17. United States of America Flashcards
Which ocean cools the coastal regions of California?
The Pacific
Other than Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, what six other varieties might be used for sparkling wine production?
1) Pinot Gris
2) Pinot Blanc
3) Sauvignon Blanc
4) Viognier
5) Syrah
6) Tempranillo
What might a wine from a warm region harvested early need to compensate for underripe flavours?
Residual sugar.
Where is Anderson Valley?
Mendocino County.
Where is Russian River Valley?
Sonoma County
Where is Carneros?
Sonoma and Napa counties.
Where are Eden Valley and Arroyo Grande?
San Luis Obispo County.
Where are Santa Maria and Sta. Rita Hills?
Santa Barbara County.
Where is Lodi?
San Joaquin County.
Along what river in the Anderson Valley are cool Pacific Ocean breezes conveyed?
The Navarro River.
What is the name of the geographic feature that provides cooling breezes and fog to the Russian River Valley?
Petaluma Gap.
Which bay provides a cooling effect for inland Carneros?
San Pablo Bay.
What is the main cooling influence for Monterey?
The Salinas Valley that is open to the ocean.
Large diurnal ranges are important features of which three US wine growing regions?
1) Anderson Valley
2) Monterey
3) Washington State
What climatic feature of Santa Maria Valley and Sta. Rita Hills (Santa Barbara County) provides a cooling influence?
The east-west running Santa Maria Valley and Santa Ynez Valley form channels to allow cool breezes and fog into Santa Barbara County from Santa Barbara Bay.
Large volumes of tank method and flavoured sparkling wines are produced in which Californian region?
Lodi (San Joaquin County)
Which state is the second largest producer of sparkling wine in the USA?
Washington State.
What two factors make Washington State suitable for the production of sparkling wine?
1) Northerly latitude
2) Large diurnal range
Which sub-region of Oregon is particularly suited to the production of sparkling wine?
Willamette Valley.
What style of sparkling wine is more common in the USA than other countries?
Blanc de noirs.
US sparkling wine is permitted to be labelled Champagne if accompanied by the geographic origin. I.e. California Champagne. In what year did the US government disallow the use of this term for new wines?
2006.
What are the three types of company producing sparkling wine in the US?
1) Specialist sparkling wine companies
2) Wine companies that produce small batch, premium sparkling wines.
3) Large wine companies that produce inexpensive sparkling wines as part of a larger range.
What per cent of sparkling wine produced in the USA was produced in California in 2020?
83%
Which two reasons have resulted in Californian sparkling wine’s loss of domestic market share?
1) Imported wine sales i.e. Prosecco have risen
2) Younger drinkers perceive foreign wines as more authentic.
