The Snipes Mountain American Viticultural Area (AVA), established in 2009, is located within the Yakima Valley AVA and encompasses both SnipesMountain and Harrison Hill. The AVA is differentiated from the larger Yakima Valley AVA by elevation and rocky soils that were largely untouched by the Great Missoula Floods. Snipes Mountain and Harrison Hill have a long viticultural history with the first grapes being planted in the region in the 1910’s.