August 27, 2026

The region around Ithaca, New York, sits inside the Finger Lakes wine district, which shares its climate with parts of Germany's Rhine Valley. Cave Junction, Oregon, sits inside the Illinois Valley, the coolest and wettest sub-zone of the Rogue Valley. What is the formal US name for these federally recognized wine regions?

A New World wine
B Association of Vineyard Churches
C The Grapes of Wrath
D American Viticultural Area

American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) are designated wine regions defined by the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. There are over 260 AVAs, from the massive Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA down to tiny sub-appellations of a few square miles.

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