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Which state is the second largest producer of premium wines in the United States?
Washington State
Where are majority of the vineyards located in Washington State?
east of the Cascade Mountains
What mountain range causes a rain shadow in Washington State?
Cascade Mountains
What is the climate of eastern Washington?
continental
hot summers and cold winters
What are the viticultural threats in Washington state?
frost and winter freezes
What was the Missoula Floods?
a catastrophic cycle of massive floods that occurred repeatedly at the end of the last ice age, some 12,000 to 18,000 years ago
What are the soil types of Washington State?
Vineyards in eastern Washington are thus typically planted on sandy or silty loam soils derived from the flood-borne sediments.
Washington’s vineyards tend to be spread out, with great distances between large vineyard plots.
What is the largest appellation in Washington State?
Columbia Valley AVA
Which AVA follows the outline of the Columbia River Basin?
Columbia Valley AVA
What are the other significant AVA’s of Washington besides Columbia Valley?
Yakima Valley
Horse Heaven Hills
Walla Walla Valley
(From West to East)
Which AVA was first approved in Washington state and when?
1983
What are the AVA’s within Yakima Valley?
Rattlesnake Hills Snipes Mountain Red Mountain Candy Mountain Goose Gap
Which AVA of Yakima Valley is at a high elevation?
Rattlesnake
ranging from 850ft - 3,000ft
What is the main grapes of Rattlesnake Hills?
Merlot - the most planted
Riesling
Cabernet Sauvignon
What is the warmest growing region in Washington?
Red Mountain
What is the main grape of Red Mountain?
Cabernet Sauvignon
Which way does Red Mountain AVA face?
which despite its name is more a steep southwest-facing slope than an actual mountain, is desert-like in climate, receiving five inches of rainfall on average per year
Where is Walla Walla Valley located?
Along the Oregon border southeast of Yakima Valley and Red Mountain
What is the soil of Walla Walla Valley?
Here, soils consist of basalt bedrock and thin alluvial topsoil deposited by the Missoula Floods, and loess is everywhere
What are the main red grapes of Walla Walla Valley?
Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
Syrah
What are the two main grapes of Washington State?
Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
What are the other important grapes of Washington State?
Syrah, Gewürztraminer, Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc, and Cabernet Franc
True or False: An AVA must be contained within a single state.
False