Shenandoah Valley AVA
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| Appellation type: | American Viticultural Area |
| Year of establishment: | 1982, revised 1987 |
| Country: | United States |
| Part of the wine-growing region: | Virginia , West Virginia |
| Precipitation (annual mean): | 840 mm (33 inch) |
| Recognized cultivation area: | 971,670 hectares (2,400,000 acre) |
| Grape varieties: | Cabernet Franc , Chambourcin , Chardonnay , Gewürztraminer , Riesling , Traminette , Viognier |
Shenandoah Valley AVA (recognized since December 28, 1982) is a wine-growing region in the US states of Virginia and West Virginia. The area extends over the Shenandoah Valley , which is to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains and to the west by the Appalachians and the Allegheny Mountains is limited. The vast majority of the wine-growing region lies on the soil of Virginia, while the portion of West Virginia lies on the part called Eastern Panhandle .
Due to the cool climate, there is a significant proportion of hybrid vines (e.g. Chambourcin, ...) and autochthonous descendants of American wild vines.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Code of Federal Regulations. "Section 9.60 Shenandoah 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 February 3, 2008.
- ↑ a b c Appellation America (2007). "Shenandoah Valley (VA) (AVA): Appellation Description" . Last access to this page on February 3, 2008.
- ^ Wine Institute, The (2008). "American Viticultural Areas by State" . Last access to this page on February 3, 2008.
literature
- André Dominé : Wine . 1st edition. Tandem Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8331-4344-1 .