California Flashcards
What are the AVA’s of Napa from North to South?
Calistoga Diamond Mountain District Chiles Valley District Spring Mountain District Howell Mountain St. Helena Rutherford Oakville Yountville Mount Veeder Stags Leap District Atlas Peak Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley Los Carneros Coombsville Wild Horse Valley
What are the AVA’s of Sonoma?
Alexander Valley Dry Creek Valley Rockpile Bennett Valley Knights Valley Chalk Hill Russian River Valley Sonoma Valley Moon Mountain District Sonoma County Green Valley of Russian River Valley Sonoma Mountain Sonoma Coast Northern Sonoma Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak Fort Ross-Seaview Fountaingrove District Carneros (majority of Carneros AVA is in Sonoma)
What are the AVA’s located inside of Mendocino AVA?
Anderson Valley Potter Valley Redwood Valley McDowell Valley Yorkville Highlands Mendocino Ridge Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak Dos Rios Cole Ranch
The Mendocino AVA was decreased in size in 2014—a rare move—so that its boundaries would not overlap those of a new AVA approved in the same year called what?
Eagle Peak Mendocino County AVA
What is the smallest AVA in America?
Cole Ranch AVA
Cole Ranch and McDowell Valley are essentially monopole AVAs of what two wineries?
Esterlina and McDowell Valley wineries, respectively
Which AVA is immediately south of San Franscisco?
Santa Cruz Mountains AVA
Which AVA is east of San Francisco?
Livermore Valley AVA
What other AVA’s are south of San Francisco?
Ben Lomond Mountain,
Santa Clara Valley,
San Ysidro District
What AVA surrounds the San Francisco area?
San Francisco Bay AVA
Which AVA (also the name of the county) is South of Santa Cruz?
Monterey AVA
What other AVA’s are to the south and east of Monterey?
Santa Lucia Highlands AVA,
Chalone AVA
Mount Harlan AVA (within San Benito County)
What AVA’s are located in San Luis Obispo county?
Paso Robles (Estrella, Highlands, Willow Creek, Geneseo Districts) York Mountain Arroyo Grande Edna Valley El Pomar District Adelaida District (added in 2014) Creston District San Juan Creek San Miguel District Santa Margarita Ranch Santa Maria Valley Templeton Gap District
What is unique about Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Maria Valley?
They run east-west instead of north-south. Providing a unique maritime climate similar to burgundy.
What AVA’s are located in Santa Barbara County?
Santa Maria Valley Santa Ynez Valley Sta. Rita Hills Happy Canyon Ballard Canyon
Which AVA’s are located in Santa Ynez Valley?
Sta. Rita Hills
Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara
Ballard Canyon
Which region produces most of California’s wine?
The Central Valley
What is the largest and most important Central Valley AVA?
Lodi, home to over 20% of California’s total wine grape production
What are the AVA sub-appellations within Lodi?
Alta Mesa Borden Ranch Mokelumne River Cosumnes River Jahant Sloughhouse, Clements Hills.
What are the other AVA’s of note in the Central Valley?
Dunnigan Hills,
Clarksburg,
Capay Valley,
Merritt Island
What is the other important AVA in the Central Valley?
Located east of Sacramento and Lodi.
Sierra Foothills AVA
What are the sub-AVA’s of the Sierra Foothills?
Fair Play, El Dorado, Fiddletown, North Yuba, and California Shenandoah Valley.
What are the labeling laws/requirements for the US?
Percentage of Grapes Required for Labeling by Appellation
If labeled by country, state, or county: 75% If labeled by AVA: 85% If labeled with a single vineyard: 95%
