American Viticultural Area
Alisos Canyon
Established September 24, 2020
- What sets it apart
- About 25 miles from the Pacific, it is cooled by marine air arriving along the San Antonio Creek drainage — warmer than areas nearer the coast and cooler than areas further inland.
- Grapes you will find most
- Syrah, Grenache, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay
- Named most often by the 9 listings here.
AVA boundaries: UC Davis Library AVA Project.
Alisos Canyon, established in 2020, is the county's newest AVA: approximately 5,774 acres between Santa Maria Valley to the north and Santa Ynez Valley to the south, and inside neither.
Climate and soils
About 25 miles from the Pacific, it is cooled by marine air arriving along the San Antonio Creek drainage — warmer than areas nearer the coast and cooler than areas further inland. Soils are sandy and well drained, derived mainly from sandstone and shale.
Facts on this page come from the TTB rulemaking: read the rule in the Federal Register
The facts
- Established
- September 24, 2020
- Regulation
- 27 CFR 9.270
- Final rule
- 85 FR 52271
- Area
- 5,774 acres
- Lies within
- Central Coast
Dates are the effective dates of the federal rules. Acreage is shown only where a rule states the total.
Wineries and tasting rooms in Alisos Canyon
Also making Alisos Canyon wine
Located elsewhere, with vineyards or wines from this AVA according to their own websites.
Named vineyards in Alisos Canyon
8 vineyards, named by the wineries that farm or buy from them and by the federal rulings. Working farms, not places to visit; where we list the winery tied to one, it is linked.