Arkansas Mountain AVA

The Arkansas Mountain AVA is an American Viticultural Area, which is identified since September 26, 1986 by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The name is also used as an appellation for wines produced there.

Location

The vineyards here are spread over the districts of Pope County, Madison County and Crawford County in the north -west of Arkansas.

The Arkansas Mountain AVA is a part of the area of ​​the Ozark Mountains, which was federal states defined across and adjacent areas in Arkansas has also in the states of Missouri and Oklahoma on vineyards.

With the defined area of ​​1,165,000 hectares, it is the Arkansas Mountain AVA in 2008, the ninth largest acreage in the United States. Despite the enormous size of the area hardly wine production.

A sub- region of Arkansas Mountain AVA is the Altus AVA.