Mountains & Hills Flashcards
Pindos Mountains
Central Spine of Greece
Mayacamas Mountains
Mountains that separate Napa and Sonoma
Vaca Mountains
Mountains to East of Napa Valley, above Stag’s Leap
Blue Mountains
Eastern border of Walla Walla, forming a rain “backdrop”
Saddle Mountains
Northern border of Wahluke Slope in Washington
Chahalem Mountains
Along the Northern portion of the Willamette Valley
Klamath Mountains
On the border of California and Oregon, surrounding the Rouge Valley AVA
Nahuelbuta Mountains
Bio Bio, Chile, a southern extension of Chile’s Coastal Mountains
Eifel Mountains
Belgium and Luxembourg to the west of the Mosel, part of the Rhenish Massif
Hunsrück Mountains
Mountains that separate Mosel from Nahe
Voges Mountains
Most important North-South mountains that define Alsace
Haardt Hills
German extension of the Voges in Pfalz
Taunus Mountains
Northern Ridgeline that defines the Rhiengau
Mount Lofty Ranges
Range just east of Adelaide in South Australia
Great Dividing Range
Eastern Spine of Australia in NSW and Victoria
Snowy Mountains
Part of the Great Dividing Range in Southern NSW
Mt. Aconcagua
Highest peak in the Andes, summit is in Mendoza
Mt. Olympus
Greece’s highest peak at 3000m, located in Thessaly
Red Mountain
AVA in Columbia Valley, Washington. The hottest climate in the state.
Spring Mountain
Central portion of the Mayacamas in Napa, the transition from more sedimentary southern portion and the volcanic north.
Diamond Mountain
Sub-AVA of Napa, smallest of the Mountain AVAs, rugged and known for its one signature producer.
Snipes Mountain
Columbia Valley, Washington. Site of first experimental plantings in the state in the 1940s.
Horse Heavan Hills
East west ridge line north of the Columbia River in Washington.
Dundee Hills
Oregon’s most famous AVA, surrounding and north of Dundee.
Ribbon Ridge
A southern spur of the Chehelem Mountains dominated by Willakenzie sedimentary soils.
Howell Mountain
Napa Valley’s first sub-AVA, mostly volcanic and all above the “fog line” at 1400ft.
Mount Veeder
Napa’s coolest mountain climate, much of it is too steep to plant legally.
Atlas Peak
Mountain near the southern end of Napa’s Vaca Mountains, cool with mostly poor volcanic soils.
Monashee Mountains
Mountains around the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Citrusdal Mountain
Mountain above the Piekenierskloof in the Overberg Region of South Africa
Spencer Mountains
Mountains to the south of Nelson, separating Nelson from Cantebury in NZ.
Mount Barker
Sub GI of the Great Southern, Western Australia
Mount Benson
Coastal GI along the Limestone Coast in Australia, west of Coonawarra
Mount Gambier
Southernmost of the Limestone Coast GIs in South Australia
Gabilan Mountains
Northeastern side of the Salinas Valley which separate Monterrey and San Benito Counties. Chalone is on the SB side.
Serra de Estrela
One of the ranges that surrounds the Daõ in Portugal, Portugal’s highest mountains.
Ben Lomond Mountain
Sub AVA of the Santa Cruz Mountains (excluded from Central Coast)
Cantabrian Mountains
Northern Spanish Mountains south of Basque that create a rain shadow for Rioja
Serra do Moraõ
Mountains that separate the Douro from Tras-o-Montes to the north.
Serra de Montemuro
Mountains to the south of Douro, separating Douro from Daõ.
Arrabida Mountains
Southern, coastal portion of the Peninsula de Setúbal
Apennine Mountains
Central mountain spine of Italy. They begin in southern Piedmonte and run to Calabria
Mount Vulture
Volcano shared between Basilicata and Campania in Southern Italy.
Mount Etna
Active volcano and wine region on the northeast corner of Sicily
Brokenback Mountains
Western edge of Hunter Valley, part of the Great Dividing Range and separating Hunter from the Central Ranges.
Carpathian Mountains
Ring around the Danubian plain of Hungary, forming northern and eastern Hungary, and most of Romania.
Albères Mountains
Coastal range in Roussillon, on the Mediterranean facing side is Côtes de Roussillon Les Aspres.
Rattlesnake Hills
Northern-most and largest of the sub-AVAs of Yakima Valley Washington.
Dentilles de Montmirail
Ridge line that resembles a row of teeth above Gigondas in the Southern Rhone
Montferrato Hills
Hills in Piemonte north of the city of Asti, known for production of Barbera
Verduno Hills
Hills that form the northeastern corner of Barolo, subset of the Langhe Hills
Langhe Hills
The large group of hills that dominate Barolo and Barbaresco, south of the Tanaro River around Alba.
Simonsberg
The mountain shared by Stellenbosch and Paarl
Polkadrai Hills
In the southeastern corner of Stellenbosch, these separate Stellenbosch from the Cape Town suburbs to the west.
Papagaiberg
Southeastern facing small Ward in the center of Stellenbosch, just on the east of the town of Stellenbosch.
Goriska Brda (hills)
Northwestern Slovenia, bordering Collio in Italy
Mont Ventoux
Tall volcanic peak on the southeastern corner of the Southern Rhône.
