Monterey & San Benito County

Question 1

Name the largest AVA in CA.

Answer 1

Central Coast AVA

Question 2

Name the AVA that overlaps San Benito & Monterey County lines.

Answer 2

Chalone AVA

Question 3

Name the only winery of Mount Harlan AVA

Answer 3

Calera

Question 4

Name the soil type shared by Mount Harlan & Chalone

Answer 4

Limestone

Question 5

Name the primary grapes of Mount Harlan & Chalone

Answer 5

PN & CH

Question 6

Name the mountain range that divides San Benito & Monterey

Answer 6

Gabilan Range

Question 7

Name the primary grapes of Carmel Valley

Answer 7

CS & Merlot

Question 8

Name the primary grapes of Santa Lucia Highlands

Answer 8

PN & CH

Question 9

Name the River valley that Santa Lucia Highlands overlooks

Answer 9

Salinas

Question 10

What grape is planted most in Monterey County?

Answer 10

CH

Question 11

What is the “Thermal Rainbow”

Answer 11

Because of Blue Grand Canyon, cooling effect starting from the coast down to Hames Valley. Further away you get is generally warmer.

Question 12

How many AVA’s in San Benito county?

wineries?

Answer 12

7 AVA’s

11 wineries

Question 13

Name the AVA’s of San Benito County

Answer 13

1. San Benito
2. Cienega Valley
3. Lime Kiln Valley
4. Paicines
5. Mount Harlan
6. Pacheco Pass (Mostly Santa Clara County)
7. Chalone (Mostly Monterey County)

Question 14

What winery historically owned most of San Benito counties acreage?

Answer 14

Almaden

Question 15

What AVA is nested within Cienega Valley AVA

Answer 15

Lime Kiln Valley

Question 16

Primary grapes of Lime Kiln Valley

Answer 16

Old vine Mourvèdre and Zinfandel

Question 17

What national monument is next to what AVA in San Benito County

Answer 17

Chalone AVA & Pinnacles National Monument

Question 18

Soils of Chalone AVA

Answer 18

Limestone & decomposed granite

Question 19

What does Gavilan mean?

Answer 19

Hawk

Question 20

What AVA was abandoned by Almaden?

Answer 20

Paicines

Question 21

What AVA is divided by the San Andreas Fault?

Answer 21

Cienega Valley

Question 22

What AVA’s are within the San Benito AVA

Answer 22

1. Cienega Valley
2. Lime Kiln Valley
3. Paicines AVA

Question 23

What AVA in San Benito may you find old vine Negrette?

Answer 23

Cienega Valley AVA

Question 24

What grapes in Mount Harlan AVA?

Answer 24

PN, CH, Viognier, ALIGOTE

Question 25

What is the pending AVA in Monterey/San Benito?

Answer 25

Gabilan Mountains AVA (splits the county line)

Question 26

Do Monterey County wines require conjunctive labeling?

Answer 26

Yes

Question 27

How many AVA's in Monterey County? | What are they?

Answer 27

9 1. Carmel Valley 2. Santa Lucia Highlands 3. Chalone 4. Arroyo Seco 5. San Bernabe 6. San Lucas 7. San Antonio 8. Hames Valley 9. Monterey

Question 28

Soil of Carmel Valley?

Answer 28

Gravel terraces

Question 29

Which Monterey AVA is Winkler I?

Answer 29

Arroyo Seco AVA

Question 30

Which AVA of Monterey is not nested within the greater Monterey AVA?

Answer 30

Chalone

Question 31

How long is the Monterey AVA?

Answer 31

100 miles

Question 32

Which AVA is just south of San Bernabe

Answer 32

San Lucas

Question 33

Is San Lucas hot or cold climate?

Answer 33

Hot

Question 34

Soil type of Santa Lucia Highlands?

Answer 34

Glacial Alluvial soils

Question 35

What AVA is referred to as SLH

Answer 35

Santa Lucia Highlands

Question 36

What AVA is furthest south in Monterey County?

Answer 36

Hames Valley

Question 37

Which Monterey County AVA has one of the largest continuous vineyards in the world?

Answer 37

San Bernabe AVA | Delicato Vineyard

Question 38

What South Monterey AVA is only 14 miles from the Pacific Ocean ?

Answer 38

San Antonio AVA

Question 39

Which AVA is Lockwood Winery in?

Answer 39

San Lucas AVA

Question 40

What counties were a part of the original Central Coast AVA!

Answer 40

San Benito Monterey SLO Santa Barbara

Question 41

Length and width of Central Coast AVA?

Answer 41

325 X 45 Miles