Fair Play AVA

Fair Play AVA
Wine region
Type	American Viticultural Area
Year established	2001
Country	United States
Part of	California, El Dorado AVA, Sierra Foothills AVA
Size of planted vineyards	350 acres (1 km2)
Grapes produced	Barbera, Black Muscat, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Grenache, Malbec, Merlot, Mourvedre, Petit Verdot, Petite Sirah, Pinot noir, Pinotage, Sangiovese, Sauvignon blanc, Souzao, Syrah, Tinta Cao, Touriga Nacional, Viognier, Zinfandel

The Fair Play AVA is an American Viticultural Area in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is entirely contained within the boundaries of the El Dorado AVA and the Sierra Foothills AVA. The boundaries of the Fair Play AVA include rolling hills at elevations between 2,000 feet (610 m) and 3,000 feet (914 m) above sea level, making it the California appellation with the second highest average elevation after the Squaw Valley-Miramonte appellation. The most popular wine grape variety is Zinfandel, although varieties native to southern France and Italy are gaining in popularity.^[2]

Wineries[]

As of January 2019, American Winery Guide lists 32 wineries as being within the Fair Play AVA:^[3]

Bechard Vineyard & Winery
Busby Vineyard & Winery
C.G. DiArie Vineyard and Winery
Cantiga Wineworks
Cedar Creek Ranch & Vineyards
Cedarville Vineyard
Charles B. Mitchell Vineyards
Chateau Routon
Colibri Ridge Winery & Vineyard
dk Cellars
Fleur De Lys Winery
Gold Mountain Winery & Lodge
Golden Leaves Vineyard & Winery
Gros Ventre Cellars
Gwinllan Estate
Iverson Winery
Latcham Vineyards
Mastroserio Winery
Mediterranean Vineyards
Mellowood Vineyards
Mount Aukum Winery
MV Winery - Miller Vineyards
Oakstone Winery
Perry Creek Winery
Sentivo Vineyards & Winery
Shadow Ranch Vineyard
Single Leaf Vineyards & Winery
Skinner Vineyards & Winery
Toogood Estate Winery
Van der Vijver Estate
Windwalker Vineyards
Winery by the Creek

References[]

^ Code of Federal Regulations. "§ 9.168 Fair Play." Archived 2009-09-07 at the Wayback Machine Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 — American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C — Approved American Viticultural Areas. Retrieved Jan. 4, 2008.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Appellation America (2007). "Fair Play (AVA): Appellation Description". Retrieved Jan. 4, 2008.
^ "Fair Play Wineries". American Winery Guide. Retrieved 2019-01-06.

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[code-1] Code of Federal Regulations. "§ 9.168 Fair Play." Archived 2009-09-07 at the Wayback Machine Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 — American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C — Approved American Viticultural Areas. Retrieved Jan. 4, 2008.

[appellation_america-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Appellation America (2007). "Fair Play (AVA): Appellation Description". Retrieved Jan. 4, 2008.

[3] "Fair Play Wineries". American Winery Guide. Retrieved 2019-01-06.

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Wine region
Type	American Viticultural Area
Year established	2001^[1]
Country	United States
Part of	California, El Dorado AVA, Sierra Foothills AVA
Size of planted vineyards	350 acres (1 km²)^[2]
Grapes produced	Barbera, Black Muscat, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Grenache, Malbec, Merlot, Mourvedre, Petit Verdot, Petite Sirah, Pinot noir, Pinotage, Sangiovese, Sauvignon blanc, Souzao, Syrah, Tinta Cao, Touriga Nacional, Viognier, Zinfandel^[2]