The North Fork of Roanoke AVA is an

American Viticultural Area An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a designated wine grape-growing region in the United States, providing an official appellation for the mutual benefit of winery, wineries and consumers. Winemakers frequently want their consumers to know abo ...

located on the eastern slopes of the

Allegheny Mountains The Allegheny Mountain Range (; also spelled Alleghany or Allegany), informally the Alleghenies, is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the Eastern United States and Canada and posed a significant barrier to land travel in less devel ...

in the Roanoke and Montgomery counties of

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

. About long and including parts of the Roanoke Valley, the AVA altitudes range from between and

above sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ...

Climate

The North Fork of Roanoke AVA weather is characterized by cool, foggy summer mornings and prevailing westerly winds. The

hardiness zone A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined as having a certain average annual minimum temperature, a factor relevant to the survival of many plants. In some systems other statistics are included in the calculations. The original and most wide ...

is 7a or 6b depending upon elevation.

Vineyards

Valhalla Vineyards Valhalla Vineyards is a vineyard and winery located in Roanoke County, Virginia, founded by James and Debra Vascik in 1994.DeVito, Carlo, (2003) ''East Coast wineries: a complete guide from Maine to Virginia'' pp.308-09. History The Vasciks paid $ ...

References

American Viticultural Areas Geography of Montgomery County, Virginia Geography of Roanoke County, Virginia Virginia wine 1983 establishments in Virginia {{Virginia-stub