August 30, 2024│Office of Communications
We are accepting comments through October 28, 2024, on Notice No. 233, Proposed Establishment of the Rancho Guejito Viticultural Area, which we published in the Federal Register on Thursday, August 29, 2024. The proposed 32,360-acre Rancho Guejito American viticultural area (AVA) is located in San Diego County, California, and it is located entirely within the established South Coast AVA. Additionally, a small portion of the proposed AVA overlaps the established San Pasqual Valley AVA.
We are making this proposal in response to a petition filed on behalf of local grape growers and winemakers. 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–2024–0004. A link to that docket is posted at our Wine – Notices of Proposed Rulemaking page under Notice No. 233. You also may view the proposed boundaries on our AVA Map Explorer.
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