Russian River Valley AVA
A federally designated American Viticultural Area in California.
The Russian 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 .
Russian River Valley is nested within North Coast, Northern Sonoma and Sonoma Coast.
It contains 3 sub-AVAs: Alexander Valley, Chalk Hill, and Green Valley of Russian River Valley.
Counties
The Russian River Valley AVA covers 1 county:
- Sonoma
Rulemaking history
- Petitioner
- Russian River Valley Winegrowers
- CFR author
- Nancy Sutton
- CFR section
- 27 CFR §9.66
- Established
- November 21, 1983
- Current boundary effective
- October 11, 2005