USA - California Central, South, Sierra

Question 1

Central Coast AVA: Which Counties are included ?

Answer 1

Counties of Contra Costa, Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara

Question 2

How relevant are the northern counties in the wine production ?

Answer 2

Not much

Question 3

Where is Livermore Valley AVA?

Answer 3

Shared between Cotra Costa and Alameda

Question 4

Which areas the San Francisco Bay AVA encompass?

Answer 4

San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa and Solano

Question 5

Which others AVA (apart from SFbay AVA and Livermore Valley AVA) will you find in the northern part on the Central Coast AVA? (3) + 1

Answer 5

Santa Cruz Mountains AVA
Santa Clara AVA
San Ysidro AVA

Ben Lomond Mountains AVA

Question 6

What is the subregions of the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA?

Answer 6

Ben Lomond Mountain AVA

Question 7

Which iconic vineyards is in Santa Cruz? Who’s the producer ?

Answer 7

Monte Bello Vineyard,

produced by Ridge

Question 8

Which iconic producers will you find in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA?

Answer 8

Ridge, Bonny Doon Estate

Question 9

San Benito County: How many AVAs?

Answer 9

San Benito AVA ( + 3 sub avas ) cinega valley Ava, Lime Kiln Valley Ava (Calera) , Paicines AVA

Mt Harlan AVA 
Chalone AVA (shared with Monterey)

Question 10

How many AVAs within the County of Monterey?

Answer 10

9
Monterey AVA
Camel Valley AVA
Santa Lucia Highlands AVA
Arroyo Seco AVA
San Bernabe AVA
San Lucas AVA
San Antonio Valley AVA
Hames Valley AVA
Chalone AVA (shared w San Benito)

Question 11

What’s the most planted varietal in Monterey AVA?

Answer 11

Chardonnay

Question 12

Where would you find the iconic Gary’s Vineyard?

what is it regarded for?

Answer 12

In Santa Lucia Highlands AVA

Regarded for PN production

Question 13

What’s unique about San Bernabe?

Answer 13

San Bernabe vineyard is the largest contiguous vineyard on earth

Question 14

Chalone AVA is shared between ?

Answer 14

Monterey and San Benito

Question 15

San Luis Obispo County AVA has how many Avas within?

In which year many got approved?

Answer 15

15. of which 11 approved in 2014

Question 16

Which Avas were the original 4 in San Luis Obispo County?

Answer 16

Paso Robles (83)
York Mountain (87)
Edna Valley (87)
Arroyo Grande Valley (90)

Question 17

What’s the size of the Paso Robles AVA?

Answer 17

614,000 acres

only 40,000 planted

Question 18

What’s the name of the Gap from where the cool air funnel through in Paso Robles?
What’s the Region Winkler category?

Answer 18

Templeton gap

It goes from II to IV

Question 19

What’s the name of the Mountain Range to the west of PRobles?

Answer 19

Santa Lucia Mountains

Question 20

What are the main varieties?

Answer 20

CS is the mostly planted, Zinf is well regarded and rhone varietals

Question 21

What Gary Eberle did in 1975 ?

Answer 21

He planted Syrah cuttings originally from Chapoutier vineyards

Question 22

Which famous nursery is based in Paso Robles?

Answer 22

the Tablas Creek Nursery.

It is a project from Chateau Beaucastel, which provided the clonal material

Question 23

Where is annually held the hospice du Rhone Celebration?

Answer 23

In Paso Robles

Question 24

What’s the name of the river that goes through Paso Robles?

Answer 24

Salinas. Also Estrella on the right

Question 25

name 3 sub Avas of Paso Robles

Answer 25

``` Adelaida District AVA Creston District AVA El Pomar District AVA Paso Robles Estrella District AVA Paso Robles Geneseo District AVA Paso Robles Highland District AVA Paso Robles Willow Creek District AVA San Juan Creek AVA San Miguel District AVA Santa Margherita Ranch AVA Templeton Gap District AVA ```

Question 26

What does it mean "El Paso Robles"?

Answer 26

The pass of the oaks

Question 27

in which year and who firstly planted Zinfandel in Paso Robles?

Answer 27

Benito Dusi in 1924

Question 28

Santa Barbara County: Which are the most planted varieties ?

Answer 28

CH, PN, Syrah

Question 29

Which mountain ranges are within the Santa Barbara County?

Answer 29

San Rafael Mountains in the north and Santa Ynez mountains in the south

Question 30

How many AVAs within Santa Barbara? Where are they located?

Answer 30

Santa Maria Ava (in the north, large) ``` Santa Ynez valley AVA within the Santa Ynez , 4 Avas: St Rita Hills AVA Ballard Canyon AVA Los Olivos AVA Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara AVA ```

Question 31

What's mostly planted in Santa Maria AVA ? | Which iconic producers are based here?

Answer 31

Ch PN Syrah | Bien Nacido, Au Bon Climat

Question 32

What's mostly planted in the Santa Ynez AVA

Answer 32

Rhone varietal

Question 33

Where is the Santa Rita Hills AVA? | Which iconic producer is based here?

Answer 33

it's located on the western part of the the Santa Ynez AVA. | Sandhi is based here

Question 34

What Region Scale is Santa Rita Hills AVA?

Answer 34

It's region I. | However the latitude is the same as Tunisia

Question 35

What is planted in the Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara?

Answer 35

Bordeaux Varieties

Question 36

Which currents influence the Santa Barbara County? | Which other influences are affecting the climate?

Answer 36

Davidson Current, a warming current from south Cooling Californian Currents from the North Coastal Influences with Morning Fogs and Afternoon Winds

Question 37

Where is the Davies University located ?

Answer 37

In the Central Valley, in the Sacramento valley

Question 38

Is Central Valley an AVA? Which percentage of the Californian grapes are grown in here? And which Region is?

Answer 38

Central Valley is not an AVA It is a large area covering the Sacramento Valley (N) and the San Joaquin Valley (S) 47% of Californian grapes are grown in here It is considered a Region IV and V

Question 39

Which are the 2 main producers in the Sierra Foothills?

Answer 39

Gallo and Constellation

Question 40

Which AVAs are within the Central Valley?

Answer 40

``` Lodi Ava (with 7 sub Avas) Clarksburg AVA ( to remember) ``` Dunningan Hills AVA Capay Valley AVA Merritt Island AVA

Question 41

Name 2 sub Avas of Lodi

Answer 41

Alta Mesa, Borden Ranch, Clements Hills, Consumnes River, Jahant, Mokelumne River, Sloughhouse

Question 42

In which county is Lodi?

Answer 42

It is shared between Sacramento North and San Joquim in the south

Question 43

Which rivers run through Lodi?

Answer 43

``` Consumnes river (also Ava itself) Mokelumne river (also Ava itself) they join together at the delta, where also the 2 counties meet. in the west part of Lodi ```

Question 44

What's the climate of Lodi? What's the main grape here?

Answer 44

Lodi is slightly cooler than the rest of the Central Valley | Zinfandel is the king

Question 45

What percentage of the Californian wine comes from Lodi?

Answer 45

20%

Question 46

What historically populated the Sierra Foothills in the mid 19th Century?

Answer 46

1849 Goldrush

Question 47

Is the Sierra Foothills an AVA?

Answer 47

Yes, it does encompass 8 counties and there are 5 sub Avas within

Question 48

Which counties the Sierra Foothills cover?

Answer 48

Eldorado, Amador, Calaveras, | Nevada, Mariposa, Placer, Tuolumne, Yuba

Question 49

Name 2 sub Avas of Sierra foothills AVA

Answer 49

``` Fair Play , El Dorado, Fiddletown North Yuba California Shenondoah Valley (hottest) ```

Question 50

What's the main grape of Sierra Foothills?

Answer 50

Zinfandel

Question 51

Which biggest criticism was moved to the Davies University in the 1980s?

Answer 51

The approval against Phylloxera of the AXR-1 Rootstock that proved not to be effective

Question 52

South Coast AVA: Which counties does it encompass?

Answer 52

Riverside, San Diego, San Bernardino, Orange, Los Angeles

Question 53

Where would you find the only substantial vineyards within the South Coast AVA?

Answer 53

Temecula AVA in Riverside county within it has the only substantial vineyards within the region

Question 54

What's the climate in Tamacula? What's influencing it?

Answer 54

Extremely hot. Irrigation through Pipelines Rainbow Gap, a narrow opening in the coastal ridge, funnels cool marine air across a 5-mile swathe of sanded desert allowing grapes to be grown in what would otherwise be a deeply inhospitable home for vines.