Washington

Question 1

70% of the USA’s hops are grown in what AVA?

Answer 1

Yakima Valley AVA

Question 2

Which Washington State AVA’s boundaries are defined by elevation?

Answer 2

Snipes Mountain AVA (750ft on southern slope and 820ft on the northern slope)

Question 3

Major rivers in Washington State?

Answer 3

Snake, Yakima, Columbia

Question 4

Where are Champoux and Canoe Ridge vineyards located?

Answer 4

Horse Heaven Hills AVA

Question 5

What AVA is Col Solare produced in?

Answer 5

Red Mountain

Question 6

Who is Col Solare a joint venture between?

Answer 6

Antinori and Ste Michelle

Question 7

Yakima Valley AVA sub AVAs

Answer 7

Rattlesnake Hills, Snipes Mountain, Red Mountain

Question 8

Washington’s warmest growing area?

Answer 8

Red Mountain AVA

Question 9

Washington’s smallest AVA

Answer 9

Red Mountain AVA

Question 10

Walla Walla Valley AVA soils

Answer 10

basalt bedrock and alluvial topsoil

Question 11

Top vineyards of Horse Heaven Hills AVA

Answer 11

Champoux, Canoe Ridge, Benches at Wallula Gap

Question 12

Who is “Grandpa Grape”?

Answer 12

Walter Clore

Question 13

Name a few vineyards used by Quilceda Creek

Answer 13

Ciel du Cheval, Klipsun, Tapteil

Question 14

Washington AVA known for Riesling, PG, and Gewurztraminer

Answer 14

Ancient Lakes AVA

Question 15

Washington AVA planted mostly to white grapes

Answer 15

Ancient Lakes AVA

Question 16

Who is the “father of Washington wine”

Answer 16

Walter Clore (led efforts to prove vinifera could survive in Washington’s harsh winters

Question 17

Washington AVAs not inside Columbia Valley AVA

Answer 17

Puget Sound, Columbia Gorge AVAs

Question 18

Top vineyards of Rattlesnake Hills AVA

Answer 18

Two Blondes and Dubrul vineyards

Question 19

Mountain range that causes rain shadow effect in Columbia Valley?

Answer 19

Cascades

Question 20

Washington’s most planted red and white grape vairety

Answer 20

red - Cabernet Sauvignon

white - Chardonnay

Question 21

Eastern Washington’s climate

Answer 21

Continental

Question 22

Name Washington’s AVAs

Answer 22

Columbia Valley, Yakima Valley, Red Mountain, Walla Walla, Snipes Mountain, Horse Heaven Hills, Rattlesnake Hills, Columbia Gorge, Lake Chelan, Puget Sound, Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley, , Nanches Heights, Wahulke Slope, Lewis & Clarke Valley

Question 23

Which Washington AVA is shared with Idaho

Answer 23

Lewis & Clarke Valley

Question 24

What is the largest AVA in Washington State?

Answer 24

Columbia Valley

Question 25

Which AVAs are in both Washington and Oregon?

Answer 25

Columbia Valley, Columbia Gorge, Walla Walla

Question 26

What sub appellation of Walla Walla Valley is entirely in Oregon

Answer 26

Rocks of Milton Freewater

Question 27

Red Mountain is a sub appellation of which AVA

Answer 27

Yakima Valley

Question 28

When was the 1st vineyard planted in Red Mountain? Who planted it? When did it get AVA status?

Answer 28

1975, Ciel du Cheval Vineyard, 2001

Question 29

Where is Red Willow vineyard?

Answer 29

Westernmost vineyard within Yakima Valley

Question 30

name a producer using Red Willow vineyard fruit:

Answer 30

Owen Roe, Lady Hill, Mark Ryan, Grammercy Cellars

Question 31

Where is the Champoux vineyard?

Answer 31

Horse Heaven Hills

Question 32

Who produces Bionic Frog?

Answer 32

Cayuse in Walla Walla

Question 33

What two wineries merged to form Chateau Ste Michelle

Answer 33

National Wine Company and American Wine Growers

Question 34

What is Washington's smallest AVA

Answer 34

Nanches Heights (Red Mountain is 2nd)

Question 35

What did Bill Bridgeman do to earn the title "Grandfather of Washington Viticulture"

Answer 35

He was an attorney specializing in irrigation law. Helped develop irrigation in Yakima Valley

Question 36

What was Washington's 1st AVA and what year?

Answer 36

Yakima Valley, 1983

Question 37

1st red varietal to gain widespread notoriety in Washington?

Answer 37

Merlot

Question 38

The Otis vineyard in Yakima Valley is noteworthy why?

Answer 38

1st Cabernet Sauvignon planted in Washington (1957)

Question 39

What is the coolest region in Washington

Answer 39

Puget Sound

Question 40

What conditions have led Eastern Washington to being phylloxera free

Answer 40

isolation, sandy loam soil, cold winters, vineyards are far apart

Question 41

how much wine production exist in Washington?

Answer 41

#2 in country. 50,000 acres planted (20,234 ha)

Question 42

geological feature that slowed the Missoula Floods

Answer 42

Wallula Gap

Question 43

1st commercially bonded in Walla Walla Valley

Answer 43

Leonetti

Question 44

three rivers that meet in Walla Walla Valley

Answer 44

Columbia, Snake, Walla Walla

Question 45

Northernmost Washington AVA

Answer 45

Lake Chelan

Question 46

most recent AVA of Washington State

Answer 46

Lewis and Clarke (Ancient Lakes before)

Question 47

Name 3 top vintages in Washington

Answer 47

2005, 2007, 2012