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Carmel Valley is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in Monterey County, California, southeast of Carmel-by-the-Sea and it is one of the ten AVAs in the county. . Approximately 100 miles (161 km) south of San Francisco, the AVA was recognized by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), Treasury on January 13, 1983 after reviewing the petition submitted by Mr. David Armanasco ...
At the end of the River Road Wine Trail is the start of another wine trail. At Greenfield, if one takes the Arroyo Seco Road westward, it branches into the Carmel Valley Road (G16) from which one can then take the Carmel Valley Wine Trail northwards, passing through Carmel Valley Village and ending at the coastal city of Carmel. [12] [13]
The identical vintage ranked 1st in a repeat event at the San Francisco Wine Tasting of 1978 [9] During the 1982 Monterey AVA petition, there were approximately 36,000 acres (14,569 ha) devoted to viticulture, 14 registered wineries, a 15th under construction, and three proposed viticultural areas, namely, Arroyo Seco, Carmel Valley and Chalone.
Carmel Valley vineyard. The very first irrigation system to be implemented in a valley vineyard took place in Monterey County in the early 1960s. The lack of annual rainfall made it necessary to have a predictable supply of water to the grapevines to ensure that they would thrive and produce a quality harvest with higher yields per acre.
Carmel Valley Airfield is a defunct airfield that was a privately owned airpark in Carmel Valley from 1941 to 2002. [24] The airport was later called the Carmel Valley Vintage Airfield. The historical resources commission found that development of the site was important as it represented the first planned residential airpark in the United ...
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]
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Holman Ranch was originally part of the Rancho Los Laureles, a 6,625-acre (26.81 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California.The ranch passed through many hands until 1928, when San Francisco businessman, Gordon Armsby, purchased 400 acres (160 ha) in Carmel Valley, California, that would become the Holman Ranch.