Everywhere Else Flashcards

1
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What was the first AVA in the United States and when?

A

Augusta AVA Missouri 1980

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Under current U.S. label laws, if a wine is labeled by state, county, or country, what percent of the fruit must have originated from there?

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75%

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Exceptions to the rule, if labeled Oregon or California, what percent of the fruit must have originated from that state?

And Washington?

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100%

95%

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Under U.S. label law, if a wine is labeled by AVA, what percent of the fruit must have originated there?

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85%

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Under U.S. label law, if a single vineyard is stated, what percent of the fruit must have originated there?

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95%

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If a wine is labeled by AVA, and a vintage, what percent of the wine must be from that vintage?

What if no AVA is used, just county, state, or USA, whats the vintage % required?

A

95%

85%

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What percent of a wine must be the stated variety of grape if listed?

What if a vitis labrusca type is named, like Concord?

A

75%

51%

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The term ‘estate bottled’ will require a producer handle what % of production?

What else is required?

A

100% “grapes grown on land owned or controlled by the winery”

That the winery is in the same AVA as the grapes and vineyards used.

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9
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What US state is third largest in terms of volume and vineyard area?

A

New York (Concord grapes)

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What 7 broad AVA’s cover New York State?

Name em.

A

Lake Erie
Niagara Escarpment
Finger Lakes
Champlain Valley of New York
Upper Hudson
Hudson River Region
Long Island

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11
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What percent of New York state production does the Finger Lakes AVA bottle?

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90%

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12
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Which 2 finger lakes have their own AVA?

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Seneca Lake and Cayuga

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13
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Which two AVA’s are located at the Eastern end of Long Island?

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North Fork of Long Island AVA
the Hamptons, Long Island AVA

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14
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In what AVA will I find the oldest continually operating winery in the US?

What is it and how long?

A

Hudson River Region AVA

Brotherhood Winery 1839

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15
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What is the most successful grape in the Finger Lakes AVA?

Due to the extreme cold, what 4 hybrid varieties are successful in other parts of New York for winemaking?

A

Riesling

Baco Noir, Seyval Blanc, Vidal, Cayuga

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16
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Whats made in Lake Erie AVA?

A

Jelly

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17
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Niagara Escarpment AVA is well known for what?

A

Ice Wines, from Vidal

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18
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Whats the AVA to know in Texas?

What grape is prominent?

A

Texas Hill Country AVA

Tempranillo

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19
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What is the largest AVA in the US?

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Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA

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20
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In what state will I find these AVA’s?

Middleburg AVA
Monticello AVA
Shenandoah Valley AVA
Rocky Knob AVA

A

Virginia

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21
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In Canada, the VQA controls wine laws in which two provinces?

What does it stand for?

A

Ontario and British Columbia

Vintners Quality Alliance

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22
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What is the only French hybrid allowed for VQA icewine?

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Vidal

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23
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VQA wines from Ontario and British Columbia must be made from what percent of grapes grown in their respective provinces?

A

100%

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For VQA wines, if vintage dated, what percent must be of that vintage?

What about if variety is stated?

A

both 85%

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For VQA wines, if a single vineyard is listed, what percent must be from that vineyard?

A

100%

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26
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In B.C. if a smaller appellation is listed, what % is required in the wine?

How about Ontario?

A

95% in BC

85% in Ontario for regional appellations but for sub regions, 100%

27
Q

What are the three main regional appellations in Ontario?

What are these called?

A

Niagara Peninsula DVA
Lake Erie North Shore DVA
Prince Edward County DVA

Designated Viticultural Areas

28
Q

Niagara Peninsula DVA is divided into what 2 smaller regions?

Who is the marquee producer for Icewine here?

A

Niagara Escarpment
Niagara on the Lake

Inniskillin

29
Q

What grapes are successful in Niagara Peninsula DVA?

A

Riesling
Chardonnay
Cab Franc
Merlot
Gamay
Pinot Noir

30
Q

What is the major DVA to know in British Columbia, accounting for how much of production?

A

Okanagan Valley, 84%

31
Q

The Okanagan Valley lies between which two mountain ranges? Whats the climate like here?

A

Cascades and the Monashee mtns

Continental, its warmer here in summer than coastal Cali

32
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What grapes are successful in the Okanagan Valley?

A

Pinot Noir, Gris, Blanc
Chardonnay
Merlot

33
Q

What country was first to produce wine in the Americas?

A

Mexico, following the defeat of the Aztec empire by Hernan Cortez

34
Q

When did the Valle de Guadalupe get its start on the Baja Peninsula?

A

1904, when the Mexican government gave 100 acres to Russians escaping Tsar Nicolas II

35
Q

What percent of Mexican wine does Baja Cali account for?

What is Mexico’s largest producer, located where?

A

85%

L.A. Cetto, in Valle del Guadalupe

36
Q

Aside from Baja, what are 2 other key wine producing states in Mexico?

A

Queretaro
Coahuila

37
Q

What is the oldest winery in the Americas and where is it located?

A

Casa Madero, founded in 1597

Coahuila, in the Parras de la Fuente area, a high altitude (1500m) oasis.

38
Q

Washington’s wine industry is located where, which is essential for viticulture.

What’s the climate like?

A

East of the Cascades, which provides a rain shadow. Irrigation is necessary.

Continental, hot summers and very cold winters. Extended sunlight hours due to Northern latitude.

39
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What AVA covers a quarter of Washington state acreage and contains all but 3 of its AVA’s?

What are those 3?

A

Columbia Valley AVA

Puget Sound AVA
Columbia Gorge AVA
Lewis & Clark Valley AVA

40
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Located in the Columbia Valley AVA, and furthest North, what are the 2 AVA’s up there?

A

Lake Chelan AVA
Rocky Reach AVA

41
Q

In the center of the state, and center of Columbia Valley, what 3 AVA’s line the East bank of the river?

A

Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley AVA
Royal Slope AVA
Wahluke Slope AVA

42
Q

What was Washington’s first AVA and when?

About what portion of Washington vineyard is here?

A

Yakima Valley AVA 1983

over 1/3

43
Q

What 5 AVA are nested within Yakima Valley?

What grape leads plantings in Yakima?

A

Rattlesnake Hills
Snipes Mountain
Red Mountain
Candy Mountain
Goose Gap

Merlot

44
Q

What is Washington’s warmest, most densely planted AVA? What grape shines here?

A

Red Mountain AVA

Cabernet Sauvignon

45
Q

What AVA is nestled in the Cascade foothills, upriver from Yakima?

A

Naches Heights AVA

46
Q

What AVA sits to Yakimas South, along the Columbia river and Oregon border?

A

Horse Heaven Hills AVA

47
Q

Which AVA’S are shared with Oregon along the Columbia river?

A

Walla Walla Valley AVA
Columbia Gorge AVA
Columbia Valley AVA

48
Q

What color wine, and grapes are the specialty of Walla Walla Valley AVA?

Soils?

Why? What producers led to a boom in business here?

A

Red, 80% Cab, Syrah, and Merlot

Basalt with Loess

Leonetti started it in the 70’s. L’Ecole followed in the 80’s.

Christophe Baron would arrive in the 90’s, founding Cayuse, on the Oregon side within ‘The Rocks of Milton Freewater’ AVA.

49
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In Oregon, South of the Willamette Valley, breakdown the AVA’S that make up the Southern part of the state.

A

The Southern Oregon AVA is the large encompassing appellation.

Umpqua Valley sits furthest North, Elkton Oregon AVA is in the NW, Red Hill Douglas County AVA is East of Elkton.

Rogue Valley is in the South, Applegate Valley making up the Southern portion.

50
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Which 2 gentlemen are credited with starting the modern wine scene in the Willamette Valley? When?

A

David Lett (Eyrie)
Charles Coury

1960’s

51
Q

What sub soil type is known in Dundee Hills, imparting elegance to wines made from vines planted on it?

A

Jory Soils - well drained volcanic

52
Q

What sub soil type is known in the Ribbon Ridge AVA, imparting a denser darker profile to Pinot vines grown on it?

A

Willakenzie - marine sediments

53
Q

Which AVA’s in Willamette are affected by Pacific winds funneling through the Coastal range? What is the result?

A

Van Duzer Corridor
McMinnville
Eola Amity

Thicker skins, more tannin

54
Q

In Oregon, a varietal wine from Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, or Riesling must contain what percent of the stated grape?

A

90%, up from the US law of 75% for varietal.

55
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In Oregon, if an AVA is listed on a label, what percent of the fruit must come from that area?

A

95%, up from the US law of 85%

56
Q

Who makes Monagram Pinot Noir in the Willamette Valley?

A

Domaine Serene

57
Q

Who makes ‘Botanica’ and ‘Ceres’ Pinot Noir in the Willamette Valley?

A

Antica Terra

58
Q

Hailing from Dundee Hills, what estate makes a pricey Pinot named ‘South Block’

A

The Eyrie Vineyards

59
Q

Who makes the pricey Pinots ‘Gathered Stones’ and ‘1st Red Dust’ in Willamette Valley?

A

Rose and Arrow Estate

60
Q

Who makes Bionic Frog, No Girls, and Horsepower wines?

A

Christophe Baron of Cayuse

61
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Where are Klipsun and Col Solare located?

A

Red Mountain AVA

62
Q

Whats the expensive Cabernet to know hailing from Horse Heaven Hills AVA?

A

Quilceda Creek, although they aren’t based here.

63
Q

Who is the Father of Washington wine?

A

Walter Clore, who worked from Prosser, WA for the Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, oversaw the plantings of hundreds of grape varieties via his work from 1937 through 1974. He figured out what worked where and how.