Oregon Flashcards
What AVA sits between Chehalem Mountains and Dundee Hills?
Ribbon Ridge AVA
Name the AVA’s that lie within Willamette Valley AVA from N to S
Tualitin Hills Chehalem Mountain Yamhill-Calton Ribbon Ridge Dundee Hills McMinville Eola-Amity Hills Laurelwood District
Why was the Willamette Valley AVA expanded in 2016?
To include King Estate Winery.
What is LIVE?
1997 (Ted Casteel of Bethel Heights)
Low Input Viticulture and Enology (LIVE) Program
- committed to sustainability / reduce raw materials
(water / chemical / fertilizers / pesticides)
(since 1999) and Washington (since 2006)
May use logo on labels IF:
-Winery is LIVE-certified
- min 97% of the grapes are from a LIVE-certified vineyard.
The majority of quality vines in the Willamette Valley are planted at what elevation?
800-900f
240-270M
Name two types of Uplifted Marine Sediments soils?
Willakenzie (northern Willamette)
Bellpine (souththern Willamette)
(Darker color and fruit profile)
Name two types of Volcanic Soils.
Jory (official soil of OR)
Nekia series
Name 3 types of Loess soils.
Laurelwood
Cornelius
Cascade
(wind blown soils - reddish silt / basalt / marine sed.)
What is the primary series of Masoula Flood Deposits?
Woodburn
Oregon was first plated with what pinot noir clones?
Wadenswil and Pommard
UCDavis clones
Name 3 prized vineyards on the Dundee AVA.
Maresh Vineyard
Abbey Ridge
Thomas Vineyard
Where is the Shoe Vineyard?
Yamhill-Carlton
name a three producers in Yamhill-Carlton AVA
Elk Cove, Ken Wright, and Penner-Ash
Shea Vineyard
Name 2 producers of the Dundee Hills AVA
Sokol Blosser, Domaine Drouhin, Archery Summit, and Domaine Serene
Where is the Tualatin River?
Chahelem Mountains AVA
What is the highest peak in the Willamette Valley AVA?
Bald Peak
(Chahelem Mountains AVA
(1633f - 500m)
Where are Ponzi and Adelsheim winery located?
Chahelem Mountains AVA
also Erath
What AVA does Ribbon Ridge sit within?
Chahelem Mountains AVA
What year did the Willamette Valley receive its AVA status?
1983
What AVA is most adversely effected by the VanDuzer Corridor winds?
McMinville AVA
most tannic wines / less fungal disease
What is the majority soils found in Eola-Amity AVA?
“Eolian” wind blown soils.
(Nekia soils in the east) Basalt
Where is the Jerusalem Hill vineyard?
Eola-Amity AVA
(Domaine Drouhin)
(eastern side)
Who produced the first pinot blanc in Oregon?
Cameron Winery. (1988)
What are the geological formations that effect the Southern Oregon AVA’s?
Cascade, Coast, and KLAMATH Ranges
What AVA lie within the Umpqua Valley AVA?
Elkton Oregon
Red Hill Douglas County
What and where is Oregons Oldest winery?
Umpqua Valley - Hillcrest Vineyards (1961)
What are the tributaries of the Rogue River?
Illinois Valley
Applegate Valley
Bear Creek Valley
Where is the Klamath Range and what region does it most influence?
Rogue valley AVA
limits Illinois Valley area
What AVA lies within Idaho entirely?
Eagle Foothills AVA (2015)
Lewis-Clarke Valley and Snake River valley are shared with Oregon
What river runs through the Chahelem Mountains AVA
Tualatin River
Who were the founders of Oregon wine country?
David Coury (Reuters Hill winery / now David HIll Winery) David Lett (Eyrie Vineyards)
What is the difference between Jory and Willakenzie soils?
Jory: Volcanic / organic material (clay/loam)
Willakenzie : Marine sediment (sandy)
