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Wine appellation · CA

Knights Valley

The Knights Valley appellation was established in 1983 and covers 37,147 acres across Sonoma. It sits inside North Coast.

Established1983
Area37,147 acres · 58 sq miles
CountiesSonoma
Part ofNorth Coast, Northern Sonoma
Federal listing27 CFR 9.76
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How it came to be

Recognised by the federal government on petition by Knights Valley Wine-Growers Committee.

37,147 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) Westerly along the north line of Sections 11, 10, and 9, T. 10 N., R. 8 W. to the northwest corner of Section 9 on the "Jimtown Quadrangle" map; (2) Then southerly along the west line of Sections 9, 16, 21, 28, and 33, T. 10 N., R. 8 W., continuing along the west line of Section 4, T. 9 N., R. 8 W. to the southwest corner thereof; (3) Then easterly along the south line of Section 4 to the southeast corner...

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.