Central Coast Producers

Question 1

Where is Mer Soleil Vineyard?

Answer 1

Santa Lucia Highlands

Question 2

Where is Gary’s Vineyard? Name producers.

Answer 2

Santa Lucia Highlands
Kosta Browne Pinot Noir
Lucia Pinot Noir
Miner Pinot Noir

Question 3

Where is Pisoni? What lines do they produce?

Answer 3

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)

Question 4

Where is the Sawyer-Lindquist vineyard?

Answer 4

Edna Valley

Question 5

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

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Where is Bonny Doon located? First vintage of the flagship wine?

Answer 6

Santa Cruz Mountains

1984 Cigare Volant

Question 7

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

Answer 7

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.

Question 8

Who owns Chalone Vineyard?

Answer 8

Diageo (since 2005)

Question 9

Who produces Le Moulin Rouge Pinot Noir, and where?

Answer 9

Peter Michael, SLH

Question 10

Where is the Peter Martin Ray vineyard?

Answer 10

Santa Cruz Mountains

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Monterey (up and down the Salinas Valley)

4,200 acres

Question 12

Where is Tablas Creek?

Answer 12

Paso Robles (Adelaida District)

Question 13

Where is Bien Nacido vineyard?

Answer 13

Santa Maria Valley

Question 14

Where is Sanford & Benedict? When was it planted? Who owns it now?

Answer 14

Sta. Rita Hills, 1971

Terlato, who also owns Sanford Winery

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Santa Rita (Chile)
2006

Question 16

Where is Sea Smoke? What wines do they produce?

Answer 16

Sta. Rita Hills
Vineyard designate Pinot Noirs: Southing, Botella, Ten
Also Chardonnay, Sea Spray Blanc de Noirs

Question 17

Where is Sebastiano Vineyard?

Answer 17

Santa Barbara, right on the line of Sta. Rita Hills (half in, half out).

Question 18

Where are Vogelzang and McGinley vineyards?

Answer 18

Happy Canyon

Question 19

Where is Zaca Mesa, and when was it founded? Name three wineries that grew out of it.

Answer 19

Santa Ynez Valley, 1972 (vines planted 1973)
Byron (Ken Brown)
Ojai (Adam Tolmach)
Au Bon Climat (Jim Clendenen)
Qupe (Bob Lindquist)

Question 20

Where is Sine Qua Non located? What was their inaugural vintage and wine?

Answer 20

Santa Barbara (fruit sourced from around the county)
1994 Queen of Spades (Syrah)

Question 21

Who owns Jonata?

Answer 21

Stan Kroeneke - sister winery to Screaming Eagle, located in Santa Ynez Valley