California

Question 1

What is the predominant soil type in Sta. Rita Hills?

Answer 1

Calcareous Limestone Soil

Question 2

How are the pre-2000 vintage bottlings of Diamond Creek different?

Answer 2

Aged in 50% new wood, after 2000 they use 100% new wood

Question 3

Name poor vintages in Napa from the last 30 years

Answer 3

2011, 2003, 2000, 1998, 1989, 1988

Question 4

What 2 AVAs were introduced in 2016?

Answer 4

Lamorinda (Contra Costa), and Los Olivos District (Santa Barbara)

Question 5

Chateau Latour famously bought which historic winery in 2013?

Answer 5

Araujo Estate/Eisele Vineyard

Question 6

If a bottle of vintage California wine doesn’t have an AVA listen on the bottle, what percent has to come from that year?

Answer 6

85%

Question 7

What about Ridge’s Monte Bello bottling changed post-1975?

Answer 7

Changed from 100% Cabernet to a Cabernet-dominant blend.

Question 8

What is the major winemaking valley in the Southern Coast region?

Answer 8

Temecula

Question 9

The 2008 vintage for Anderson Valley was notable for what reason?

Answer 9

Smoke Taint

Question 10

Where is Anderson Valley located

Answer 10

Mendocino

Question 11

Where is Alexander Valley located?

Answer 11

Sonoma

Question 12

Where is Kelsey Bench located?

Answer 12

Lake

Question 13

Where is Suisun Valley?

Answer 13

Solano

Question 14

Where is Edna Valley?

Answer 14

San Luis Obispo

Question 15

What happened to the Mendocino AVA in 2014?

Answer 15

Decreased in size so as not to overlap with the newly appointed Eagle Peak Mendocino AVA

Question 16

If a label lists a single vineyard, what % must be from that vineyard?

Answer 16

95%

Question 17

What varietal are Rockpile and Dry Creek known for?

Answer 17

Zinfandel

Question 18

What is the warmest AVA in Sonoma County?

Answer 18

Knights Valley

Question 19

What producer accounts for over 1/2 of the wine made in Central Valley?

Answer 19

Gallo

Question 20

What river flows through the Mendocino AVA?

Answer 20

Navarro

Question 21

Name two monopoles in Lake County and their producers

Answer 21

Benmore Valley: Geyser Peak

Guenoc Valley: Guenoc Wine Co.

Question 22

Who is the winemaker at Dunn, and where did he previously make wine?

Answer 22

Randy Dunn, Caymus

Question 23

What is wrong with this name: Ridge Monte Bello, Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Cruz Mountains, 1961

Answer 23

First vintage was in 1962

Question 24

How much new oak do these producers currently employ?

• Corison
• Diamond Creek
• Opus One
• Ridge Vineyards

Answer 24

Corison: 50% new French Oak
Diamond Creek: 100% New Oak (since 2000)
Opus One: 100% New French Oak
Ridge: 96% American and 4% French oak, all new

Question 25

What years was Robert Mondavi Winery established? Which AVA is it located in?

Answer 25

1966, Oakville

Question 26

Where is Corison?

Answer 26

St. Helena

Question 27

Where is Chateau Montelena?

Answer 27

Calistoga

Question 28

Where is Harlan Estate?

Answer 28

Oakville

Question 29

Where is Philip Togni?

Answer 29

Spring Mountain District

Question 30

Where is Dominus?

Answer 30

Yountville

Question 31

Where is Dunn Vineyards?

Answer 31

Howell Mountain

Question 32

Where is Mayacamas Vineyards?

Answer 32

Mount Veeder

Question 33

Where is Shafer Vineyards?

Answer 33

Stags Leap District

Question 34

Where is Beaulieu Vineyards?

Answer 34

Rutherford

Question 35

Where is Diamond Creek?

Answer 35

Diamond Mountain District

Question 36

How does erosion impact winegrowers on Napa's hillside?

Answer 36

Heavy winter rains can wash away a vineyard's entire topsoil, which leaves nothing but hard bedrock behind.

Question 37

Why might wines from the valley floor have less color concentration and be considered more elegant?

Answer 37

Deeper topsoil on the valley floor

Question 38

What are the 6 Valley Floor AVAs of Napa?

Answer 38

St. Helena, Rutherford, Oakville, Yountville, Oak Knoll District, Stags Leap

Question 39

What are the 5 Hillside Vineyard AVAs of Napa?

Answer 39

Diamond Mountain, Spring Mountain, Mount Veeder, Howell Mountain, Atlas Peak