Cumberland Valley AVA


The Cumberland Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Washington County in west-central Maryland and Franklin and Cumberland counties in south-central Pennsylvania. Only of the included in the wine appellation are planted to grapevines, predominantly on high terraces over the Potomac River and on the slopes of South Mountain. The soil in the area is alkaline limestone. The Cumberland Valley has a hot-summer humid continental climate and is mainly in hardiness zone 6b with 7a at the ends. The AVA extends from the Potomac to the Susquehanna River.