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MENDOCINO COUNTY Flashcards

1
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Name all 12 AVA’s in Mendocino County

A
  1. Anderson Valley
  2. Mendocino
  3. Cole Ranch
  4. Potter Valley
  5. Redwood Valley
  6. Mendocino Ridge
  7. Eagle Peak
  8. Cloverdale Mountain
  9. Yorkville Highlands
  10. Dos Rios
  11. Covelo
  12. McDowell Valley
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2
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Name the only non-contiguous AVA in America

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Mendocino Ridge

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3
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Name the smallest AVA in total acreage

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Cole Ranch

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4
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Name some classic producers from Mendocino

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Roederer
Scharfenberger
Goldeneye
Husch
Barra of Mendocino
Navarro
Handley
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5
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New kid producers from Mendocino

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Black Kite
Baxter
Drew
Knez
Masut
Philips-Hill
Saracina
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6
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What is Coro Mendocino?

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40-70% Zinfandel
+Sy, PS, Carignane, Sangio, Grenache, Dolcetto, Charbano, Barbera, Primitivo?
-All fruit from Mendocino
-Max 5% out of vintage

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7
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1st bonded winery of Anderson Valley?

A

Husch

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8
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1st modern vineyard of Anderson Valley

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Edameades

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9
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What Mendocino AVA specializes in Alsace varietals?

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Anderson Valley

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10
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Who owned Cole Ranch initially?

Now?

A

Sterling Family (Esterlina Winery (2010-2016)

Wells Fargo and Mike Lucia (2019)

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11
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What Mendocino AVA overlooks the Russian River to the west

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McDowell Valley

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12
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What Mendocino AVA specializes in Rhone varietals?

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McDowell Valley

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13
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What AVA may you find Barbera in Mendocino?

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Redwood Valley

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14
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What Mendocino AVA is known for Red, Volcanic Soils

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Redwood Valley

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15
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What Mendocino AVA is known for Rocky/Gravelly soils

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Yorkville Highlands

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16
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What are the nested AVA’s within Mendocino AVA?

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Anderson Valley
Cole Ranch
McDowell Valley
Potter Valley
Redwood Valley
Yorkville Highlands
17
Q

What AVA is Masut in?

A

Eagle Peak

18
Q

What is the main river of Dos Rios?

19
Q

What is the only winery of Dos Rios AVA

A

Vin De Tevis

20
Q

What AVA’s does Vin de Tevis own all of the acreage

A

Dos Rios (6 acres) & Covelo (2 acres)

21
Q

What range does the Anderson Valley cut through?

A

Coastal Range

22
Q

What AVA is Theopolos and Carlisle located?

A

Yorkville Highlands

23
Q

What does “Coro” translate to?

24
Q

What County has 1/3 of CA’s Organic wine grape acreage

25
Q

Top white varieties of Mendocino County

A

CH, SB, Gewurtz

26
Q

Top red varieties of Mendocino County

27
Q

Mendocino Ridge AVA includes only elevations over….

28
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What 2 counties is Pine Mountain/ Cloverdale in?

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Mendocino &Sonoma

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