North Coast AVA

The North Coast AVA is an American Viticultural Area in the state of California that encompasses grape-growing regions in six counties located north of San Francisco: Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma, and Solano. This large appellation covers over 3000000 acre and includes a number of smaller sub-appellations that all share the common ecology trait of weather affected by the fog and breezes off the Pacific Ocean.

Appellations
The boundary of the North Coast AVA encompasses many smaller wine appellations, which generally have higher consumer appeal and therefore higher commercial value. Wine produced primarily from grapes grown in any one of these appellations will likely carry that appellation on its bottle label rather than the North Coast AVA designation. The North Coast AVA designation is primarily used on bottles of wine created by blending wines from several counties or American Viticultural Areas.

Counties
Because U.S. county names automatically qualify as legal appellations of origin for wine, the following appellations do not require registration with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau:
 * Lake County
 * Marin County
 * Mendocino County
 * Napa County
 * Solano County
 * Sonoma County

Registered American Viticultural Areas (AVAs)
The following American Viticultural Areas are all entirely contained within the boundary of the North Coast AVA:


 * Alexander Valley AVA
 * Anderson Valley AVA
 * Atlas Peak AVA
 * Big Valley District-Lake County AVA
 * Benmore Valley AVA
 * Bennett Valley AVA
 * Calistoga AVA
 * Chalk Hill AVA
 * Chiles Valley AVA
 * Clear Lake AVA
 * Cole Ranch AVA
 * Coombsville AVA
 * Covelo AVA
 * Diamond Mountain District AVA
 * Dos Rios AVA
 * Dry Creek Valley AVA
 * Eagle Peak Mendocino County AVA
 * Fort Ross-Seaview AVA
 * Fountaingrove District AVA
 * Green Valley of Russian River Valley AVA


 * Guenoc Valley AVA
 * High Valley AVA
 * Howell Mountain AVA
 * Kelsey Bench-Lake County AVA
 * Knights Valley AVA
 * Long Valley-Lake County AVA
 * Los Carneros AVA
 * McDowell Valley AVA
 * Mendocino AVA
 * Mendocino Ridge AVA
 * Moon Mountain District AVA
 * Mt. Veeder AVA
 * Napa Valley AVA
 * Northern Sonoma AVA
 * Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley AVA
 * Oakville AVA
 * Petaluma Gap AVA
 * Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak AVA
 * Potter Valley AVA
 * Red Hills Lake County AVA


 * Redwood Valley AVA
 * Rockpile AVA
 * Russian River Valley AVA
 * Rutherford AVA
 * Solano County Green Valley AVA
 * Sonoma Coast AVA
 * Sonoma Mountain AVA
 * Sonoma Valley AVA
 * Spring Mountain District AVA
 * St. Helena AVA
 * Stags Leap District AVA
 * Suisun Valley AVA
 * Upper Lake Valley AVA
 * West Sonoma Coast AVA
 * Wild Horse Valley AVA
 * Yorkville Highlands AVA
 * Yountville AVA