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TTB Establishes 2 New AVAs

Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau said it established two new viticultural areas: Nine Lakes of East Tennessee and Nashoba Valley. Nine Lakes of East Tennessee is in Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Roane, Sevier, and Union Counties in Tennessee. The proposed AVA

TTB Establishes Beverly, Wash., AVA

TTB Proposes Nine Lakes of East Tennessee AVA

Responding to a petition from the Appalachian Region Wine Producers Association, the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau proposed establishing the "Nine Lakes of East Tennessee AVA." The proposed AVA contains about 4,064 square miles (2,601,390 acres) in Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger,

TTB Proposes Upper Cumberland AVA

Responding to a petition from the Appalachian Region Wine Producers Association, the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau proposed to established the "Upper Cumberland AVA." The proposed Upper Cumberland AVA covers all or portions of eight counties in Middle Tennessee: Cumberland, Fentress, Macon, Putnam, Overton, Smith, Warren,

TTB Establishes Winters Highlands AVA

Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau established the 7,296-acre "Winters Highlands" viticultural area in parts of Solano and Yolo counties in California, effective Sept. 28. These new AVAs, first proposed by Berryessa Gap Vineyards, are not in any other AVA. There are planted vineyards covering

Sebastopol Hills Seeks AVA Status

Led by the Sebastopol Hills Winegrowers Association (SHWA), a petition to establish the Sebastopol Hills in Sonoma County as an American Viticultural Area (“AVA”) has been submitted to the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB). This new AVA would allow vintners and winegrowers in the area the added