Cumberland Valley AVA
| Cumberland Valley AVA | |
|---|---|
| Appellation type: | American Viticultural Area |
| Year of establishment: | 1985, revised 1987 |
| Country: | United States |
| Part of the wine-growing region: | Maryland , Pennsylvania |
| Recognized cultivation area: | 309,585 hectares (765,000 acre) |
| Planted acreage: | 40 hectares (100 acre) |
Cumberland Valley AVA (recognized July 23, 1985) is a wine-growing region in the US states of Pennsylvania and Maryland . The area extends to the administrative areas of Washington County in northwest Maryland and Franklin Counties and Cumberland Counties in south-central Pennsylvania.
Despite a huge area that was included in the definition of the designation of origin , the actual vineyard area is a modest 40 hectares. The vineyards are located either on slopes on the Potomac River or the South Mountain, a foothill of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The soils mostly contain alkaline limestone .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Code of Federal Regulations. "Section 9.105 Cumberland Valley." ( Memento of the original from February 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 - American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C - Approved American Viticultural Areas. Last access to this page on May 26, 2008.
- ^ Wine Institute, The (2008). "American Viticultural Areas Located in California by Name" . Last access to this page on March 9, 2009.
- ↑ a b Appellation America (2007). "Cumberland Valley (AVA): Appellation Description" . Last access to this page on May 26, 2008.
literature
- André Dominé : Wine . 1st edition. Tandem Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8331-4344-1 .
- Bruce Cass and Jancis Robinson, ed., The Oxford Companion to the Wine of North America , New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.