Sierra Foothills Flashcards
Name the 8 counties of the Sierra Foothills AVA?
Yuba Nevada Placer El Dorado Amador Calaveras Tuolomne Mariposa
What 3 AVA’s are in El Dorado County
El Dorado AVA
Fair Play AVA
Shenandoah Valley AVA
What 2 AVA are in Amador County?
Shenandoah Valley
Fiddletown
What Sierra Foothills AVA is in 2 counties?
Shenandoah (El Dorado & Amador)
What 5 Sierra Foothills counties have no nested AVA’s
Nevada Placer Calaveras Tuolomne Mariposa
What rivers act as boundaries for El Dorado AVA?
Mid Fork American River
South Fork Consumes River
What Sierra Foothills AVA has the highest elevation
Fair Play AVA
Where is Renaissance Winery?
North Yuba AVA
What Nevada County area is working on an AVA.
Grass Valley
What do all Sierra Foothills AVA’s share?
High altitude & Large diurnal shift
What is the rough # of wineries in Sierra Foothills?
280
What are 2 unique features of the Fair Play AVA
Highest elevations in Sierra Foothills
Granite Monolith
What are the most widely planted Red and White grapes of the Sierra Foothills?
Z= 40%
CS=11
Sy= 10
CH= 5%
What’s the largest AVA in the Sierra Foothills?
El Dorado AVA
What 2 Sierra Foothills nested Are side by side
Shenandoah Valley & Fiddletown (East)
Fair Play is just NE of here….
