Red Hill Douglas County, Oregon AVA (wine region)
Type	American Viticultural Area
Year established	2005[1]
Country	USA
Part of	Oregon, Southern Oregon AVA, Umpqua Valley AVA
Total area	5,500 acres (2,226 ha)[2]
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The Red Hill Douglas County, Oregon AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Douglas County, Oregon, near the town of Yoncalla. It is entirely contained within the Umpqua Valley AVA, which is itself included within the larger Southern Oregon AVA. Originally petitioned as the "Red Hill AVA", the proposed appellation name brought protest from Willamette Valley AVA vintners, where a region known as Red Hill is also located. Another AVA in California that gained official status in 2004, the Red Hills Lake County AVA also carries a similar name. As a result, the name "Red Hill Douglas County, Oregon" was instead chosen to avoid consumer confusion.^[3]

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