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Washington Flashcards

1
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70% of the USA’s hops are grown in what AVA?

A

Yakima Valley AVA

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Which Washington State AVA’s boundaries are defined by elevation?

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Snipes Mountain AVA (750ft on southern slope and 820ft on the northern slope)

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3
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Major rivers in Washington State?

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Snake, Yakima, Columbia

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4
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Where are Champoux and Canoe Ridge vineyards located?

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Horse Heaven Hills AVA

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5
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What AVA is Col Solare produced in?

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Red Mountain

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6
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Who is Col Solare a joint venture between?

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Antinori and Ste Michelle

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7
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Yakima Valley AVA sub AVAs

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Rattlesnake Hills, Snipes Mountain, Red Mountain

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8
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Washington’s warmest growing area?

A

Red Mountain AVA

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9
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Washington’s smallest AVA

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Red Mountain AVA

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Walla Walla Valley AVA soils

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basalt bedrock and alluvial topsoil

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Top vineyards of Horse Heaven Hills AVA

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Champoux, Canoe Ridge, Benches at Wallula Gap

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12
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Who is “Grandpa Grape”?

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Walter Clore

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13
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Name a few vineyards used by Quilceda Creek

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Ciel du Cheval, Klipsun, Tapteil

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14
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Washington AVA known for Riesling, PG, and Gewurztraminer

A

Ancient Lakes AVA

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15
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Washington AVA planted mostly to white grapes

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Ancient Lakes AVA

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16
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Who is the “father of Washington wine”

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Walter Clore (led efforts to prove vinifera could survive in Washington’s harsh winters

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17
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Washington AVAs not inside Columbia Valley AVA

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Puget Sound, Columbia Gorge AVAs

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18
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Top vineyards of Rattlesnake Hills AVA

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Two Blondes and Dubrul vineyards

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19
Q

Mountain range that causes rain shadow effect in Columbia Valley?

A

Cascades

20
Q

Washington’s most planted red and white grape vairety

A

red - Cabernet Sauvignon

white - Chardonnay

21
Q

Eastern Washington’s climate

A

Continental

22
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Name Washington’s AVAs

A

Columbia Valley, Yakima Valley, Red Mountain, Walla Walla, Snipes Mountain, Horse Heaven Hills, Rattlesnake Hills, Columbia Gorge, Lake Chelan, Puget Sound, Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley, , Nanches Heights, Wahulke Slope, Lewis & Clarke Valley

23
Q

Which Washington AVA is shared with Idaho

A

Lewis & Clarke Valley

24
Q

What is the largest AVA in Washington State?

A

Columbia Valley

25
Q

Which AVAs are in both Washington and Oregon?

A

Columbia Valley, Columbia Gorge, Walla Walla

26
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What sub appellation of Walla Walla Valley is entirely in Oregon

A

Rocks of Milton Freewater

27
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Red Mountain is a sub appellation of which AVA

A

Yakima Valley

28
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When was the 1st vineyard planted in Red Mountain? Who planted it? When did it get AVA status?

A

1975, Ciel du Cheval Vineyard, 2001

29
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Where is Red Willow vineyard?

A

Westernmost vineyard within Yakima Valley

30
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name a producer using Red Willow vineyard fruit:

A

Owen Roe, Lady Hill, Mark Ryan, Grammercy Cellars

31
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Where is the Champoux vineyard?

A

Horse Heaven Hills

32
Q

Who produces Bionic Frog?

A

Cayuse in Walla Walla

33
Q

What two wineries merged to form Chateau Ste Michelle

A

National Wine Company and American Wine Growers

34
Q

What is Washington’s smallest AVA

A

Nanches Heights (Red Mountain is 2nd)

35
Q

What did Bill Bridgeman do to earn the title “Grandfather of Washington Viticulture”

A

He was an attorney specializing in irrigation law. Helped develop irrigation in Yakima Valley

36
Q

What was Washington’s 1st AVA and what year?

A

Yakima Valley, 1983

37
Q

1st red varietal to gain widespread notoriety in Washington?

A

Merlot

38
Q

The Otis vineyard in Yakima Valley is noteworthy why?

A

1st Cabernet Sauvignon planted in Washington (1957)

39
Q

What is the coolest region in Washington

A

Puget Sound

40
Q

What conditions have led Eastern Washington to being phylloxera free

A

isolation, sandy loam soil, cold winters, vineyards are far apart

41
Q

how much wine production exist in Washington?

A

2 in country. 50,000 acres planted (20,234 ha)

42
Q

geological feature that slowed the Missoula Floods

A

Wallula Gap

43
Q

1st commercially bonded in Walla Walla Valley

A

Leonetti

44
Q

three rivers that meet in Walla Walla Valley

A

Columbia, Snake, Walla Walla

45
Q

Northernmost Washington AVA

A

Lake Chelan

46
Q

most recent AVA of Washington State

A

Lewis and Clarke (Ancient Lakes before)

47
Q

Name 3 top vintages in Washington

A

2005, 2007, 2012

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