Elkton Oregon AVA
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| name = Elkton Oregon AVA
| image = Oregon-Wine-Map-Elkton-Oregon.jpg
| caption = Map of the Elkton Oregon AVA Courtesy of the Oregon WineBoard
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| type = American Viticultural Area
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| country = United States
| part of = Oregon, Umpqua Valley AVA
| similar = Red Hill Douglas County, Oregon AVA
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| soil = Residual clay and/or silt loam
| total size = {{convert|74900|acre|ha|0}}
| planted = {{convert|305|acre|ha|0}}
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| varietals = Pinot noir, Pinot gris, Gewürztraminer, Riesling.{{cite web|url=https://trade.oregonwine.org/resources/elkton-oregon/|title=Elkton Oregon AVA|website=Oregon Wine Board|accessdate=2019-02-03|df=mdy-all}}
| wineries = 5{{cite web |website=Appellation America |date=2007|url=http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Elkton-Oregon.html |title=Elkton Oregon (AVA: Appellation Profile|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330133010/http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Elkton-Oregon.html|archivedate=2016-03-30 |accessdate=2020-05-23|df=mdy-all}}
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The Elkton Oregon AVA is an American Viticultural Area that was established in 2013 in and around the town of Elkton, Oregon.{{cite web|url=http://www.decanter.com/wine-news/elkton-oregon-ava-approved-in-us-21190/|title=Elkton Oregon AVA approved in US - Decanter|date=2013-02-19|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-11|df=mdy-all}} The AVA encompasses {{convert|74900|acre|ha|0}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/02/05/2013-02468/establishment-of-the-elkton-oregon-viticultural-area|title=Establishment of the Elkton Oregon Viticultural Area|date=2013-02-05 |website=Federal Register |publisher=Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, US Department of the Treasury|format=27 CFR 9 78 FR 8016 |pages=8016–8018 |accessdate= |df=mdy-all}} It is 17th AVA in Oregon and resides completely inside the greater Umpqua Valley AVA and huge Southern Oregon AVA, an area known to be warmer than the northern appellations of Oregon.
Elkton Oregon covers approximately 11 percent of the {{convert|689904|acre|ha|0}} Umpqua Valley AVA and .04 percent of the much larger {{convert|1977298|acre|ha|0}} Southern Oregon AVA.
Topography
Elkton Oregon is the northernmost and lowest elevation region in the Umpqua Valley.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oregonwine.org/discover-oregon-wine/place/elkton-oregon/|title=Elkton Okegon AVA|last= |website=Oregon Wine|language=en-US|accessdate=2019-02-03|df=mdy-all}}
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