North america History

Question 1

When did nationwide prohibition start and end in USA

Answer 1

Start 1920
End 1932

Question 2

Who was the first American settler to plant in Napa?

Answer 2

George Yount

Question 3

When did George Yount plant the first ever vineyard in Napa?

Answer 3

1839

Question 4

When was the first ever recorded vintage in the USA?
Who planted it and where?
Which grape?

Answer 4

1783
Franciscan monks
San Juan Capistrano California
Mission grape

Question 5

Who is dubbed the father of Californian wines?

Answer 5

Count Agoston Haraszthy

Question 6

Which winery did Agoston Haraszthy found and when?

Answer 6

Buena Vista
1849

Question 7

Which famous Californian winemaker, was first winemaker at Buena Vista before starting his own winery in 1861

Answer 7

Charles Krug

Question 8

What is California oldest continuously operating winery?
When was is founded?

Answer 8

Beringer
1876

Question 9

Who founded Inglenook and when?

Answer 9

Gustav Niebaum
1880

Question 10

Who is Robert Prince?

Answer 10

Long Island winemaker. Making wines out of Native American vines species in 1840s

Question 11

What grapes were mostly planted in the Finger Lakes from 1850s onward?

Answer 11

Native Concord and Hybrids Catabawa & Delaware

Question 12

What is USA’s first bonded winery?
When?
Where is it located?

Answer 12

Pleasant Valley Wine
1860
Hammondsport, Finger Lakes

Question 13

Who is Nicolas Longworth?

Answer 13

Sparkling winemaker in Ohio mid 19th century making wine out of Catabawa

Question 14

Name the historical winery of Missouri

Answer 14

Stone Hill Winery
Hermann

Question 15

What grape is the pride of the state of Missouri?

Answer 15

Norton

Question 16

Who is credited of being the first to understand the resistance of American Rootstocks to Phyloxera

Answer 16

Charles Valentine Riley

Question 17

Which winery was called the House of Altar Wine?

Answer 17

Beaulieu Vineyard
George de Latour

Question 18

Which winery produced Thunderbird and Night Train Express

Answer 18

Gallo brothers

Question 19

Which winemaker created a new benchmark for quality for American wine?

Answer 19

Andre Tchelistcheff

Question 20

Who first hired Andre Tchelistcheff as head winemaker in 1938?

Answer 20

Beaulieu vineyard
George de Latour

Question 21

What specific wine set a new benchmark for quality in American wine?

Answer 21

Beaulieu vineyard, private reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 22

Where was Robert Mondavi winemaker before starting his own eponymous winery?

Answer 22

Charles Krug

Question 23

When was Robert Mondavi’s first vintage in his own winery

Answer 23

1966

Question 24

Who pioneered barrel fermented SB in California? First vintage, style name?

Answer 24

Robert Mondavi
1968
Fumé blanc

Question 25

Name 3 Pioneering winemakers of Sonoma

Answer 25

Hanzell Martin Ray Simi

Question 26

Which winemaker made Monte Bello famous

Answer 26

Paul Drapper

Question 27

Where is Monte Bello situated

Answer 27

Santa Cruz mountains

Question 28

Where was the first Pinot and Chardo planted in California? Who by and when?

Answer 28

Sta Rita hills, Santa Barbara Richard Sanford 1970

Question 29

Who is Dr Konstantin Frank

Answer 29

Winemaker who proved that vitis vinifera could be successful in finger lakes

Question 30

Who pioneered Pinot in Willamette Valley Oregon? When?

Answer 30

David Lett Eyre Vineyard 1965

Question 31

Which famous winemakers were mentored by Andre Tchelistcheff?

Answer 31

Robert Mondavi Joe Heitz Mike Grgich

Question 32

Which wines won the first judgment of Paris?

Answer 32

Stag’s Leap Cabernet Sauvignon 1973 Cht Montelena Chardonnay 1973

Question 33

When was the first Judgment of Paris ? Who organised it?

Answer 33

1976 Steven Spurrier

Question 34

Who was the winemaker of Stags Leap Cabernet 1973

Answer 34

Warren Winiarski

Question 35

Who was the winemaker of Cht Montelena Chardonnay 1973

Answer 35

Mike Grgich

Question 36

When was the first Chalonr vineyard bottling?

Answer 36

1960