Oregon

Question 1

How many miles does Oregon’s Willamette Valley stretch from Portland?

Answer 1

120 mi

Question 2

Between what two mountain ranges is the Willamette Valley nestled?

Answer 2

Coastal Mountain Range

Cascades

Question 3

Who were the first to explore the potential of Pinot Noir in Oregon?

Answer 3

David Lett of Eyrie Vineyards

Charles Coury

Question 4

Who followed in David and Charles footsteps?

Answer 4

Dick Erath
Dick Ponzi
Wanted a more marginal climate for Pinot.

Question 5

What wine was the first to receive real international (French) recognition?

Answer 5

David Lett

Question 6

In 1987, what French negociant purchased property in Dundee Hills?

Answer 6

Joseph Drouhin

Question 7

What are the six sub-AVA’s of Willamette Valley?

Answer 7

Dundee Hills
Eola-Amity Hills
Ribbon Ridge
McMinnville
Yamhill-Carlton District
Chehalem Mountains

Question 8

What are “Jory” soils and where are they found?

Answer 8

Well-drained soils of volcanic origin and are found in the “Red Hills” of Dundee Hills AVA.

Question 9

What are “Willakenzie” soils?

Answer 9

Most common on the westernmost slopes of Ribbon Ridge. Categorized as Marine Sedimentary soil.

Question 10

What kind of wines re produced by “Jory” soils?

Answer 10

Elegance is the main feature

Question 11

What kind of wines are produced by “Willakenzie” soils?

Answer 11

Darker fruit

Question 12

Name one very important climatic influence on Willamette Valley.

Answer 12

Van Duzer Corridor, a gap in the Coastal Mountains that makes grapes more skin, more tannic due to intense winds. This is in Eola-Amity and McMinnville.

Question 13

What is one of the main characteristics of wines from the Chehalem Mountain AVA?

Answer 13

Most of the vineyard sites are North Facing - which makes them cool sites.

Question 14

What are the important white grapes in Oregon?

Answer 14

Pinot Gris (dry and off-dry styles), Chardonnay and Riesling.

Question 15

From where to where does the Southern Oregon AVA stretch?

Answer 15

Eugene to California Border.

Question 16

What are the AVA’s inside Southern Oregon AVA?

Answer 16

Umpqua Valley, Elkton Oregon, Rogue Valley, Applegate Valley, and Red Hill Douglas County

Question 17

What is the warmest growing region west of the Cascades?

Answer 17

Applegate Valley AVA in Southern Oregon AVA

Question 18

What kind of grapes are planted in Southern Oregon AVA?

Answer 18

Pinot Noir
Syrah
Cabernet Sauvignon
Pinot Gris
Gewürztraminer
Chardonnay

Question 19

Besides Willamette and Southern Oregon AVA -what are the other AVAs apart of Oregon?

Answer 19

Columbia Gorge
Columbia Valley
Walla Walla Valley AVAs cross the Washington state line, while The Rocks of Milton-Freewater AVA sits on an old riverbed within Walla Walla Valley, entirely on the Oregon side.

On the extreme eastern side of the state, a single vineyard is planted on the Oregon side of Idaho’s arid Snake River Valley AVA.

Question 20

If a wine is varietally labeled in Oregon, by-law what % of that grape must be in the bottle?

Answer 20

90% - excluding white and red Bordeaux Varietals. It is above the US standard of 75%!!

Question 21

If a wine from Oregon in labeled with an AVA, what % of grapes from that AVA must be in the bottle?

Answer 21

95%, rather than the US standard of 85%

Question 22

Eola-Mity Pinot have a bit more more tannin due to the afternoon wind caused by the van duezer corridor.

Answer 22

word

Question 23

What are the two sub region affected

Answer 23

Eola-Amity Hills

Question 24

Which has the coolest climate of the Willamette Valley AVA?

Answer 24

Chehalem

Question 25

What is the only winery located in snake river ava on the Oregon side.

Answer 25

Cinder Vineyards

Question 26

Ted Castille - Williamette Valley specific certification programs.

Answer 26

Sustainable grape growing and winemaking practices - promotes environmnetal stewardship. LIVE