According to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, the United States has 248 American Viticultural Areas.But if you had checked the list earlier in the week, it would have been short: Two new AVAs have been added in Oregon."Laurelwood District" and "Tualatin Hills" will be allowed on bottles from these new AVAs effective July 6.However, the wines will also have to carry the designation of Willamette Valley.Since both of these new smaller AVAs are completely nested in that larger AVA.New AVAs are approved semi-regularly. For instance, two were announced last year:.North Carolina's Crest of the Blue Ridge Henderson County and Connecticut's Eastern Connecticut Highlands. .Mount Pisgah and Lower Long Tom hope to join the Oregon AVA party, but things are crowded: Oregon now has 21 AVAs