Oregon

Question 1

Where is the Willamette Valley?

Answer 1

• stretches 120 miles southward from Portland

- between Cascades and Coastal Range

Question 2

1st pioneers of Willamette? When?

Answer 2

David Lett (Eyrie)
Charles Coury

1960s

Question 3

Who are Dick Erath? Dick Ponzi?

Answer 3

Erath Winery, Ponzi Vineyards

• Pioneers in Willamette
• came shortly after Lett and Coury

Question 4

What Pinot Noir made by David Lett achieved outstanding results in French Competition in 1975, putting early Willamette trailblazers on the map?

Answer 4

South Block Reserve

Question 5

What Burgundy negociant purchased Dundee Hills property in 1987?

Answer 5

Maison Joseph Drouhin

Question 6

Where is Drouhin based in Willamette?

Answer 6

Dundee Hills

Question 7

6 sub AVAs of Willamette?

Answer 7

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

Roughly NW to SE

Question 8

Who makes the following cuvees?

• Cuvée Arthur
• Cuvée J
• Upper Terrace
• Sigrid

Answer 8

• Cuvée Arthur - Domaine Drouhin
• Cuvée J - Evesham Wood
• Upper Terrace - Beaux Freres
• Sigrid - Bergstrom

Question 9

What is Jory?

Answer 9

• Well drained volcanic soil

- common in “red hills” of Dundee Hills AVA

Question 10

What is Willakenzie?

Answer 10

• marine sedimentary soil

- western most willamette - Ribbon Ridge

Question 11

Difference in flavor profile due to Jory vs Willakenzie?

Answer 11

Jory - elegance

Willakenzie - denser/darker

Question 12

What is the Van Duzer Corridor and what AVA(s) most affected?

Answer 12

• Gap in the Coastal Mountains that funnels Pacific winds through
• McMinnville and Eola-Amity Hills!!

Question 13

What does Van Duzer affect have on wines?

Answer 13

More tannic PN in McMinncille and Eola-Amity

Question 14

What is the common aspect in Chehalem Mountains and what is temp like?

Answer 14

North facing = some of Willamette’s coolest sites

Question 15

White grapes of Willamette?

Answer 15

• Pinot Gris (dry and of dry)
• Chardonnay
• Riesling

Question 16

What cities does Willamette run from?

Answer 16

Portland in North

Eugene in South

Question 17

What cities does Southern Oregon AVA span?

Answer 17

Eugene in North

Cali border in South

Question 18

Nested AVAs of Southern Oregon AVA?

Answer 18

• Umpqua
• –Elkton Oregon
• –Red Hill Douglas County
• Rogue Valley
• –Applegate Valley

(N to S)

Question 19

What is the warmest and driest growing region west of the Cascades in Oregon?

Answer 19

Applegate Valley (nested within Rogue Valley)

Question 20

Shared AVAs Oregon/WA?

Answer 20

• Columbia Gorge
• Columbia Valley
• Walla Walla (Rocks of Milton Freewater - all in Oregon)

(E to W)

Question 21

Shared AVA Oregon/Idaho?

Answer 21

Snake River Valley

Question 22

Percentage required for varietal wines from Oregon? And exceptions?

Answer 22

• 90% required for varietal (instead of typical 75%)

* EXCEPT for white/red BDX grapes, rhone grapes, zin, sangio, tannat, tempranillo…..

Question 23

Percentage required for wine labeled by AVA in Oregon?

Answer 23

-min 95% from respective appellation, instead of 85% by fed law

Question 24

Three main rivers in Oregon north to south

Answer 24

Willamette
Umpqua
Rogue