OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK

Question 1

OREGON

Answer 1

NORTHERN OREGON

-WILLAMETTE VALLEY AVA: LIES TO THE WEST OF THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS & STRECHES SOUTH FROM PORTLAND

• IT HAS THE LARGEST CONCENT. OF WINERIES & VINS IN OREGON
• MODERATE CLIMATE, EXP. COOLING BREEZES FROM PACIFIC OCEAN
• GROWING SEASON IS MOSTLY DRY W/ LONG SUNNY DAYS & COOL NIGHTS
• PINOT NOIR=MOST W.P.GR.VAR. PROD. RIPE RED F/ A HINT OF CINNAMON SPICE/ H ACIDITY
• PINOT GRIS:ALSO W. GROWN/ MADE IN FRUITY STYLE

SOUTHERN OREGON

-THE SOUTHERN OREGON AVA: LIES DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH OF WILLAMETTE VALLEY

• IT ENCOMPASSES UMPQUA VALLEY, ROGUE VALLEY & OTHER AVAs
• WARMEST GROWING COND. IN OREGON, BUT THERE ARE ALSO COOLER AREAS W/ ITS HILLSIDES & VALLEYS THAT ENABLE SOUTHERN OREGON TO GROW BOTH COOL & WARM CLIMATES VAR:
• CAB. SAUV, MERLOT, PINOT NOIR, CHARDONNAY, PINOT GRIS, SYRAH

Question 2

WASHINGTON STATE

Answer 2

THE MAJ OF THE VINS ARE PLANTED IN THE EXTENSIVE COLUMBIA VALLEY AVA: THAT LIES EAST OF THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER & ITS TRIBUTARIES

COLUMBIA VALLEY AVA: WITHIN THIS AREA ARE THE SMALLER BUT IMP:

• YAKIMA VALLEY AVA
• WALLA WALLA AVA

THE COLUMBIA VALLEY AVA IN GENERAL:

• LIES IN THE RAIN SHADOW OF THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS MAKING IRRIGATION W/ RIVER WATER A NECESSITY
• WINEMAKERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF: LONG DAYLIGHT HOURS & CONSISTENT SUMMER TEMP.
• THE FRUIT ATTAINS OPTIMAL RIPENESS DUE TO THE SUNNY DAYS; COOL NIGHTS HELP THE GR TO MAINTAIN NATURAL L OF ACIDITY
• MAJ PROB OF THE REG: WINTER FREEZE, WHICH MAY REDUCE CROP VOLUMES BY HALF OR MORE
• MOST IMP. RED WINES: PLUMMY, F BODIED MERLOT & ELEGANT, AGE-WORTHY CAB. SAUV
• SYRAH: F BODIED, INTENSELY CONCENT. SYRAH ALSO PROD.
• MOST P. WHITE VAR: CHARDONNAY/ FRUITY W OFTEN W/ SOME TOASTY NOTES FROM OAK
• RIESLING: ALSO POPULAR/ TYPICALLY DRY STYLE W/ RIPE STONE F FLAV

Question 3

NEW YORK STATE

Answer 3

• COMP. W/ W REG ON THE USA’S WESTERN COAST, GR GROWING AREA OF NY STATE IS DOM. BY AMERICAN & HYBRID VINE SPECIES
• THESE GR=USED FOR PROD. OF JUICES & JELLIES BUT DUE TO THEIR WINTER HARDINESS ARE ALSO USED FOR W PROD.
• WINES ARE ALSO MADE FROM V.VINIFERA VAR: MOST P. BEING: RIESLING, CAB.SAUV., CHARDONNAY, PINOT NOIR
• FINGER LAKES AVA IS THE MOST IMP. AREA FOR WINE PROD:
• DEEP GLACIAL LAKES IN THIS REG STORE HEAT WELL INTO NOVEMBER=RAISING THE AIR TEMP. OF THE SURROUNDING VINS & EXTENDING THE GROWING SEASON
• MOST NOTED FOR THE Q OF ITS PERFUMED RIESLING, ALSO PROD: PINOT NOIR, CABERNET FRANC, CHARDONNAY
• AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF AMERICAN VAR & HYBRIDS
• SOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL LAKES HAVE THEIR OWN SMALLER AVAs