California

Question 1

Who founded Buena Vista?

Answer 1

Agoston Haraszthy

Question 2

What is the oldest continuously operating winery in the Napa

Answer 2

Beringer

1878

Question 3

Who introduced small oak usage to Cali winemakers

Answer 3

Tchelistcheff

Question 4

What is fume blanc and who created it

Answer 4

Robert Mondavi
Sav Blanc aged in oak

Question 5

What AVA was the first to recieve AVA status in Napa

Answer 5

Howell Mountain 1981

Question 6

What is the largest AVA in the world

Answer 6

Upper Mississippi AVA

30000 mi2

Question 7

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

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Who is Dubbed the father of California wine

Answer 8

Agoston Haraszthy

Question 9

USAs first bonded winery

Answer 9

Pleasant Valley Wine Company

est 1860 in the Finger Lakes

Question 10

Federal label laws in the US

Answer 10

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

Question 11

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

Answer 11

min 51% of the labeled variety

Question 12

What is the margin of alcohol in the US?

Answer 12

1.5%

Question 13

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

Answer 13

10 parts per million minimum

Question 14

What % if the wine is labeled estate bottled?

Answer 14

100% must come from the winery within the same AVA

Question 15

5 major AVA growing regions of California

Answer 15

North Coast
Central Coast
South Coast
Sierra Foothills
San Francisco Bay

Question 16

What is Meritage mean as defined by California Meritage Alliance?

Answer 16

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

Bordeaux varieties

Question 17

USA ranks what in national wine production

Answer 17

Fourth

Question 18

Unofficial subregions of Napa Valley

Answer 18

Pritchard Hill
Conn Valley
Deer Park
Rutherford Bench

Question 19

What year did Napa Valley become an AVA

Answer 19

1981

Question 20

What is the minimum elevation of Howell Mountain

Answer 20

1400ft

Question 21

What is the name of the creek of Diamond Mountain

Answer 21

Ritchie

Question 22

What wines and vintages won in the Judgement of Paris

Answer 22

1973 Stags Leap wine SLV Cab
1973 C. Montelena Chard

Question 23

Old School examples of Napa Valley

Answer 23

Togni
Mayacamas
Corison
Matthiasson
Snowden

Question 24

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

Answer 24

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

Question 25

The three general soils in Napa Valley

Answer 25

Great Valley Sequence Franciscan assemblage Napa volcanics

Question 26

Vineyards of Bond

Answer 26

Melbury Quella St Eden Vecina Pluribus Bond

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Krug 1861

Question 28

Who pioneered drip irrigation in the 70s?

Answer 28

Andy Beckstoffer

Question 29

When was Schramsberg founded

Answer 29

1862

Question 30

Early pioneers of Sonoma

Answer 30

Hanzell Martin Ray Simi

Question 31

What % does napa valley make of Califorinas vine acreage

Answer 31

4%

Question 32

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

Answer 32

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

Question 33

What is the warmest subAVA of Napa Valley

Answer 33

Calistoga | northernmost too

Question 34

Where can you find To Kalon

Answer 34

Oakville

Question 35

What is the biggest winery in Atlas Peak

Answer 35

Kongsgaard

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Diamond Creek Lake, 1978

Question 37

This winery survived prohabition by becoming the 'house of alter wine'

Answer 37

George de Latour Beaulieu Vineyards

Question 38

Early pioneers of Sonoma

Answer 38

Hanzell Martin Ray Simi

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Green Valley distinct for its cool temps and morning fog layer

Question 40

What AVA in Sonoma Valley is known for Merlot?

Answer 40

Bennett Valley its too cool for Cab Sav

Question 41

Name some AVAs of Monterey country

Answer 41

Carmel Valley Monterey Santa Lucia Highlands San Lucas

Question 42

Where can you find Pisoni and Talbott vineyards?

Answer 42

Santa Lucia Highlands

Question 43

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

Answer 43

Santa Ynez Valley

Question 44

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

Answer 44

Alisos Canyon (2020)

Question 45

What are some of the AVAs of San Luis Obispo county

Answer 45

Paso Robles Highlands San Miguel Creston

Question 46

Mountain ranges of Santa Rita hills AVA

Answer 46

Purisima Hills Santa Rosa Hills

Question 47

What familys are responsable for Tablas Creek?

Answer 47

Famille Perrin Haas

Question 48

Cole Ranch AVA in Mendocino Valley has one single vineyard

Answer 48

Cole Ranch Vineyard

Question 49

AVAs in North Coast

Answer 49

Napa Sonoma Lake Mendocino Solano Marin