USA Flashcards
(80 cards)
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Gustav Niebaum winery
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Inglenook
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Agoston Haraszthy winery
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Buena Vista
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Andre Tchelistcheff winery
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Beaulieu Vineyards
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Jacob Schram winery
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Schramsberg
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Los Carneros AVA is split between what two counties?
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Napa, Sonoma
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Savoy is in what AVA
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Anderson Valley
7
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Sanford & Benedict is in what AVA
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Sta. Rita Hills
8
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Bien Nacido is in what AVA
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Santa Maria Valley
9
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Gap’s Crown
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Sonoma Coast
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Wineries located on Pritchard Hill
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Bryant Family
Chappellet
Ovid
David Arthur
Nine Suns
Gandona
Continuum
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Kronos Vineyard
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Corison
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Clos du Ciel Vineyard
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Peter Michael
13
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The Lake Vineyard
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Diamond Creek
14
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Mills Vineyard
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Calera Wine Company, Central California, San Benito AVA
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Lake, Solano, and Marin Counties are within what AVA?
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North Coast
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Amount of American wine produced by California.
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90%
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First vinifera grape to be established in North America.
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Mission Grape
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Who produced the first wine in California, and where?
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The Franciscans at San Juan Capistrano Mission produced wine from the Mission grape in 1783.
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Who was George Yount?
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The first American settler to arrive in Napa. Also the first to plant a vineyard in Napa.
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______________ moved to St. Helena in 1861 and founded a winery.
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Charles Krug
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Napa’s oldest continuously operating winery and the year it was opened.
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Beringer, 1876
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Who introduced the Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon?
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Andre Tchelistcheff while at Beaulieu
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Dr. Konstantin Frank
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Founded Vinifera Wine Cellars in 1962 in the Finger Lakes.
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David Lett
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Pioneered Pinot Noir in Willamette Valley.
Eyrie Vineyard
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First AVA established in the United States
August, Missouri
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Minimum varietal origin requirement if label lists AVA
85% from stated AVA
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Minimum varietal origin requirement if only county, state, or country is listed.
75%
California, Washington, and Oregon are exceptions.
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States that require wines to be made soleley from grapes grown in that state if stated on label.
California and Oregon.
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Wines labeled by single vineyard contain a minimum _____ of grapes grown in the stated vineyard.
95%
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Wines labeled as Washington must contain ____ of grapes grown in the state.
95%
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If an American or imported wine in the US uses a vintage date, the label must carry what?
An appellation smaller than a country.
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Wines labeled with an AVA, a minimum ______ must come from the stated vintage; for wines labeled with a state or county, the minimum is relaxed to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
95%
85%
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Wine with a varietal designation must contain a minimum _____ of the stated variety. What is the exception?
75%
Vitis labrusca grapes, like Concord, are an exception, and need only comprise a minimum 51% of a varietal wine.
34
The major winegrowing regions of California are divided into four large AVAs
North Coast, Central Coast, South Coast, and the Sierra Foothills
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North Coast AVAs include these counties
Lake County
Mendocino County
Napa County
Solano County
Sonoma County
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Napa AVAs
Calistoga
Diamond Mountain District
Howell Mountain
Chiles Valley District
St. Helena
Spring Mountain
Rutherford
Oakville
Yountville
Mount Veeder
Atlas Peak
Stags Leap District
Oak Knoll District
Los Carneros (also in Sonoma)
Coombsville
Wild Horse Valley
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This area is the source of most of California's wine production
Central Valley
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The diurnal variation in Rutherford AVA is larger than in Howell Mountain AVA. T/F
True
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Hames Valley, Chalone, and Arroyo Seco are AVAs in which California county?
Monterrey
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Which of the following Sonoma County AVAs is most closely associated with old vine Zinfandel?
Dry Creek Valley
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Which of the following AVAs has the longest growing season?
Sta. Rita Hills
Sonoma Coast
Covelo
Anderson Valley
Carneros
Sta. Rita Hills
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Cuvée Arthur
Domaine Drouhin
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Cuvée J
Evesham Wood
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Upper Terrace
Beaux Freres
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Sigrid
Bergstrom
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The diurnal variation in Rutherford AVA is larger than in Howell Mountain AVA. T/F
True
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In general, how will a wine made in Howell Mountain or the Stag's Leap District differ from a wine made in Mt. Veeder or St. Helena?
The wine from Howell Mountain or Stag's Leap District will be very full-bodied and bold. The wine from Mt. Veeder or St. Helena will more balanced and not as big.
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Oakville AVA - name at least five wineries
Far Niente
Harlan
Screaming Eagle
Rudd
Gargiulo
Groth
Dalle Valle
Opus One
Ovid
Silver Oak
Robert Mondavi
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Rutherford AVA - name at least five wineries
Caymus
Dana Estate
Quintessa
Staglin
Grgich Hills
Scarecrow
Cakebreak Cellars
Beaulieu
Inglenook
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Rutherford AVA soil type
gravel, loam, sand, with volcanic deposits and marine sediments.
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Name at leave five Stag's Leap District AVA wineries
Baldacci Family Vineyards
Chimney Rock
Clos du Val
Hartwell Vineyards
Ilsley Vineyards
Shafter
Silverado Vineyards
Stags' Leap Winery
Stags' Leap Wine Cellars
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Name at least five St. Helena AVA wineries
Alpha Omega
Beringer
Charles Krug
CHASE Cellars
Corison
Crocker & Starr Wines
Freemark Abbey
Calafia
Monticello Vineyards
Robert Biale
Sequum
Spottswoode
Trinchero Napa Valley
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Alexander Valley AVA - name five wineries
Clos du Bois
Delorimier
Ferrari - Carano
Foley Sonoma
Francis Ford Coppola
Hawkes Wine
Jordan Vineyard
Rodney Strong
Silver Oak
Stonestreet Estate
Trione
White Oak
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Name at least five Russian River Valley AVA wines
Davis Bynum
Joseph Swan
Merry Edwards
Iron Horse
Paul Hobbs
Rochioli
Kistler
Kosta Browne
Marimar Estate
DeLoach
DuMOL
Williams Selyem
Gary Farrell
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California's two most northern wine regions
Mendocino and Lake County
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Willamette Valley is between these two mountain ranges
Cascades and the Coastal Range
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Oregon Pinot Noir pioneer
David Lett, Eyrie Vineyards in Dundee Hills, 1966
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Oregon land use laws stipulate that a winery must receive what percentage of revenue from the sale of wine?
75%
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What varietals are included in Oregon's 90 Percent Law?
Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay
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Willamette Valley AVAs
Chehalem Mountains
Yamhill-Carlton
Ribbon Ridge
Dundee Hills
McMinnville
Eola-Amity Hills
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Willamette Valley four major soil types
Uplifted Marine Sediments
Voclanic Soils
Loess
Missoula Flood Deposits
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This AVA is the most densley planted in Oregon
Dundee Hills
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Name five wineries from the Dundee Hills AVA
Eyrie Vineyard
Sokol Blosser
Domaine Drouhin
ArcherySummit
Domaine Serene
Maresh Vineyard
Abbey Ridge
Thomas Vineyard
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Louis Jadot has vineyard land in what AVA?
Yamhill-Carlton AVA, Willamette Valley, Oregon
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Name three Yamhill-Carlton District AVA wineries
What AVA is Yamhill-Carlton within
Elk Cove
Ken Wright
Penner-Ash
Shea Vineyards
Soter
Willamette Valley AVA
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Which Willamette Valley pioneers planted in the Chehalem Mountains?
Dick Erath
Dick Ponzi
David Adelsheim
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Name two important Ribbon Ridge AVA wineries
Beaux Freres
Brick House Vineyards
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The Pommerelle and the National Wine Company (NAWICO) merged and became known as what?
Chateau Ste. Michelle
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Who is recognized as the "Father of Washington Wine"?
Dr. Walter Clore
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Name five major Washington State producers
Andrew Will Winery
Betz Family
Cadence
Chateau St.e Michelle
Col Solare
Doubleback
Gorman
Force Majeure
L'Ecole no. 41
Leonetti Cellar
Long Shadows
Mark Ryan
Pepper Bridge
Rasa
Sleight of Hand
Sparkman
Zero One
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The Dundee Hills is a prime vineyard region where?
Oregon
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Largest producer in Washington State
Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
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Washington State climate - east of the Cascade Mountains
Mostly uniform, arid continental climate with minor variations from region to region.
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Three reasons Phyllorexa is virtually unknown in Washington State
1. Severe winters
2. Sandy soils
3. Great physical distance between vineyards
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Mountain range responsible for creating a rain shadow over the Columbia River Basin
Cascade Range
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Approved as Washington’s first AVA in 1983
Yakima Valley
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Three nested AVAs in Yakima Valley
Snipes Mountain, Rattlesnake Hills, and Red Mountain
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Washington's warmest growing region and its smallest and most densely planted AVA. It has developed a reputation for noteworthy, tannic Cabernet Sauvignon.
Red Mountain
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A sub-appellation of the Walla Walla Valley AVA, this AVA is known for large basalt cobbles and is the only AVA in the United States whose boundaries are defined by the soil type.
The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater - in Oregon despite being within the Walla Walla AVA, which is within the Columbia Valley AVA in Washington.
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AVAs of the Finger Lakes
West to east,
Canandaigua,
Keuka,
Seneca,
Cayuga.
