Oregon and Washington Flashcards
(27 cards)
Which AVAs in Oregon are shared with other states?
Shared with Washington:
Columbia Gorge
Columbia Valley
Walla Walla Valley
Shared with Idaho:
Snake River Valley
What is the driest and warmest growing region in Oregon?
Rogue Valley
What is the driest AVA in Washington?
Wahluke Slope
What 2 Oregon AVAs were established in 2020?
Laurelwood district
Tualatin Hills
Both in the Willamette Valley
Where is the Seven Springs Vineyard?
Eola-Amity Hills AVA
What are the sub AVAs of the Chehalem Mountains?
Ribbon Ridge
Laurelwood District
What is the highest point of the Willamette Valley?
Bald Peak (500m) in the Chehalem Mountians AVA
Where is the Shea Vineyard?
Who makes wine from there?
Yamhill-Carlton district
Bergström and Saint Innocent
Who established the original Eyrie vineyard?
David Lett
What river runs through red mountain AVA?
Yakima River
What % of grapes in Oregon must be from:
1. State
2. AVA
3. Vineyard
4. Variety
- 100%
- 95%
- 95%
- 90% (Rhône and BDX varietals, Tempranillo, and Sangiovese only require 75% of the stated variety
What Pinot Noir clones are the most important for the Willamette Valley?
Wedenswil
Pommard
Dijon
Where is the Cailloux vineyard?
Rocks of Milton Freewater AVA in the Walla Walla Valley AVA
What are the sub AVAs of the Columbia Valley in Washington?
Yakima Valley
Rattlesnake Hills
Snipes Mountain
Red Mountain
Walla Walla Valley
** The Rocks of Milton-Freewater - entirely in Oregon
Horse Haven Hills
Wahluke Slope
Lake Chelan
Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley
Naches Heights
Where was Syrah first planted in Washington? By whom?
Red Willow Vineyard in the Yakima Valley
Mike Sauer
Where are Abbey Ridge and Maresh vineyards?
The Dundee Hills AVA
What are the 3 main soil types of the Willamette Valley?
- Jory (Volcanic) - Dundee Hills
- Willakenzie (Marine Sediment) -Ribbon Ridge, Yamhill-Carlton
- Loess (silty loam) - Laurelwood
Walla Walla valley lies to the east of what 3 rivers?
Columbia River
Snake River
Yakima River
What type of soil is found in Walla Walla valley?
Basalt bedrock with thin alluvial topsoil deposited by the Missoula Floods
What was Washington’s first AVA?
Yakima Valley (1983)
What are the nested AVAs of the Yakima Valley?
Rattlesnake Hills
Snipes Mountain
Red Mountain
Where is Domain Drouhin located?
Dundee Hills AVA
Which AVAs so the Pacific winds funneling through the Van Duzer corridor effect?
Van Duzer Corridor AVA
McMinnville AVA
Eola Amity Hills AVA
Where is the Champoux vineyard?
Horse Haven Hills AVA
