Diablo Grande AVA

Diablo Grande AVA ( recognized since 22 June 1998) is an American Viticultural Area in the U.S. state of California. The area is located in the administrative area of ​​Stanislaus County, northeast of the city of Patterson. The wine region of Salado Creek AVA further includes at south.

General

The entire 12,141 -acre site is part of the Diablo Grande Resort Community, a ranch with attached golf club. Within the area there are currently only a winery, the Isom Ranch Winery. The vineyards of the protected designation of origin lie at an altitude of 300 to 550 m above sea level. NN. The height favors slightly higher rainfall and lower temperatures than is possible in the nearby area. This allows a wide range of early and late maturing varieties are grown.

Named is the wine-growing region after Mount Diablo, the highest point in the region.