Alexandria Lakes AVA

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name = Alexandria Lakes AVA


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type = American Viticultural Area
year = 2005 [http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr;sid=bff700d0bbb2a632948b70fe7e91d7d4;rgn=div5;view=text;node=27%3A1.0.1.1.7;idno=27;cc=ecfr#27:1.0.1.1.7.3.41.157 Code of Federal Regulations. "§ 9.177 Alexandria Lakes."] Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 — American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C — Approved American Viticultural Areas. Retrieved Feb. 5, 2008.]
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part of = Minnesota
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total size = convert|10800|acre|ha|0Wine Institute, The (2008). [http://www.iwineinstitute.com/ava/avabystate.asp "American Viticultural Areas by State"] . Retrieved Feb. 5, 2008.]
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The Alexandria Lakes AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Douglas County, Minnesota, near the city of Alexandria. Alexandria Lakes was the first AVA to be created in Minnesota. The AVA was created in 2005 as the result of a successful petition to the United States Department of the Treasury Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau by the owners of Carlos Creek Winery, the largest winery in the state of Minnesota. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3488/is_10_86/ai_n15726821 "Minnesota gets first AVA"] . "Wines and Vines". October, 2005.]

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