The North Coast AVA is an American Viticultural Area in the state of

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that encompasses grape-growing regions in six

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located north of

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, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma, and Solano. This large

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covers over and includes a number of smaller sub-appellations that all share the common

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Appellations

The boundary of the North Coast AVA encompasses many smaller wine appellations, which generally have higher consumer appeal and therefore higher commercial value. Wine produced primarily from grapes grown in any one of these appellations will likely carry that appellation on its bottle label rather than the North Coast AVA designation. The North Coast AVA designation is primarily used on bottles of wine created by blending wines from several counties or American Viticultural Areas.

Counties

Because U.S. county names automatically qualify as legal appellations of origin for wine, the following appellations do not require registration with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau: * Lake County * Marin County *

Mendocino County Mendocino County (; ''Mendocino'', Spanish for "of Mendoza) is a county located on the North Coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,601. The county seat is Ukiah. Mendocino County consists whol ...

Napa County Napa County () is a county north of San Pablo Bay located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 138,019. The county seat is the City of Napa. Napa County was one of the original c ...

Solano County Solano County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 453,491. The county seat is Fairfield. Solano County comprises the Vallejo–Fairfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which i ...

Sonoma County Sonoma County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, its population was 488,863. Its county seat and largest city is Santa Rosa. It is to the north of Marin County and the south of Mendocino ...

Registered American Viticultural Areas (AVAs)

The following American Viticultural Areas are all entirely contained within the boundary of the North Coast AVA: *

Alexander Valley AVA The Alexander Valley (Wappo: Unutsawaholmanoma, "Toyon Bush Berry Place") is a Californian American Viticultural Area (AVA) just north of Healdsburg in Sonoma County. It is home to many wineries and vineyards, as well as the city of Cloverdale. ...

* Anderson Valley AVA * Atlas Peak AVA * Big Valley District-Lake County AVA * Benmore Valley AVA *

Bennett Valley AVA The Bennett Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Sonoma County, California. The boundaries of this appellation lie completely within the North Coast AVA, almost completely within the Sonoma Valley AVA and overlaps into some ar ...

Calistoga AVA The Calistoga AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in the northern portion of California's Napa Valley AVA. The appellation is distinguished by its volcanic soil, high temperatures up to during the day, and cool nights during the growi ...

* Chalk Hill AVA * Chiles Valley AVA * Clear Lake AVA *

Cole Ranch AVA The Cole Ranch AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Mendocino County, California. At less than a quarter of a square mile, it is the smallest appellation in the United States. The AVA is located between the Russian River and Anderson V ...

* Coombsville AVA * Covelo AVA *

Diamond Mountain District AVA The Diamond Mountain District AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in California's Mayacamas Mountains in the northwest portion of the Napa Valley AVA. The appellation sits at a higher elevation than most of Napa Valley's wine region, res ...

* Dos Rios AVA *

Dry Creek Valley AVA The Dry Creek Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area in Sonoma County, California, located northwest of the town of Healdsburg. The valley is formed by Dry Creek, a tributary of the Russian River, and is approximately long and wide. The ...

* Eagle Peak Mendocino County AVA * Fort Ross-Seaview AVA * Fountaingrove District AVA *

Green Valley of Russian River Valley AVA The Green Valley of Russian River Valley AVA (formerly Sonoma County Green Valley AVA) is an American Viticultural Area in Sonoma County, California, United States. Located at the southwestern corner of the Russian River Valley AVA, its close prox ...

* Guenoc Valley AVA * High Valley AVA *

Howell Mountain AVA The Howell Mountain AVA is an American Viticultural Area located within Napa Valley AVA of California. Location The AVA is located in the Howell Mountains within the Vaca Range on the northeast side of Napa Valley around the town of Angwin, and ...

* Kelsey Bench-Lake County AVA * Knights Valley AVA *

Los Carneros AVA Los Carneros AVA (also known as Carneros AVA) is an American Viticultural Area which includes parts of both Sonoma and Napa counties in California, U.S.A. It is located north of San Pablo Bay. The proximity to the cool fog and breezes from t ...

* McDowell Valley AVA *

Mendocino AVA The Mendocino AVA is an American Viticultural Area encompassing Mendocino County, California within the vast North Coast AVA. Within the appellation are several small AVAs, and applications are pending with the United States Department of the ...

* Mendocino Ridge AVA * Moon Mountain District AVA * Mt. Veeder AVA * Napa Valley AVA *

Northern Sonoma AVA The Northern Sonoma AVA is an American Viticultural Area in Sonoma County, California, United States. The appellation covers most of the county with the notable exceptions of the Los Carneros AVA and Sonoma Valley AVA wine regions, which are l ...

* Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley AVA *

Oakville AVA The Oakville AVA is an American Viticultural Area located within Napa Valley AVA and centered on the town of Oakville, California. The appellation extends over a flat expanse of well-drained gravel soil between the Vaca and Mayacamas Mountain ...

* Petaluma Gap AVA * Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak AVA *

Potter Valley AVA The Potter Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in northern Mendocino County, California, Mendocino County, California centered on town of Potter Valley, California, Potter Valley. The appellation is found east of the Redwood Valle ...

Red Hills Lake County AVA The Red Hills Lake County AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Lake County, California. The wine region lies along the southwestern shores of Clear Lake, separating Excelsior Valley to the east from Big Valley to the west. The h ...

* Redwood Valley AVA * Rockpile AVA *

Russian River Valley AVA The Russian River Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) in Sonoma County, California. Centered on the Russian River, the Russian River Valley AVA accounts for about one-sixth of the total planted vineyard acreage in Sonoma County. T ...

* Rutherford AVA *

Solano County Green Valley AVA The Solano County Green Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Solano County, California. Located southeast of the Napa Valley AVA, Green Valley is about wide and long. The valley is close to San Pablo Bay and thus has a marit ...

Sonoma Coast AVA The Sonoma Coast AVA is an American Viticultural Area in Sonoma County, California, United States containing more than , mostly along the coastline of the Pacific Ocean. It extends from San Pablo Bay to the border with Mendocino County. The app ...

* Sonoma Mountain AVA *

Sonoma Valley AVA The Sonoma Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area in Sonoma County, California which centers on the Sonoma Valley in the southern portion of the county. The name 'Sonoma' means 'Valley of the Moon' in the local Native American dialect. The ...

Spring Mountain District AVA The Spring Mountain District AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in the Napa Valley AVA in California. Spring Mountain District AVA was officially established as an American Viticulture Area in 1993. Encompassed within its bounds ar ...

* St. Helena AVA *

Stags Leap District AVA The Stags Leap District AVA is an American Viticultural Area located within the Napa Valley AVA north of the city of Napa, California, Napa, California. The Stags Leap District was the first appellation to be designated an AVA based on the uni ...

Suisun Valley AVA The Suisun Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area in Solano County, California, located just east of the Napa Valley wine region in the Coast Range. It was established as a wine appellation on 27 December 1982, making it among the first A ...

* Wild Horse Valley AVA * Yorkville Highlands AVA *

Yountville AVA The Yountville AVA is an American Viticultural Area located within Napa Valley AVA and centered on the town Yountville, California. The town's founder George Calvert Yount planted the first vineyard in this area around 1836. Yountville AVA is ...

References

External links

TTB AVA Map
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Appellations

Counties

Registered American Viticultural Areas (AVAs)

See also

References

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