USA Flashcards
(39 cards)
What are the four main finger lakes?
Canandaigua Lake, Keuka Lake, Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake
Which of Finger Lakes’ lakes are AVAs
Seneca and Cayuga
NY non-Finger Lakes wine regions?
Champlain Valley of New York (2016)
Niagara Escarpment (2005)
Lake Erie (1983)
Hudson River Region (1982)
Upper Hudson (2019)
Long Island (2001)
North Fork of Long Island (1986)
The Hamptons, Long Island (1985)
What is an AVA?
American Viticultural Areas & Label Designations
-1978 published, took effect in Missouri 1980
Finger lakes Soil
Deposits of limestone, shale, gravel, and silt surround the lakes
After California, who produces the most premium wine in US?
Washington
Washington climate
Mostly East of Cascade Mountains, rain shadow necessitates irrigation. 46-48latitude. Lots of sunshine. Irrigatoin from Columbia River/basin. Dry farming largely impossibl. Continental. East of cascades soil – basalt, sediments deposited by the Missoula floods(ancient), sandy/silt loam.
Washington rain shadow
Pacific air hits the Cascade Range it is pushed upward, cooled, and condensed into clouds, which quickly unleash their moisture as precipitation. This creates a rain shadow effect for the Columbia River Basin in eastern Washington—the western slopes of the Cascades receive over 80 inches of rainfall annually, yet 50 miles to the east the climate is suddenly desert-like. Yakima Valley, near the eastern foothills of the Cascades, receives 1/10th of the rainfall poured on those western slopes
Name Washington State’s 20 AVAs
Ancient Lakes, Candy Mountain, Columbia Gorge, Columbia Valley, Goose Gap, Horse Heaven Hills, Lake Chelan, Lewis-Clark Valley, Naches Heights, Puget Sound, Rattlesnake Hills, Red Mountain, Rocky Reach, Royal Slope, Snipes Mountain, The Burn of Columboa Valley, Wahluke Slope, Walla Walla Valley, White Buffs, Yakima Valley
Name Yakima Valley’s sub-appellations
Red Mountain, Snipes Mountain, Rattlesnake Hills, and Candy Mountain
What was Washington’s first AVA
Yakima Valley (1983)
What was Washington’s first AVA
Yakima Valley (1983)
What AVA’s are appellations of Columbia Valley AVA?
Columbia Valley (WA/OR), Yakima Valley, Red Mountain, Rattlesnake Hills, Snipes Mountain, Walla Walla Valley (WA/OR), The Rocks of Milton-Freewater (OR), Horse Heaven Hills, Wahluke Slope, Lake Chelan, Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley, Naches Heights
What wine region is to the West of the Cascade Mountains in Washington?
Puget Sound AVA
What is Washington State’s coolest AVA other than Puget Sound
Columbia Gorge
Rock of Milton-Freewater is located where?
Columbia Vally AVA, Walla Walla Valley Oregon side
How does Washington and Oregon’s climate differ?
Oregon is primarily on West of Cascades. In Washington, growers rely on the nutrient-rich soils but cope with extreme water stress—they need soil vigor because they are farming a desert. In the Willamette Valley, where soil moisture is rarely a problem, growers instead rely on nutrient-depleted soils to restrain vine vigor. To do this, most vineyards are planted on slopes above 275 ft., raising them up from the flood-deposited soils and frost-prone valley floor. 800-900 ft. is generally the maximum elevation for quality red wine vineyards in the Willamette Valley. In contrast, at that elevation the Columbia Valley’s vineyards would still face a desperate struggle against frosts and freeze!
Oregon AVAs
Willamette Valley,:
Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills, Eola-Amity Hills, McMinnville, Ribbon Ridge, Chehalem Mountain, Yamhill-Carlton District, Van Duzer Corridor (2019), Laurelwood District (2020), Tualatin Hills (2020), Lower Long Tom (2021), Mount Pisgah (2022)
Southern Oregon:
Southern Oregon, Rogue Valley, Umpqua Valley, Red Hill Douglas County Oregon, Elkton Oregon, Applegate Valley
Walla Walla valley
Columbia Gorge
Columbia Valley
Snake River Valley
The Rocks of Milton-Freewater
Willamette soil
Three of them—uplifted marine sediments, volcanic soils, and loess—are reasonably nutrient-poor and important for quality wine production. Notably, there is no limestone or marl in the Willamette Valley.
McMinnville, Dundee Hills
WHich of the folliowing Sonoma County AVAs is most closely associated with old vine Zinfandel? Dr Creek Valley
Select the grape species native to the US? Vitis Labrusca, Vitis rotundifolia, Vitis aestivalis
List the following wines in order of current release price – Harlan Estate Cab Sav, Screaming Eagle Sav Blanc, Kongsgaard “The Judge” Chardonnay, Caymus Cab Sav
Select the winery(ies) located in Pritchard Hill? Ovid, Bryant Family, Chappellet
What min percentage of grapes in Oregon Pinot Gris must come from the AVA stated in the label?
Lake, SOlano, Marin Counties are within which AVA? NORTH COAST
What is the allowed ranfe of alcohol for US table wine? 7-14%
Selevct the AVA(s) located within Napa VAlley ? Spring Mntn, Calistoga, Mt Veeder
What larger AVA are the Cayuga and Seneca AVAs located within?
The Blue Mountian provides a rainshadow effect for which of the following AVAs? Walla Walla Valley
Rank the following Napa Valley AVAs from coolest to warmest – Calistoga, Los Carneros, Stag’s Leap District, Coombsville?
What Oregon winery is founded by David Lett? Eyrie
Loess is commonly found in which of the following AVAs?
Whioch of the following AVAs has the longest growing season?
List the AVAs of Santa Barbra County from west to east – Happy Canyon, Santa Ynez Valley, Sta. Rita Hills, Santa Maria Valley.
Hames Valley, Chalone, Arroyo Secco are AVAs in which Clifornia county?
Match these wineries to the state they are located in – Dr. Konstantin Frank, Sine Qua Non, L’Ecole 41, Argyle?
Which of the following counties has the most acreage under vine? SONOMA
Match the winery to the decade it was foiunded – Beringer, Beaulieu Vineyards, Robert Mondavi, Joseph Phelps, Charles krug?
The durnial vairation in Rutherford AVA is larger than in Howell Mountian? TRUE
Match the single vineyard wine to its producer – Mills vineyard, Kronos Vineyard, Clos du Ciel Vineyard, Lake Vineyard?
WHich of the following APAs had the longest growing season – Sta. Rita hills, Sonoma Coast, Covelo, Anderson Valley, Carneros?
What larger AVA are the Cayuga and Seneca AVAs located within?
Match the winemaker to the correct winery – Josh Jensen, Paul Draper, Beau Barrett, Randall Graham?
Grapes for “Estate Bottled” wines must come from the same AVA that the winery is located in? TRUE
McMinnville, Dundee Hills
WHich of the folliowing Sonoma County AVAs is most closely associated with old vine Zinfandel? Dr Creek Valley
Select the grape species native to the US? Vitis Labrusca, Vitis rotundifolia, Vitis aestivalis
List the following wines in order of current release price – Harlan Estate Cab Sav, Screaming Eagle Sav Blanc, Kongsgaard “The Judge” Chardonnay, Caymus Cab Sav
Select the winery(ies) located in Pritchard Hill? Ovid, Bryant Family, Chappellet
What min percentage of grapes in Oregon Pinot Gris must come from the AVA stated in the label?
Lake, SOlano, Marin Counties are within which AVA? NORTH COAST
What is the allowed ranfe of alcohol for US table wine? 7-14%
Selevct the AVA(s) located within Napa VAlley ? Spring Mntn, Calistoga, Mt Veeder
What larger AVA are the Cayuga and Seneca AVAs located within?
The Blue Mountian provides a rainshadow effect for which of the following AVAs? Walla Walla Valley
Rank the following Napa Valley AVAs from coolest to warmest – Calistoga, Los Carneros, Stag’s Leap District, Coombsville?
What Oregon winery is founded by David Lett? Eyrie
Loess is commonly found in which of the following AVAs?
Whioch of the following AVAs has the longest growing season?
List the AVAs of Santa Barbra County from west to east – Happy Canyon, Santa Ynez Valley, Sta. Rita Hills, Santa Maria Valley.
Hames Valley, Chalone, Arroyo Secco are AVAs in which Clifornia county?
Match these wineries to the state they are located in – Dr. Konstantin Frank, Sine Qua Non, L’Ecole 41, Argyle?
Which of the following counties has the most acreage under vine? SONOMA
Match the winery to the decade it was foiunded – Beringer, Beaulieu Vineyards, Robert Mondavi, Joseph Phelps, Charles krug?
The durnial vairation in Rutherford AVA is larger than in Howell Mountian? TRUE
Match the single vineyard wine to its producer – Mills vineyard, Kronos Vineyard, Clos du Ciel Vineyard, Lake Vineyard?
WHich of the following APAs had the longest growing season – Sta. Rita hills, Sonoma Coast, Covelo, Anderson Valley, Carneros?
What larger AVA are the Cayuga and Seneca AVAs located within?
Match the winemaker to the correct winery – Josh Jensen, Paul Draper, Beau Barrett, Randall Graham?
Grapes for “Estate Bottled” wines must come from the same AVA that the winery is located in? TRUE
name 5 main Cali regions
North Coast, Central Coast, South Coast, Sierra Foothills, Inland Central Coast
1976 Judgment of Pairs wines
2 Napa (Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon & Chateau Montelena Chardonnay)
Georges de Latour hires Andres Tchelistcheff to oversee production at
Beaulieu
Pioneers of quality in Sonoma -
Hanzell, Martin Ray, Simi
