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The Rogue Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in southern Oregon.The federal government approved this appellation in 1991. It is entirely contained within the larger Southern Oregon AVA and includes the drainage basin of the Rogue River and several tributaries, including the Illinois River, the Applegate River, and Bear Creek.
The Rogue Valley is a valley region in southwestern Oregon in the United States. Located along the middle Rogue River and its tributaries in Josephine and Jackson counties, the valley forms the cultural and economic heart of Southern Oregon near the California border. The largest communities in the Rogue Valley are Medford, Ashland and Grants Pass.
The Applegate Valley AVA, established in 2000, is the only sub-AVA in the Rogue Valley AVA. [8] The Applegate River flows through the town of Applegate and near the city of Jacksonville, the location of Oregon's first winery (which has been restored and reopened as Valley View Winery).
Oregon Wine Country, 2004, ISBN 1-4000-1367-4; Oregon Viticulture, 2003, ISBN 978-0870715549; A Travel Companion to the Wineries of the Pacific Northwest: Featuring the Pinot Noirs of Oregon's Willamette Valley, 2002, ISBN 0-9704154-3-5; Boys Up North: Dick Erath and the Early Oregon Wine Makers, 1997, ISBN 978-0965608268
An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a designated appellation for American wine in the United States distinguishable by geographic, geologic, and climatic features, with boundaries defined by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) of the United States Department of the Treasury. [1]
The Oregon Wine Advisory Board was established in 1983, and in 1984 the Willamette Valley AVA, [8] Umpqua Valley AVA, [9] Columbia Valley AVA, [10] and Walla Walla Valley AVAs [11] were established. In 1986, the International Pinot Noir Celebration was started at Linfield College in McMinnville , and in 1989, Willamette Valley Vineyards became ...
The Ruch area is home to several Oregon wineries and in the Applegate Valley AVA, a sub-appellation of the Rogue Valley AVA (American Viticultural Area). A small elementary school, Ruch Elementary, is located near the center of the community. The school serves Kindergarten to 8th grade with the Cougars as their mascot.
Southern Oregon is a region of the U.S. state of Oregon south of Lane County and generally west of the Cascade Range, excluding the southern Oregon Coast. Counties include Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, and Josephine. It includes the Southern Oregon American Viticultural Area, which consists of the Umpqua and Rogue River drainages. As of 2015, the ...