Washington

Question 1

Most of Washington’s wine regions are located east of the ________, where it provides a ________.

Answer 1

Cascade Mountains, rain shadow effect.

Question 2

What kind of climate in Washington?

Answer 2

Continental

Question 3

What are the soil types in Washington wine regions?

Answer 3

Typically sandy or silty loam soils derived from flood born sediments from the Cascade Mountain

Question 4

What is Washington’s largest AVA? As well as some of the other significant AVAs?

Answer 4

Columbia Valley AVA. Yakima Valley, Walla Walla Valley, Horse Heaven Hills.

Question 5

What was Washington’s first AVA?

Answer 5

Yakima Valley approved in 1983

Question 6

Yakima Valley contains five AVAs:

Answer 6

Snipes Mountain, Rattlesnake Hills, Red Mountain, Candy Mountain, Goose Gap

Question 7

What is Washington’s hottest AVA?

Answer 7

Red Mountain, noteworthy for Cab Sauv

Question 8

What is the AVA within Yakima Valley to have higher elevation?

Answer 8

Rattlesnake Hills

Question 9

Walla Walla Valley is a shared AVA between which two states?

Answer 9

Oregon and Washington

Question 10

What are the soil types of Walla Walla Valley?

Answer 10

Basalt bedrock and thin alluvial topsoil

Question 11

What are Walla Walla Valley’s most acclaimed grapes?

Answer 11

Cab Sauv, Merlot, Syrah. For whites Chardonnay and Riesling.