Central Coast Producers Flashcards
Where is Pisoni?
What lines do they produce?

- Santa Lucia Highlands
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Pisoni Estate
- Pinot Noir from Pisoni Estate vineyard
-
Lucia
- vineyard designate PN, Chard, Syrah from the three vineyards farmed by Pisoni
- Pisoni
- Gary’s
- Soberanes
- vineyard designate PN, Chard, Syrah from the three vineyards farmed by Pisoni

Where is the Sawyer-Lindquist vineyard?

Edna Valley

Where is Alban Vineyards?
When was it established?
Name three wines produced.

- Edna Valley
- est. 1990 by John Alban
- All Rhone varieties: Viognier, Roussanne, Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre.
- Syrah: Seymour’s, Reva, Lorraine, Patrina
- Grenache: Pandora Proprietary
- Mourvedre: Forsythe

Where is Bonny Doon located?
What’s the 1st vintage of the flagship wine?

- Santa Cruz Mountains
- 1984 Cigare Volant

Where is Wente Vineyards?
What are its claims to fame?

- Livermore Valley
- “oldest continuously operating, family-owned winery in the USA”
- Original source for the Wente clone, sourced from Montpellier in 1912 and then proliferated

Who owns Chalone Vineyard?

-
Diageo
- since 2005
-
Sold to Foley Family Wine
- Feb, 2016

Who produces Le Moulin Rouge Pinot Noir?; where’s if from?

- Peter Michael
- Santa Lucia Highlands

Where is the Peter Martin Ray vineyard?
Santa Cruz Mountains

Where is Scheid Vineyards?
How much acreage do they own?

-
Monterey
- up and down the Salinas Valley
- 4,200 acres

Where is Tablas Creek?
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Paso Robles
- Adelaida District

Where is Bien Nacido vineyard?
Santa Maria Valley

Where is Mer Soleil Vineyard?
Santa Lucia Highlands

Where is Sanford & Benedict?
When was it planted?
Who owns it now?
- Sta. Rita Hills
- 1971
-
Terlato
- also owns Sanford Winery

Demands from which winery caused the abbreviation of Santa Rita Hills, and when?

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Santa Rita Winery
- Chile
- 2006
Where is Sea Smoke?
What wines do they produce?
- Sta. Rita Hills
- Vineyard designate Pinot Noirs: Southing, Botella, Ten
- Also Chardonnay, Sea Spray Blanc de Noirs

Where is Sebastiano Vineyard?
- Santa Barbara
-
right on the line of Sta. Rita Hills
- half in, half out

Where are Vogelzang and McGinley vineyards?
Happy Canyon

Where is Zaca Mesa, and when was it founded?
Name three wineries that grew out of it.
- Santa Ynez Valley, 1972 (vines planted 1973)
- Byron (Ken Brown)
- Ojai (Adam Tolmach)
- Au Bon Climat (Jim Clendenen)
- Qupe (Bob Lindquist)
Where is Sine Qua Non located?
What was their inaugural vintage and wine?
- Santa Barbara
- fruit sourced from around the county
- 1994 Queen of Spades
- Syrah