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When did the US surpass France to become the #1 wine consumer in the world?

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2011

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What was the first law regarding vinifera in America?

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1619 Virginia law requiring every male colonist to tend 10 vines

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What did Jefferson call wine?

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The only antidote to the bane of whiskey

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What did Franklin call wine?

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Proof that god loves us.

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When was the Mission grape introduced into the western frontier?

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Early 1500s … entered Texas and New Mexico by 1629

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When and where was the first wine produced in California?

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Franciscians at San Juan Capistrano Mission produced it in 1783

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When was the last/most northerly mission Spanish founded in America? Where?

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1823 the Franciscians built the San Francisco de Solano Mission in Sonoma

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Who planted the first vineyard in Napa? When?

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George Yount in 1836

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Who was the father of California wine? What was his influence?

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Hungarian born ‘Count Agoston Haraszthy
Founded Buena Vista in 1849
Introduced 300 varietals to the state”

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What are some of the older wineries in Napa? When were they founded and by whom?

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Krug in 1861 by Charles Krug
Schramsberg in 1862 by Jacob Schram
Inglenook in 1879 by Gustav Niebaum

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When was Phylloxera discovered in Sonoma?

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1873

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When can commercial winemaking be traced to in New York?

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1840s with Robert Prince producing wine from native grapes in Long Island

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What were the traits of wineries in the Finger Lakes in the 1850s onward?

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Planted extensively with Concord and with hybrids like Catawba and Deleware

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What is the nation’s first bonded wine company?

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Pleasant Valley Wine, est 1860 in Hammondsport in Finger Lakes

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Who was the major figure producing wine in Ohio in the mid 19th century?

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Nicholas Longworth producing 150,000 bottles of hand-riddled Catawba

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What was the production in Missouri in the mid 19th century?

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100,000 gallons annually by German immigrants in 1856

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What was Stone Hill Winery?

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Winery in Hermann, MO. By 1900 was the 3rd largest winery in the world.

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Who was the savior of modern winemaking?

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Charles Valentine Riley, a Missouri entomologist
Saved the Norton grape (aestivalis)
Understood innate American grape resistance to phylloxera
French erected a statue in Montpellier in his honor

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What Amendment created Prohibition?

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18th in 1920

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What did Beaulieu do to survive Prohibition? Who was it’s founder?

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Called itself the House of Altar Wine”

Georges de Latour”

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When was Prohibition ended? By which Amendment?

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1933

21st

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What percentage of CA’s production was sweet, fortified jug wine in 1935?

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81%

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What were some of the names of wine produced by Gallo after Prohibition?

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Thunderbird

Night Train Express

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When did Beaulieu work to improve quality in American wine? How?

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1938
Hired Andre Tchelistcheff, Russian winemaker trained in France
Introduced Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Introduced hygiene, temp controlled fermentation, controlled MLF

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# United States Who did Andre Tchelistcheff mentor?
Robert Mondavi Louis Martini Joe Heitz Mike Grgich
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# United States When was Mondavi's first harvest? When did he introduce Fume Blanc?
1966 | 1968
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# United States Who introduced Vinifera varieties into Finger Lakes?
Dr. Konstantin Frank, Janitor at Cornell who founded Vinifera Wine Cellars in 1962 with Riesling and sparkling
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# United States Who introduced Pinot Noir in Oregon?
David Lett of Eyrie Vineyard in 1966
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# United States When was the Judgement of Paris? Who organized it?
1976 by Steven Spurrier
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# United States Which American wines won? What wast their competition?
Stag's Leap Cab Chateau Montelena Chard First and second growth Bordeaux, 1er and 2er cru Burgundy
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# United States When did the ATF introduce the first AVA? When did Napa get its AVA?
Augusta in Missouri in 1980 | 1981
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# United States What was contentious about the approval of the Calistoga AVA from 2007 to 2009 by the TTB?
Two wineries, Calistoga Cellars and Calistoga Estates, did not use enough Calistoga AVA fruit to keep their names. They lost
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# United States What percentage of grapes must be from a stated AVA?
85%
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# United States What percentage of grapes must be from a stated county, state or country?
75% unless CA or OR (100%) or WA (95%)
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# United States What percentage of grapes must be from a single vineyard?
95%
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# United States If an American wine or imported wine uses a vintage date, what type of appellation must it have?
Smaller than a country
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# United States If a wine is labeled by an AVA, what percentage must come from the stated vintage?
95%
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# United States What is the requirement for varietal labeling?
75% of vinifera | 51% of labrusca
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# United States What is the wiggle room for alcohol on a label?
1.5% plus or minus
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# United States If a wine is labeled table wine or light wine, how much alcohol can it contain?
7% to 14%
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# United States If a wine says Contains Sulfites" how much does it have?"
At least 10 ppm
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# United States What are the labeling requirements for bottling? Estate?
All must have name and address of the bottler | If Estate, 100% of grapes must be grown on land owned or controlled by winery and from the same AVA as the estate
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# United States What are the four large AVAs of California?
North Coast Central Coast South Coast Sierra Foothills
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# United States What are the labeling requirements for Meritage?
No grape must be 90% of the wine | Must be Bordeaux varietals
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# United States What is the true origin of Zinfandel? Who discovered it?
Croatia's Crljenak Kastelanski | Carole Meredith
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# United States What is teinturier?
Refers to a grape used to stain/dye
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# United States What are the counties in the North Coast AVA?
``` Napa Sonoma Mendocino Lake Solano Marin ```
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# United States What are the N/S boundaries of Napa Valley?
San Pablo Bay to Calistoga
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# United States What are the white major varietals of Napa Valley?
Chardonnay | Sauvignon Blanc
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# United States What are the major red varietals of Napa Valley?
``` Cabernet Sauvignon Zinfandel Merlot Cabernet Franc Petit Verdot Petite Syrah Sangiovese Pinot Noir ```
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# United States What is the western border of Napa?
Mayacamas Mountains
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# United States What is the eastern border of Napa?
Vaca mountains
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# United States What are the sub-AVAs of Napa Valley?
``` Coombsville Calistoga Diamond Mountain District Spring Mountain District St Helena Rutherford Oakville Stags Leap District Mount Veeder Yountville Los Carneros (Carneros) Wild Horse Valley Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley Atlas Peak Chiles Valley Howell Mountain ```
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# United States What are the major varietals of Sonoma County?
``` Pinot Noir Chardonnay Cool Climate Rhone Varietals Zinfandel Northern AVAs do more Bordeaux varietals ```
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# United States How can temperatures vary in Sonoma County?
Carneros AVA is a cool Region I while Alexander Valley and Dry Creek Valley are Region II
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# United States What are the sub-AVAs of Russian River Valley AVA?
Chalk Hill | Green Valley
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# United States What is Sonoma Valley AVA?
Valley parallel to Napa between the Mayacamas and Sonoma Mountains Known for Zinfandel, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon
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# United States What are the AVAs of Sonoma County?
``` Los Carneros (Carneros) Sonoma Valley Sonoma Mountain Bennett Valley Sonoma Coast Northern Sonoma Russian River Valley Green Valley of RRV Chalk Hill Dry Creek Valley Rockpile Alexander Valley Knights Valley Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak Fort Ross-Seaview ```
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# United States What are the AVAs of Mendocino County?
``` Mendocino County Mendocino Ridge Anderson Valley Potter Valley Redwood Valley McDowell Valley Yorkville Highlands Dos Rios Cole Ranch Covelo Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak ```
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# United States Where is Roderer located?
Anderson Valley AVA
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# United States What are the AVAs of Monterey County?
``` Monterey Santa Lucia Highlands Chalone Hames Valley Arroyo Seco Carmel Valley San Antonio Valley San Bernabe San Lucas ```
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# United States Where is Monterey County located?
Within Central Coast AVA, between San Francisco Bay and Santa Barbara County
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# United States What are the grapes typically grown in Monterey County?
Typically Chardonnay and Pinot Noir
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# United States What are the AVAs to the east and south of San Francisco Bay?
``` Livermore Valley Santa Cruz Mountains Ben Lomond Mountain Santa Clara Valley San Ysidro District San Francisco Bay AVA ```
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# United States What is the major AVA to the south of San Francisco?
Santa Cruz Moutains AVA
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# United States What are the major varietals associated with San Francisco Bay Area?
Sauvignon Blanc
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# United States What are the AVAs of San Luis Obispo County?
Paso Robles Arroyo Grande York Mountain Edna Valley
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# United States What are the main varietals of Paso Robles?
Zinfandel Cabernet Sauvignon Rhone Varietals
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# United States What are the AVAs of Santa Barbara County?
Santa Maria Valley Santa Ynez Valley Santa Rita Hills (Sub of Ynez) Happy Canyon (Sub of Ynez)
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# United States What are the main varietals of Santa Barbara County?
``` Pinot Noir Chardonnay Sauvignon Blanc Merlot Rhone Varietals ```
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# United States What is Lodi?
Most important Central Valley AVA | Home to over 20% of CA's wine production
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# United States What is Sierra Foothills AVA?
AVA located to E or Sacramento and Lodi | Does old vine zinfandel
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# United States What vintage of wine made Joseph Drouhin buy property in Oregon?
David Lett's Eyrie South Block Reserve PN 1975
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# United States What is the climate of Oregon?
Maritime, mild and temperate
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# United States What are the sub-AVAs of the Willamette Valley?
``` Dundee Hills Eola-Amity HIlls Ribbon RIdge McMinnville Yamhill-Carlton district Chehalem Mountains (highest) ```
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# United States What is the soil of the Willamette?
Ancient volcanic and alluvium from Missoula floods (Willamette Silt) Jory (volcanic topsoil) found in Dundee Hills - Elegant Fine loam ash covered soil (Willakenzie) is in Ribbon Ridge - Denser in style
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# United States What are the varietals of the Willamette Valley?
``` Pinot Noir Pinot Gris Chardonnay Pinot Blanc Riesling ```
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# United States What are the sub-AVAs of the Southern Oregon AVA?
Red Hills Douglas County Umpqua Valley Applegate Valley Rogue Valley
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# United States What are the varietals typically found in Southern Oregon?
``` Syrah Cabernet Sauvignon Pinot Gris Gewurztraminer Chardonnay ```
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# United States What are the AVAs the Oregon shares with other states?
``` Columbia Valley (with the Columbia Gorge and Walla Walla Valley) Snake River Valley ```
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# United States When there is varietal labeling on an Oregon label, what percentage must be from that varietal? What are the exceptions?
``` 90% instead of the usual 75% White and red Bordeaux varieties Major Rhone grapes Zinfandel Sangiovese Tannat Tempranillo ```
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# United States If a wine is from Oregon and labeled as an AVA wine, how much of those grapes must come from that AVA?
95% rather than the standard 85%
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# United States How much of the nation's wine does Washington produce?
5%
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# United States How large is the Columbia Valley AVA?
Covers 11 million acres
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# United States What are the major AVAs of Washington State?
Puget Sound | Columbia Valley
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# United States What are the sub-AVAs of the Columbia Valley
``` Yakima Valley Naches Heights Walla Walla Valley Horse Heaven Hills Lake Chelan Whaluke Slope Columbia Gorge ```
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# United States What are the sub-AVAs of Yakima Valley?
Rattlesnake Hills Red Mountain Snipes Mountain
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# United States What is the first AVA for Washington?
Yakima Valley in 1983
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# United States What are the major varietals of Washington state?
``` Chardonnay Riesling Gewurztraminer Semillon Sauvignon Blanc Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Syrah Cabernet Franc ```
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# United States What are the major AVAs of New York?
``` Long Island Hudson River Region Finger Lakes Lake Erie Niagra Escarpment ```
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# United States What are the sub-AVAs of Long Island?
North Fork of Long Island | The Hamptons
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# United States What are the sub-AVAs of the Finger Lakes?
Cayuga Lake | Seneca Lake

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