Oregon/Washington

Question 1

Name the 6 Sub-appellations of the Willamette Valley:

Answer 1

Chehalem Mountains
Dundee Hills
Ribbon Ridge
Yamhill-Carlton District

Eola-Amity Hills
McMinnville

Question 2

What is Willakenzie?

Answer 2

A marine sedimentary soil prominent on the valley’s westernmost slope, such as Ribbon Ridge. These are thought to produce a denser style of wine with more fruit…

Question 3

A wine labelled Oregon must contain how much of the grape varietal?

Answer 3

90%

Question 4

A wine labelled by an AVA in Oregon must contain what % of stated grape varietal?

Answer 4

95%

Question 5

What is the Van Duzer corridor?

Answer 5

Pacific winds funneling through the Van Duzer corridor, a gap in the Coastal Mountains that separate the valley from the ocean directly affects McMinnville and Eola-Amity Hills.

Question 6

Name the Southern Oregon AVAs:

Which is warmest region?

Answer 6

Umpqua Valley, Elkton, and Red Hill Douglas County

Rogue valley and Applegate Valley

Applegate Valley is the warmest region

Question 7

4 Oregon boundaries line the northern boundary with Washington: List them.

Answer 7

Columbia Gorge, Columbia Valley, Walla Walla Valley,

The Rocks of Milton-Freewater AVA sits on an old riverbed in the Walla Walla Valley, entirely on the Oregon side.

Question 8

What is Jory and where is it primarily found?

Answer 8

Jory is a well-drained soil series of volcanic origin common in the ‘red hills’ of the Dundee Hills AVA thought to produce a more elegant style of Pinot Noir.