Ohio River Valley AVA

A federally designated American Viticultural Area spanning Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia.

Established
Sep 7, 1983
States
Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia
Sub-AVAs
1
CFR section
27 CFR §9.78

The Ohio River Valley AVA is one of 340 American Viticultural Areas — federally recognized wine-growing regions defined by the TTB in 27 CFR Part 9. The AVA was established on .

It contains one sub-AVA: Kanawha River Valley.

Counties

The Ohio River Valley AVA covers 101 counties:

  • Adams
  • Athens
  • Belmont
  • Boone
  • Boyd
  • Bracken
  • Breckinridge
  • Brown
  • Bullitt
  • Butler
  • Cabell
  • Calhoun
  • Campbell
  • Carroll
  • Carter
  • Clark
  • Clermont
  • Clinton
  • Daviess
  • Dearborn
  • Decatur
  • Doddridge
  • Dubois
  • Elliott
  • Fleming
  • Floyd
  • Franklin
  • Gallatin
  • Gallatin
  • Gallia
  • Gibson
  • Gilmer
  • Grant
  • Greenup
  • Hamilton
  • Hancock
  • Hardin
  • Harrison
  • Harrison
  • Henderson
  • Henry
  • Highland
  • Hocking
  • Jackson
  • Jackson
  • Jefferson
  • Jefferson
  • Jennings
  • Kanawha
  • Kenton
  • Lawrence
  • Lawrence
  • Lewis
  • Lewis
  • Lincoln
  • Marshall
  • Mason
  • Mason
  • McLean
  • Meade
  • Meigs
  • Monroe
  • Morgan
  • Noble
  • Ohio
  • Ohio
  • Ohio
  • Oldham
  • Owen
  • Pendleton
  • Perry
  • Perry
  • Pike
  • Pike
  • Pleasants
  • Posey
  • Putnam
  • Ripley
  • Ritchie
  • Roane
  • Ross
  • Rowan
  • Scioto
  • Scott
  • Shelby
  • Spencer
  • Spencer
  • Switzerland
  • Trimble
  • Tyler
  • Union
  • Vanderburgh
  • Vinton
  • Warren
  • Warrick
  • Washington
  • Wayne
  • Webster
  • Wetzel
  • Wirt
  • Wood

Rulemaking history

Petitioner
Jim Butler of Butler Winery
CFR author
Karen A. Thornton
CFR section
27 CFR §9.78
Established
September 7, 1983
Current boundary effective
March 7, 2013