California + USA Flashcards
Percentage of Grapes Required for Labeling by Country in the USA
75%
Percentage of Grapes Required for Labeling by State in the USA
75%
Percentage of Grapes Required for Labeling by county in the USA
75%
Percentage of Grapes Required for Labeling by AVA in the USA
85%
Percentage of Grapes Required for Labeling with a single vineyard in the USA
95%
Percentage of Grapes Required for Labeling by variety in the USA
75% (If labeled with an AVA, at least 75% of the variety stated on the label must have been grown in the listed AVA. If the variety is a V. labrusca grape, only a minimum 51% is required)
Percentage of Grapes Required for Labeling vintage in the USA
85% for wines labeled by State or County, 95% for wines labeled with an AVA. Vintage labeling not allowed for wines labeled only USA.
The governing body that regulates The US AVA system. When was is established
TTB (Tax and Trade Bureau). Established in 2002 with the creation of the Homeland Security Act
Labeling laws more stringent in CA than TTB
Only difference is wines labeled California must 100% come from that state as opposed to the 75% min for fed law
Labeling laws more stringent in OR than TTB
State, AVA, and varietal laws are more stringent: Wines labeled Oregon must be 100% grown there (TTB requires 75%); AVA wines require min 95% (TTB requires 85%); Varietal wines require min 90%, exception for 18 traditional blending grapes including red and white bordeaux and rhone varietals, Petite Sirah, Sangiovese, Tannat, Tempranillo, and Zinfandel (TTB requires 75%)
Labeling laws more stringent in WA then TTB
Wines labeled Washington require min 95% (TTB requires 75%). As of 2010, if a wine is labeled by both an AVA and “Washington,” but it is produced in an AVA that exists in both WA and another state, then 95% of the grapes must either be grown in WA or in the stated AVA (TTB requires 85%)
1st and second AVAs in the US
Augusta, in Missouri—in late 1980, and Napa Valley gained AVA status in 1981
Largest AVA in the US
Upper Mississippi River Valley at almost 30,000 square miles across four states: Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota
How many AVA’s in California
Currently 140
Alexander Valley
Sonoma AVA, wholly within the Northern Sonoma AVA
Producers of Alexander Valley
Jordan, Stonestreet, AVV, Ridge, Silver Oak
Vineyards of Alexander Valley
Geyserville (Ridge), Alexander Mountain Estate (Stonestreet)
Dry Creek Valley
Sonoma AVA, wholly within the Northern Sonoma AVA
Producers of Dry Creek Valley
Quivira, Rafanelli, Ridge, Dry Creek, Bella
Dry Creek Valley vineyards
Teldeschi, Lytton Springs (Ridge)
Knight’s Valley
Sonoma AVA, nested w/in the Northern Sonoma AVA, warmest AVA in Sonoma County Region III
Knight’s Valley producers
Beringer, Peter Michael
Knight’s Valley vineyards
Beringer Vineyards, Knight’s Bridge Vineyard
Chalk Hill
Sonoma AVA, Encompassed by the RRV AVA and within the Northern Sonoma AVA, partially in the Sonoma Coast AVA