Yakima Valley AVA

Yakima Valley is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located on a east-west axis in the nearly 75-mile long (121 km) by 22-mile wide (35 km) Yakima Valley landform centered around the Yakima River in south central Washington.
The wine appellation was established as the nation’s 28th and the state’s initial AVA on April 4, 1983 by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), Treasury after reviewing the petition submitted by the Yakima Valley Appellation Committee proposing a viticultural area named “Yakima Valley.”