Happy Birthday Red Mountain

Red Mountain is officially old enough to drive a car. That’s right, 16 years ago today Red Mountain set itself apart and became its own AVA. An American Viticultural Area is a designated wine grape-growing region in the United States distinguishable by geographic features, with boundaries defined by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) of the United States Department of the Treasury. Want to know what makes Red Mountain unique? Check out this post or visit the Red Mountain AVA site.

Originally founded in 1972, Red Mountain had previously been a part of Yakima Valley AVA. To this day Washington state has 14 AVA’s with the oldest established in 1983, although vines were planted long before that.

Yakima Valley – 1983

Columbia Valley – 1984

Walla Walla Valley – 1984

Puget Sound – 1995

Red Mountain – 2001

Columbia Gorge – 2004

Horse Heave Hills – 2005

Wahluke Slope – 2005

Rattlesnake Mountain – 2006

Lake Chelan – 2009

Snipes Mountain – 2009

Ancient Lakes – 2012

Naches Heights – 2012

Lewis and Clark – 2016

We might be the smallest region on the map but Red Mountain is making history with the premium quality grapes planted right here in the region we call home.

HBD Red Mountain!