North America/CALIFORNIA

Question 1

U.S. case production

Answer 1

4th in world, 350 million cases

Question 2

CA produces _____% of U.S. wine

Answer 2

81%

Question 3

Number of bonded wineries in the U.S.

Answer 3

16,000

Question 4

European colonists produced wine from indigenous grapes in Florida, when?

Answer 4

1560’s

Question 5

Where were Vinifera vines first successfully planted and vinified in the U.S.?

When?

Answer 5

Texas and New Mexico
1620’s

Question 6

First Vinifera wines of CA?

Answer 6

1770’s

Question 7

What brothers were responsible for consistent and reasonably priced wine after Prohibition?

Answer 7

Ernest and Julio Gallo

Question 8

Hungarian immigrant who brought European vines to Sonoma?

What year

Answer 8

Agoston Haraszthy

1861

Question 9

1st commercial winery of Napa Valley?

When?

Answer 9

Charles Krug

1861

Question 10

1st commercial U.S. winery?

When?

Answer 10

Nicholas Longworth

1830’s, Ohio

Question 11

Who made 1st American sparkling wine?

Answer 11

Nicholas Longworth

Question 12

Wine journalist who promoted varietal labeling?

Answer 12

Frank Schoonmaker

Question 13

CA winemaker who introduced modern techniques and mentored many successful winemakers

Answer 13

Andre Tchelistcheff

Question 14

Creator of White Zinfandel?

Answer 14

Bob Trinchero, son of Mario Trinchero

Sutter Home

Question 15

Significance of White Zin?

Answer 15

Saved Zinfandel from being uprooted or abandoned.

Question 16

Name the 3 tiers of U.S. Wine Industry

Answer 16

1. Producers/Suppliers- includes importers
2. Distributors or Wholesalers
3. Retailers

Question 17

4 rules of 3 tier system

Answer 17

1. Wineries can sell only to distributors
2. Foreign wineries must sell their wine to U.S. based importer
3. Distributors cannot have direct ownership of wineries or retail establishments and cannot sell directly to the public
4. Retailers must remain independent of the other tiers

Question 18

Producers can sell to……

Answer 18

1. Distributor
2. Importer
3. In bulk to another winery
4. Direct to consumers at the winery, if allowed by state and local laws
5. Direct to consumers by shipping, if allowed by state and local laws

Question 19

What are control states?

Answer 19

States where the government IS the distributor.

Question 20

What is a franchise state

Answer 20

Favorable for distributors, who have leverage over producers

Question 21

TTB place of origin may be defined by political boundaries like:

Answer 21

1. U.S.
2. State
3. Multi state (3 maximum)
4. County
5. Multi county (3 maximum

Question 22

As of 2021, how many AVA’s?

How many states

How many in CA

Parentheses = April 2023 count

Answer 22

260 (267)

30 (34)

142 (147)

Question 23

What info must appear on a U.S. brand label

Answer 23

Brand Name
Class/type of wine
ABV

Question 24

Which place names are disallowed on U.S. labels

Answer 24

Bordeaux & Rioja

Question 25

Name some semi generic names? When are they still allowed

Answer 25

Chablis, Burgundy, Chianti, Port, Madeira Allowed as long as there is a geographic indication like "CA Madeira" and only if labels were approved prior to March 2006. "They have been outside those regions so long that they have lost their explicit reference to the original wine zone"

Question 26

For wines of 14% or less ABV, ________ can be used in exchange for an exact %

Answer 26

Table Wine

Question 27

American wine may contain up to _____% foreign wine

Answer 27

25%

Question 28

Min. sulfite requirement for "Contains Sulfites"

Answer 28

10ppm

Question 29

If Vintage is stated, with AVA or foreign equivalent, it requires ______%

Answer 29

95%

Question 30

If vintage is stated for county, state or nation, ______% is required

Answer 30

85%

Question 31

What are the exceptions to varietal labeling requiring 75%?

Answer 31

Vitis Labrusca= 51% Oregon PN, PG and CH= 90%

Question 32

If a wine is a blend varietals can be named only if......

Answer 32

They are all named & the percentage of each is also named

Question 33

Meritage inception date?

Answer 33

1988

Question 34

Meritage requirements:

Answer 34

1. Winery's most expensive wine 2.Production cannot exceed 25,000 cases 3. Red= CS, CF, PV, Malbec, Merlot, St. Macaire, Gros Verdot, Carmenere - Min 2 must be used, no grape can be more than 90% 4. White= SB, Muscadelle, Semillon -min 2 must be used, no grape can be more than 90%

Question 35

CA and Oregon designates require ____% Washington designate requires ____%

Answer 35

100% 95%

Question 36

Rules for "Estate"

Answer 36

1. Must come from 1 or more vineyards owned or leased by the winery 2. Must be within single AVA 3. Winery must be located in that AVA

Question 37

AVA labeling in Oregon requires _____%

Answer 37

95%

Question 38

What county produces 20% of CA chardonnay

Answer 38

Monterey

Question 39

Los Olivos District AVA approved in what year?

Answer 39

2016

Question 40

Alisos Canyon AVA approved in what year?

Answer 40

2020

Question 41

Which of these AVA's is not completely nested within the Santa Ynez Valley AVA: Sta Rita Hills Ballard Canyon Los Olivos Happy Canyon

Answer 41

Sta Rita Hills

Question 42

what area is planted with 55% of CA's grape acreage?

Answer 42

Central Valley

Question 43

Which of CA's largest AVA's contains only 1% of CA grape acreage?

Answer 43

Sierra Foothills

Question 44

Which county, according to EPA, has cleanest air quality in CA?

Answer 44

Lake

Question 45

Name the 5 Super AVA's

Answer 45

North Coast Central Coast South Coast SF Bay Sierra Foothills

Question 46

Where is the "Goldilocks" zone for Rhone varietals?

Answer 46

Alisos Canyon Not too hot, not too cold, just right.

Question 47

What did Norse explorers in the 11th Century first name N. America?

Answer 47

Vinland

Question 48

Colonists named Labrusca.....

Answer 48

Fox Grapes

Question 49

Name 4 Native American hybrid grapes

Answer 49

Catawba Delaware Niagara Concord Scuppernong Norton

Question 50

Name 3 highly regarded Hybrid grapes

Answer 50

Seyval Blanc Vidal Blanc Chambourcin

Question 51

What did George Gibbs do?

Answer 51

Long Island grape grower brought the Zinfandel variety to his nursery in the 1820's.

Question 52

Durif is a cross of? Why is it called this

Answer 52

Peloursin x Syrah AKA Petite Sirah Off chance cross in a nursery owned by Francois Durif

Question 53

How many approved grape varietals in U.S.

Answer 53

>300 (47 pending)

Question 54

U.S. approved pseudonym for Tempranillo

Answer 54

Valdepeñas

Question 55

U.S. approved pseudonym for Riesling

Answer 55

White Riesling

Question 56

Name 3 grape pseudonyms no longer permitted in the U.S.

Answer 56

Gamay Beaujolais Johannisberg Riesling Napa Gamay

Question 57

Most concentrated area in Central Valley for grape growing

Answer 57

San Joaquin Valley

Question 58

Napa county has ____ largest acreage planted of any county but accounts for only ____% of CA's total production by volume

Answer 58

3rd 4%

Question 59

How many AVA's in Napa including Napa AVA

Answer 59

17

Question 60

Calistoga cooling influence?

Answer 60

Chalk Hill Gap

Question 61

Which AVA receives less fog/wind/heat retention due to narrowing of valley floor?

Answer 61

St. Helena

Question 62

What Ava is the only appellation in Napa that is elevation specific? what is that elevation

Answer 62

Howell. mountain 1400 foot minimum

Question 63

Diamond Mountain elevation range

Answer 63

400-2200

Question 64

Most planted variety of Sonoma?

Answer 64

Chardonnay

Question 65

_____ of Sonoma wines are _____

Answer 65

2/3 red

Question 66

Sonoma Coast AVA acreage?

Answer 66

500,000

Question 67

What 2 (3, now) AVA's are nested within Sonoma Coast AVA?

Answer 67

Petaluma Gap Fort Ross Seaview (West Sonoma Coast)

Question 68

Chalk Hill is well known for

Answer 68

Robust Chardonnay and SB

Question 69

Name the 4 nested AVA's within Sonoma Valley

Answer 69

Bennett Valley Sonoma MOuntain Moon Mountain Los Carneros

Question 70

What AVA is just north of Sonoma Valley AVA

Answer 70

Fountaingrove District

Question 71

Mendo ridge must be a min of ______ft above sea level

Answer 71

1200

Question 72

what AVA is known as "islands in the sky"

Answer 72

Mendo Ridge

Question 73

Cole Ranch named after

Answer 73

John Cole, who planted 1st vines here in 1970's

Question 74

Largest geothermal field in N. America

Answer 74

Lake County

Question 75

Name the 7 AVA's of Lake County

Answer 75

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

Question 76

Most planted white of Lake County

Answer 76

SB

Question 77

Bechthold Vineyard significance?

Answer 77

Some of oldest Cinsault vineyards in Lodi (1886)

Question 78

San Diego de Alcala

Answer 78

1st of 9 missions by Junipero Serra

Question 79

LA county was growing Bordeaux varieties starting in what yr? Who brought them?

Answer 79

1833 Jean Louis Vignes

Question 80

El Aliso?

Answer 80

Jean Louis Vignes' estate, in honor of ancient sycamore on property

Question 81

Don Luis del Aliso

Answer 81

Jean Louis Vignes

Question 82

South Coast AVA has parts of which 5 counties

Answer 82

San Bernardino San Diego Orange Riverside LA

Question 83

Temecula Valley AVA is in which county

Answer 83

Riverside

Question 84

Cucamonga Valley is shared by which 2 counties

Answer 84

Riverside San Bernardino