Sta. Rita Hills AVA
| Sta. Rita Hills AVA | |
|---|---|
| Appellation type: | American Viticultural Area |
| Year of establishment: | 2001 revised 2005 |
| Country: | United States |
| Part of the wine-growing region: | California , Central Coast AVA , Santa Ynez Valley AVA |
| Recognized cultivation area: | 12,430 hectares (30,720 acres) |
| Planted acreage: | 688 hectares (1700 acre) |
| Grape varieties: | Barbera , Chardonnay , Dolcetto , Dornfelder , Grenache , Mission , Pinot Blanc , Pinot Gris , Pinot Noir , Riesling , Sauvignon Blanc , Syrah , Viognier , Zinfandel |
Sta. Rita Hills AVA (recognized since May 31, 2001) is a wine-growing region in the US state of California . The area is in the Santa Barbara County administrative area . The wine-growing region is part of the parent Santa Ynez Valley AVA and Central Coast AVA . Between 2001 and 2006, the area was officially called Santa Rita Hills AVA . However, the large Chilean winery Vina Santa Rita successfully opposed this name . The name was finally changed on January 5, 2006.
geography
Sta. Rita Hills is located between the towns of Lompoc and Buellton and is part of the Purisima Hills in the north and the Santa Rosa Hills in the south. The east-west part is cooled by fog and sea breezes from the Pacific Ocean . In connection with the cool soil, wine of the early ripening grape varieties Chardonnay and Pinot Noir as well as the later ripening Syrah can be produced here.
Trivia
Various wineries in the Sta. Rita Hills AVA can be seen in the 2004 film Sideways .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Code of Federal Regulations. "Section 9.162 Sta. Rita Hills." ( 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 January 25, 2008.
- ^ Wine Institute (2008). "American Viticultural Areas by State" . Last access to this page January 25, 2008.
- ↑ a b c Appellation America (2007). "Sta. Rita Hills (AVA): Appellation Description" . Last access to this page January 25, 2008.
literature
- André Dominé : Wine . 1st edition. Tandem Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8331-4344-1 .