Napa Valley

Question 1

What % of CA wine is made in Napa?

Answer 1

4%

Question 2

What are the dimensions of Napa Valley?

Answer 2

30 miles x 5 miles

Question 3

What sequence formed the East mountains 150 million years ago.

Answer 3

The Great Valley sequence

Question 4

What sequence pushed up a new land mass to the west 150 million years ago

Answer 4

Franciscan Formation (Coastal Range

Question 5

Name the E and W mountain ranges of Napa?

Answer 5

Mayacamas (West)
Vaca (East)

Question 6

Who was first to plant vines in Napa Valley?

Answer 6

George Yount- 1830

Question 7

Which wines won the Judgment of Paris?

Answer 7

1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay

1973 SLWC Cab Sauv

Question 8

What is the Ag Preserve and in what year was it established

Answer 8

1968

Protects NV from urban development

Question 9

Name all 16 AVA’s of NV

Answer 9

1. Carneros (Shared with Sonoma County)
2. Oak Knoll District
3. Coombsville
4. Wild Horse Valley

Question 10

Name all 16 AVA’s of NV

Answer 10

1. Carneros (Shared with Sonoma County)
2. Oak Knoll District
3. Coombsville
4. Wild Horse Valley (Shared with Solano County)
5. Yountville
6. Oakville
7. Rutherford
8. St. Helena
9. Calistoga
10. Mt. Veeder
11. Spring Mountain District
12. Diamond Mountain District
13. Atlas Peak
14. Chiles Valley
15. Howell Mountain District
16. Stag’s Leap District

Bonus= Pritchard Hill & Crystal Springs

Question 11

Which side of Napa valley has more gravel soils?

Volcanic?

Answer 11

West=Gravel

East=Volcanic

Question 12

What AVA has highest Daytime temp in Napa and why?

Answer 12

St. Helena

Furthest from both fog influence. Also valley narrows creating heat reflection from slopes

Question 13

Name the AVA with coolest daytime temp and why

Answer 13

Wild Horse Valley, Fog goes up in elevation cooling by 10 degrees + Suisun bay winds

Question 14

What % of Napa’s harvest is CS?

Answer 14

50%

Question 15

What are the counties of North Coast AVA

Answer 15

Marin
Sonoma
Napa
Solano
Lake 
Mendocino

Question 16

1st commercial winery of Napa?

Answer 16

Charles Krug 1861 (bought by Mondavi family)

Question 17

1st chateau style winery of Napa?

Answer 17

Inglenook 1879

Question 18

What is the Bracero Program and when was it established

Answer 18

1942 Allowed Mexican men to immigrate to work U.S. agriculture.

Question 19

When did Robert Mondavi build his own winery?

Answer 19

1966

Question 20

What AVA has the largest Alluvial fan in NV?

What creek forms it?

Answer 20

Oak Knoll

Dry Creek

Question 21

What AVA has the Highest elevation vineyards in Napa?

Answer 21

Mt. Veeder AVA

Question 22

What’s the newest NV AVA?

Answer 22

Coombsville 2012

Question 23

What is the pending AVA of Napa and where is it?

Answer 23

Crystal Springs

below 1400 foot slopes of Howell Mountain

Question 24

Why is Chiles Valley higher elevation than most valleys?

Answer 24

It is a valley in the Vaca mountain range