Snake River Valley AVA
| Snake River Valley AVA | |
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.jpg) View of the Snake River from Oregon towards Idaho |
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| Appellation type: | American Viticultural Area |
| Year of establishment: | 2007 |
| Country: | United States |
| Part of the wine-growing region: | Idaho , Oregon |
| Recognized cultivation area: | 8263 sqmi |
| Planted acreage: | 727 hectares (1800 acre) |
| Number of vineyards: | 46 |
| Grape varieties: | Cabernet Franc , Cabernet Sauvignon , Canadice , Chardonnay , Cinsault , Gewürztraminer , Grenache , Lemberger , Malbec , Merlot , Mourvèdre , Riesling , Syrah |
| Number of wineries: | 15th |
The Snake River Valley AVA is a wine-growing region in the southwest of the US state Idaho and in eastern Oregon . The designation as a protected designation of origin is the result of a joint petition by the Idaho Grape Growers and Wine Producers Commission and the Idaho Department of Commerce and Labor . The petition was granted on March 9, 2007.
location
The recognized vineyards of the Snake River Valley AVA growing area are spread across the counties of Ada , Adams , Boise , Canyon , Elmore , Gem , Gooding , Jerome , Owyhee , Payette , Twin Falls and Washington , located in the southwest of Idaho , as well as the east of Oregon Malheur and Baker Counties . The eponymous Snake River forms the border between the two states in this area. In order to be able to use the name of the designation of origin, at least 85 percent of the vine material used for a wine must come from this defined zone.
climate
The Designation of Origin Snake River Valley AVA is located on the same latitude as the better-known, more eastern Umpqua Valley AVA wine region in Oregon. The vineyards of the Snake River Valley are, however, at an altitude of 800 to 1000 m above sea level. This means that the temperature difference between day and night is very pronounced. In addition, the mitigating influence of the Pacific Ocean, 640 km away, is less noticeable.
literature
- André Dominé : Wine . 1st edition. Tandem Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8331-4344-1 .
- Bruce Cass and Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Companion to the Wine of North America . 1st edition. Oxford University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-19-860114-X .
- The wines and wineries of America's Northwest: the premium wines of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. 1986, ISBN 0-936666-03-X .
- A travel companion to the wineries of the Pacific Northwest: featuring the pinot noirs of Oregon's Willamette Valley. 2002, ISBN 0-9704154-3-5 .
- Legal issues affecting Oregon wineries & vineyards. 2003.
- Oregon wine country. 2004, ISBN 1-4000-1367-4 .
- Cooking with the wines of Oregon. 2007, ISBN 1-55285-843-X .
Individual evidence
- ^ Code of Federal Regulations. "Section 9.208 Snake River 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 January 5, 2009.
- ↑ a b c Appellation America (2009). Snake River Valley (AVA): Description of the Denomination of Origin . Last access to this page on January 5, 2009.
- ^ A b Establishment of the Snake River Valley Viticultural Area (2005R-463P) Federal Register Publication of March 9, 2007, pp. 10598-10603. (PDF) ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2007 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.
- ↑ Idaho Grape Growers and Wine Producers Commission ( Memento of the original from September 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Hugh Johnson , Jancis Robinson: The World Atlas of Wine. Mitchell Beazley Publishing, London 2005, ISBN 1-84000-332-4 , p. 286.
