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4 Signature Wines and Wineries of Coastal California A A B B C C D D E E F F 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 AVA Boundaries Annual Precipitation, Inches (Based on 60 year average annual rainfall) Arroyo Grande Valley…………… E8……………. 38,916…………….. 1990 Arroyo Seco……………………… D5……………. 32,618…………….. 2006 Ben Lomond Mountain………….. D3……………. 35,049…………….. 1988 Carmel Valley……………………. D4……………. 17,831…………….. 1983 Central Coast……………………. E6……………. 6,790,106………… 2006 Chalone…………………………… E5……………. 8,652……………… 1982 Cienega Valley…………………… E4……………. 7,080……………… 1982 Edna Valley……………………… D8……………. 28,852…………….. 1987 Hames Valley……………………. E6……………. 12,297…………….. 1994 Lime Kiln Valley…………………. E4……………. 2,297……………… 1987 Livermore Valley…………………. E2……………. 237,256…………… 2006 Monterey…………………………. E5……………. 597,617…………… 1984 Mt. Harlan………………………… E4……………. 7,778……………… 1990 Pacheco Pass…………………… E4……………. 2,708……………… 1984 Paicines………………………….. E4……………. 18,881…………….. 1982 Paso Robles………………… E7……………. 612,358…………… 2009 San Antonio Valley……………… …D6……………. 147,847…………… 2006 San Benito……………………….. E4……………. 46,634…………….. 1987 San Bernabe…………………….. D4……………. 24,736…………….. 2004 San Francisco Bay………………. E1……………. 1,370,969………… 2006 San Lucas……………………….. E6……………. 34,643…………….. 1987 San Ysidro District……………… E3……………. 2,540……………… 1990 Santa Clara Valley………………. D2……………. 317,338…………… 1889 Santa Cruze Mountains………… D2……………. 408,662…………… 1982 Santa Lucia Mountains…………. D5……………. 20,870…………….. 2006 Santa Maria Valley……………. E9……………. 97,480…………….. 1981 Santa Ynez Valley………………. E9……………. 181,127…………… 1983 Sta. Rita Hills……………………. D9……………. 33,395…………….. 2006 York Mountains………………….. D7……………. 6,350……………… 1987 Central Coast AVA An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is created when an interested party formally petitions the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) to designate a specific geographic area as a unique viticultural area. See this website to more information : www.ttb.gov Wineries may display approved AVA names on wine labels if at least 85 percent of the grapes used to make the wine were grown in the AVA indicated on the label. AVA Name Grid Location Site (In Acres) Effective Date LIVERMORE VALLEY BEN LOMOND MOUNTAINS S A N F R A N CI S C O B A Y S A N T A C R U Z M O U N T A I N S DIABLO GRANDE TRACY HILLS CLARKSBURG COSUMNES RIVER ALTA MESA MOKELUMNE RIVER JAHANT CLEMENTS HILLS LODI RIVER JUNCTION SALADO CREEK S A N T A C L A R A V A L L E Y 1 2 3 4 SAN BENITO PAICINES MADERA CHALONE CARMEL VALLEY MT HARLAN M O N T E R E Y SANTALUCIA HIGHLANDS AROYO SECO SAN BERNABE SAN ANTONIO VALLEY SAN LUCAS C e n t r a l C o a s t A V A HAMES VALLEY PASO ROBLES YORK MOUNTAIN EDNA VALLEY ARROYO GRANDE VALLEY SANTA MARIA VALLEY STA. RITA HILLS SANTA YNEZ VALLEY S a n t a B a r b a r a C h a n n e l S A N T A Y N E Z M O U N T A I N S LA PANZA RANGE T E M B L O R R A N G E C A RR I Z O P L A I N Soda Lake Twitchell Res. Santa Margarita Lake L a k e N a c i m i e n t o L ak e S a n A n t o n i o SI ER R A D E S A L I NA S S A L I N A S V A L L E Y G A B A L I N R A N G E M o n t e r e y B a y San Luis Res. Covote Lake Anderson Lake Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta Grizzly Bay Suisun Bay S a n F r a n c i s i c o B a y S A N J O A Q U I N V A L L E Y S a n L u i s O b i s p o B a y E s t e r o B a y 0 8 16 24 32 40 Miles Lake / Reservoir County Boundary Highway / Interstate Stream Intermittent Stream P a c i f i c O c e a n 2 18 125 MADERA SANTA BARBARA YOLO NAPA SACRAMENTO SOLANO MARIN SAN JOAQUIN SOLANO SACRAMENTO SOLANO SONOMA MARIN CONTRA COSTA CONTRA COSTA SOLANO STANISLAUS CONTRA COSTA SAN FRANCISCO ALAMEDA ALAMEDA SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO ALAMEDA SAN FRANCISCO ALAMEDA SAN MATEO SAN MATEO MERCED FRESNO SANTA CLARA SANTA CLARA SANTA CRUZ SAN BENITO MONTEREY TULARE KINGS KERN SAN LUIS OBISPO SANTA BARBARA VENTURA LOS ANGELES Mendota Gonzales Soledad Big Sur Greenfield King City San Lucas Coalinga San Ardo Lockwood Bradley Parkfield San Miguel San Simeon Cholame El Paso de Robles Atascadero Morro Bay San Leandro Pismo Beach Nipomo Orcutt Vandenberg Village Lompoc Los Oliv os Santa Ynez Solv ang Goleta Taft Maricopa Lost Hills Av enal Concepcion Arguello Cambria Pacifica Rio Vista San Rafael Benicia Martinez Mill Valley Richmond Concord Antioch Sausalito Berkeley Walnut Creek Brentwood San Francisco Oakland Stockton Daly City Pacifica Pleasanton Manteca San Mateo Liv ermore Tracy Half Moon Bay Fremont Palo Alto Milpitas Sunnyv ale Santa Clara San Jose Turlock Los Gatos Boulder Creek San Luis Obispo Morgan Hill San Martin Santa Cruz Gilroy Watsonv ille Los Banos Hollister Castrov ille Marina Salinas Monterey Paicines Firebaugh Carmel-by-the-Sea Chualar Carmel Valley map provided by vestra.com