Washington Flashcards
(126 cards)
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These AVAs are along the Yakima River
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Candy Mountain
Red Mountain
Goose Cap
Rattlesnake Hills
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Col Solari is a collaboration between these two wineries
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Antinori and Chateau Ste Michelle
(Red Mountain)
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AVA’s of Washington (19)
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**(Shared with Oregon)
Yakima Valley (1983)
Columbia Valley (1984)**
Walla Walla Valley (1984)**
Puget sound (1995)
Red Mountain (2001)
Columbia Gorge (2004)**
Horse Heaven Hills (2005)
Wahluke slope (2006)
Rattlesnake hills (2006)
Lake Chelan (2009)
Snipes mountain (2009)
Natches Heights (2011)
Ancient lakes of Columbia Valley (2012)
Lewis-Clark Valley (2016)*** shared with Idaho
Royal slope (2020)
Candy Mountain (2020)
Goose Cap (2021)
The burn of Columbia Valley (2021)
White Bluffs (2021)
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Name of nutrient rich deposits created by Missoula floods moving west from Montana to Lake Missoula
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Touchet Beds
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Vineyard soils in Colombia Valley are “eolian” or what
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Shaped by wind
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What year was the first block of Champoux vineyard planted in horse Heaven Hills? who planted it?
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1972
Don Mercer
Walter Clore
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first site on Wahluke slope was planted this year what is it (driest AVA 7.5 inches)
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Winebau Vineyard 1981
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Walla Walla AVA is on Oregon border (Shared with Oregon) and 80% of plantings are this
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Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
Syrah
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soils of Walla Walla valley
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Basalt bedrock
Thin alluvial topsoil
loess
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largest Appellation in Washington
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Columbia Valley 11,000,000 acres
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Washington’s first AVA
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Yakima Valley (1983)
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nested AVA’s of Yakima Valley
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Snipes mountain
rattlesnake hills
red Mountain
Goose cap
Candy mountain
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Washington’s warmest AVA
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Red mountain
14
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what is dual trunk training where is it employed
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Throughout Washington, growers train two separate trunks on same vine in parallel just an inch or two apart winter damage will happen to one and not the other
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another technique used to mitigate loss in cold weather
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Burying canes: if canopy dies over the winter grower can pull fruiting cane up from under soil, get a crop the following year
Cordon, low trained
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Rivers of Washington
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Snake river
Columbia river
Yakima river
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Which river passes through Walla Walla
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Walla walla River
Tributaries touchet River and dry creek river
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largest producer in Washington
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Château Saint Michele
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Vineyard of Chateau Ste Michele
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Cold Creek
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most planted grapes in Washington
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Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
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Washington labeling laws
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95% state
75% county
85/95% AVA
95% vineyard
75% variety
85/95% vintage
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Oldest Cabernet vines in Washington
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1957 planted in Yakima Valley Otis Vineyard
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These vineyards were planted on red Mountain in 1975
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Kiona
Ciel du Cheval
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What is VINEA
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Voluntary group of Walla Walla growers who promote Holistic Socially Environmentally and responsible Methodology
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Only Washington AVA west of cascades
Puget sound
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Map of Washington
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Smallest AVA of Washington
Candy Mountain
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Map of Washington
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the low-lying topography of the Columbia Basin is striated by east-west ridgelines—an area known to geologists as:
the Yakima Fold Belt, encompassing much of Washington’s vineyard acreage.
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Former name of Chateau Ste. Michelle.
American Wine growers
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Father of Washington Wine
Dr. Walter Clore
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Gallo entered Washington by purchasing this Winery
Columbia Winery
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This larger parent corporation owns Canoe Creek, Waterbrook and Willow Crest winery in Washington
Precept Wines
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On what parallel is Eastern Washington's vinifera?
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Why is Phylloxera unknown in Washington?
Severe winter, sandy soil, great physical distances
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This mountain range creates a rainshadow effect for Columbia River Basin in Eastern Washington, affecting Yakima Valley
Cascade Range
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Why is the Columbia basin sheltered from icy polar air masses?
The Rockies to the North and East
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What is the Yakima Fold Belt
Low Lying Striations of East-West ridgelines in South Central Washington
Created by tectonic compression in Miocene Epoch
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What are anticlines and synclines in the Yakima Fold Belt, and what are their elevations?
Anticlines: Ridgelines (4,000 ft)
Synclines: Valley floors (1000 ft)
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Which does Frost affect more? valley floors, or higher elevation vineyards in Eastern Washington?
Valley floors.
Anticlinal bottlenecks create inversion layer of temperature, trapping cool air, making for wider diurnal shifts.
Higher elevation vineyards are preferable
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Warmest AVAs in all Washington
Red Mountain, Wahluke Slope, Horse heaven Hills, on the South side of Anticlinal ridges
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Vines are particularly susceptible to this affliction after a hard freeze in Washington
Crown Gall
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What is the deepest point of Basalt in Eastern Washington?
Pasco Basin, reaches 12,000 feet
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Where did Lake Missoula form? What created it?
Western Montana. Massive dam of ice that was part of the retreating Cordilleran Ice Sheet
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What is the name of the geological formation at the Southern Edge of the Pasco Basin, that created a "bottleneck" and deep channels of Basalt and buildup of sediment and Touchet beds during the Missoula Floods?
Wallula Gap
| Soils Spit out Westward into Columbia Gorge
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Land above this elevation stayed dry during the Missoula Floods
1200 feet
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Where is one more likely to find Basalt nearer the surface in Eastern Washington? Higher or lower elevation?
Higher elevation
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Who planted Washingtons first vineyard?
British Hudson's Bay Company (Fur Traders)
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What treaty gave US control of Washington?
Oregon Treaty of 1846
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What year did Washington prohibit the sale of Alcohol
1914, 6 years before prohibition
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When did commercial vinifera vineyards reappear in Washington after Prohibition?
Not till the 1960s
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In 1934, this Act established the Washington State Liquor Control Board or the WSLCB
The Steele Act
| Made the WSLCB the sole wholesaler of all wine and spirits
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This man encouraged Walter Clore to plant an experimental vinifera vineyard in Prosser, WA, where Clore was a professor at University
William Bridgman, who planted Muscat on Snipes Mountain since the 1910s.
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In 1960, Clore partnered with this ex Napa Winemaker to plant experimental vineyards throughout the state
Charles Nagel
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What year was Associated Vintners (Clore and colleagues) founded
1962
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This vineyard planted on Snipes Mountain dates back to 1963
Harrison Hill, planted near William Bridgman's property, currently managed by Upland Estate
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This winemaker traveled to Washington in 1967 to sample the Associated Vintner's Wines (Interested in Gewurztraminer)
Andre Tschelitscheff
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Tschelitscheff consulted for this winery West of Puget Sound, formerly known as American Wine Growers
Chateau Ste. Michelle
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Associated Vintners is today known as this:
Columbia Winery
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This MW was named head of winemaking at Columbia Winery in 1979
David Lake
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This MW is associated with Chateau Ste Michelle
Bob Betz, before starting Betz winery
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Most planted red grapes of Washington
Cabernet
Merlot )1/3 of states acreage)
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These white grapes were the most planted in 1960s and 70s
Riesling, Gewurztraminer. (Tschelitscheff most interested in Gewurz)
Because of freezes, and their hardy nature
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What year did Chateau Ste Michelle win a Los Angeles Times competition for Riesling
1972
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First grape to gain widespread popularity as a varietal in Washington
Merlot, 1980s
| Leonetti Cellars popularity made Merlot the "signature wine" by the 1990
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This AVA was created in 1984 and encompasses 99% of Washington's Vineyards
Columbia Valley
| 11 million acres
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These AVAs are shared between Oregon and Washington
Columbia Valley
Columbia Gorge
Walla Walla
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Where is Stillwater Creek Winery Located?
Royal Slope AVA
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Dionysis Winery is located here
White Bluffs AVA (Columbia valley)
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Cold Creek Vineyard Cabernet vines date to this year
1973
Chateau Ste Michelle
850 acre vineyard
East of Yakima Valley
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this geological feature marks the Northern entrance to Yakima Valley (first ava 1983)
Union Gap
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Nested AVAs of Yakima Valley
Red Mountain
Snipes Mountain
Rattlesnake Hills
Candy Mountain
Goose Cap
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Main town of Yakima Valley
Prosser
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Main Agricultural product of Yakima Valley (not vinifera)
Hops
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The first Syrah in Washington went into the ground in this year, this vineyard
Red Willow Vineyard
Yakima Valley
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Top Vineyards in Yakima Valley
Red Willow Vineyard
Boushey
Otis (first Cabernet vines 1957)
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Where are most vineyards in Yakima planted?
The slopes: 1,000 to 1400 feet elevation
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Why is Red Mountain AVA red?
Abundant Cheatgrass
Most densely cultivated AVA in Washington
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Producers of Red Mountain
Col Solare (Antinori/Ste Michelle)
Force Majeure
Upchurch vineyards
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Single vineyards of Red Mountain
Kiona*
Ciel du Cheval* (*1975)
Klipsun
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Snipes mountain AVA is an anticline in the middle of Yakima valley. What year was it approved? Is it bigger than Red Mountain?
2009
Yes
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How is Snipes Mountain (Yakima Valley) defined?
By elevation: 750 on Southern Slope, 820 on the Northern
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Elevation of Snipes Mountain
1,310 feet
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Oldest Vinifera plantings in Washington?
1917
Muscat of Alexandria
Upland Vineyards Property on Snipes Mountain
William Bridgman planted
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What year was Harrison Hill Vineyard planted in Snipes Mountain AVA (Yakima Valley)
1963
Todd Newhouse of Upland owns and petitioned for the AVA
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Producers of snipes mountain AVA
Maison Bleue
Smasne
Upland (only estate producer in the appellation)
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What is the elevation of Rattlesnake Hills AVA (Yakima Valley)
Up to 3000 feet, near town of Zillah
Vineyards planted from 850-1600 feet
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what was Rattlesnake hills first planted vineyard?
Morrison Vineyard 1968
Cabernet and Riesling
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Top Vineyards of Rattlesnake hills AVA
Andrew Wills Two Blondes Vineyard
Cote Bonnevilles Dubrul Vineyard
Both labeled as Yakima Valley AVA
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the border of Yakima Valley was extended by 72 acres to accommodate this, Washingtons smallest AVA
Candy Mountain
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mountains to the east of Walla Walla valley
Blue mountains
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Two unofficial subregions of Walla Walla valley
Mill Creek and north fork Walla Walla valley
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Main soil of Walla Walla valley
Loess (Leonettis Loess Vineyard has 50 feet of loess at the foot of the Blue Mountains)
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this man planted the first Vinifera in Walla Walla valley
Gary Figgins 1974 (Founded Leonetti Cellar)
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Walla Walla Valley's founding fathers
Gary Figgins (Leonetti)
Rick Small (Woodward Canyon)
Baker Ferguson (L'Ecole)
Eric Rindal (Waterbrook)
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New School producers of Walla Walla
Cayuse (Christophe Byron)
Pepper Bridge (Norm McKibben)
Waters Winery
Gramercy Cellars
Va Piano
Buty Winery
aMaurice
Rotie Cellars
Amavi
Chris Figgins
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The Rocks of Milton Freewater AVA is located entirely in this county in Oregon
Umatilla County
325 Acres under vine
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Major Vineyard Sites of Walla Walla Valley
Pepper Bridge
Seven Hills
SeVein (Oregon, which will double the size of the AVA, a former wheat field)
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MS of Gramercy (Walla Walla)
Greg Harrington
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Most important sites of Horse Heaven Hills AVA
Champoux Vineyard (1972) Don Mercer/Walter Clore
Alder Ridge
Phinny Hill
Canoe Ridge (Ste Michelle)
Longshadows Benches Vineyard
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This year in Horse Heaven Hills brought devastating frost and wiped out 30 acres at Champoux
2010
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Mountain Range to the north of Wahluke Slope AVA
Saddle Mountains
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Driest AVA in all Washington
Wahluke Slope (Means "Watering Hole")
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What does Walla Walla mean
"Many Waters"
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First commercial vineyard in Wahluke Slope AVA
Weinbau 1981 planted by Langguth Erben of Blue Nun in Germany
Now part of Sagemoor portfolio
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Where is Milbrandt Vineyards
Wahluke Slope AVA
Largest operation there
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Most planted variety of Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley
Riesling
35 Ancient Lakes moderating temperature
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Northernmost nested AVA within Columbia Valley
Lake Chelan
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Royal Slope AVA is nested between these two AVAs
Wahluke Slope and Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley
Cooler than Wahluke and Warmer than Ancient Lakes
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Least significant AVA East of the Cascades
Naches Heights
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This Washington AVA houses Sagemoor Vineyards
White Bluffs AVA (2021)
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Major Vineyards of White Bluffs AVA
(Ringold formation soil)
Sagemoor (1968)
Dionysus
Bacchus
Gamache (all along the banks of Columbia River)
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Burn of Columbia Valley is on the Oregon border and between these two AVAs
Horse Heaven Hills and Columbia Gorge
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Washington AVA approved in 2022 between Ancient Lakes and Lake Chelan
Rocky Reach AVA (lower elevation along Columbia River)
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Three AVAs of Washington that do not fall within Columbia Valley
Columbia Gorge
Lewis-Clark Valley
Puget Sound
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This AVA is between The Dalles OR and Hood River OR, and contains some of the only dry farmed vines in WA
Columbia Gorge
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The moderating influence of this river makes Columbia Gorge one of the coolest appellations in Washington
Columbia River
Also tremendously influenced by wind
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in 1968, Walter Clore planted this varietal in Columbia Gorge, in this vineyard
Pinot Noir
Atavus (1700 feet elevation, lower shoulder of Mt Adams)
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Two key subregions of Columbia Gorge
Underwood Mountain (cool subregion entirely in Washington)
Hood River Valley (Oregon Side)
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This vineyard, planted in Columbia Gorge in 1972, is the Gorge's most notabale fruit site
Celilo
75 acres
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Gewurztraminer
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Producers of Columbia Gorge
Syncline
Memaloose/Idiot's Grace
Analemma
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This man founded Puget Sound's first notable vineyard
Lambert Evans, on Stretch Island
Planted "Island Belle" a black labrusca hybrid
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Washington's first bonded winery
St. Charles
1933
On Stretch Island, Puget Sound
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Washington's most sparsely planted AVA
Puget Sound
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Islands of Puget Sound AVA that comprise most prominent vineyard are
San Juan
Bainbridge
Lopez
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Chateau Ste Michelle is located here
Woodinville, Puget Sound
