Alcohol & tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau proposed establishing a new 7,605-acre American Viticultural Area in Lake County, Calif., and to modify another AVA to create a contiguous border with the proposed Long Valley-Lake County AVA.
Only the western third of the proposed Long Valley-Lake County viticultural area, and about three quarters of the High Valley viticultural area, would lie within the established, multi-county North Coast viticultural area. To avoid this partial overlap with the High Valley and proposed Long Valley-Lake County viticultural areas, TTB is proposing to expand the boundary of the North Coast viticultural area by approximately 23,690 acres.
The petition to establish the Long Valley-Lake County AVA was submitted by Terry Dereniuk, a consultant, and Dan Van Pelt and Clay Shannon, of Cache Creek Vineyards and the Shannon Family of Wines.
The proposed Long Valley-Lake County AVA is located in Lake County, California, and is partially within the existing North Coast AVA. The proposed AVA is also to the north and east of the established High Valley AVA. The approximately 7,605-acre proposed AVA currently contains 3 wineries and 5 commercial vineyards, which cover a total of approximately 149 acres.
Comments due: May 9, 2022.