United Sates & Canada 2 Flashcards
(60 cards)
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AVAs of Napa Valley
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Los Carneros Stags Leap Howell Mountain Diamond Mountain District Spring Mountain District Mount Veeder Atlas Peak Calistoga Rutherford Oakville Yountville Chiles Valley Wild Horse Valley St Helena Oak Knoll
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Where is Pope Valley?
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Subdistrict of Napa Valley
3
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AVAs of Sonoma County
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Northern Sonoma Alexander Valley Dry Creek Valley Knights Valley Green Valley of Russian River Valley Chalk Hill Rockpile Sonoma Coast Sonoma Valley Sonoma Mountain Los Carneros Bennett Valley Pine Mountain - Cloverdale Peak Fort Ross - Seaview Moon Mountain Russian River Valley
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What is “Goldridge” soil?
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Sandy loam, common in Russian River Valley
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Name 2 AVAs located within Russian River Valley AVA
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Green Valley of Russian River Valley
Chalk Hill
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Warmest AVA in Sonoma County
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Knights Valley
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AVAs of Mendocino County
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Mendoncino Mendocino Ridge Anderson Valley Potter Valley Redwood Valley McDowell Valley Yorkville Highlands Dos Rios Cole Ranch Covelo Eagle Peak Mendocino County
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Where is McDowell Valley AVA?
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Mendocino County
*Effectively a monopole
9
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Smallest AVA in the USA
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Cole Ranch, Mendocino County
*effectively a monopole
10
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AVAs of Lake County
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Benmore Valley Clear Lake Guenoc Valley Big Valley Kelsey Bench
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Name the protective mountains fro Lake County
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Mayacama Mountains
12
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AVAs of San Francisco Bay Area
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San Francisco Bay Livermore Valley Santa Cruz Mountains Ben Lomard Mountain Santa Clara Valley San Ysidro District
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AVAs of Monterey County
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Monterey Carmel Valley Santa Lucia Highlands Arroyo Secco Chalone San Bernabe San Antonio Valley Hames Valley San Lucas
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AVAs of San Benito County
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Mount Harlan Cienega Limekiln Valley San Benito Paicines
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AVAs of San Luis Obispo
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Paso Robles
Arroyo Grande
York Mountain
Edna Valley
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AVAs of Santa Barbara County
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Santa Maria Valley Santa Ynez Valley Sta. Rita Hills Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara Ballard Canyon
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3 AVAs within Santa Ynes Valley
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Sta. Rita Hills
Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara
Ballard Canyon
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South Coast AVAs
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San Paqual Valley
Temequla
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AVAs of Central Valley
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Clarksburg Dunnigan Hills Madera Lodi Merrett Island
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AVAs of Sierra Foothills
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Shenandoah Valley El Dorado Fiddletown North Yuba Fair Play
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7 subdistricts of Lodi AVA
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Mokelumne River Cosumnes River Jahant Borden Ranch Alta Mesa Sloghhouse Clements Hills
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2 Napa wines that won the “Judgement of Paris”
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1973 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon
1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay
23
Q
What years did prohibition cover?
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1920-1933
*21st Amendment in 1933
24
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Name the first USA AVA
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Augusta, Missouri
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Which AVA is Champagne house Louis Roederer located?
Anderson Valley
26
Where is Gary's Vineyard?
Santa Lucia Highlands
27
Which AVA contains the Bien Nacido vineyard?
Santa Maria Valley
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Where is the Sanford & Benedict vineyard?
Sta. Rita Hills
29
Which rootstock developed at US Davis failed to combat Phylloxera?
AXR-1
30
Name the 2 mountain ranges of Napa Valley
Vaca Mountains
| Mayacamas Mountains
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Who founded the Buena Vista winery?
Agoston Haraszthy
32
What was the first bonded winery in America?
Pleasant Valley Wine Company
33
AVAs of Washington
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Columbia Valley
Columbia Gorge
Walla Walla Valley
Lake Chelan
Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley
Wahluke Slope
Yakima Valley
Naches Heights
Red Mountain
Snipes Mountain
Rattlesnake Hills
Horse Heaven Hills
Puget Sound
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34
Which 3 AVAs are located within Yakima Valley?
Red Mountain
Snipes Mountain
Rattlesnake Hills
35
Which mountain range impacts Washington?
Cascade Mountains
36
Name the historic floods in Washington
Missoula Floods
37
What 3 Washington AVAs extend into Oregon?
Columbia Valley
Columbia Gorge
Walla Walla Valley
38
Name Washington's smallest and warmest AVA
Red Mountain
39
What AVA contains "Galets" of Chateauneuf-du-Pape?
The Rocks of Milton-Freewater
40
Name the 6 AVAs of Willamette Valley AVA
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Dundee Hills
Eola-Amity Hills
Ribbon Ridge
McMinnville
Yamhill-Carlton District
Chehalem Mountains
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AVAs of Oregon
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Whillamette Valley
Umpqua Valley
Rogue Valley
Applegate valley
Red Hill Douglas County
Elkton Oregon
Southern Oregon
Dundee Hills
McMinnville
Eola-Amity Hills
Ribbon Ridge
Chehalem Mountains
Yamhill-Carlton District
Walla Walla Valley
The Rocks of Milton-Freewater
Columbia Valley
ColumbiaGorge
Snake River Valley
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42
Name the 2 soils of Willamette Valley
Jory - well drained volcanic. Common in Dundee Hills
| Willakenzie - marine sedimentary soils. Common in Ribbon Ridge
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Which AVA crosses between Oregon and Idaho?
Snake River Valley
44
Name the 2 sub AVAs of Long Island
North Fork of Long Island
| The Hamptons
45
Name the 2 sub AVAs of Finger Lakes
Cayuga Lake
| Seneca Lake
46
Name the 4 subregions of Mexico's Baja Peninsula
Valle de Guadalupe
Valle de Santo Tomas
Valle de San Antonio de las Minas
Valle de San Vincente
47
Name America's oldest winery
Casa Madero, Mexico 1597
48
4 winemaking provinces of Canada
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Quebec
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2 VQA provinces
British Columbia
| Ontario
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5 regions of British Columbia
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Fraser Valley
Gulf Islands
Okanagan Valley
Similkameen Valley
Vancouver Island
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51
Where is Golden Mile GI?
Okanagan Valley, Canada
52
Name the non-Vitis Vinifera variety allowed in Canadian Icewine
Vidal Blanc
53
What is the maximum temperature allowed for the harvest of icewine?
-8*C
54
Name the 3 viticultural areas of Ontario
Prince Edward County
Niagara Peninsula
Lake Erie North Shore
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3 subs of Niagara Peninsula not included in a regional appellation
Vinemont Ridge
Creek Shores
Lincoln Lakeshore
56
Name the 4 subs of Niagara-on-the-Lake
Niagara River
Niagara Lakeshore
Four Mile Creek
St. David's Bench
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Name the 3 subs of Niagara Escarpment
Short Hills Bench
Beamsville Bench
Twenty Mile Bench
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Most planted red & white grapes in British Columbia
Merlot - 36%
| Chardonnay - 24%
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VQA Requirements
100% of grapes grown in the province
Min. 95% in state appellation (British Columbia)
85% regional, 100% subs (Ontario)
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2 regions of Niagara Peninsula
Niagara-on-the-Lake
| Niagara Escarpment
