Santa Lucia Highlands AVA
A federally designated American Viticultural Area in California.
The Santa Lucia Highlands 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 .
Santa Lucia Highlands is nested within Central Coast and Monterey.
Counties
The Santa Lucia Highlands AVA covers 1 county:
- Monterey
Rulemaking history
- Petitioner
- Patrick Shabram on behalf of the Santa Lucia Highlands Wine Artisans
- CFR author
- Karen A. Thornton
- CFR section
- 27 CFR §9.139
- Established
- June 15, 1992
- Current boundary effective
- September 24, 2021