Alexander Valley

AVA area in Sonoma County ( North Coast region) in California. It extends from the city of Healdsburg in the south to the foothills of the Mayacamas Mountains at the border with Mendocino County in the north. In 1986, a new boundary delineation took place, partially overlapping with the Russian River AVA area. The valley has a length of just under 14 kilometres, and a width of just under two to just under five kilometres. The viticultural history dates back to the time of the Gold Rush. The valley was named after Cyrus Alexander (1805-1872) who, coming from San Diego in 1840, was commissioned to find suitable ranch land. He eventually marked out an area the size of just under 20,000 hectares, which was then bought from the Mexican government. In return, he received land the size of 3,600 hectares.

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