North Coast

Question 1

North Coast

Answer 1

Umbrella AVA implying N of San Francisco. Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma counties

Question 2

Mendocino nested AVAs

Answer 2

Anderson Valley, Yorkville Highlands, Mendocino Ridge, McDowell Valley, Potter Ridge

Question 3

Mendocino varieties

Answer 3

CS/SB along RRV. Zin, Petit Sirah on benchlands

Question 4

Mendocino producers

Answer 4

Fetter, Bonterra, Fey (all organic)

Question 5

Anderson Valley AVA

Answer 5

10 mile valley, vines grown in foggy area between Philo and Navarro

Question 6

Anderson Valley AVA varieties

Answer 6

Gewürztraminer, Riesling, Chard. Some oak Zin from small patches. PN production rising

Question 7

Anderson Valley AVA producers

Answer 7

Duckhorn’s Goldeneye (PN), Littoral, Williams Selyem, Siduri, Roederer Estate, Scharffenberger

Question 8

Anderson Valley AVA vineyards

Answer 8

Greenwood Ridge, Handley, Navarro

Question 9

Alexander Valley AVA

Answer 9

Largest, most fully planted. 50 wineries, 15,000 ha

Question 10

Alexander Valley style

Answer 10

Fleshy voluptuousness, chocolate warmth in CS/Merlot. Chard bold w/ girth, leaner, stonier near RRV

Question 11

Alexander Valley varieties

Answer 11

CS, Merlot, Chard, Zin, SB

Question 12

Alexander Valley producers

Answer 12

Geyser Peak, Clos du Bois, Stuhlmuller, Ridge, Seghesio

Question 13

Alexander Valley producers outside who only purchase fruit here

Answer 13

Rodney Strong, Silver Oak, Chateau St Jean

Question 14

Alexander Valley sub AVA

Answer 14

Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak AVA at northernmost edge in 2011

Question 15

Dry Creek Valley AVA white varieties

Answer 15

SB, small plantings of Chard, Viognier, Arneis, Fiano

Question 16

Dry Creek Valley AVA red varieties

Answer 16

Zin, CS. Zin considered better, but CS plantings increased with market trends

Question 17

Dry Creek Valley Zin

Answer 17

Vines 35-100+ yrs old, on phylloxera resistant St George rootstock. Some times Petit Sirah or Carignan blended in

Question 18

Rockpile AVA

Answer 18

NW part of Dry Creek Valley, and spilling out over border. Zin grapes for wineries like Carol Shelton, Seghesio. No wineries of its own

Question 19

Russian River Valley AVA

Answer 19

Cool, foggy. Rapid growth, 4,000 ac (90s) 18,000 ac (2013)

Question 20

RRV varieties

Answer 20

PN, Chard. Zin in warm hillsides (Martinelli’s Jackass vineyard)

Question 21

RRV producers

Answer 21

Kosta Brown, Paul Hobbs, Williams and Selyem, Joe Swan

Question 22

Green Valley AVA

Answer 22

Sub AVA of RRV. Foggiest, coldest area on SW edge. Goldridge soils

Question 23

Green Valley producers

Answer 23

Iron Horse, Littoral, Marimar Estate, Hartford Family Winery, Dutton-Goldfield

Question 24

Carneros AVA

Answer 24

Moderately cool and windy, sprawls across last, low hill of Mayacamas Range

Question 25

Carneros varieties

Answer 25

Chard, PN, Merlot, Syrah

Question 26

Carneros Producers

Answer 26

Gloria Ferrer, Domaine Carneros, Codorníu Napa, Domaine Chandon (Yountville)

Question 27

Sonoma Valley AVA varieties

Answer 27

Zin, PN, CS, GW, Chard

Question 28

Hanzell

Answer 28

Sonoma Valley, began the rush to use new Fr oak, revolutionizing CA Chard style

Question 29

Monte Rosso vineyard

Answer 29

Planted 1838 by Louis M. Martini. Grows CS, Zin for several producers

Question 30

Sonoma Valley AVA historic varieties

Answer 30

Field blends of Zin, Petit Sirah, Carignan, other black varieties

Question 31

Sonoma Valley producers

Answer 31

Sebastian, Gundlach-Bundschu, Chateau St Jean, Arrowood, Kenwood, Ravenswood (owned by Constellation)

Question 32

Sonoma Coast AVA

Answer 32

Created by producers to continue to describe their wines as 'estate bottled' after regulations were tightened, requiring both winery and vineyard be in the same AVA to qualify

Question 33

Sonoma Coast best vineyards

Answer 33

Fringe vineyards along Sonoma County shore, with ocean in sight, marine soils, cool temps and breezes

Question 34

Sonoma Coast style

Answer 34

From best areas, Crisp, high acid, tightly structured, less ripe

Question 35

Sonoma Coast sub AVA

Answer 35

Fort Ross-Seaview

Question 36

Petaluma Gap

Answer 36

Break in coastal mtns, ocean fog/wind intrude daily. Optimum conditions for fine-boned Chard, PN, cool-climate Syrah

Question 37

Chalk Hill AVA

Answer 37

In RRV, far eastern boundary. W slope of Mayacamas Range, volcanic soils

Question 38

RRV soils

Answer 38

Gravel, sandy-loam

Question 39

Chalk Hill AVA varieties

Answer 39

Chard, SB, CS

Question 40

Chalk Hill producers

Answer 40

Chalk Hill Estate