Fair Play AVA

American Viticultural Area in El Dorado County, California

Fair Play AVA
Wine region
Fair Play vineyards (adjoining properties)
Type	American Viticultural Area
Year established	2001, 2015 ^[1]
Country	United States
Part of	California, El Dorado AVA, Sierra Foothills AVA
Size of planted vineyards	350 acres (1 km²)^[2]
Grapes produced	Barbera, Black Muscat, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Grenache, Grenache Blanc, Malbec, Merlot, Mourvedre, Petit Verdot, Petite Sirah, Pinot noir, Pinotage, Sangiovese, Sauvignon blanc, Souzao, Syrah, Tempranillo, Tinta Cao, Touriga Nacional, Viognier, Zinfandel^[2]
No. of wineries	24+

The Fair Play AVA is an American Viticultural Area in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is entirely contained within the boundaries of the El Dorado AVA and the Sierra Foothills AVA. The boundaries of the Fair Play AVA include rolling hills at elevations between 2,000 feet (610 m) and 3,000 feet (914 m) above sea level, making it the California appellation with the second highest average elevation after the Squaw Valley-Miramonte appellation. The soils are decomposed granite as part of the Sierra Nevada Foothills region, and the area is within the Cosumnes River watershed. The most popular red wine grape variety is Zinfandel, although varieties popular in southern Rhone Valley France and Italy, such as Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre, Sangiovese, Tempranillo and Barbera are the common varietals. White wine is less popular in this AVA, but significant plantings of Viognier and Grenache Blanc, along with Chardonnay are most common. ^[2]

Wineries

As of January 2019, American Winery Guide lists 32 wineries as being within the Fair Play AVA:^[3]

The Fair Play Winery Association shows 25 active member wineries with most of them listed below. ^[4]

Bumgarner
Busby Vineyard & Winery
C.G. DiArie Vineyard and Winery
Cantiga Wineworks
Cedar Creek Ranch & Vineyards
Cedarville Vineyard
Charles B. Mitchell Vineyards
Château d’ Estienne
E16 Winery
Element 79 Vineyards
Fleur De Lys Winery
Gold Mountain Winery & Lodge
Golden Leaves Vineyard & Winery
Gwinllan Estate
Iverson Winery
Mastroserio Winery
Mediterranean Vineyards
Mellowood Vineyards
MV Winery - Miller Vineyards
Oakstone Winery
Perry Creek Winery
Sentivo Vineyards & Winery
Shadow Ranch Vineyard
Skinner Vineyards & Winery
Toogood Estate Winery
Vista del Mirador Winery
Windwalker Vineyards

References

^ Expansion of the Fair Play Viticultural Area Archived 2009-09-07 at the Wayback Machine Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 — American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C — Approved American Viticultural Areas. Retrieved Jan. 4, 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c Appellation America (2007). "Fair Play (AVA): Appellation Description". Retrieved Jan. 4, 2008.
^ "Fair Play Wineries". American Winery Guide. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
^ "Fair Play Winery association". Fair Play Winery Association. Retrieved 2023-11-12.