Talk:American Viticultural Area

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OK, instead of copying the old "American Viticulture Area" manually and making that a redirect page, I probably should have just clicked on the "Move This Page" link. Just realized that. Sorry! I'm still a newbie. :-)

AVA Categories
French and Italian AOCs have been categorized already. I'm wondering if there is a reason why AVAs haven't been yet, other than no one having tackled it yet... --Arnaudh 19:31, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Working on the Oregon ones; now have Category:American Viticultural Areas. --EngineerScotty 20:13, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Napa Valley
Removed Napa Valley because it is not an AVA.

Wrong.

Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms PART 9—AMERICAN VITICULTURAL AREAS Subpart C—Approved American Viticultural Areas

§ 9.23  Napa Valley.

''(a) Name. The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Napa Valley.”''

''(b) Approved maps. The maps showing the boundaries of the Napa Valley viticultural area are...''

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=ce096c8397b39ba7799273bc60688d37&rgn=div8&view=text&node=27:1.0.1.1.7.3.41.3&idno=27 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Calton (talk • contribs) 04:45, 2 April 2007 (UTC).

External link addition needing independent review
One of the bloggers at American Winery Guide wishes to add an external link to this article with an interactive Google Map showing the different AVAs. While I don't think the map is without value, I do think the decision on the merit of this inclusion should be made by uninvolved editors, knowledgeable about Wikipedia's policies on external links and without any vested interesting the American Winery Guide website. So I'm posting it here for outside review and if another editors deems this link a worthwhile inclusion into this article, I'll have no objections. AgneCheese/Wine 17:37, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
 * It seems to me that this type of map resource adds relevant encyclopedic information that is not found the article (that's basically WP:ELYES #3), so I'll add it. However, if an ad-free resource of similar map quality becomes available, I'd prefer linking to that one instead. Tomas e (talk) 15:00, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the ads concerned me too which is why I was hoping for a direct link to just the map instead of a general link to their main page with all the ads. AgneCheese/Wine 18:00, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, I like the idea of an interactive map, but the map is out of date. It also appears to have AVAs that don't officially exist or no longer exist, such as the Spokane Valley, which is neither approved or even under consideration by the TTB. Mdewman6 (talk) 23:32, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

I changed the link to the interactive map available through the TTB website, which is presumably kept up to date as they approve and change AVAs. Mdewman6 (talk) 02:58, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

move AVA regulations to top of article?
All, the introductory paragraph spends too much time discussing rules for Appellations of Origin rather than AVAs, the title of the article. While perhaps a separate "Appellations of Origin (United States)" or "Wine Laws in the United States" might be worthwhile, for now I am moving the Appellation of origin stuff into the body of the article and adding information specific to AVAs in the top. Otherwise, readers may easily confuse the information given for appellation of origin to be for AVAs. Mdewman6 (talk) 19:33, 9 July 2019 (UTC)