Central Coast Producers Flashcards
Where is Mer Soleil Vineyard?
Santa Lucia Highlands
Where is Gary’s Vineyard? Name producers.
Santa Lucia Highlands
Kosta Browne Pinot Noir
Lucia Pinot Noir
Miner Pinot Noir
Where is Pisoni? What lines do they produce?
Santa Lucia Highlands
Pisoni Estate (Pinot Noir from Pisoni Estate vineyard)
Lucia (vineyard designate PN, Chard, and Syrah from the three vineyards farmed by Pisoni: Pisoni, Gary’s Soberanes)
Where is the Sawyer-Lindquist vineyard?
Edna Valley
Where is Alban Vineyards? When was it established? Name three wines produced.
Edna Valley, established 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? First 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)
Who produces Le Moulin Rouge Pinot Noir, and where?
Peter Michael, SLH
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?
Paso Robles (Adelaida District)
Where is Bien Nacido vineyard?
Santa Maria Valley
Where is Sanford & Benedict? When was it planted? Who owns it now?
Sta. Rita Hills, 1971
Terlato, who also owns Sanford Winery
Demands from which winery caused the abbreviation of Santa Rita Hills, and when?
Santa Rita (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)
Who owns Jonata?
Stan Kroeneke - sister winery to Screaming Eagle, located in Santa Ynez Valley
