Rockpile AVA

Rockpile AVA

Infobox Wine Region
name = Rockpile AVA


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type = American Viticultural Area
year = 2002 [http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr;sid=bff700d0bbb2a632948b70fe7e91d7d4;rgn=div5;view=text;node=27%3A1.0.1.1.7;idno=27;cc=ecfr#27:1.0.1.1.7.3.41.153 Code of Federal Regulations. "§ 9.173 Rockpile."] Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 — American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C — Approved American Viticultural Areas. Retrieved Jan. 4, 2008.]
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country = USA
part of = California, Dry Creek Valley AVA, North Coast AVA, Northern Sonoma AVA, Sonoma County
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total size = convert|15400|acre|km2|0Boyd, Gerald (2003). [http://www.thewinenews.com/junjul04/feat.asp "Rockpile: Where Brawny Reds Rule"] . "Wine News". Retrieved Jan. 4, 2008.]
planted = convert|160|acre|km2|0
vineyards = 11
grapes = Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Sirah, ZinfandelAppellation America (2007). [http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Rockpile.html "Rockpile (AVA): Appellation Description"] . Retrieved Jan. 4, 2008.]
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Rockpile AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Sonoma County, California, northwest of the town of Healdsburg. Established on February 28, 2002, Rockpile AVA was Sonoma County's twelfth designated wine appellation. The wine region consists of approximately convert|15400|acre|km2|0 in northwestern Sonoma County. All of the AVA has an elevation in excess of convert|800|ft|m|0 above sea level. Eleven vineyards are currently located within the AVA and there are approximately convert|160|acre|km2|0 of planted wine grapes.

See also

*Sonoma County wine

External links

* [http://www.sonomawine.com/index.php?option=com_scvmaps&Itemid=133&file=8&filecat=42 Rockpile AVA Map]

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