Sloughhouse AVA

Infobox Wine Region
name = Sloughhouse AVA


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type = American Viticultural Area
year = 2006 [http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr;sid=bff700d0bbb2a632948b70fe7e91d7d4;rgn=div5;view=text;node=27%3A1.0.1.1.7;idno=27;cc=ecfr#27:1.0.1.1.7.3.41.181 Code of Federal Regulations. "§ 9.201 Sloughhouse."] Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 — American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C — Approved American Viticultural Areas. Retrieved Jan. 25, 2008.]
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country = USA
part of = California, Lodi AVA
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total size = convert|78800|acre|km2Appellation America (2007). [http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Sloughhouse.html "Sloughhouse (AVA): Appellation Description"] . Retrieved Jan. 28, 2008.]
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The Sloughhouse AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in both Sacramento County, California. It is in the northeast part of the larger Lodi AVA. Sloughhouse has the warmest climate in the Lodi region. Elevations in Slouhhouse AVA reach as high as convert|590|ft|m|0 above sea level, reducing the influence of fog that keep lower elevation areas in Lodi cooler. Sloughhouse is considered by some to be a transitional climate and terrain between the characterstics of the wine regions of the Central Valley and the nearby Sierra Foothills AVA.

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