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Certified Specialist of Wine 2022 > Chapter Sixteen: California Beyond Napa and Sonoma > Flashcards

Chapter Sixteen: California Beyond Napa and Sonoma Flashcards

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What is the “Super-AVA” that extends from Oakland/SF to Santa Barbara?

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Central Coast AVA

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What is the “Super-AVA” located north of San Francisco?

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North Coast AVA

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What are the 6 counties that are part of the North Coast AVA?

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Napa

Sonoma

Mendocino Lake

Marin

Solano

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What area–NOT an AVA–grows the majority of California’s grapes?

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The Central Valley

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What is the “Super AVA” located east of the Central Valley?

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Sierra Foothills AVA

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What is the Mendocino County AVA known for sparkling wines?

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Anderson Valley

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What AVA is known as “Islands in the Sky”?

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Mendocino Ridge

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What are the two leading grape varieties of the Mendocino Ridge AVA?

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Pinot Noir

Old vine Zinfandel

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What is the smallest AVA in the USA?

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Cole Ranch, located in Mendocino County

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What are the 7 AVAs of Lake County?

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Benmore Valley AVA

Clear Lake AVA

High Valley AVA

Red Hills Lake County

Big Valley District Lake City

Kelsey Bench Lake County

Guenoc Valley

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What is the home county of the Paso Robles, Edna Valley, and Arroyo Grande Valley AVAs?

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San Luis Obispo County

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What is the small AVA located in a mountainous region just west of Paso Robles?

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York Mountain AVA

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What are the 7 AVAs of Santa Barbara County?

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Santa Maria Valley

Santa Ynez Valley

Ballard Canyon

Los Olivos District

Sta. Rita Hills

Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara

Alisos Canyon

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What are the 4 AVAs that overlpa the Santa Ynez Valley AVA?

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Ballard Canyon

Los Olivos District

Sta. Rita Hills

Happy Canyon of SB

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What AVA was approved in 2020, located between Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Maria Valley?

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Alisos Canyon AVA

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What is the descriptive nickname for the Alisos Canyon AVA?

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“Goldilocks Rhone Zone”

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What is the sub-appellation of Santa Cruz Mountains AVA?

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Ben Lomond Mountain AVA

18
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What are the 7 appellations of the Lodi AVA?

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Alta Mesa

Borden Ranch

Clements Hills

Cosumnes River

Jahant

Mokelumne River

Sloughhouse

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What is the large AVA located on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada Range?

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Sierra Foothills AVA (large, but low in vine acreage, only 1% of total area is planted to vines)

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What is El Aliso?

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The original (1833) name of the estate of Jean-Luis Vignes, one of the first commercial wineries in Southern California

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