West Elks AVA

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name = West Elks AVA


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type = American Viticultural Area
year = 2001 [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#27:1.0.1.1.7.3.41.152 Code of Federal Regulations. "§ 9.172 West Elks."] Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 — American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C — Approved American Viticultural Areas. Retrieved Feb. 1, 2008.]
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part of = Colorado
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total size = convert|48000|acre|ha|0Wine Institute, The (2008). [http://www.iwineinstitute.com/ava/avabystate.asp "American Viticultural Areas by State"] . Retrieved Feb. 1, 2008.]
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grapes = Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer, Merlot, RieslingAppellation America (2007). [http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/West-Elks.html "West Elks (AVA): Appellation Description"] . Retrieved Feb. 1, 2008.]
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The West Elks AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Delta County, Colorado, near the town of Paonia. The highest altitude vineyards in the northern hemisphere are planted in the West Elks AVA. Located within the Rocky Mountains of west central Colorado, vineyards in the AVA range from convert|5400|ft|m|0 to convert|6400|ft|m|0 above sea level. The surrounding mountains limit access to the area, and the only roads into the West Elks AVA cross mountain passes of at least convert|11000|ft|m|0 elevation.

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