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Sonoma Flashcards

1
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Six counties that make up the North Coast AVA

A

Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma, Marin, Solano, Lake

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2
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How many AVAs

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18 ( three newly added, Moon Mountain, Fountaingrove, & Petaluma Gap)

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3
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Length and Width of Sonoma County

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52 miles wide and 47 miles long

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4
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Name the counties that surround Sonoma

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Mendocino, Marin, Napa, and Lake

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5
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Name the most widely planted white & red grapes of Sonoma County

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White: Chardonnay (27%) and Cab, Pinot Noir (20%)

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6
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Zone 3 warm which AVA

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Dry Creek Valley, Alexandre Valley, Knight’s Valley

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7
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Zone 1 cool, good for chardonnnay, pinot noir, sparking

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Fort Ross Seaview, Sonoma Coast, Green Valley, Russion River Valley, Santa Rose, Los Caneros

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8
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Name the only AVA that overlaps into Napa

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Caneros

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9
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State the name native Americans had for Sonoma Valley which was also used by author, Jack London

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Valley of the Moon

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10
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State the translation of the Spanish word carneros

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the ram

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11
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who is cooling carneros ?

A

san pablos bay

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12
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Name 2 Sonoma AVAs known for Zinfandel

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Dry Creek,Rockpile

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13
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Name Sonoma’s AVA with the highest average summer temperature

A

Knights Valley

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14
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Knights Valley primary grape

A

Cab

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15
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Name the largest AVA in Sonoma County

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Russian River Valley

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16
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Main grape for Russian River Valley

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Chardonnay, pinot noir, cooled by Petaluma gap

17
Q

Lowest summer temperature in Sonoma

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Green Valley of Russian River Valley

18
Q

Name 2 Sonoma AVAs known for Cabernet Sauvignon

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Knights Valley, Dry Creek, Alexander Valley, Sonoma Mountain

19
Q

Name 2 Sonoma AVAs known for sparkling wine

A

Russian River, Green Valley within Russian River, Caneros,

20
Q

Which AVS has goldridge soil (sandy loam over sandstone)

A

Green Valley

21
Q

Name the geographical feature that cools Carneros

A

san pablos bay

22
Q

Name the break in the coastal range that allows fog & cool breezes into the Russian River

A

Petaluma gap

23
Q

Name 3 of the 6 AVAs nested within Northern Sonoma AVA

A

Alexander Valley, Russian River, Chalk Hill, Dry Creek, Green Valley, Knights Valley,

24
Q

Name the largest AVA in Sonoma County

A

Sonoma Coast AVA

25
Q

Which Sonoma AVA has merlot as the dominant grape

A

Bennett Valley AVA

26
Q

Name the new sub-AVA of Sonoma Coast

A

Pine Mountain - Cloverdale, Fort-Ross Seaview

27
Q

What is the name of Sonoma’s new AVA that overlaps into Mendocino?

A

Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak

28
Q

Most widely planted grape in Petaluma Gap AVA

A

Pinot Noir (75%)

29
Q

What is cooling Los Carneros

A

san pablo bay (los carneros means ram)

30
Q

Which AVA is the benchmark for zin

A

Dry Creek, some are century old

31
Q

Which sonoma ava has red volcanic soil

A

Moon Mountain District AVA

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