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Wine appellation · CA

Alexander Valley

The Alexander Valley appellation was established in 1984 and covers 78,073 acres across Sonoma. It contains 2 sub-appellations.

Established1984
Area78,073 acres · 122 sq miles
CountiesSonoma
Part ofNorth Coast, Northern Sonoma
Contains2 smaller appellations
Federal listing27 CFR 9.53
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Inside this appellation

How it came to be

Recognised by the federal government on petition by Patrick Shabram, of Shabram Inc., with the support of vineyard owner Anthony Martorana.

78,073 acres

Neighbouring appellations


The boundary, as written into law

Every American wine appellation is defined in federal regulations by walking the boundary landmark by landmark. The official description of this one begins:

(1) West along the north line of Sections 32 and 31, T. 12 N., R. 10 W., and Sections 36, 35, and 34, T. 12 N., R. 11 W., to the northwest corner of Section 34, on the Cloverdale Quadrangle map; (2) Then south along the west line of Section 34 to the southwest corner thereof; (3) Then east southeasterly in a straight line to the southeast corner of section 2, T. 11 N., R. 11 W.; (4) Then south southeasterly in a...

Boundary traced by the UC Davis Library from the official descriptions in federal regulation, and released under an open licence. Smoothed for manufacturing. Decorative use only, not for legal boundary determination.