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1
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What are the AVAs of Monterey county (9)

A

Carmel Valley
Chalone
Hames Valley
Monterey
San Antonio Valley
San Bernabe
Santa Lucia Highlands
San Lucas
Arroyo Seco

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Pisoni Gary’s and Talbott as well as sleepy Hollow vineyard are all part of what Appellation

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Santa Lucia Highlands

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3
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Sta Rita hills Ballard canyon and happy canyon are all part of what larger AVA

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Santa Ynez Valley

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4
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most recent AVA added in Santa Barbara County

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Alisos Canyon (2020)

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5
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This single vineyard AVA in Sacramento/Amador county is part of a larger Lodi AVA and is dominated by plantings of Delicato, Sutter home and Woodbridge

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Borden Ranch AVA

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6
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AVAs of Sacramento county (6)

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Alta Mesa
Borden Ranch
Clarksburg
Cosumnes River
Lodi
Sloughhouse

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7
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These Paso Robles sub AVA’s were added in 2014 (4)

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Paso Robles Estrella
Paso Robles Geneseo
Paso Robles Highlands
Paso Robles Willow Creek District

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8
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what are the AVA’s of San Luis Obispo county

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Adelaida
Arroyo grande Valley
Edna Valley
York Mountain
San Luis Obispo Coast (2022)

Paso Robles (divided into 11 subregions in 2014):
Adelaida
Creston
El Pomar
Estrella
Geneseo
Highlands
San Juan Creek
San Miguel
Santa Margarita Ranch
Templeton Gap
Willow Creek

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9
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Mountain ranges of Santa Rita hills AVA

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Purisima Hills and Santa Rosa Hills

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10
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the mount Harlan AVA in San Benito County is known for limestone soil and nestled in what mountain range

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Gabilan mountains

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11
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in 2016 this AVA was granted status in Contra Costa County

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Lamorinda: encompasses Lafayette Moraga Orinda

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12
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what winery was most instrumental in establishing the mount Harlan AVA

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Calera

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13
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Sanford and Benedict fiddlesticks see smoke and Rita’s crown are all located in what AVA

A

Santa Rita Hills

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14
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what year was Sanford and Benedict vineyard planted by Richard Sanford

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1971

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15
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Where is Au Bon Climat Vineyard located

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Santa Maria

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16
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Tablas Creek winery is a project between what famous Rhone producer and what American family

A 
Famille Perrin (Beaucastel)
Haas
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17
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what are the AVAs of Los Angeles county

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Sierra Pelona 
saddle rock-Malibu
 Malibu-Newton Canyon 
Malibu coast 
Leona valley 
antelope Valley of the California high desert
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18
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What year did Temecula Valley get AVA status

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1984

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19
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what year were the first modern commercial vineyard plantings in Temecula

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1968 planted by Vincenzo Cilurzo

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20
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name a Temecula Valley winery

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Wilson Creek
Leoness
Ponte
Avensole
Baily
Bel Vino
Briar Rose

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21
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What makes the deep end of Anderson Valley special in Pinot cultivation

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North west end of Valley were deep slopes to ocean high Diurnal shift

Boontling language ;)

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22
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Why is Cole Ranch in Mendocino special

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Smallest AVA in US.

Mike Lucia of rootdown owns it as monopole

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23
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Newest AVA California Central Coast

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San Luis Obispo Coast (2022)

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24
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This AVA of San Luis Obispo county was approved in 2014

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San Miguel District

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25
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Monterey’s oldest commercial vineyard

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Chalone Vineyard
First bottling (Monterey’s oldest commercial vineyard) debuted in 1960

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26
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Mountain Ranges that run East to West, parallel to the coast in Santa Ynez (because of the bend in the coastline at Point Conception

A

San Rafael and Santa Ynez Mountains

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27
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a legal dispute with the Chilean winery of the same name led Sta. Rita Hills to legally abbreviate its appellation name in this year

A

In 2006

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28
Q

Who wrote the film Sideways

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Alexander Payne’s 2004 film

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29
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This AVA is excluded from Central Coast AVA

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Santa Cruz Mountains AVA (despite inclusion of Santa Cruz County AVA)

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30
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Paso Robles AVA is this large:

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614,000 acres (40,000 of which are planted) with wide variations in climate and soil—chief rationale for the creation of 11 new AVAs in 2014

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31
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These features characterize the Western side of Paso Robles

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western reaches are characterized by cooler marine air funneled through the Templeton Gap and more prevalent limestone and calcareous soils

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32
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This person planted California’s first commercial Syrah vines in Paso Robles

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Gary Eberle

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33
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AVAs other than Paso Robles in San Luis Obispo County

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York Mountain, Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo Coast, and Edna Valley

34
Q

First appellation in Mendo County past the sonoma border

A

Yorkville Highlands AVA
connects alexander Valley to Anderson Valley

35
Q

Producers of the high elevation Yorkville Highlands AVA

A

Copain
Halcón

36
Q

Where are the annual WinterWhite Wine and Pinot Noir festivals held in Mendocino County

A

Anderson Valley AVA

37
Q

Who gave the Anderson Valley its name?

A

Walter Anderson

settler got lost in 1851

38
Q

who is Donald Edmeades (Anderson Valley)

A

Cardiologist planted a vineyard to Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer, French Colombard and Cabernet Sauvignon in 1963

39
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The first winery to introduce Pinot Noir to Anderson Valley

A

Husch Family

40
Q

This producer of sparkling wine was the first in Anderson Valley in 1981

A

John Scharffenberger

41
Q

What year did Louis Roederer establish Roederer in Anderson Valley

A

1982

(now they own scharfenberger)

42
Q

What is Bearwallow

A

thin sandstone soil on the ridgetops of Anderson Valley

43
Q

this herb in Anderson Valley adds a spearmint character

A

Pennyroyal, its everywhere

44
Q

What style of wine is the Cluster Select of Navarro Vineyards?

A

Late harvest and Botritized wines from Alsatian Varieties

45
Q

Where is the Deep End of Anderson Valley

A

past Philo, where valley floor elevations drop and the Anderson Valley approaches the pacific. Darker characteristics

46
Q

VIneyard Sites of Anderson Valley

A

Savoy
Cerise
Wendling
Ferrington

47
Q

Smallest AVA in US

A

Cole Ranch (Mendocino)
150 acres
Owned by Mike Lucia of Rootdown Wine Cellars

48
Q

Fetzer and Parducci are prominent wineries in this County

49
Q

First winery to feature Mendocino County on the label

50
Q

What main varietal is planted in Eagle Peak AVA Mendocino

A

Pinot Noir

51
Q

These far North AVAs were established in Mendocino County through the efforts of Nurseryman Ralph Carter

A

Covelo AVA
Dos Rios AVA

52
Q

What defines mendocino Ridge AVA

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Noncontiguous, just elevations above 1200 feet

53
Q

Appellations of Lake County

A

Clear Lake AVA
Benmore Valley AVA
Big Valley District
Guenoc Valley
High Valley
Kelsey Bench
Red Hills

54
Q

Oldest freshwater lake in North America at 2.5million years old

A

Clear Lake

55
Q

Who is Jed Steele

A

Arrived in Lake County to work with Kendall Jackson, winemaker established the AVA of Lake County

56
Q

High Valley AVA (Lake County) runs this direction

A

Transverse, East West

57
Q

This AVA in Lake County once sat under the lake

A

Big Valley District AVA

58
Q

Specialty of Big Valley AVA Lake County

A

Sauvignon Blanc

59
Q

This AVA in lake county is a transitional region between the alluvial floor alongside Clear lake and more elevated volcanic sites

A

Kelsey Bench AVA

60
Q

this producer specializes in Italian Varietals in Lake County (Kelsey Bench AVA)

A

Rosa d’Oro

61
Q

This Volcano gives Red Hills AVA its distinctive soil

A

Mount Konocti

62
Q

What is Andy Beckstoffer’s vineyard in Lake County

A

Amber Knolls Vineyard
Acquired 1996

63
Q

This AVA in Lake County has no planted vineyards

A

Benmore AVA

64
Q

This AVA to the south of Lake County is thought of as an extension of Napa’s Pope Valley

A

Guenoc Valley AVA

65
Q

The single estate of Guenoc AVA

A

Langtry Estate and Vineyards

purchased in 1888 by actress Lilie Langtry
Estate is much larger than the AVA

66
Q

These two AVAs share slivers with Solano County, through they are in Napa and Sacramento, respectively

A

Wild Horse AVA
Clarksburg AVA

67
Q

Two AVAs of Solano County

A

Solano County Green Valley
Suisun Valley

Cooled by Suisun bay and at the base of Mount George Range and Vaca range

68
Q

Mangels winery, once one of the largest in the state, was the first to grow grapes in this AVA in the 19th century

A

Suisun Valley

69
Q

Two producers who work with Suisun fruit outside of the region

A

Broc Cellars
Cruse Wine Co

Chenin and Valdigué

70
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What year did Anderson Valley become an AVA

71
Q

AVAs of Mendocino County

A

McDowell Valley
Mendocino
Mendocino Ridge
dos Rios
Covelo
Cole Ranch (smallest in North America)
Anderson Valley
Pine Mountain Cloverdale Peak* (shared with sonoma)

72
Q

Mendocino’s best growing regions are here

A

confluence of the Russian and Navarro Rivers in the southern portion of the county

73
Q

Mendocino Valley AVA has stricter boundaries than the County, and only includes these AVAs

A

Anderson Valley, Potter Valley, Redwood Valley, McDowell Valley, Yorkville Highlands, Cole Ranch, and a portion of Mendocino Ridge

Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak, which extends north of the Sonoma County border into Mendocino, is not included within it. Nor are two small, secluded AVAs in the northern sector of the county, Dos Rios and Covelo.

74
Q

In 2014, the Mendocino AVA decreased in size—a rare move—so that its boundaries would not overlap this:

A

those of a new AVA approved in the same year, Eagle Peak Mendocino County.

75
Q

Cole Ranch AVA (Mendocino Valley AVA) has a single vineyard

A

Cole Ranch vineyard

76
Q

McDowell Valley is essentially a monopole AVA of this winery (Mendocino County)

A

McDowell Valley Vineyards.

77
Q

Mendocino Ridge AVA is restricted to this elevation

A

stretches southward from the Navarro River along the coast, but the appellation is restricted to vineyards that are at least 1,200 feet above sea level.

78
Q

The smallest wine-producing county in the North Coast of California

A

Lake County

79
Q

North Coast AVA (California) encompasses these smaller AVAs

A

Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake, Solano, and Marin.

80
Q

Two transverse mountain ranges of Santa Barbara

A

San Rafael Mountains
Santa Ynez Mountains

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