San Francisco Bay AVA
A federally designated American Viticultural Area in California.
The San Francisco Bay 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 .
San Francisco Bay is nested within Central Coast AVA.
It contains 5 sub-AVAs: Lamorinda, Livermore Valley, Pacheco Pass, San Ysidro District, and Santa Clara Valley.
Counties
The San Francisco Bay AVA covers 8 counties:
- Alameda
- Contra Costa
- San Benito
- San Francisco
- San Mateo
- Santa Clara
- Santa Cruz
- Solano
Rulemaking history
- Petitioner
- Hestan Vineyards, LLC, of Vallejo, California, represented by Holland and Knight LLP
- CFR author
- N.A. Sutton
- CFR section
- 27 CFR §9.157
- Established
- March 22, 1999
- Current boundary effective
- April 10, 2008