Wine region · California

Pacheco Pass AVA

Pacheco Pass is an American Viticultural Area (AVA), an official U.S. wine-growing region recognized by the TTB. It was established in 1984 in San Benito and Santa Clara counties, California. It lies within the Central Coast and San Francisco Bay AVAs.

Official AVA boundary (simplified). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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Number = all licensed producers in the whole county, including towns outside this region.

Wineries in the Pacheco Pass area

We match wineries to regions by ZIP code, and no ZIP code lies mostly inside this smaller region. Wineries in this area are listed under Central Coast and San Francisco Bay and on the county pages above.

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