Santa Ynez Valley AVA
A federally designated American Viticultural Area in California.
The Santa Ynez 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 .
Santa Ynez Valley is nested within Central Coast AVA.
It contains 4 sub-AVAs: Ballard Canyon, Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara, Los Olivos District, and Sta. Rita Hills.
Counties
The Santa Ynez Valley AVA covers 1 county:
- Santa Barbara
Rulemaking history
- Petitioner
- Firestone Vinyard
- CFR author
- Charles N. Bacon
- CFR section
- 27 CFR §9.54
- Established
- May 16, 1983