December 13, 2024│Office of Communications
We are expanding the list of exemptions from the formula requirements for brewery We are accepting comments through February 3, 2025, on Notice No. 235, Proposed Establishment of the Columbia Hills Viticultural Area, which we published in the Federal Register on Thursday, December 5, 2024. The proposed 29,387-acre “Columbia Hills” American viticultural area (AVA) is located in Klickitat County, Washington, and is located entirely within the boundaries of the existing Columbia Valley AVA.
We are making this proposal in response to a petition filed on behalf of a local wine industry member. We designate viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the origin of their wines and to allow consumers to better identify wines they may purchase.
You may submit comments electronically on this proposal and view copies of the proposed rule, selected supporting materials, and any comments we receive about this proposal at Regulations.gov within Docket No. TTB–2024–0007. A link to that docket is posted at our Wine – Notices of Proposed Rulemaking page under Notice No. 235.
Due to a technical issue, the AVA Map Explorer is currently unavailable. We are working to correct the issue as soon as possible.
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