The AVA is marked by the Lehigh River which empties into the Delaware River near Easton. Appalachian mountain ridges denote the region’s northern and southern boundary. The Delaware River is the area’s eastern limit.
The Lowdown
on the New Lehigh Valley AVA
by
David Falchek
May 30, 2008
As federal regulators lift a moratorium on new American Viticultural Areas (AVAs), vintners in eastern Pennsylvania are among the first to benefit as occupants of the newly recognized Lehigh Valley appellation.
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