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What are the major American grape species?

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Vitis Labrusca (Concord)
Vitis Aestivalis (Norton)
Vitis Rotundifolia (Scuppernong)
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What was America’s first AVA?

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Augusta, Missouri (1980)

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When did Napa Valley gain AVA status?

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1981

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Who oversees the AVA system?

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Originally the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF);
Currently the Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)

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What are the required % for County or State labeled wines?

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Vintage: 85%
Varietal: 75%
Location: 75%

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What are the required % for AVA labeled wines?

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Vintage: 95%
Varietal: 75%
Location: 85%

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What % of grapes must be from the state to label Calfornia, Oregon, or Washington?

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CA and OR: 100%

WA: 95%

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What % is required to varietally label vitis labrusca wines?

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51.00%

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What % is required to list a single vineyard?

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95.00%

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What is required to qualify a wine as Estate Bottled?

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100% of the wine must come from grapes grown on land owned or controlled by the winery, and the vineyards and the winery itself must be within the same AVA.

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What AVAs are between San Francisco and Monterey?

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San Francisco Bay
Livermore Valley (within San Francisco Bay)
Ben Lomond Mountain (within Santa Cruz Mtns)
Santa Cruz Mountains
Santa Clara Valley
Pacheco Pass
San Ysidro District

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Which AVA southeast of SF is NOT included in the Central Coast? What other larger AVA is it excluded from?

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Santa Cruz Mountains

San Francisco Bay

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What was the first AVA to be designated by altitude, and what are its minimums? Why?

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Santa Cruz Mountains, 1981.
Best vineyards are planted on steep ridges above the reach of the fog; altitude and ocean breezes collaborate to create a long, cool, growing season.
400ft-800ft, depending on where you are on the boundary.

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What are the AVAs of Monterey County?

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Monterey
Carmel Valley (coastal, direct maritime influence)
Chalone (east, inland side of the mountains)
Santa Lucia Highlands
Arroyo Secco
San Bernabe
San Lucas
San Antonio Valley (surrounds San Antonio Lake)
Hames Valley

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What major river runs north through Paso, San Lucas, Hames, Bernable, Arroyo Seco, and Monterey? Largest river in the central coast!

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Salinas River

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Who owns the single vineyard in San Bernabe? How large is it?

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Delicato Family Vineyards

5,000acres (2,020 ha)

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Where is San Benito County? What are the nested AVAs?

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East of Monterey
Mount Harlan
Cienega Valley
Lime Kiln Valley (within Cienega Valley)
Paicines (east of Cienega)

Part of Pacheco Pass is in San Benito County, but nested within the larger San Francisco Bay AVA.

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What mountains separate the Central Coast from the Central Valley?

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The Diablo Range

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Who is the sole producer of Mount Harlan? What vineyards do they farm?

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Calera
(clockwise from 12; all approx 2200-2400ft)
Sellek, Reed, de Villiers (1997 block), Jensen, Hills, Ryan

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What mountain ranges bracket Monterey (and separate it from San Benito in the east)?

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Santa Lucia Range
Sierra de Salinas
Gabilan Range

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Who founded Mer Soleil? What wines are produced? What is their relationship to Belle Glos?

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The Wagner family (Caymus).
Mer Soleil is run by Charlie Wagner II, producing Mer Soleil Reserve and Silver (unoaked).
Belle Glos is run by Charlie’s brother Joe Wagner, producing vineyard designate Pinot Noirs in Sonoma and the Central Coast.

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What are the AVAs of San Luis Obispo?

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Paso Robles
York Mountain
Edna Valley
Arroyo Grande Valley

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What are the sub-AVAs of Paso Robles? When did they come into effect?

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Adelaida District, San Miguel District, Paso Robles Estrella District, San Juan Creek
Paso Robles Willow Creek District, Templeton Gap District, El Pomar District, Paso Robles Geneseo District
Creston District, Paso Robles Highlands District
Santa Margarita Ranch
2014

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What AVAs of Paso Robles are Region II?

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Adelaida District (II-III)
Paso Robles Willow Creek District
Templeton Gap District
El Pomar District
Santa Margarita Ranch
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Which AVAs of Paso Robles are Region IV?
San Juan Creek Paso Robles Geneseo District Paso Robles Highlands District
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Paso Robles: Climate and Soils (general)
Maritime near the coast, becoming more continental to the east. Bifurcated by Santa Lucia Range in the west and La Panza Range in the east. Mix of granitic and sedimentary in the hills; alluvial soils with some calcaire in the valleys.
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Paso Robles: Mountains and Rivers
Santa Lucia Range (west), La Panza Range (east) Huerhuero-La Panza fault (Geneseo), Rinconada fault (Sant Margarita Ranch) Salinas River, Estrella River, San Juan Creek, Huerhuero Creek
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What was the first winery established in the Central Coast?
Ascencion Winery, founded 1882 by Andrew York in what is now York Mountain.
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Where does the California coastline turn east?
Point Conception
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Santa Ynez Valley encompasses what sub-AVAs?
Sta. Rita Hills Ballard Canyon Los Olivos Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara
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What are the AVAs of Santa Barbara County?
``` Santa Maria Valley Sta. Rita Hills Santa Ynez Valley Ballard Canyon Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara ```
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What and where is Los Alamos?
An unofficial winegrowing region in Santa Barbara, between Santa Maria and Santa Ynez. Runs along the Solomon Hills.
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Santa Barbara: Mountains
San Rafael and Sierra Madre to the northeast Santa Ynez along the South Coast Santa Rita Hills, Purisima Hills (internal)
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Where are the oldest Syrah plantings in Santa Barbara?
Black Bear Block at Zaca Mesa Winery (1978)
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Where is Temecula?
California's South Coast - between Irvine and Escondido
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Where is Gary's Vineyard? Name producers.
Santa Lucia Highlands Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Lucia Pinot Noir Miner Pinot Noir
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Where is Pisoni? What lines do they produce?
Santa Lucia Highlands Pisoni Estate (Pinot Noir from Pisoni Estate vineyard) Lucia (vineyard designate PN, Chard, and Syrah from the three vineyards farmed by Pisoni: Pisoni, Gary's Soberanes)
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Where is the Sawyer-Lindquist vineyard?
Edna Valley
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Where is Alban Vineyards? When was it established? Name three wines produced.
Edna Valley, established 1990 by John Alban. All Rhone varieties: Viognier, Roussanne, Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre. Syrah: Seymour's, Reva, Lorraine, Patrina Grenache: Pandora Proprietary Mourvedre: Forsythe
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Where is Bonny Doon located? First vintage of the flagship wine?
Santa Cruz Mountains 1984 Cigare Volant
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Where is Wente Vineyards? What are its claims to fame?
Livermore Valley "oldest continuously operating, family-owned winery in the USA" Original source for the Wente clone, sourced from Montpellier in 1912 and then proliferated.
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Who owns Chalone Vineyard?
Diageo (2005)
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Who produces Le Moulin Rouge Pinot Noir, and where?
Peter Michael, SLH
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Where is the Peter Martin Ray vineyard?
Santa Cruz Mountains
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Where is Scheid Vineyards? How much acreage do they own?
Monterey (up and down the Salinas Valley) 4,200 acres
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Where is Tablas Creek?
Paso Robles (Adelaida District)
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Where is Bien Nacido vineyard?
Santa Maria Valley
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Where is Sanford & Benedict? When was it planted? Who owns it now?
Sta. Rita Hills, 1971 Terlato, who also owns Sanford Winery
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Demands from which winery caused the abbreviation of Santa Rita Hills, and when?
``` Santa Rita (Chile) 2006 ```
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Where is Sea Smoke? What wines do they produce?
Sta. Rita Hills Vineyard designate Pinot Noirs: Southing, Botella, Ten Also Chardonnay, Sea Spray Blanc de Noirs
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Where is Sebastiano Vineyard?
Santa Barbara, right on the line of Sta. Rita Hills (half in, half out).
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Where are Vogelzang and McGinley vineyards?
Happy Canyon
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Where is Zaca Mesa, and when was it founded? Name three wineries that grew out of it.
``` Santa Ynez Valley, 1972 (vines planted 1973) Byron (Ken Brown) Ojai (Adam Tolmach) Au Bon Climat (Jim Clendenen) Qupe (Bob Lindquist) ```
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Where is Sine Qua Non located? What was their inaugural vintage and wine?
``` Santa Barbara (fruit sourced from around the county) 1994 Queen of Spades (Syrah) ```
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Who owns Jonata?
Stan Kroeneke - sister winery to Screaming Eagle, located in Santa Ynez Valley
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Where is Pisoni? What lines do they produce?
* **Santa Lucia Highlands** * **_Pisoni Estate_** * Pinot Noir from Pisoni Estate vineyard * **_Lucia_** * vineyard designate PN, Chard, Syrah from the three vineyards farmed by Pisoni * Pisoni * Gary's * Soberanes
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Where is the Sawyer-Lindquist vineyard?
**Edna Valley**
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Where is Alban Vineyards? When was it established? Name three wines produced.
* **Edna Valley** * **est. 1990 by John Alban** * **All Rhone varieties: Viognier, Roussanne, Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre.** * **Syrah: Seymour's, Reva, Lorraine, Patrina** * **Grenache: Pandora Proprietary** * **Mourvedre: Forsythe**
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Where is Wente Vineyards? What are its claims to fame?
* **Livermore Valley** * **"oldest continuously operating, family-owned winery in the USA"** * **Original source for the Wente clone, sourced from Montpellier in 1912 and then proliferated**
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AVA's of **Alameda County**?
Livermore Valley San Francisco Bay
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AVA's of **Contra Costa County**?
Lamorinda
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AVA's of **Monterey County**?
Arroyo Seco Carmel Valley Chalone Hames Valley Monterey San Antonio Valley San Bernabe San Lucas Santa Lucia Highlands
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AVA's of **San Benito County**?
Cienega Valley Lime Kiln Valley Mt Harlan Paicines San Benito
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AVA's of **San Luis Obispo**?
Adelaide District Arroyo Grande Valley Creston District Edna Valley El Pomar District Paso Robles Paso Robles Geneseo Paso Robles Highlands Paso Robles Willow Creek San Juan Creek San Miguel District Santa Margarita Ranch Templeton Gap York Mountain
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Which of the following AVAs has the highest minimum elevation?
Rockpile AVA, Sonoma min. 800 ft Howell Mountain AVA, Napa $$$ min. 1400 ft Mendocino Ridge AVA, Mendocino min. 1200 ft Santa Cruz Mountains AVA, not Central Coast AVA min 400
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What was the first AVA in San Diego County?
San Pasqual Valley 1981
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Arrange these Paso Robles sub AVAs in order furthest west (1) to east (2)
El Polmar 3 Adelaida District 1 York Mountain 2 Paso Robles Highlands District 4
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What sub AVA can we find the highest elevation in Paso Robles:
Creston District 1000-200 ft Paso Highlands District 1160-2086 ft San Miguel District lowest point at 580 ft Adelaida District $$$
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Furthest south AVA in Paso Robles?
Santa Margarita Ranch AVA
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The longest river in the Central Coast, stretching 175 mi through Santa Lucia Highlands and emptying in the Monterey Bay is…..
The Salinas River
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Borrowing a prompt from Mark, what is the name of the Raj Parr project in Rancho Cucamonga?
Scythian Wine Co.
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Put these CA AVA in order North (1) to South (11) :
Paso Robles 9 Sta. Rita Hills 11 Santa Maria Valley 10 Santa Lucia Highlands 7 Santa Cruz Mountains 5 Arroyo Seco 8 Monterey 6 Santa Clara Valley 4 Livermore Valley 3 Seiad Valley 1- furthest North in CA Napa Valley 2
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What are the perimeters of the Central Coast AVA?
Spans the entirety of the California coastline from San Francisvo Bay in the north to Santa Barbara county in the south
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Most widely-planted varietal of the Central Coast?
Chardonnay
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Characteristics of the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA?
Cool coastal climate High-altitude vineyards between miles of redwood forests
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Name two famous vineyards of the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA?
Ridge's Monte Bello Bonny Doon Estate Vineyard
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Characteristics of Livermoore VAlley AVA
Warm inland, gravel soil, known for SB
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What AVA does the Wente Family produce from?
Livermore Valley AVA - SB cuttings are from d'Yquem
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What wine is mostly produced in Monterey AVA?
Bulk wine
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Where is the Rhy's Family Vineyard located?
Santa Cruz Mountains AVA
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Who is the winemaker for Ridge Vineyards?
Paul Draper
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Name the AVA's of Montery County:
Monterey Santa Lucia Highlands Arroyo Seco San Lucas Hames Valley Chalone Carmel Valley San Antonio Valley San Bernabe
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What are the two main valleys of Monterey County?
Salinas Carmel
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What is the dominant grape of Monterey AVA?
Chardonnay represents 50% of plantings
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What is the specialty of Santa Lucia Highlands AVA?
Pinot Noir
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What county is Santa Lucia Highlands in?
Monterey County
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What county is San Antonio Valley located in?
Monterey County
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What mountain range is Chalone AVA located in?
Gabilan Mountains
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Which county is Mount Harlan AVA located in?
San Benito County
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Where is Calera winery located?
Mount Harlan AVA
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Which county is Paso Robles AVA located in?
San Luis Obispo County
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How many AVAs are nested with/in Paso Robles AVA?
11
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What does Paso Robles mean?
Pass of the oak trees
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Name the sub-AVA's of Paso Robles AVA (11):
- Adelaida - Paso Robles Willow Creek - Templeton Gap - Santa Margarita Ranch - San Miguel - Paso Robles - Estrella - Paso Robles Genesco - El Pomar - San Juan - Highlands - Creston
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Describe the western reaches of the Paso Robles AVA?
Characterized by cooler marine air funneled through the Templeton Gap and more prevalent limestone/calcareous soils
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Describe the eastern reaches of the Paso Robles AVA:
Soil is sandier and the climate in general is warmer and more arid
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Which famous winery owns a nursery in Paso Robles?
Chateau Beaucastel - Part owner of Tablas Creek - provides clonal material from the Rhone to interested producers
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Who planted the first Syrah vines in Paso Robles AVA?
Gary Eberle
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Which county is York Mountain AVA in?
San Obispo County
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What county is Arroyo Grande AVA and Edna Valley AVA in?
San Obispo County
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Name the two major valleys in Santa Barbara County:
Santa Maria Valley Santa Ynez Valley
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When was the Gabilan Mountain AVA established? Nested AVA's?
Mount Harlan AVA Chalone AVA
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Name the AVA's located w/in Santa Ynez Valley?
Santa Rita Hills Happy Canyon Ballard Canyon Los Olivos District
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What county is Sta. Rita Hills AVA and Happy Canyon AVA located in?
Santa Barbara
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Why does Sta. Rita Hills need to abbreviate their name?
a legal dispute w/ a Chilean winey of the same name in 2006
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Prominent vineyard in Santa Maria Valley AVA?
giant Bien Nacido Vineyard - mid-1970's, planted to PN, Chard, Syrah
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Chalone AVA is shared between what two counties?
Monterey San Benito
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Santa Maria Valley is shared between what two counties?
Santa Barbara County San Louis Obispo County
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Sub-AVA of the Santa Cruz Mountains:
Ben Lamond Mountain
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What two AVA's are NOT included in the Central Coast AVA due to elevation:
Santa Cruz Mountains sub-AVA Ben Lamond
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What AVA's are located w/in Santa Ynez Valley AVA?
Sta. Rita Hills Happy Canyon Ballard Canyon Los Olivos
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What AVA has the largest growing season of California?
Santa Barbara AVA
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What two counties share Livermore Valley AVA?
Alamela County Contra Costa County
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In what county is Lime Kiln Valley AVA?
Lime Kiln Valley is w/in Paicines AVA in San Benito County
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In what county is Cienega Valley AVA?
San Benito
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Producers using Bien Nacido fruit:
Qupe Bedrock Twomey Ojai Chanin Piedrassai Tyler Paul Lato Byron Au Bon Climat Fess Parker Railsback Freres Lindquist
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What producers source from Sanford & Benedict vineyard?
Tyler Fess Parker Arnot Roberts Deovlet Racines Au Bon Climat Ken Brown Sandhi Chanin Liquid Farm Hitching Post
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In what county is San Ysidro AVA?
San Ysidro AVA is completely inside Santa Clara Valley AVA in Santa Clara County
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In what county is Mount Harlan in?
San Benito
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Where is Gary's vineyard?
Santa Lucia Highlands
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Where is Sanford & Benedict?
Sta Rita Hills
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Where is Monte Bello?
Santa Cruz Mountains
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Winemaker for Ridge?
Paul Draper
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Winemaker for Au Bon Climat?
Jim Clendenen

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