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Can I include Sonoma County on my front label along with my American Viticulture Area (AVA) or AVA and vineyard designation?

April 26, 2017American area ava Label sonoma county Vineyard viticulture

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Can I include Sonoma County on my front label along with my American Viticulture Area (AVA) or AVA and vineyard designation?

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A. The short answer is yes. There had been a problem of interpretation within the label compliancearena for a number of years and a definitive answer was only providedrecently. Susan Gregory, of Wine Institute confirmed with TTB that thecorrect interpretation of the regulations is the following. Susan wrote: “Per our conversation a winery may list a viticulturalarea as an appellation of origin provided not less than 85% of thegrapes are grown in that viticultural area. You may, additionally, liston the label the county within which the viticultural area is located.This is acceptable to do under TTB regulations provided the wine meetsall of the requirements to label with a particular AVA and the countylisted is the county within which the AVA is located.” The TTB responded: “I concur with the information that was provided by Susan Gregory.” Marsha Heath, TTB.