Oregon Flashcards
1
Q
What are AVAs within Willamette Valley?
A
Yamhill-Carlton District
Dundee Hills
Eola-Amity Hills
2
Q
Oregon State Wine Regions
A
Columbia Valley
Willamette Valley
Southern Oregon
3
Q
What Oregon AVAs overlap Washington?
A
Columbia Valley
Columbia Gorge
Walla Walla Valley
4
Q
Important grape varieties in Willamette Valley
A
- Pinot Gris, Chardonnay
* Pinot Noir –the MAIN red variety
5
Q
Willamette Valley Producers
A
Domaine Serene
•Ponzi
•Domaine Drouhin
•Adelsheim
6
Q
In what year did David Lett of Eyrie Vineyard plant his Pinot Noir grapes in the Willamette Valley?
A
1965
7
Q
What is the style of Pinot Noir from McMinnville and Eola-Amity?
A
more tannic
8
Q
A wine labeled by an AVA within Oregon must contain what % of grapes grown in the respective appellation?
A
95%
9
Q
The name Eola is derived from what?
A
eolus, Greek god of winds
