Central Coast/Central Valley/Mendo/Lake County/SouthCoast Flashcards by Christina Stanley

What are the AVAs of Monterey county (9)

Carmel Valley
Chalone
Hames Valley
Monterey
San Antonio Valley
San Bernabe
Santa Lucia Highlands
San Lucas
Arroyo Seco

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Pisoni Gary’s and Talbott as well as sleepy Hollow vineyard are all part of what Appellation

Santa Lucia Highlands

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Sta Rita hills Ballard canyon and happy canyon are all part of what larger AVA

Santa Ynez Valley

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most recent AVA added in Santa Barbara County

Alisos Canyon (2020)

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This single vineyard AVA in Sacramento/Amador county is part of a larger Lodi AVA and is dominated by plantings of Delicato, Sutter home and Woodbridge

Borden Ranch AVA

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AVAs of Sacramento county (6)

Alta Mesa
Borden Ranch
Clarksburg
Cosumnes River
Lodi
Sloughhouse

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These Paso Robles sub AVA’s were added in 2014 (4)

Paso Robles Estrella
Paso Robles Geneseo
Paso Robles Highlands
Paso Robles Willow Creek District

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what are the AVA’s of San Luis Obispo county

Adelaida
Arroyo grande Valley
Edna Valley
York Mountain
San Luis Obispo Coast (2022)

Paso Robles (divided into 11 subregions in 2014):
Adelaida
Creston
El Pomar
Estrella
Geneseo
Highlands
San Juan Creek
San Miguel
Santa Margarita Ranch
Templeton Gap
Willow Creek

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Mountain ranges of Santa Rita hills AVA

Purisima Hills and Santa Rosa Hills

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the mount Harlan AVA in San Benito County is known for limestone soil and nestled in what mountain range

Gabilan mountains

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in 2016 this AVA was granted status in Contra Costa County

Lamorinda: encompasses Lafayette Moraga Orinda

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what winery was most instrumental in establishing the mount Harlan AVA

Calera

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Sanford and Benedict fiddlesticks see smoke and Rita’s crown are all located in what AVA

Santa Rita Hills

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what year was Sanford and Benedict vineyard planted by Richard Sanford

1971

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Where is Au Bon Climat Vineyard located

Santa Maria

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Tablas Creek winery is a project between what famous Rhone producer and what American family

Famille Perrin (Beaucastel)
Haas

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what are the AVAs of Los Angeles county

Sierra Pelona 
saddle rock-Malibu
 Malibu-Newton Canyon 
Malibu coast 
Leona valley 
antelope Valley of the California high desert

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What year did Temecula Valley get AVA status

1984

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what year were the first modern commercial vineyard plantings in Temecula

1968 planted by Vincenzo Cilurzo

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name a Temecula Valley winery

Wilson Creek
Leoness
Ponte
Avensole
Baily
Bel Vino
Briar Rose

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What makes the deep end of Anderson Valley special in Pinot cultivation

North west end of Valley were deep slopes to ocean high Diurnal shift

Boontling language ;)

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Why is Cole Ranch in Mendocino special

Smallest AVA in US.

Mike Lucia of rootdown owns it as monopole

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Newest AVA California Central Coast

San Luis Obispo Coast (2022)

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This AVA of San Luis Obispo county was approved in 2014

San Miguel District

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Monterey's oldest commercial vineyard

Chalone Vineyard First bottling (Monterey’s oldest commercial vineyard) debuted in 1960

Mountain Ranges that run East to West, parallel to the coast in Santa Ynez (because of the bend in the coastline at Point Conception

San Rafael and Santa Ynez Mountains

a legal dispute with the Chilean winery of the same name led Sta. Rita Hills to legally abbreviate its appellation name in this year

In 2006

Who wrote the film Sideways

Alexander Payne’s 2004 film

This AVA is excluded from Central Coast AVA

Santa Cruz Mountains AVA (despite inclusion of Santa Cruz County AVA)

Paso Robles AVA is this large:

614,000 acres (40,000 of which are planted) with wide variations in climate and soil—chief rationale for the creation of 11 new AVAs in 2014

These features characterize the Western side of Paso Robles

western reaches are characterized by cooler marine air funneled through the Templeton Gap and more prevalent limestone and calcareous soils

This person planted California’s first commercial Syrah vines in Paso Robles

Gary Eberle

AVAs other than Paso Robles in San Luis Obispo County

York Mountain, Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo Coast, and Edna Valley

First appellation in Mendo County past the sonoma border

Yorkville Highlands AVA connects alexander Valley to Anderson Valley

Producers of the high elevation Yorkville Highlands AVA

Copain Halcón

Where are the annual WinterWhite Wine and Pinot Noir festivals held in Mendocino County

Anderson Valley AVA

Who gave the Anderson Valley its name?

Walter Anderson settler got lost in 1851

who is Donald Edmeades (Anderson Valley)

Cardiologist planted a vineyard to Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer, French Colombard and Cabernet Sauvignon in 1963

The first winery to introduce Pinot Noir to Anderson Valley

Husch Family

This producer of sparkling wine was the first in Anderson Valley in 1981

John Scharffenberger

What year did Louis Roederer establish Roederer in Anderson Valley

1982 (now they own scharfenberger)

What is Bearwallow

thin sandstone soil on the ridgetops of Anderson Valley

this herb in Anderson Valley adds a spearmint character

Pennyroyal, its everywhere

What style of wine is the Cluster Select of Navarro Vineyards?

Late harvest and Botritized wines from Alsatian Varieties

Where is the Deep End of Anderson Valley

past Philo, where valley floor elevations drop and the Anderson Valley approaches the pacific. Darker characteristics

VIneyard Sites of Anderson Valley

Savoy Cerise Wendling Ferrington

Smallest AVA in US

Cole Ranch (Mendocino) 150 acres Owned by Mike Lucia of Rootdown Wine Cellars

Fetzer and Parducci are prominent wineries in this County

Mendocino

First winery to feature Mendocino County on the label

Parducci

What main varietal is planted in Eagle Peak AVA Mendocino

Pinot Noir

These far North AVAs were established in Mendocino County through the efforts of Nurseryman Ralph Carter

Covelo AVA Dos Rios AVA

What defines mendocino Ridge AVA

Noncontiguous, just elevations above 1200 feet

Appellations of Lake County

Clear Lake AVA Benmore Valley AVA Big Valley District Guenoc Valley High Valley Kelsey Bench Red Hills

Oldest freshwater lake in North America at 2.5million years old

Clear Lake

Who is Jed Steele

Arrived in Lake County to work with Kendall Jackson, winemaker established the AVA of Lake County

High Valley AVA (Lake County) runs this direction

Transverse, East West

This AVA in Lake County once sat under the lake

Big Valley District AVA

Specialty of Big Valley AVA Lake County

Sauvignon Blanc

This AVA in lake county is a transitional region between the alluvial floor alongside Clear lake and more elevated volcanic sites

Kelsey Bench AVA

this producer specializes in Italian Varietals in Lake County (Kelsey Bench AVA)

Rosa d'Oro

This Volcano gives Red Hills AVA its distinctive soil

Mount Konocti

What is Andy Beckstoffer's vineyard in Lake County

Amber Knolls Vineyard Acquired 1996

This AVA in Lake County has no planted vineyards

Benmore AVA

This AVA to the south of Lake County is thought of as an extension of Napa's Pope Valley

Guenoc Valley AVA

The single estate of Guenoc AVA

Langtry Estate and Vineyards purchased in 1888 by actress Lilie Langtry Estate is much larger than the AVA

These two AVAs share slivers with Solano County, through they are in Napa and Sacramento, respectively

Wild Horse AVA Clarksburg AVA

Two AVAs of Solano County

Solano County Green Valley Suisun Valley Cooled by Suisun bay and at the base of Mount George Range and Vaca range

Mangels winery, once one of the largest in the state, was the first to grow grapes in this AVA in the 19th century

Suisun Valley

Two producers who work with Suisun fruit outside of the region

Broc Cellars Cruse Wine Co Chenin and Valdigué

What year did Anderson Valley become an AVA

1983

AVAs of Mendocino County

McDowell Valley Mendocino Mendocino Ridge dos Rios Covelo Cole Ranch (smallest in North America) Anderson Valley Pine Mountain Cloverdale Peak* (shared with sonoma)

Mendocino's best growing regions are here

confluence of the Russian and Navarro Rivers in the southern portion of the county

Mendocino Valley AVA has stricter boundaries than the County, and only includes these AVAs

Anderson Valley, Potter Valley, Redwood Valley, McDowell Valley, Yorkville Highlands, Cole Ranch, and a portion of Mendocino Ridge Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak, which extends north of the Sonoma County border into Mendocino, is not included within it. Nor are two small, secluded AVAs in the northern sector of the county, Dos Rios and Covelo.

In 2014, the Mendocino AVA decreased in size—a rare move—so that its boundaries would not overlap this:

those of a new AVA approved in the same year, Eagle Peak Mendocino County.

Cole Ranch AVA (Mendocino Valley AVA) has a single vineyard

Cole Ranch vineyard

McDowell Valley is essentially a monopole AVA of this winery (Mendocino County)

McDowell Valley Vineyards.

Mendocino Ridge AVA is restricted to this elevation

stretches southward from the Navarro River along the coast, but the appellation is restricted to vineyards that are at least 1,200 feet above sea level.

The smallest wine-producing county in the North Coast of California

Lake County

North Coast AVA (California) encompasses these smaller AVAs

Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake, Solano, and Marin.

Two transverse mountain ranges of Santa Barbara

San Rafael Mountains Santa Ynez Mountains

Central Coast/Central Valley/Mendo/Lake County/SouthCoast Flashcards

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