’s Vineyard (in MA)
Western Connecticut Highlands
What AVA are in
Georgia?
- *Upper Hiwassee Highlands**
- also in North Carolina
What AVA are in
Idaho?
- *Snake River Valley**
- shared with Oregon
- contains Eagle Foothills AVA
- *Eagle Foothills**
- inside Snake River Valley
- completely inside Idaho
- *Lewis-Clark Valley**
- shared with Washington
What AVA are in
Illinois?
Shawnee Hills
- *Upper Mississippi River Valley**
- also in MN, IA, WI
- has one sub-AVA: Lake Wisconsin (in WI)
What AVA are in
Indiana?
- *Ohio River Valley**
- also in WV, OH, and KY
- contains: Kanawa River Valley (in WV)
Indiana Uplands
What AVA are in
Maryland?
- *Cumberland Valley**
- also in PA
Catoctin
Linganore
What AVA are in
Massachusetts?
- *Southeastern New England**
- also in RI, and CT
- contains: Martha’s Vineyard
- *Martha’s Vineyard**
- completely inside Southeastern New England
What AVA are in
Michigan?
Tip of the Mitt
Old Mission Peninsula
Leelanau Peninsula
- *Lake Michigan Shores**
- contains Fennville
- *Fennville**
- completely inside Lake Michigan Shores
What AVA are in
Minnesota?
Alexandria Lakes
- *Upper Mississippi River Valley**
- also in WI, IA, IL
- has one sub-AVA: Lake Wisconsin (in WI)
What AVA are in
Missouri?
- *Augusta**
- USA’s 1st AVA!
- completely inside: Ozark Mountain
- *Hermann**
- completely inside: Ozark Mountain
- *Ozark Highlands**
- completely inside: Ozark Mountain
- *Ozark Mountain**
- also in OK, and AK
- contains Augusta*, *Hermann*, and *Ozark Highlands (in MO)
- also contains Altus, and Arkansas Mountain (in AK)
- *Loess Hills District**
- mostly in southern Iowa. Only a small portion is in northern MO.
- not pictured in attached map.
What AVA are in
New Jersey?
- *Central Deleware Valley**
- also in PA (not in DE!)
- *Southern Coastal Plains**
- covers almost the entire southern 2/3 of the state
- *Warren Hills**
- is basically an extension of Lehigh Valley (in PA) into NJ
What AVA are in
New Mexico?
Middle Rio Grande Valley
Mimbres Valley
- *Mesilla Valley**
- also in TX, (but only a tiny amount is in TX)
What AVA are in
New York?
Champlain Valley of New York
- *Lake Erie**
- also in PA, and OH
- contains: Grand River Valley, Isle St. Georges (in OH)
- *Niagara Escarpment**
- mirrors the Niagara wines of Canada
- *Finger Lakes**
- contains: Cayuga Lake, and Seneca Lake
- *Cayuga Lake**
- completely inside Finger Lakes
- east of Seneca Lake
- *Seneca Lake**
- completely inside Finger Lakes
- west of Cayuga Lake
Hudson River Valley
- *Long Island**
- contains: North Fork*, and *The Hamptons
- *North Fork**
- completely inside Long Island
- *The Hamptons**
- completely inside Long Island
What AVA are in
North Carolina?
Haw River Valley
- *Yadkin Valley**
- contains a portion of Swan Creek
- *Swan Creek**
- partially inside Yadkin Valley
- *Upper Hiwassee Highlands**
- also in Georgia
- *Appalachian High Country**
- also in VA, and TN
What AVA are in
Ohio?
- *Ohio River Valley**
- also in WV, KY, and IN
- contains: Kanawa River Valley in WV
- *Lake Erie**
- also in NY, and PA
- contains: Grand River Valley, and Isle St. George (in OH)
Loramie Creek
- *Isle St. George**
- a tiny island on Lake Erie; directly south of Canada’s Pelee Island
- *Grand River Valley**
- completely inside Lake Erie
What AVA are in
Pennsylvania?
- *Lake Erie**
- also in NY, and OH
- contains: Grand River Valley, and Isle St. George (in OH)
- *Lehigh Valley**
- becomes Warren Hills in NJ
Lancaster Valley
- *Cumberland Valley**
- also in MD (in fact most in in MD)
- *Central Deleware Valley**
- also in NJ (not in DE!)
What AVA are in
Texas?
- *Texoma**
- on the border of OK, but all in Texas
- *Texas Hill Country**
- contains: Bell Mountain, and Fredericksburg of Texas Hill Country
- *Bell Mountain**
- completely inside Texas Hill Country
- *Fredericksburg of Texas Hill Country**
- take a wild guess where this is inside of…
Texas High Plains
Texas Davis Mountains
Escondido Valley
- *Mesilla Valley**
- also inside NM (in fact most is inside NM)
What AVA are in
Virginia?
- *Shenandoah Valley**
- -also in WV (mostly here in Virginia)*
Virginia’s Eastern Shore
Northern Neck George Washington’s Birthplace
Middleburg Virginia
Monticello
North Fork of Roanoke
Rocky Knob
- *Appalachian High Country**
- also in TN, and NC
- not pictured in this map
What AVA are in
West Virginia?
- *Shenandoah Valley**
- also in VA (mostly in Virginia)
- *Ohio River Valley**
- also in OH, KY, and IN
- contains: Kanawa River Valley (in WV)
- *Kanawa River Valley**
- completely inside Ohio River Valley
What AVA are in
Wisconsin?
- *Upper Mississippi River Valley**
- also in MN, IA, and IL
- has one sub-AVA: Lake Wisconsin (in WI)
- *Lake Wisconsin**
- completely inside Upper Mississippi River Valley
Wisconsin Ledge
