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Wine appellation · CA

Anderson Valley

The Anderson Valley appellation was established in 1983 and covers 57,985 acres across Mendocino. It contains 1 sub-appellations.

Established1983
Area57,985 acres · 91 sq miles
CountiesMendocino
Part ofMendocino, North Coast
Contains1 smaller appellations
Federal listing27 CFR 9.86
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Inside this appellation

How it came to be

Recognised by the federal government on petition by Anderson Valley Appellation Committee.

57,985 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) From the beginning point, the boundary runs southeasterly in a straight line to an unnamed hilltop (elevation 2015 feet) in the northeast corner of Section 9, T.13N., R.13W., located in the southeast portion of U.S.G.S. map "Boonville Quadrangle"; (2) Then southwesterly in a straight line to Benchmark (BM) 680 in Section 30, T.13N., R.13W., located in the northeast portion of U.S.G.S. map "Ornbaun Valley...

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.