USA: "Other" Flashcards
Champlain Valley AVA
Vermont - Vermont’s 1st
New York’s most planted variety
Concord
* 1/3 for wine, the rest for juice
* Manischewitz, Mogen David
* dominates in Lake Erie AVA (shared with OH, PA)
Finger Lakes sub-AVAs
Seneca Lake AVA
Cayuga Lake AVA
*Cab Franc, Riesling are top grapes in each
* Shale, Seneca has shale and limestone
* Atlantic moderates climate
Finger Lakes AVAs soil
limestone, shale, gravel, silt (glacial)
Finger Lakes wineries
Hermann J. Wiemer
Konstantin Frank
Red Newt
Element
Boundary Breaks
Long Island AVA
Cab Sauv, Merlot, Chardonnay
* moderated by Atlantic Ocean; NY’s warmest AVA
* sub-AVAs:
1. North Fork of Long Island
2. The Hamptons Long Island (Channing Daughters, Wölffer Estate)
* top vineyards are in the eastern half
US oldest continually operating winery
Brotherhood Winery, 1839
Hudson River Region AVA
TX biggest AVA?
By size:
9 million acre Texas Hill Country AVA
By production:
Texas High Plains AVA
US’ largest AVA
Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA
- MN, IA, IL, WI
Mesilla Valley
Key AVA for NM - shared with TX
Texas High Plains AVA
“best” TX AVA
- 1060M
- 3/4 of TX wine grapes grow here
- Cab Sauv, Zin, Grenache, Tempranillo
AVAs in Texas Hill Country
- Bell Mountain
- Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country
Virginia’s largest AVA? Oldest?
Largest: Shenandoah Valley AVA
Oldest: Montecillo AVA (Thomas Jefferson AVA)
America’s 1st AVA
Augusta AVA
Missouri
Michigan AVAs
Leenalau Peninsula
Old Mission Peninsula
Tip of the Mitt
Lake Michigan Shore
Fennville
