Rockpile AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in

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, northwest of the town of

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. Established on February 28, 2002, Rockpile AVA was Sonoma County's twelfth designated wine

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. The wine region consists of approximately in northwestern Sonoma County. All of the AVA has an

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in excess of above sea level. Eleven

vineyards A vineyard (; also ) is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice. The science, practice and study of vineyard production is known as viticulture. Vineyards ...

are currently located within the AVA and there are approximately of planted

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* American Viticultural Areas American Viticultural Areas of California American Viticultural Areas of the San Francisco Bay Area Geography of Sonoma County, California 2002 establishments in California {{SonomaCountyCA-geo-stub

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