Yakima Valley AVA
A federally designated American Viticultural Area in Washington.
The Yakima 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 .
Yakima Valley is nested within Columbia Valley AVA.
It contains 4 sub-AVAs: Candy Mountain, Rattlesnake Hills, Red Mountain, and Snipes Mountain.
Counties
The Yakima Valley AVA covers 2 counties:
- Benton
- Yakima
Rulemaking history
- Petitioner
- Yakima Valley Appellation Committee
- CFR author
- Charles N. Bacon
- CFR section
- 27 CFR §9.69
- Established
- April 4, 1983
- Current boundary effective
- May 4, 1983