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1
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Who founded Buena Vista?

A

Agoston Haraszthy

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What is the oldest continuously operating winery in the Napa

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Beringer

1878

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3
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Who introduced small oak usage to Cali winemakers

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Tchelistcheff

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4
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What is fume blanc and who created it

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Robert Mondavi
Sav Blanc aged in oak

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What AVA was the first to recieve AVA status in Napa

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Howell Mountain 1981

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What is the largest AVA in the world

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Upper Mississippi AVA

30000 mi2

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These two events brought many to California and kickstarted the wine industry

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Annexation of California from Mexico in 1847
and
Discovery off gold at Sutters Mill in 1848

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8
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Who is Dubbed the father of California wine

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Agoston Haraszthy

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9
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USAs first bonded winery

A

Pleasant Valley Wine Company

est 1860 in the Finger Lakes

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10
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Federal label laws in the US

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Labeled by country, state, county- 75%
AVA- 85%
Single vineyard- 95%

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11
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if labeled, Vitis Labrusca has to make up what % of the wine?

A

min 51% of the labeled variety

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12
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What is the margin of alcohol in the US?

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1.5%

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13
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What is the ratio if a wine is labeled ‘contains sulfites’

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10 parts per million minimum

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14
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What % if the wine is labeled estate bottled?

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100% must come from the winery within the same AVA

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15
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5 major AVA growing regions of California

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North Coast
Central Coast
South Coast
Sierra Foothills
San Francisco Bay

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16
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What is Meritage mean as defined by California Meritage Alliance?

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premium blend in which no individual grape make up more than 90% of the wine.

Bordeaux varieties

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17
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USA ranks what in national wine production

A

Fourth

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18
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Unofficial subregions of Napa Valley

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Pritchard Hill
Conn Valley
Deer Park
Rutherford Bench

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What year did Napa Valley become an AVA

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1981

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20
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What is the minimum elevation of Howell Mountain

A

1400ft

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21
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What is the name of the creek of Diamond Mountain

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Ritchie

22
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What wines and vintages won in the Judgement of Paris

A

1973 Stags Leap wine SLV Cab
1973 C. Montelena Chard

23
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Old School examples of Napa Valley

A

Togni
Mayacamas
Corison
Matthiasson
Snowden

24
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What are the two main entry points for fog in Napa Valley

A

San Pablo Bay (S)
Chalk Hill Gap (N)

25
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The three general soils in Napa Valley

A

Great Valley Sequence
Franciscan assemblage
Napa volcanics

26
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Vineyards of Bond

A

Melbury
Quella
St Eden
Vecina
Pluribus
Bond

27
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What was the first commercial winery established in Napa Valley in what year?

A

Krug
1861

28
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Who pioneered drip irrigation in the 70s?

A

Andy Beckstoffer

29
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When was Schramsberg founded

A

1862

30
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Early pioneers of Sonoma

A

Hanzell
Martin Ray
Simi

31
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What % does napa valley make of Califorinas vine acreage

A

4%

32
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Green Valley is not merely a subregion of Russian River Valley but also its own unique AVA: what is unique about it

A

distinct for its cool temperatures, Goldridge soil, and morning fog layer

33
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What is the warmest subAVA of Napa Valley

A

Calistoga

northernmost too

34
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Where can you find To Kalon

A

Oakville

35
Q

What is the biggest winery in Atlas Peak

A

Kongsgaard

36
Q

Boots Brounstein founded this winery in 1968. This winery was the first to produce a Napa Cab over $100

A

Diamond Creek
Lake, 1978

37
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This winery survived prohabition by becoming the ‘house of alter wine’

A

George de Latour Beaulieu Vineyards

38
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Early pioneers of Sonoma

A

Hanzell
Martin Ray
Simi

39
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What AVA is a subregion of Russian River Valley, but is also its own. Why is it unique?

A

Green Valley

distinct for its cool temps and morning fog layer

40
Q

What AVA in Sonoma Valley is known for Merlot?

A

Bennett Valley

its too cool for Cab Sav

41
Q

Name some AVAs of Monterey country

A

Carmel Valley
Monterey
Santa Lucia Highlands
San Lucas

42
Q

Where can you find Pisoni and Talbott vineyards?

A

Santa Lucia Highlands

43
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What larger AVA is Santa Rita Hills, Ballard Canyon, and Happy Canyon?

A

Santa Ynez Valley

44
Q

What is the most recent AVA to be added to Santa Barbara county?

A

Alisos Canyon (2020)

45
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What are some of the AVAs of San Luis Obispo county

A

Paso Robles
Highlands
San Miguel
Creston

46
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Mountain ranges of Santa Rita hills AVA

A

Purisima Hills
Santa Rosa Hills

47
Q

What familys are responsable for Tablas Creek?

A

Famille Perrin
Haas

48
Q

Cole Ranch AVA in Mendocino Valley has one single vineyard

A

Cole Ranch Vineyard

49
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AVAs in North Coast

A

Napa
Sonoma
Lake
Mendocino
Solano
Marin

50
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