NY, VA, etc Flashcards
New York is the __ largest producer of wine in the US, but Vitis vinifera grapes currently account for less than one third of the state’s vineyards.
2nd
Who first successfully cultivated vinifera grapes in upstate NY?
Dr. Konstantin Frank’s in the early 1960s
Long Island AVA sub-AVAs?
North Fork of Long Island and The Hamptons
Climate of Long Island AVA?
warmer, maritime
How much longer is the growing season of Long Island vs Finger lakes?
3 weeks longer
What AVAs are in the Finger Lakes?
Niagara Escarpment and Lake Erie AVAs
90% of NY wine is produced in-
The Finger Lakes
The extremes of cold temperature are mitigated by what in the finger lakes?
water: the lake effect of the Great Lakes lowers the chance of damaging winter freezes and promotes a late budbreak, lessening the dangers of spring frost
What crossing still has a large following in the Finger Lakes?
Niagara, an American cross of Concord and Cassady
What are the 2 largest lakes of the Finger Lakes
Cayuga, Seneca
Texas is home to eight viticultural areas—including the sprawling, nine million acre-
Texas Hill Country AVA
__, spanning nearly 30,000 square miles in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois, became America’s—and the world’s—largest demarcated appellation with its formal approval in 2009
The Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA
South of the United States, the most important viticultural region in Mexico is the maritime-influenced __
Baja Peninsula
What hold promise on the Baja Peninsula?
International varieties, and Rhône grapes in particular
Subregions of Baja Peninsula?
Valle de Guadalupe, Valle de Santo Tomas, Valle de San Antonio de las Minas, and Valle de San Vincente
