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Name the second estate of Ridge Monte Bello? Where is it located, what speciality?

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Lytton Spring: Purchased in 1991

Dry Creek Valley AVA in Sonoma County

world class Zinfandel

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Lotus Vineyard?

Producer, location, first vintage, GV?

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Dana Estate - Rutherford AVA

100% Cab Sauv

2006

from the lower slopes of the Howell Mountains

1,200 ft elevation

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Hershey Vineyard?

Producer, location, first vintage, GV?

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Dana Estate - Rutherford AVA

100% Cab Sauv

2006

Howell Mountains

1,800 ft elevation

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Joseph Phelps?

Location, flagship wines, first vintage, and blends?

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St Helena’s Spring Valley - Napa Valley
Established in 1972

Insigna: Cab Sauv base wine- 1973

Eisele Vineyard: 1975 to 1991

Backus Cab Sauv - 1977

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“Melbury”?

Producer, location, GV, first vintage?

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Bond Estate - Bill Harlan

Napa Valley AVA - Oakville

Single vineyard “Grand Cru Selection”

East of Rutherford (Near lake Hennessey) - Sediment and heavy clay soil

1999

100% Cab Sauv

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“Maya”?

Producer, location, first vintage?

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  • *Dalle Valle estate** (Established in 1982)
  • Oakville AVA - Napa Valley*

Flagship wine - up to 500 cases every vintages

Cab Sauv base + Cav Franc (up to 50%)

1988

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“Field Book Syrah”?

Producer, location, first vintage?

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Spottswoode winery

St Helena AVA - Napa (winery based)

Grapes sourced from Sonoma Coast

First vintage: 2010

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Stags Leap Vineyard?

First vintage, producer, location, particularities?

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Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars - Stags Leap District AVA

1972 first vintage

100% Cab Sauv

1973 Cab Sauv won the “1976 Judgement of Paris blind tasting”

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Where is located Screming Eagle winery? First owner, and current winemaker?

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Jean Phillips - Started to selected best parcel for its project back to 1986 - first wine created in 1992

Purchased by Charles Banks (now own Mayacamas) and Stan Kroenke in 2006

Current winemaker: Nick Gislason

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Onda?

Producer, location, first vintage?

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Dana Estate - Rutherford AVA

Bordeaux Blend

2010

(Renamed Ondo D’Oro for the Asian Market)

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Wines of Jonata Estate?

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Ballard Canyon AVA - Santa Ynez Valley

El Desafio (=defiance): Cab Saub

El Alma (=The Soul): Cab Franc

La Sangre (=the blood): Syrah

Fenix (=The Phoenix): Merlot

Tierra (=Earth/soil): Sangiovese

Fuerza (=Strength): Petit Verdot

Flor (=Flower): Sauv Blanc

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Name the producer and the location of the following:

TD-9

Can you precise the blend and the first vintage

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Shafer Vineyard

Stags Leap District - Napa

Blend of Merlot, Cab Sauv, Malbec

Pay tribute of the honour of John Shafer in the business

2015

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Jimsomare?

Producer, location, first VTG?

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Ridge estate - Santa Cruz Mountain AVA

Cab Sauv

First vintage: 1978

Last vintage: 1997

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“St Eden”?

Producer, location, first vintage, GV?

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Bond Estate - Bill Harlan

Napa Valley AVA - Oakville

Single parcel “Grand Cru Selection”

Oakville: iron rich fractured volcanic soil

2001

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Diamond Creed vineyard?

year of Establishement

Top Bottling?

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Diamond Creek AVA -Napa Valley

Est 1968

First Napa winery to crack over 100$/bte in 1987

Volcanic Hills: 1972

Red Rock Terrace: 1972

Gravelly Meadow: 1972

Lake: 1978 (only in best vintages)

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Stag’s Leap Wine Cellar?

Location, first vintage, flagship wines?

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Stags Leap AVA - Napa Valley

First owner: Warren Winiarski, created first vintage in 1972 in colaboration with Andre Tchlelitschef

1973: won the 1976 Judgement of Paris blind Tasting

Stags Leap Vineyard: 100% Cab Sauv - 1972

Cask 23: 100% Cab Sauv - 1974

Fay Vineyard: 100% Cab Sauv - 1990

Artemis: Cab Sauv 90% - 2003

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When was the flagship wine of Beaulieu vineyard first bottled? Name it?

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1936

Georges de Latour Private Reserve

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Name the current winemaker of Diamond Creek Vineyard?

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Phil Steinschriber

Since 1991

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When did Robert Mondavi rename its Sauvignon Blanc wine? By what?

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In 1968

Fumé Blanc

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Dalle Valle?

Location, flagship wines, first vintage?

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Oakville AVA - Napa Valley

Established in 1982

Estate wine - Cab Sauv - 1986

Maya (flagship - 500 cases a year) Cab Sauv base + up to 50% Cab Franc - 1988 - Not produced in 2003/04

Collina Dalla: Cab Sauv base - 2007 (young vines)

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What are the 4 parcels of Ridge Estate?

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Perrone, Torre, Klein, and Rousten.

Name of previous owner

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What were the red wines presented of the original “Judgement of Paris” in 1976?

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Bordeaux:

Château Montrose 1970

Château Haut-Brion 1970

Chateau Mouton Rotschild

Château Leoville Las Cases 1971

Californians:

Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars 1973

Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello 1971

Heitz Wine Cellars Martha’s Vineyard 1970

Clos Du Val Winery 1972

Mayacamas Vineyards 1971

Freemark Abbey Winery 1969

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Littorai?

Location, flagship chardonnay wines?

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Sonoma Coast and Anderson Valley

Based in Sebastopol

Mays Canyon (Sonoma Coast AVA): 1993

Charles Heintz (Sonoma Coast AVA): 1997

B.A. Theiriot (Sonoma Coast AVA): 1998

The Tributary (Sonoma Coast AVA): 2003

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First vintage of Harlan?

Producer and blend?

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Harlan Estate (Oakville AVA)

70% Cab Sauv, 20% Merlot + CF, PV

First commercial: 1990

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What is the new estate of Tim Mondavi (son of Robert)?

Where?

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Continuum Estate (family run estate)

Napa Valley’s Pritchard Hill

Created in 2004 after Mondavi been sold to Constellation brand

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“Novicium”?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Tim Mondavi’s “Continuum estate”

Son of Robert, created its own project in 2005

Napa Valley’s Pritchard Hill

Second wine of the Estate - From youngest vines

2010 first vintage

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When did Joseph Phelps produce the “Eisele Vineyard”?

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From 1975 to 1991

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Spottswoode Estate Cabernet?

Location, first vintage?

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St Helena AVA - Napa Valley

Valley floor wine

1982 first vintage

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Geyserville?

Producer, location, GV?

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Ridge Monte Bello estate - Santa Cruz Mountain AVA

Zinfandel sourced from Sonoma County (Alexander Valley AVA)

1966

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Name the 5 “Grand Cru” vineyard of Bond Estate?

Location and first vintage of each?

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Melbury: 1999 - East of Rutherford (Near lake Hennessey) - Sediment and heavy clay soil

Vecina: 1999 - Next to the winery - Oakville’s Western foothills - Volcanic bedrock + alluvial washed gravels

St Eden: 2001 - Oakville: iron rich fractured volcanic soil

Pluribus: 2003 - Spring Mountain - Volcanic soil - 1,100 ft high

Quella: 2006 - Eastern slopes of the Napa - Tufa base (volcanic ash)

All wines are 100% Cab Sauv

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“One Point Five”?

Producer, location, first vintage, blend?

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Shafer vineyard

Stags Leap District AVA - Napa

Cab Sauv base blend

2004 first vintage

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IX Estate?
Producer, location, first vintage?

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Cogin Cellar

Napa Valley AVA - Pritchard Hills

40-60% Cab Sauv + Bdx varieties

2002

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Who is Joe Heitz?

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Winemaker and creator of Heitz Cellar (Martha’s vineyard in 1966)

former student and worker of Andre Tchelitcheff (of Beaulieu vineyard)

Passed away in 2000

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Name the top cuvée of Ridge estate?

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Monte Bello: 1962

Monte Bello (Chardonnay): 1962 (vintages from 1985-1998 were not produced under this designation)

Geyserville (Zinfandel-based blend): 1966

Lytton Springs Zinfandel: 1975

York Creek (Napa Valley AVA) Zinfandel: 1975

Jimsomare Cabernet Sauvignon: 1978 (discontinued after the 1997 vintage)

Estate Cabernet Sauvignon: 2008 (previously released as “Santa Cruz Mountains”)

Klein Cabernet Sauvignon: 2010

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Martha’s Vineyard?

Producer, location, GV, first vintage?

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Heitz Cellar (est in 1961 in St Helena)

Cab Sauv from Oakville AVA

1966 first VTG

Non produced btw 1993 and 1995 (re-planting session)

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First vintage of Chateau Montelena Cab Sauv Estate?

Name the winemaker of the estate

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1978

Jim Barrett (passed away in 2013)

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Where is Opus One winery located?

First vintage?

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Oakville AVA - Napa

1979

Bordeaux blend (all 5 grapes are present into the vineyard)

High density planting (similar to French vineyard)

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Philip Togni Vineyard?

Location, top cuvée?

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Spring Mountains AVA - Napa Valley

Est 1981

Philip Togni: 80% Cab Sauv + Merlot, CF, PV - 1983

Ca’ Togni: Black Hamburg sweet wine - 1985

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Kronos Cab Sauv?

Producer, location, first vintage?

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Corison Estate - (Est 1987)

Single parcel Cab Sauv from St Helena AVA (8 acres)

1996

Cathy Corison: 2011 winemaker of the year of the San Francisco Chronical

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Mayacamas Vineyard?

Location, wines produced?

First owner and date? Current one?

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Mount Veeder AVA - Napa Valley

Varietal wines mainly (Cab Sauv, Merlot, Chardo, Sauv Bl)

1889: John Fisher

1941: Bob Travers: Give the name to the winery, and its re-birth

2013: Sold to the investor Charles Bank

2017: Part of the winery devasted by the wild fire of the Napa

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Dana Estate?

Location, flagship wines, first vintages and GV?

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Rutherford AVA - Napa Valley

Established in 2005

Helms Vineyard: 100% Cab Sauv - Rutherford (325 ft alt) - 2005

Hershey Vineyard: 100% Cab Sauv - Howell Mountains (1800 ft alt) - 2006

Lotus Vineyard: 100% Cab Sauv - lower slopes of Howell Mountains (1200 ft alt) Napa AVA - 2006

Onda - Bdx Blend - 2010

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Lyndenhurst?

Producer, location, variety, first vintage?

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Spottswoods winery

St Helena AVA - Napa Valley

100% Cab Sauv

2002

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first vintage of Hanzell Estate Chardonnay?

Location?

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Hanzell winery - Sonoma Valley AVA

1953

(Ambassador Zellerbach wanted to reproduced the tast of Burgundy in Sonoma)

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Napanook?

Producer, location, blend, First vintage?

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Dominus Estate (Christian Moueix ownship)

Yountville AVA - Napa Valley

70-95% Cab Sauv + Merlot / PV

1996

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Who’s producing “Quella” vineyard site?

Where from, GV, particularities?

A

Bond Estate - Bill Harlan

Napa Valley AVA - Oakville

Single vineyard “Grand Cru selection”

Eastern slopes of the Napa - Tufa base (volcanic ash)

100% Cab Sauv

2006

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Where is Dominus Estate?

Year of Creation? Owner?

Name wines produced here?

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Yountville AVA - Napa Valley

Christian Moueix (La-Fleur Petrus / Trotanoy)

Created in 1982

Dominus:80/95% Cab Sauv + Merlot / PV - 1983

Napanook: 70/95% Cab Sauv + Merlot / PV- 1996

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Continuum?

Producer, location, first vintage and Second wine?

A

Tim Mondavi (son of Robert)

Purchased a new estate in Napa Valley’s Pritchard Hills

2005 (first fruit sourced from the Te Kalon vineyard until 2012)

Vine planted in 1991/92

Novicium: 2010 - from younger vines

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“Cariad”?

Producer, location, first vintage?

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Colgin Cellar

Napa Valley AVA - Pritchard hills

Cab Sauv base blend - Blend of different vineyard through Napa

Cariad means “Love” in Welsh

2000

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“La Joie”?

Producer, location, first vintage, GV

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La Vérité vineyard

Sonoma Valley’s Chalk Hill AVA

1998

Cab Sauvignon base wine (inspired by Pauillac wines)

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What is the last vintage of Colgin Cellar’s “Herb Lamb Vineyard” Cab Sauv?

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first and only wine produced by the winery between 1992 and 1999

Stopped in 2007

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Trailside vineyard?

Producer, location, first vintage?

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Heitz Cellar - St Helena

Rutherford AVA - Napa Valley

100 acres of Cab Sauv

1989

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Bella Oak vineyard?

Producer, location, first vintage

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St Helena AVA - Napa Valley

Heitz Cellar

Cab Sauv

1976 to 2006

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Where is Beaulieu Vineyard located? Who created it? When?

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Rutherford AVA - Napa Valley

1900

Frenchman, Georges de Latour

(One of the only wineries to survived to prohibition)

54
Q

Who’s introduced and organised the “Judgement of Paris”? When?

A

Steven Spurrier

1976

55
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“Retenless”?

Producer, location, first vinage, GV?

A

Shafer Vineyard

Stags Leap District - Napa Valley

Syrah

1999

56
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Where is Heitz Cellar located?
Top wine?

historic wine of the estate?

A

St Helena AVA -Napa Valley

Joe Heitz started in 1961 with a 8 acres parcel of Grignolino (still in production today)

Martha’s Vineyard: 1966 - First vineyard designation bottling in California

Bella Oak Vineyard (1976 to 2006)

Trailside vineyard: 1989

57
Q

Charles Heintz vineyard?

Producer, location, first vintage, GV?

A

Littorai - Sebastopol

Sonoma Coast AVA

100% Chardonnay

1997

58
Q

“Backus Cabernet Sauvignon”?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Joseph Phelps

St Helena AVA - Napa

100% Cab Sauvignon

1977

59
Q

Pluribus?

Producer, location, first vintage, GV?

A

Bond Estate - Bill Harlan

Napa Valley AVA - Oakville

Spring Mountain - High alt vineyard: 1,100 ft

Volcanic soil

100% Cab Sauv

2003

60
Q

When did the Mondavi Family arrive in California’s Napa Valley?

A

1943

Cesare Mondavi (Father of Robert) took over the Krug winery for more than 20 years

Robert created its own winery in 1965, after a disagreement with its family business

61
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Insigna?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Joseph Phelps

St Helena AVA - Spring Valley (Napa)

Cab Sauv base

1973

62
Q

The Maiden?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Harlan Estate - Oakville AVA

2nd wine

1995

(*winemaker: Bob Levy)

63
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Georges de Latour Private Reserve?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Beaulieu Vineyard

Rutherford AVA - Napa

Cab Sauvignon

1936

64
Q

When did John Shafer passed away?

A

2nd March 2019

65
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Helms Vineyard?

Producer, location, first vintage, GV?

A

Dana Estate - Rutherford AVA - Napa

100% Cab Sauv

2005

325 ft elevation

66
Q

Non produced vintage of Dominus Estate?

A

First vintage: 1983

Unproduced: 1993

Yountville AVA

67
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Red Rock Terrace

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Diamond Creek vineyard (est 1968)

Diamond Mountain District AVA - Napa Valley

Cab Sauv base + PV/CF

1972

68
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Top red wines of Shafer Estate?

Location, first vintage, and GV?

A

Shafer Estate: Stags Leap District AVA - Napa Valley

Hillside Select: 100% Cab Sauv - 1983 (Labelled Reserve, then renamed the year after)

One Point Five: Cabernet Base - 2004

Relentless: Syrah - 1999

TD-9: Blend of Merlot, Cab Sauv, Malbec- in honor to John Shafer. 2015

69
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What is the particular name of Santa Ynez Valley AVA soil?

A

Careaga Sand - Poor soil, highly drained soil

= low water retention

70
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First owner of Mayacamas VIneyard?

Where is the winery located?

A

1889: John Fisher (German immigrate)

On the Mayacamas Mountains, in Mt Veeder AVA (Napa Valley)

71
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Harlan?

Top cuvée and location?

A

Oakville AVA - Napa

Founded by Bill Harlan in 1984

First official commercial vintage: 1990 (70% CS + Merlot, CF)
The Maiden: 1995 - 2nd wine

(* Winemaker: Bob Levy)

72
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Who’s the current winemaker of Robert Mondavi Winery?

A

Geneviève Janssens Since 1997

Wine Enthusiast “ Winemaker of the Year 2010”

73
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“Vecina”?

Producer, location, GV, First vintage?

A

Bond Estate - Bill Harlan

Napa Valley AVA - Oakville

Single vineyard selection “Grand Cru”

Next to the winery - Oakville’s Western foothills - Volcanic bedrock + alluvial washed gravels

100% Cab Sauv

1999

74
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“Artemis”?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars

Stags Leap District AVA - Napa

90% Cab Sauv - Part of fruits estate and purchases

2003

75
Q

Location of Chapellet winery?

Top wines produced?

A

On the Pritchard Hill - Higher alt vineyard near Rutherford AVA - Napa Valley

(1,000 to 1,800 ft alt)

Est in 1967, first wine in 1969

Pritchard Hill: 75% CS + other Bdx varieties - 1997

Signature: CS + other Bdx varieties - 1980

76
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“Le Désir”?

Producer, location, first vintage, GV?

A

La Vérité vineyard

Sonoma County’s Chalk Hill AVA

1998

Cab Franc base: St Emilion like

77
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Philip Togni?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Philip Togni Vineyard -

Spring Mountain AVA - Napa Valley

80% Cab Sauv + Merlot, CF, PV

1983

78
Q

When did Mondavi winery been sold out? What brand took over?

A

Constellation Brand in 2004

Robert Mondavi died in 2008

79
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What were winners of the Judgement of Paris 1976?

A

Chateau Montelena Chardonnay 1973

Stag Leap Cabernet Sauvignon 1971

80
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Where is Ridge estate located?

When does it been created, by who?

A

Santa Cruz Mountain AVA - Central Coast

Historic “Monte Bello Winery”: Osea Perrone in 1885

Current RIdge Estate: 1962 - Paul Draper

81
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What is the second wine of Opus One?

A

Overture

Multi-vintages cuvée

82
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When did the real history of Beaulieu vineyard did started? Why?

A

1938

When Georges de Latour (owner) came back from France with a Russian WInemaker: André Tchelistcheff

(Himself mentored some prestigious winemakers: Mondavi, Heitz, Grgich

83
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“Collina Dalla Valle”?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Dalle Valle Estate

Oakville AVA - Napa

Second wine of the estate - young vines

First vintage: 2007

84
Q

What are the 2 wineries own by Bill Harlan ?

(other than Harlan vineyard)

A

Bond (1999) and Promontory (2009)

85
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“La Muse”?

Producer, location, first vintage, base wine?

A

“La Vérité” vineyard

Sonoma’s Chalk Hill AVA

Established in 1998

Merlot base wine (inspired by Pomerol wines)

86
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What are the non produced vintages of Martha’s vineyard?

Why?

A

1993 to 1995

re-palnting time for the estate.

87
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Current owner of Eisele Vineyard?

Founder of the Estate?

A

Current: Artemis’s Francois Pineault company since 2013

Founder: Araujo family - SInce 1990 (first wine produced in 1991)

*Calistoga AVA

88
Q

First vintage of “Promotory” wines?

A

2009 - newest project of Harlan Family.

Terroir approch winemaking.

SIngle parcel vineyard

100% Cab Sauv

89
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Ca Togni?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Philip Togni Vineyard

Spring Mountain AVA - Napa Valley

Sweet wine from black Hamburg

1985

90
Q

“Monte Bello”?

First commercial vintage, location, producer?

A

Ridge Estate

Santa Cruz Mountain AVA - Central Coast

Cab Sauv base (Bordeaux Blend)

1962

91
Q

Spottswoode winery?

Location, first vintage, and flagship wines?

A

St Helena AVA - Napa Valley

Valley floor winery: ripe and concentrate

Estate wine: 1982

Lidenhurst: 100% Cab Sauv - 2002

Field Book Syrah: 2010

92
Q

Hanzell?

Location, flagship Chardonnay wines?

A

Sonoma Valley AVA (south of the county, foothill of the Mayacamas Mountains)

Founded in 1948 by Ambassador Zellerbach

Estate: Inaugural vintage 1957.

Sebella’: Inaugural vintage 2007.

Ambassador’s 1953: The winery’s first single vineyard bottling. Inaugural vintage 2003.

de Brye Vineyard: Inaugural vintage 2011.

93
Q

Who’s the main owner of the Te Kalon Vineyard?

A

Mondavi winery

94
Q

First vintage of Corison Estate?

Name the single vineyard bottling?

first vintages + Location?

A

Napa Valley - St Helena AVA

Cathy Corison (first female winemaker)

1987: Napa Valley Cab Sauv (Rutherford & St Helena)
1996: Kronos Cav Sauv

(lower ABV wines, made with elegance)

95
Q

Dunn Vineyard?

Location, first vintage?

A

Howell Mountains AVA - Napa Valley

Established in 1979

first commercial vintage: 1981

Now run by the 2nd generation

96
Q

Quick history of Eisele Vineyard?

Location, first vine, ownership…

A

Calistoga AVA: Simmons Cayon

First vine are back to 1886 with planted with Zinfandel and Riesling

Cab Sauv introduced in 1964

1967: Milt and Barabara Eisele purchase the site - Sold grapes to Ridge (71), Conn Creek (74), Joseph Phelps (75-91)

1990: Araujo purchased vineyard and created winery

1991: First commercial wine under “Eisele vineyard site”

1992: Aurojo became sole owner

2013: Sold winery to Francois Pineault’s Artemis (Ch Latour)

97
Q

name the creator of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars?

The current owner(s)?

A

Warren Winiarski in 1970 - In collaboration with Andre Tschelitcheff

Partnership btw Antinori Family and Chateau Ste Michelle since 2007

98
Q

Eisele Vineyard?

Location and wines produced?

A

Calistoga AVA - Napa Valley

On top of the Simmons Canyon

38 acres

Eisele Vineyard: 90-95% Cab Sauv - 1991

Altagracia: Cab Sauv from the Eisel vineyard + Purchases - 1999

99
Q

Altagracia?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

From the Eisele vineyard mainly + purchases

owner: Araujo until 2013

Now: Francois Pinault - Artemis

Cab Sauv base wine

1999

100
Q

What is the particularity of the 2017 Screaming Eagle?

A

Is not been produced. Quality was not here, with some smoke taint.

All grapes disclassified to the second wine

101
Q

Vérite winery?

Producer, winemaker, location, flagship wines?

A

Sonoma Valley - Chalk Hill AVA

Jess Jackson (part of the Jackson family portfolio)

WM: Pierre Seillan

Established in 1998

La Joie: Cab Sauv base (Pauillac like)

Le Désir: Cab Franc base (St Emilion like)

La Muse: Merlot base (Pomerol like)

102
Q

What are the mains differences between Screaming Eagle and Second Flight?

A

Screaming Eagle: Grand Vin - Cab Sauv base + Cab Franc / Merlot - 1992

Second flight: Second label - Merlot base + Cab Sauv / Franc- 2006

103
Q

Mays Canyon?

Producer, location, first vintage, GV?

A

Littorai - Sebastopol (Sonoma)

Sonoma Coast AVA

100% Chardonnay

1993

104
Q

“The Tributary Chardonnay”?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Littorai - Sebastopol

Sonoma Coast AVA

2003

105
Q

Pritchard Hills?

Producer, location, blend, first vintage?

A

Chapellet winery - Rutherford AVA - Napa Valley

VIneyard located on the Pritchard Hill

70-80% Cab Sauv + other Bdx GV

2y in 100% new french oak

1997

106
Q

Volcanic Hills?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Diamond Creek vineyard (est 1968)

Diamond Mountain District AVA - Napa Valley

Cab Sauv base + PV/CF

1972

107
Q

When did Opus One been created? From what project?

A

1979

Join venture btw Robert Mondavi Winery and Baron Phillip de Rothschild

108
Q

What is the first vintage of Mondavi Cab Sauvignon? Reserve?

A

1966 vintage released in 1968

Reserve: 1971 vintage - benchmark for the valley

109
Q

“Cask 23”?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars

Stag Leap District AVA - Napa

100% Cab Sauv

1974

110
Q

Tychson Hill?

Producer, location, first vintage, GV?

A

Colgin Cellars

Napa valley AVA - Pritchard Hill

Single parcel Cab Sauv 100% from the North of St Helena AVA

2000

111
Q

Signature Cabernet Sauvignon?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Chapellet winery -

Pritchard Hill - Rutherglen AVA - Napa Valley

70/80% Cab Sauv + other Bdx varieties -

1997

112
Q

Dominus?

Producer, location, blend, First vintage?

A

Dominus Estate (Moueix ownship)

Yountville AVA - Napa Valley

80-95% Cab Sauv

1983

Non produced in 1993

113
Q

Gravelly Meadow?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Diamond Creek vineyard (est 1968)

Diamond Mountain District AVA - Napa Valley

Cab Sauv base + PV/CF

1972

114
Q

Who’s the current winemaker in Beaulieu Vineyard?

A

Jeffrey Stambor

Michel Roland is a consultant

115
Q

Lake Cab Sauv?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Diamond Creek vineyard (est 1968)

Diamond Mountain District AVA - Napa Valley

Cab Sauv base + PV/CF

1978, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016

116
Q

What was the white wines of the original “Judgement of Paris 1976”?

A

French Burgundy:

Meursault Charmes Roulot 1973

Beaune Clos des Mouches Joseph Drouhin 1973

Batard-Montrachet Ramonet-Prudhon 1973

Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles Domaine Leflaive 1972

Californian:

Chateau Montelena 1973

Chalone Vineyard 1974

Spring Mountain Vineyard 1973

Freemark Abbey Winery 1972

Veedercrest Vineyards 1972

David Bruce Winery 1973

117
Q

Name the mountain range separating Napa Valley from Sonoma?

A

Mayacamas Ranges

118
Q

Name 4 vineyard sources for “La Vérité” estate?

A

Alexander Mountain Estate (Alexander Valley AVA)

Jackson Park Vineyard (Bennett Valley AVA)

Kellog Vineyard (Knights Valley AVA)

Vérité Vale (Chalk Hill AVA)

119
Q

B.A. Thieriot vineyard?
Producer, location first vintage, GV?

A

Littorai - Sebastopol

Sonoma Coast AVA

100% Chardonnay

1998

120
Q

“Herb Lamb vineyard” Cab Sauv?

Producer, location, years of production?

A

Colgin Cellars

Napa Valley AVA - Pritchard Hills

100% Cab Sauv from the Howell Mountains

Produced between 1992 and 2007

121
Q

Who’s the owner of Littorai vineyard?

Where does he learn winemaking?

A

Ted Lemon

Trained in Burgundy with Dujac, Roumier, Bruno Clair

Became winemaker of Guy Roulot in 1982 (first and only American to produce wine in Burgundy)

122
Q

Owner of Bond Estate?

Location, first vintage?

A

Bill Harlan

Oakville AVA base

1999

123
Q

“Dalle Valle” Cab Sauv?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Dalle Valle estate

Established in 1982

Cabernet Sauv from Oakville AVA - 1986

124
Q

what did André Tchelitcheff add to California?

A

Understanding new winemaking approach

Frost Prevention technics

Winery hygiene

Temperature control

Malo-lactic fermentation

small barrel aging

125
Q

When did Ridge Monte Bello switch from 100% CS to Bordeaux blend in its top wine?

A

1974

126
Q

Colgin Cellar?

Owners, location, wines produced?

A

Ann Colgin and Joe Wender

Napa Valley AVA - Pritchard Hill

Established in 1992

IX Estate: 2002 - Cabernet base

Tychson Hill - 2000 - Cab Sauv sourced from St Helena

Cariad: 2000 - Cab Sauv base wine (means love in Welsh)

Herb Lamb vineyard: discontuing in 2007

127
Q

Hillside Select?

Producer, location, GV, first vintage?

A

Shafer Vineyard

Stags Leap District AVA - Napa Valley

100% Cab Sauv

1983 (first vintage labelled as “Reserve”)

128
Q

Name a famous producer of the Howell Mountain AVA?

A

Dunn Vineyard

1981 first vintage

129
Q

What is the first vintage of Screaming Eagle? Its Second Wine?

A

1992 first vintage

Second flight: 2006 - Release in 2012

White Screaming Eagle: Sauv Blanc - 2012

130
Q

What is the sister winery of Screaming Eagle? Where is it located? First vintage?

A

Jonata - also owned by Stan Kroenke

Santa Ynez Valley AVA - Santa Barbara County

2004

Sustainable approch wines

131
Q

In what AVA is Lytton Spring estate? Who’s the owner? When does it been purchased?

A

Dry Crek Valley AVA - Sonoma County

Ridge Estate of Santa Cruz Mountain

132
Q

The Promontory?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Newest project of Harlan Family

Created in 2009

Western Oakville AVA - Sheltered mountainous area

Sloped vineyard, volcanic, and alluvial soil

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