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Q: What is the importance of an AVA such as Columbia Valley or Yakima Valley? And why are there so few in Washington? A: American Viticultural Areas, or AVAs, are the official United States ...

Public commenting recently closed on the White Bluffs petition and another proposed AVA called The Burn of Columbia Valley near the Horse Heaven Hills and the riverside community of Roosevelt.

The new 280-square-mile AVA runs along about 15 miles of the Columbia River, starting about 60 miles east of Portland and surrounding the towns of Hood River, Ore., and White Salmon, Wash. The region ...