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Santa Cruz, SF Bay, Sacramento Delta Flashcards

1
Q

Name all 10 counties within the Central Coast AVA

A 
SF
Alameda
Contra Costa
San Mateo
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
San Benito
Monterey
SLO
Santa Barbara
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2
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Which nested AVA was the SF Bay AVA drafted in?

A

Livermore Valley AVA

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3
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Which SF Bay AVA is warm, windy and fog free?

A

Livermore Valley AVA

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4
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Name the 1st AVA defined by a mountain range?

A

Santa Cruz Mountains

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5
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Which AVA overlaps Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties?

A

Santa Cruz Mountains

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6
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Which AVA overlaps Santa Clara and San Benito counties?

A

Pacheco Pass

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7
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Which AVA overlaps Santa Clara and San Cruz counties?

A

Santa Clara Valley

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8
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What grape dominates East Santa Cruz Mountains?

A

CS

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9
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What grape dominates West Santa Cruz Mountains?

A

PN

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10
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Which winery and vineyard won the Judgment of Paris rematch?

A

1971 Ridge Montebello

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11
Q

How many sub AVA’s within Lodi AVA?

A

7

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12
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What counties is Lodi AVA in?

A

Sacramento & San Joaquin

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13
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Name the cooling influence of Lodi?

A

Sacramento River Delta

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14
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What’s the most widely planted grape of Lodi?

A

Zinfandel

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15
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Name the AVA that overlaps Yolo, Sacramento & Solano counties?

A

Clarksburg AVA

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16
Q

How many wineries in Central Coast AVA?

A

500+

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17
Q

What counties are in the SF Bay AVA?

A 
Alameda
Contra Costa
Santa Clara
San Francisco
San Mateo
Santa Cruz (excluding Santa Cruz Mountains)
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18
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Who submitted the petition for SF Bay AVA?

A

Carolyn Wente, 1999

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19
Q

What are the primary White and Red Varietals in SF Bay AVA?

A

CH- 27%

CS- 20%

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20
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What is the main reason for SF Bay AVA?

A

recognizable region name for international distribution

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21
Q

What % of CA Chard traces its roots to the Livermore/Wente clone?

A

80%

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22
Q

What 2 red varietals dominate Livermore Valley AVA?

Which 2 whites?

A

CS & PS

CH & SB but Semillon historically important too.

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23
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Who planted 1st commercial vines in Livermore Valley?

A

1844- Robert Livermore

24
Q

What winery was the first to win international Gold?

A

1889- Cresta Blanca, Livermore Valley, Dry Sauternes (Paris Exposition)

25
Q

What AVA was the first to varietally bottle CH, SB, and PS?

A

Livermore Valley

26
Q

Charles Wetmore? What winery and what was he famous for?

A

Cresta Blanca

Denounced SF restauranteurs for not promoting CA wines over French

27
Q

Which winery invented sprinkler induced Botrytis?

A

Cresta Blanca

28
Q

James Concannon famous for?

A

Dry and Sweet Sauternes style.

1st varietal PS

29
Q

Carl Heinrich Wente famous for?

A

Preserving Livermore’s wine heritage

Over 3000 planted acres in Livermore, SF Bay & Arroyo Seco

30
Q

What famous wine growing area of Contra Costa County is not an AVA?

31
Q

What grapes are grown in Oakley?

A

Ancient Zin, Mourvèdre and Carignane in deep sandy soil

32
Q

What is the name of the AVA combining Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda?

A

Lamorinda AVA

33
Q

How many AVA’s in Santa Cruz County and what are they?

A

3
Santa Cruz Mountains
Ben Lomond Mountain
Santa Clara Valley

34
Q

What AVA excludes itself from both Central Coast and SF Bay AVA’s?

A

Santa Cruz Mountains

35
Q

Winemaker of Bonny Doon?

A

Randall Graham, the OG Rhone Ranger

36
Q

Primary soil of Ben Lomond Mountain?

A

Eroded granite and Sandstone

37
Q

Sole winery featuring Ben Lomond Mountain AVA on bottles?

A

Beauregard Vineyards

38
Q

How many AVA’s within Santa Clara County? What are they

A 
4
Santa Clara Valley
San Ysidro
Pacheco Pass
Santa Cruz Mountains
39
Q

What AVA is nested with Santa Clara Valley AVA?

A

San Ysidro AVA

40
Q

Where is San Ysidro AVA located and what kind of climate?

A

East of Gilroy in Diablo foothills

Hot and Windy

41
Q

What grapes most grown in San Ysidro AVA?

42
Q

What is the one winery of Pacheco Pass?

A

Casa de Fruta/Zanger Vineyards

43
Q

1st winery of Lodi?

A

1858- El Pinal Winery

44
Q

First Lodi vineyards planted by?

A

Charles Weber

45
Q

What are the 7 AVA’s of Lodi?

A 
Sloughhouse
Borden Ranch
Clements Hills
Cosumnes River
Alta Mesa
Jahant 
Mokulumne River
Slow
Bored
Clement
Almost
Consumes
Janet's
Mocha
46
Q

Which Lodi AVA’s are entirely within Sacramento County?

Partially in Sacramento County?

A

Alta Mesa & Sloughhouse

Borden Ranch

47
Q

Which is the smallest appellation of Lodi?

48
Q

Which Lodi AVA is the warmest?

A

Sloughhouse

49
Q

Which Lodi AVA is to most topographically diverse?

A

Borden Ranch

50
Q

Name some requirements for Lodi Native.

A
  • 100% Zin from contiguous vineyard
  • Preference for Old vine plantings
  • No oak chips/new oak
  • no water addition, acidification or de-alcoholizing
  • no malo inoculation
  • no Mega Purple
  • No Fining/filtering
  • no must concentration
51
Q

What 3 counties is Clarksburg AVA in?

A

Sacramento, Yolo, Solano

52
Q

What families started grape growing in Clarksburg?

A

1850- Bogle & heringer

53
Q

What AVA is nested within Clarksburg AVA?

A

Merritt Island AVA (fully within Yolo County and Clarksburg AVA)

54
Q

Name 4 other Delta AVA’s

A
  1. Capay Valley AVA (Yolo)
  2. Dunnigan Hills AVA (Yolo)
  3. River Junction AVA (San Joaquin)
  4. Tracy Hills AVA (San Joaquin)
55
Q

How many Solano County AVA’s?

Their names?

A
  1. Suisun
  2. Green Valley
  3. Clarksburg
  4. Wild Horse

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