The new West Sonoma Coast AVA approved in May 2022 is examined, even if not always used.
The Sonoma Coast AVA has long been a misnomer, including as it does about half of the entire Sonoma County, much of which is decidedly not coastal. At least not remotely as coastal as the West Sonoma Coast AVA that has now been carved out of it along – yes, you guessed it – the western actual coast. A 51.4-mile (82.7-km) stretch of this wild, rocky, ocean- and fog-lashed coast, from the Mendocino County line north of Annapolis to the northern boundary of...