McMinnville AVA

The McMinnville AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Yamhill County, Oregon. It is entirely contained within the Willamette Valley AVA, roughly running from McMinnville to Sheridan. The AVA was created as a result of a successful petition from Kevin Byrd of Youngberg Hill Vineyards.^[4] McMinnville is one of few AVAs that is designated in part based on elevation, with vineyards required to be between 200 feet (61 m) and 1,000 feet (305 m) above sea level, where the soil and rock formations differ from surrounding areas. Primarily uplifted marine sedimentary loams and silt, the top soil is shallow and relatively infertile.^[3]

McMinnville AVA

Wine region
Type	American Viticultural Area
Year established	2005[1]
Country	United States
Part of	Oregon, Willamette Valley AVA
Other regions in Oregon, Willamette Valley AVA	Chehalem Mountains AVA, Dundee Hills AVA, Eola-Amity Hills AVA, Laurelwood District AVA, Lower Long Tom AVA, Ribbon Ridge AVA, Tualatin Hills AVA, Van Duzer Corridor AVA, Yamhill-Carlton District AVA
Climate region	Maritime
Soil conditions	Marine sandstone and mudstone with intrusions of marine basalts[2]
Total area	40,500 acres (16,390 ha)[3]
Size of planted vineyards	600 acres (243 ha)[3]
Grapes produced	Pinot blanc, Pinot gris, Pinot noir, Riesling[4]
No. of wineries	14[2]