Mountains & Hills

Question 1

Pindos Mountains

Answer 1

Central Spine of Greece

Question 2

Mayacamas Mountains

Answer 2

Mountains that separate Napa and Sonoma

Question 3

Vaca Mountains

Answer 3

Mountains to East of Napa Valley, above Stag’s Leap

Question 4

Blue Mountains

Answer 4

Eastern border of Walla Walla, forming a rain “backdrop”

Question 5

Saddle Mountains

Answer 5

Northern border of Wahluke Slope in Washington

Question 6

Chahalem Mountains

Answer 6

Along the Northern portion of the Willamette Valley

Question 7

Klamath Mountains

Answer 7

On the border of California and Oregon, surrounding the Rouge Valley AVA

Question 8

Nahuelbuta Mountains

Answer 8

Bio Bio, Chile, a southern extension of Chile’s Coastal Mountains

Question 9

Eifel Mountains

Answer 9

Belgium and Luxembourg to the west of the Mosel, part of the Rhenish Massif

Question 10

Hunsrück Mountains

Answer 10

Mountains that separate Mosel from Nahe

Question 11

Voges Mountains

Answer 11

Most important North-South mountains that define Alsace

Question 12

Haardt Hills

Answer 12

German extension of the Voges in Pfalz

Question 13

Taunus Mountains

Answer 13

Northern Ridgeline that defines the Rhiengau

Question 14

Mount Lofty Ranges

Answer 14

Range just east of Adelaide in South Australia

Question 15

Great Dividing Range

Answer 15

Eastern Spine of Australia in NSW and Victoria

Question 16

Snowy Mountains

Answer 16

Part of the Great Dividing Range in Southern NSW

Question 17

Mt. Aconcagua

Answer 17

Highest peak in the Andes, summit is in Mendoza

Question 18

Mt. Olympus

Answer 18

Greece’s highest peak at 3000m, located in Thessaly

Question 19

Red Mountain

Answer 19

AVA in Columbia Valley, Washington. The hottest climate in the state.

Question 20

Spring Mountain

Answer 20

Central portion of the Mayacamas in Napa, the transition from more sedimentary southern portion and the volcanic north.

Question 21

Diamond Mountain

Answer 21

Sub-AVA of Napa, smallest of the Mountain AVAs, rugged and known for its one signature producer.

Question 22

Snipes Mountain

Answer 22

Columbia Valley, Washington. Site of first experimental plantings in the state in the 1940s.

Question 23

Horse Heavan Hills

Answer 23

East west ridge line north of the Columbia River in Washington.

Question 24

Dundee Hills

Answer 24

Oregon’s most famous AVA, surrounding and north of Dundee.

Question 25

Ribbon Ridge

Answer 25

A southern spur of the Chehelem Mountains dominated by Willakenzie sedimentary soils.

Question 26

Howell Mountain

Answer 26

Napa Valley's first sub-AVA, mostly volcanic and all above the "fog line" at 1400ft.

Question 27

Mount Veeder

Answer 27

Napa's coolest mountain climate, much of it is too steep to plant legally.

Question 28

Atlas Peak

Answer 28

Mountain near the southern end of Napa's Vaca Mountains, cool with mostly poor volcanic soils.

Question 29

Monashee Mountains

Answer 29

Mountains around the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia

Question 30

Citrusdal Mountain

Answer 30

Mountain above the Piekenierskloof in the Overberg Region of South Africa

Question 31

Spencer Mountains

Answer 31

Mountains to the south of Nelson, separating Nelson from Cantebury in NZ.

Question 32

Mount Barker

Answer 32

Sub GI of the Great Southern, Western Australia

Question 33

Mount Benson

Answer 33

Coastal GI along the Limestone Coast in Australia, west of Coonawarra

Question 34

Mount Gambier

Answer 34

Southernmost of the Limestone Coast GIs in South Australia

Question 35

Gabilan Mountains

Answer 35

Northeastern side of the Salinas Valley which separate Monterrey and San Benito Counties. Chalone is on the SB side.

Question 36

Serra de Estrela

Answer 36

One of the ranges that surrounds the Daõ in Portugal, Portugal's highest mountains.

Question 37

Ben Lomond Mountain

Answer 37

Sub AVA of the Santa Cruz Mountains (excluded from Central Coast)

Question 38

Cantabrian Mountains

Answer 38

Northern Spanish Mountains south of Basque that create a rain shadow for Rioja

Question 39

Serra do Moraõ

Answer 39

Mountains that separate the Douro from Tras-o-Montes to the north.

Question 40

Serra de Montemuro

Answer 40

Mountains to the south of Douro, separating Douro from Daõ.

Question 41

Arrabida Mountains

Answer 41

Southern, coastal portion of the Peninsula de Setúbal

Question 42

Apennine Mountains

Answer 42

Central mountain spine of Italy. They begin in southern Piedmonte and run to Calabria

Question 43

Mount Vulture

Answer 43

Volcano shared between Basilicata and Campania in Southern Italy.

Question 44

Mount Etna

Answer 44

Active volcano and wine region on the northeast corner of Sicily

Question 45

Brokenback Mountains

Answer 45

Western edge of Hunter Valley, part of the Great Dividing Range and separating Hunter from the Central Ranges.

Question 46

Carpathian Mountains

Answer 46

Ring around the Danubian plain of Hungary, forming northern and eastern Hungary, and most of Romania.

Question 47

Albères Mountains

Answer 47

Coastal range in Roussillon, on the Mediterranean facing side is Côtes de Roussillon Les Aspres.

Question 48

Rattlesnake Hills

Answer 48

Northern-most and largest of the sub-AVAs of Yakima Valley Washington.

Question 49

Dentilles de Montmirail

Answer 49

Ridge line that resembles a row of teeth above Gigondas in the Southern Rhone

Question 50

Montferrato Hills

Answer 50

Hills in Piemonte north of the city of Asti, known for production of Barbera

Question 51

Verduno Hills

Answer 51

Hills that form the northeastern corner of Barolo, subset of the Langhe Hills

Question 52

Langhe Hills

Answer 52

The large group of hills that dominate Barolo and Barbaresco, south of the Tanaro River around Alba.

Question 53

Simonsberg

Answer 53

The mountain shared by Stellenbosch and Paarl

Question 54

Polkadrai Hills

Answer 54

In the southeastern corner of Stellenbosch, these separate Stellenbosch from the Cape Town suburbs to the west.

Question 55

Papagaiberg

Answer 55

Southeastern facing small Ward in the center of Stellenbosch, just on the east of the town of Stellenbosch.

Question 56

Goriska Brda (hills)

Answer 56

Northwestern Slovenia, bordering Collio in Italy

Question 57

Mont Ventoux

Answer 57

Tall volcanic peak on the southeastern corner of the Southern Rhône.