United States Flashcards
Percentage of wine required if naming state or CA or OR
100%
% of wine is naming state of WA
95%
% required if naming US AVA
85%
% required if naming vineyard
95%
% required if naming country, state, county except for WA, CAL, OR
75%
5 regional AVA in CA
North Coast Central Coast South Coast Sierra Foothills San Francisco Bay
Number of AVAs in CA
142
North Coast Counties
Napa Sonoma Mendocino Lake Marin Solano
% of wine produced in CA out of Napa
4%
Valley floor AVAs Napa
Calistoga St Helena Rutherford Oakviille Yountville Stags Leap
High Elevation AVAs Napa
Mt Veeder Atlas Peak Howell Mt Spring Mt Diamond Mt
% of Red / White In Sonoma
2/3 vs 1/3
Most popular grape Sonoma
Chardonnay. 80% of white wine
Sonoma Coast AVAs
Fort-Ross Seaview
Petaluma Gap
Inland Sonoma AVAs
Dry Creek Rockpile Alexander Valley Knights Valley Pine Mt / Cloverdale Fountaingrove
Mendocino AVAs
Mendocino
Anderson Valley
Mendocino Ridge
Cole Ranch
Lake County AVAs
Benmore Clear Lake High Valley Red Hills Big Vallley Kelsey Bench Guenoc Valley
Monterey AVAs
COOL
San Lucia Highlands
Arroyo Seco
Chalone
WARM
San Lucas
Hames Valley
Paso Robles sub AVAs
11 AVAs Adelaida Creston El Pumar PR Estrella PR Geneseo PR Highlands PR Willow Creek San Juan Creek San Miguel Santa Margarita Ranch Templeton Gap
San Luis Obispo AVA
Paso Robles COOL York Mountain Edna Valley Arroyo Grande
Sana Barbara County AVAs
7 AVAs Santa Maria - northermost Santa Ynez - largest los Olivos - sub of SY Ballard Canyon - sub of SY Ste Rita Hills - mostly in SY Happy Canyon - sub of SY, east, warm Alisos Canyon - between Santa Maria and SY
Lodi AVAs
Alta Mesa Borden Ranch Clements Hills Cosumnes River Jahant Mokelumne River Sloughhouse
Bechtold Vineyard
Oldest productive Cinsault vineyard
Sierra Foothills sub AVA
North Yuba El Dorado Fiddletown Californian Shenandoah Fair Play
First commercial winery in CA
El Aliso
Southern CA AVAs
South coast Temecula - riverside Ramona Valley - san diego San Pasqual Valley - san diego Malibu Coast SAddle Rock (malibu) Newton Canyon (malibu)
Inland Cucamonga Antelope Sierra Pelona Leona Valley