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Calistoga still waits for its AVA approval

Stopped in its tracks by two wineries, the approval of the Calistoga AVA is now over four years old.

Napa Valley (AVA)

The Calistoga AVA Approval
Controversy Just Got Hotter

Tired of waiting for TTB approval, Calistoga gets sanction from its city council.

by Alan Goldfarb
June 20, 2007



Saying “enough is enough,” Chateau Montelena winemaker Bo Barrett has launched what he half-jokingly calls a “spring offensive” against the two “pariahs” who are blocking Calistoga, Ca. from being named an official American Viticultural Area (AVA).

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