North Coast California Flashcards
1
Q
What are the AVA of the north coast AVA?
A
Mendocino county Lake Sonoma Napa valley Solano & Marin
2
Q
What is meritage?
A
A blended wine of red grapes that does not have more than 90% of one grape in it.
3
Q
Where is Zinfandel from originally?
A
From Croatia real name
Crljenak kastelanski
4
Q
Name the AVA of Mendocino
A
Covello and dos rios Mendocino AVA: redwood valley AVA Potter valley Cole ranch McDowell valley Yorkville highlands
Anderson valley
Mendocino ridge
5
Q
Name the AVA of lake county
A
Clear lake AVA:
High valley AVA
Red hills Ava
Benmore valley Ava
Guenoc valley Ava
Big valley district-lake county AVA
Kesley bench-lake county AVA
6
Q
Name the Ava of Sonoma county
A
Northern Sonoma AVA: Pine mountain cloverdale (with Mendocino) Rockpile Alexander valley Dry creek valley Knight valley Russian river valley : Chalk hill Green valley of the Russian river
Sonoma Coast AVA:
Fort Ross Seaview AVA
Sonoma valley AVA: Bennett valley Sonoma mountain Los carneros (with Napa) Moon mountain district (add in 2013)
7
Q
northernmost AVA of north coast California?
A
Covello AVA
Dos Rios AVA
8
Q
name the 4 Sub region that encompasses California
A
North Coast
Central Coast
Central Valley
South Coast
