New West Sonoma Coast Appellation

There's a proposal to create a West Sonoma Coast American Viticultural Area as a sub-region of the Sonoma Coast AVA. Why? Because the Sonoma Coast one is a bit of a joke. It's almost 800 square miles with some of it being about 30 miles from the Pacific.

For years those of the "true" Sonoma Coast grape growing region have complained. Then the Ft Ross-Seaview AVA carved out of part of the Sonoma Coast AVA to differentiate some of the growers. This new West Sonoma Coast AVA is a better attempt to correct that original mistake.

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