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Central Coast Flashcards

1
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What are the major American grape species?

A 
Vitis Labrusca (Concord)
Vitis Aestivalis (Norton)
Vitis Rotundifolia (Scuppernong)
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What was America’s first AVA?

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Augusta, Missouri (1980)

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When did Napa Valley gain AVA status?

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1981

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Who oversees the AVA system?

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Originally the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF);
Currently the Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)

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5
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What are the required % for County or State labeled wines?

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Vintage: 85%
Varietal: 75%
Location: 75%

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What are the required % for AVA labeled wines?

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Vintage: 95%
Varietal: 75%
Location: 85%

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What % of grapes must be from the state to label Calfornia, Oregon, or Washington?

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CA and OR: 100%

WA: 95%

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What % is required to varietally label vitis labrusca wines?

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51.00%

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What % is required to list a single vineyard?

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95.00%

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What is required to qualify a wine as Estate Bottled?

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100% of the wine must come from grapes grown on land owned or controlled by the winery, and the vineyards and the winery itself must be within the same AVA.

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What AVAs are between San Francisco and Monterey?

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San Francisco Bay
Livermore Valley (within San Francisco Bay)
Ben Lomond Mountain (within Santa Cruz Mtns)
Santa Cruz Mountains
Santa Clara Valley
Pacheco Pass
San Ysidro District

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Which AVA southeast of SF is NOT included in the Central Coast? What other larger AVA is it excluded from?

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Santa Cruz Mountains

San Francisco Bay

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What was the first AVA to be designated by altitude, and what are its minimums? Why?

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Santa Cruz Mountains, 1981.
Best vineyards are planted on steep ridges above the reach of the fog; altitude and ocean breezes collaborate to create a long, cool, growing season.
2600’+ elevation. The AVA is defined primarily by elevation – down to 800 feet on the east (the valley side) and 400 feet on the west (the coastal side).

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What are the AVAs of Monterey County?

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Monterey
Carmel Valley (coastal, direct maritime influence)
Chalone (east, inland side of the mountains)
Santa Lucia Highlands
Arroyo Secco
San Bernabe
San Lucas
San Antonio Valley (surrounds San Antonio Lake)
Hames Valley

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What major river runs north through Paso, San Lucas, Hames, Bernable, Arroyo Seco, and Monterey? Largest river in the central coast!

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Salinas River

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16
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Who owns the single vineyard in San Bernabe? How large is it?

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Delicato Family Vineyards

5,000acres (2,020 ha)

17
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Where is San Benito County? What are the nested AVAs?

A 
East of Monterey
Mount Harlan
Cienega Valley
Lime Kiln Valley (within Cienega Valley)
Paicines (east of Cienega)

Part of Pacheco Pass is in San Benito County, but nested within the larger San Francisco Bay AVA.

18
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What mountains separate the Central Coast from the Central Valley?

A

The Diablo Range

19
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Who is the sole producer of Mount Harlan? What vineyards do they farm?

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Calera
(clockwise from 12; all approx 2200-2400ft)
Sellek, Reed, de Villiers (1997 block), Jensen, Hills, Ryan

20
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What mountain ranges bracket Monterey (and separate it from San Benito in the east)?

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Santa Lucia Range
Sierra de Salinas
Gabilan Range

21
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Who founded Mer Soleil? What wines are produced? What is their relationship to Belle Glos?

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The Wagner family (Caymus).
Mer Soleil is run by Charlie Wagner II, producing Mer Soleil Reserve and Silver (unoaked).
Belle Glos is run by Charlie’s brother Joe Wagner, producing vineyard designate Pinot Noirs in Sonoma and the Central Coast.

22
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What are the AVAs of San Luis Obispo?

A

Paso Robles
York Mountain
Edna Valley
Arroyo Grande Valley

23
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What are the sub-AVAs of Paso Robles? When did they come into effect?

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Adelaida District, San Miguel District, Paso Robles Estrella District, San Juan Creek
Paso Robles Willow Creek District, Templeton Gap District, El Pomar District, Paso Robles Geneseo District
Creston District, Paso Robles Highlands District
Santa Margarita Ranch
2014

24
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What AVAs of Paso Robles are Region II?

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Adelaida District (II-III)
Paso Robles Willow Creek District
Templeton Gap District
El Pomar District
Santa Margarita Ranch
25
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Which AVAs of Paso Robles are Region IV?

A

San Juan Creek
Paso Robles Geneseo District
Paso Robles Highlands District

26
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Paso Robles: Climate and Soils (general)

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Maritime near the coast, becoming more continental to the east.
Bifurcated by Santa Lucia Range in the west and La Panza Range in the east.
Mix of granitic and sedimentary in the hills; alluvial soils with some calcaire in the valleys.

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Paso Robles: Mountains and Rivers

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Santa Lucia Range (west), La Panza Range (east)
Huerhuero-La Panza fault (Geneseo), Rinconada fault (Sant Margarita Ranch)
Salinas River, Estrella River, San Juan Creek, Huerhuero Creek

28
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What was the first winery established in the Central Coast?

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Ascencion Winery, founded 1882 by Andrew York in what is now York Mountain.

29
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Where does the California coastline turn east?

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Point Conception

30
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Santa Ynez Valley encompasses what sub-AVAs?

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Sta. Rita Hills
Ballard Canyon
Los Olivos
Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara

31
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What are the AVAs of Santa Barbara County?

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Santa Maria Valley
Sta. Rita Hills
Santa Ynez Valley
Ballard Canyon
Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara
32
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What and where is Los Alamos?

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An unofficial winegrowing region in Santa Barbara, between Santa Maria and Santa Ynez. Runs along the Solomon Hills.

33
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Santa Barbara: Mountains

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San Rafael and Sierra Madre to the northeast
Santa Ynez along the South Coast
Santa Rita Hills, Purisima Hills (internal)

34
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Where are the oldest Syrah plantings in Santa Barbara?

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Black Bear Block at Zaca Mesa Winery (1978)

35
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Where is Temecula?

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California’s South Coast - between Irvine and Escondido

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