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1
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What AVA sits between Chehalem Mountains and Dundee Hills?

A

Ribbon Ridge AVA

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Name the AVA’s that lie within Willamette Valley AVA from N to S

A 
Tualitin Hills 
Chehalem Mountain
Yamhill-Calton
Ribbon Ridge
Dundee Hills
McMinville
Eola-Amity Hills
Laurelwood District
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3
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Why was the Willamette Valley AVA expanded in 2016?

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To include King Estate Winery.

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What is LIVE?

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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.

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The majority of quality vines in the Willamette Valley are planted at what elevation?

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800-900f

240-270M

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Name two types of Uplifted Marine Sediments soils?

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Willakenzie (northern Willamette)
Bellpine (souththern Willamette)
(Darker color and fruit profile)

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7
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Name two types of Volcanic Soils.

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Jory (official soil of OR)

Nekia series

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Name 3 types of Loess soils.

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Laurelwood
Cornelius
Cascade
(wind blown soils - reddish silt / basalt / marine sed.)

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9
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What is the primary series of Masoula Flood Deposits?

A

Woodburn

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Oregon was first plated with what pinot noir clones?

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Wadenswil and Pommard

UCDavis clones

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Name 3 prized vineyards on the Dundee AVA.

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Maresh Vineyard
Abbey Ridge
Thomas Vineyard

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12
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Where is the Shoe Vineyard?

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Yamhill-Carlton

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name a three producers in Yamhill-Carlton AVA

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Elk Cove, Ken Wright, and Penner-Ash

Shea Vineyard

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Name 2 producers of the Dundee Hills AVA

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Sokol Blosser, Domaine Drouhin, Archery Summit, and Domaine Serene

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Where is the Tualatin River?

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Chahelem Mountains AVA

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What is the highest peak in the Willamette Valley AVA?

A

Bald Peak
(Chahelem Mountains AVA
(1633f - 500m)

17
Q

Where are Ponzi and Adelsheim winery located?

A

Chahelem Mountains AVA

also Erath

18
Q

What AVA does Ribbon Ridge sit within?

A

Chahelem Mountains AVA

19
Q

What year did the Willamette Valley receive its AVA status?

A

1983

20
Q

What AVA is most adversely effected by the VanDuzer Corridor winds?

A

McMinville AVA

most tannic wines / less fungal disease

21
Q

What is the majority soils found in Eola-Amity AVA?

A

“Eolian” wind blown soils.

(Nekia soils in the east) Basalt

22
Q

Where is the Jerusalem Hill vineyard?

A

Eola-Amity AVA
(Domaine Drouhin)
(eastern side)

23
Q

Who produced the first pinot blanc in Oregon?

A

Cameron Winery. (1988)

24
Q

What are the geological formations that effect the Southern Oregon AVA’s?

A

Cascade, Coast, and KLAMATH Ranges

25
Q

What AVA lie within the Umpqua Valley AVA?

A

Elkton Oregon

Red Hill Douglas County

26
Q

What and where is Oregons Oldest winery?

A

Umpqua Valley - Hillcrest Vineyards (1961)

27
Q

What are the tributaries of the Rogue River?

A

Illinois Valley
Applegate Valley
Bear Creek Valley

28
Q

Where is the Klamath Range and what region does it most influence?

A

Rogue valley AVA

limits Illinois Valley area

29
Q

What AVA lies within Idaho entirely?

A

Eagle Foothills AVA (2015)

Lewis-Clarke Valley and Snake River valley are shared with Oregon

30
Q

What river runs through the Chahelem Mountains AVA

A

Tualatin River

31
Q

Who were the founders of Oregon wine country?

A 
David Coury (Reuters Hill winery / now David HIll Winery)
David Lett (Eyrie Vineyards)
32
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What is the difference between Jory and Willakenzie soils?

A

Jory: Volcanic / organic material (clay/loam)

Willakenzie : Marine sediment (sandy)

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