American Viticultural Area
Los Olivos District
Established February 22, 2016 · Inside Santa Ynez Valley
- What sets it apart
- About 30 miles inland, marine fog is thin by the time it arrives; days are warmer and nights cooler than in areas to the west.
- Grapes you will find most
- Syrah, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon
- Named most often by the 80 listings here.
AVA boundaries: UC Davis Library AVA Project.
Los Olivos District, established in 2016, covers approximately 22,820 acres on a broad, nearly flat terrace plain of the Santa Ynez River, between Ballard Canyon to the west and Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara to the east.
Climate and soils
About 30 miles inland, marine fog is thin by the time it arrives; days are warmer and nights cooler than in areas to the west. Soils are gravelly fine sandy loams and clay loams of low to moderate fertility.
Facts on this page come from the TTB rulemaking: read the rule in the Federal Register
The facts
- Established
- February 22, 2016
- Regulation
- 27 CFR 9.253
- Final rule
- T.D. TTB-132, 81 FR 3327
- Area
- 22,820 acres
- Lies within
- Santa Ynez Valley, 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 Los Olivos District
Also making Los Olivos District wine
Located elsewhere, with vineyards or wines from this AVA according to their own websites.
Named vineyards in Los Olivos District
9 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.
- 27 VinesSource
- Bernat VineyardSource
- Brander VineyardThe Brander VineyardSource
- Coquelicot Estate VineyardCoquelicot Estate VineyardSource
- Estelle VineyardSource
- Honea VineyardsHonea VineyardsSource
- Lyons VineyardSource
- Thomas and Judith Beckmen Estate VineyardBeckmen VineyardsSource
- Viña de Santa YnezSource