AVAs in Oregon

American Viticultural Areas, or AVAs, are grapegrowing regions which have specific attributes and thus can be fairly marketed as geographically distinct.

In Oregon, this may be a complete list of our current AVA's:


Willamette Valley (which is a larger AVA, and includes the following smaller AVAs:)
Chehalem Mountains
Yamhill-Carlton District
Ribbon Ridge
Dundee Hills
McMinnville
Eola-Amity Hills

And then, there are these AVAs in Southern Oregon:
Umpqua Valley
Red Hill Douglas County
Rogue Valley
Applegate Valley
Southern Oregon

Finally, some Oregon vineyards are located in AVAs which are predominantly sited in Washington:

Columbia Valley
Walla Walla Valley
(and perhaps others)


And there may soon be another Willamette Valley AVA:  See this.

The proliferation of AVAs is partly due to winery owners' perceptions (not sure if they are correct) that being in a small AVA helps the winery to market itself as unique and thus desirable.