New York

Question 1

NY’s most planted grape

Answer 1

• Concord!
  — Vitis labrusca NOT Vitis vinifera
• Most goes to jam, juice and table grapes
• Kosher sacramental wine
  — Manischewitz, Mogen David

Question 2

Dr. Konstantin Frank

Answer 2

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Question 3

Name the 11 AVAs of New York
(W to E, N to S)

Answer 3

• Lake Eerie: Concord, concord, concord
• Niagara Escarpment
• Finger Lakes: 90% of state’s bottlings
  — Seneca Lakes
  — Cayuga Lake
• Champlain Valley
• Upper Hudson
• Hudson River Region
  — Oldest continuous winery in the US: Brotherhood Winery (1839)
• Long Island: Sandy soil
  — North Fork of Long Island
  — The Hamptons