Sonoma

Question 1

Six counties that make up the North Coast AVA

Answer 1

Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma, Marin, Solano, Lake

Question 2

How many AVAs

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Length and Width of Sonoma County

Answer 3

52 miles wide and 47 miles long

Question 4

Name the counties that surround Sonoma

Answer 4

Mendocino, Marin, Napa, and Lake

Question 5

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

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Zone 3 warm which AVA

Answer 6

Dry Creek Valley, Alexandre Valley, Knight’s Valley

Question 7

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

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Name the only AVA that overlaps into Napa

Answer 8

Caneros

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Valley of the Moon

Question 10

State the translation of the Spanish word carneros

Answer 10

the ram

Question 11

who is cooling carneros ?

Answer 11

san pablos bay

Question 12

Name 2 Sonoma AVAs known for Zinfandel

Answer 12

Dry Creek,Rockpile

Question 13

Name Sonoma’s AVA with the highest average summer temperature

Answer 13

Knights Valley

Question 14

Knights Valley primary grape

Answer 14

Cab

Question 15

Name the largest AVA in Sonoma County

Answer 15

Russian River Valley

Question 16

Main grape for Russian River Valley

Answer 16

Chardonnay, pinot noir, cooled by Petaluma gap

Question 17

Lowest summer temperature in Sonoma

Answer 17

Green Valley of Russian River Valley

Question 18

Name 2 Sonoma AVAs known for Cabernet Sauvignon

Answer 18

Knights Valley, Dry Creek, Alexander Valley, Sonoma Mountain

Question 19

Name 2 Sonoma AVAs known for sparkling wine

Answer 19

Russian River, Green Valley within Russian River, Caneros,

Question 20

Which AVS has goldridge soil (sandy loam over sandstone)

Answer 20

Green Valley

Question 21

Name the geographical feature that cools Carneros

Answer 21

san pablos bay

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Petaluma gap

Question 23

Name 3 of the 6 AVAs nested within Northern Sonoma AVA

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Name the largest AVA in Sonoma County

Answer 24

Sonoma Coast AVA

Question 25

Which Sonoma AVA has merlot as the dominant grape

Answer 25

Bennett Valley AVA

Question 26

Name the new sub-AVA of Sonoma Coast

Answer 26

Pine Mountain - Cloverdale, Fort-Ross Seaview

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak

Question 28

Most widely planted grape in Petaluma Gap AVA

Answer 28

Pinot Noir (75%)

Question 29

What is cooling Los Carneros

Answer 29

san pablo bay (los carneros means ram)

Question 30

Which AVA is the benchmark for zin

Answer 30

Dry Creek, some are century old

Question 31

Which sonoma ava has red volcanic soil

Answer 31

Moon Mountain District AVA