Washington

Question 1

Washington St requires _____% of Washington Grapes for any Washington appellation

Answer 1

95%

Question 2

Washington is the _____ largest producer of vinifera wine in the U.S.

Answer 2

2nd

Question 3

As of 2021, WA has ____ AVA’s

Answer 3

19

(20) is current- Rocky Reach

Question 4

Two most planted red grapes of WA

Answer 4

CS and Merlot

Question 5

Leading white grape of WA?

2nd?

Answer 5

CH

Riesling

Question 6

WA’s first AVA? When?

Answer 6

Yakima Valley, 1983

Question 7

_____ AVA makes up 15% of WA’s acreage

It is also one of the _____ & ______ AVA’s

Answer 7

Wahluke Slope

Driest & Warmest

Question 8

Which WA AVA is named for the Ringold formation?

What is the Ringold formation

Answer 8

White Bluffs

Deep layer of lakebed sediment

Question 9

Naches Heights AVA first planted in?

Answer 9

2002

Question 10

Triangle shaped WA AVA on North bank of Columbia

Answer 10

The Burn

Question 11

Ancient Lakes AVA is named after?

Answer 11

30 Pothole lakes formed by Missoula Floods 12,000 years ago

Question 12

Royal Slope AVA is best known for which wine and which vineyard?

Answer 12

WA’s 1st 100 point Syrah, 2006 Royal City Syrah, from Stoneridge Vineyard

Question 13

Which 3 WA AVA’s overlap into Oregon?

Answer 13

Columbia Valley
Walla Walla Valley
Columbia Gorge

Question 14

Walla Walla AVA was first planted in ______ by _____________

Answer 14

1850
Italian Immigrants

Question 15

Walla Walla Valley leading Grape Variety

Answer 15

CS

Question 16

Which WA AVA accounts for 1/3 of the vineyards?

Answer 16

Yakima Valley

Question 17

Primary varietal of Yakima Valley

Answer 17

Chardonnay

Question 18

Name the 5 nested AVA’s of Yakima Valley

Answer 18

Rattlesnake Hills
Snipes Mountain
Red Mountain
Goose Gap
Candy Mountain

Question 19

Lewis & Clark Valley follows contours of what 3 rivers

Answer 19

Snake
Clearwater
Grande Ronde