The Sloughhouse AVA is an

American Viticultural Area An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a designated wine grape-growing region in the United States, providing an official appellation for the mutual benefit of winery, wineries and consumers. Winemakers frequently want their consumers to know abo ...

located in

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. It is in the northeast part of the larger

Lodi AVA Lodi is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in the Central Valley of California, at the northern edge of the San Joaquin Valley, within portions of Sacramento and San Joaquin Counties, east of San Francisco Bay. It was established as ...

. Sloughhouse has the warmest climate in the Lodi region. Elevations in Slouhhouse AVA reach as high as

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, reducing the influence of

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that keep lower elevation areas in Lodi cooler. Sloughhouse is considered by some to be a transitional climate and terrain between the characteristics of the wine regions of the Central Valley and the nearby

Sierra Foothills AVA Sierra Foothills is a vast American Viticultural Area (AVA) encompassing portions of seven of the twelve California counties in the foothill "belt" of the Sierra Nevadas in north-central California, an interior range that extends about in a nor ...

References

American Viticultural Areas of Sacramento County, California 2006 establishments in California {{wine-region-stub