Lehigh Valley AVA

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{{Infobox wine region

| name = Lehigh Valley AVA

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| type = American Viticultural Area

| year = 2008{{cite web |url= https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/retrieveECFR?gp=1&SID=e0026ee10d9a91b2b23e2a7d7f0e84f4&ty=HTML&h=L&mc=true&r=SECTION&n=se27.1.9_1210 | website=Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) | title= §9.210 Lehigh Valley

| format=Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 — American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C — Approved American Viticultural Areas |access-date=2008-02-05 }}

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| country = United States

| part of = Pennsylvania

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| sub regions = Lehigh Valley

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| climate region = Continental

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| precipitation = 40-50"

| soil = Karst and slate

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| planted = {{convert|230|acre|ha|0}}{{cite news| author=Lauer-Williams, Kathy | url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08108/873927-34.stm |title=Lehigh Valley wineries earn recognition | work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=2008-04-17}}

| vineyards = 12

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| varietals = Cabernet Sauvignon, Chambourcin, Chardonnay, Pinot noir, Riesling, Vidal blanc

| wineries = 10{{cite web |website=Lehigh Valley Wine Trail |date=2008|url=http://www.lehighvalleywinetrail.com/ |title=Pennsylvania's Fastest Growing Wine Region| access-date= May 16, 2008}}

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The Lehigh Valley AVA is an American Viticultural area located in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The AVA includes portions of Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Schuylkill, Carbon, and Monroe counties and the towns from Jim Thorpe to Easton, portions of the Schuylkill River Valley, the Brodhead Creek watershed in Monroe County and part of the Swatara Creek watershed to the west.

The wine region includes {{convert|230|acre|ha|0}} of vineyards, planted to several Vitis vinifera and French-American hybrid grape varieties. The climate of Lehigh Valley has been compared to the cooler climates of Central and Northern Europe, favoring the production of French-American hybrid grapes, especially Chambourcin. Between fifteen and twenty percent of the wine produced in Pennsylvania is made from grapes grown in the Lehigh Valley AVA.

The region has a humid continental climate (Dfa/Dfb in higher areas) and the hardiness zone is 7a or 6b.