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Great News, Verde Valley is officially recognized as a Viticulture area!

https://www.azcentral.com/story/ente...on/6375325001/

Arizona has three major wine-growing regions, but until Nov. 10, only two of them were recognized by the federal government as official wine-growing areas.

On Wednesday, Nov. 10, more than four years after local winemakers first submitted a petition, the Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau designated a roughly 200-square mile area in Yavapai County as the Verde Valley Viticultural Area.

This means that the Verde Valley has officially joined Wilcox and Sonoita as a recognized American Viticultural Area.

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"I am ecstatic with this TTB announcement,” said Tom Schumacher, president of the Verde Valley Wine Consortium in a news release. “The Verde Valley AVA petition was submitted to the TTB by the Verde Valley Wine Consortium in 2017. This shows that our arduous efforts to submit the petition have been fruitful.”