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Shenandoah Valley AVA

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Year established
  
1982, amended 1987

Precipitation (annual average)
  
33 inches (84 cm)

Country
  
United States

Area
  
9,712 kmĀ²

Shenandoah Valley AVA

Type
  
American Viticultural Area

Part of
  
Virginia, West Virginia

Climate region
  
Humid subtropical/maritime/continental

The Shenandoah Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and West Virginia. The valley is bounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains to the east and the Appalachian and Allegheny Plateaus to the west. Most of the AVA is in Virginia, with a small portion in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Most of the vineyards in the AVA are located in Virginia and grow a wide variety of Vitis vinifera, Vitis labrusca, and French hybrid grapes. The hardiness zone is mainly 6b except for some 7a closer to the mouth of the Shenandoah.

List of Producers

Wine producers in the AVA include: (from north to south) Veramar Vineyard, James Charles Winery & Vineyard, Valerie Hill Vineyard & Winery, Wicked Oak Farms & Vineyard, Cedar Creek Winery, North Mountain Vineyard & Winery, Muse Vineyards, Shenandoah Vineyards, Wolf Gap Vineyard, Cave Ridge Vineyard, The Winery at Kindred Pointe, DeMello Vineyards, Old Hill Cidery, Wisteria Farm & Vineyard, CrossKeys Vineyards, Bluestone Vineyard, Barren Ridge Vineyards, Ox-Eye Vineyards, Hunt's Vineyard, Rockbridge Vineyard, Jump Mountain Vineyard, Lexington Valley Vineyard and Blue Ridge Vineyard.

References

Shenandoah Valley AVA Wikipedia