UNITED STATES

Question 1

Major Reds/White/Blends of United States
5 Total

Answer 1

• Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinot Noir
• Chardonnay
• Bordeaux / Red

Question 2

American Wine History
* 1500s
* 1600s
* 1700s
* 1800s

Answer 2

• 1492: Columbus arrives in America
• 1500s: French Hugunaugts (protestants) make New World’s first wine in Saint Augustine, Florida
• 1600s (1629): Spanish Franciscan Missionaries plant vitis vinifera in NM and TX
• 1700s: Spanish Franciscan Missionaries plant vitis vinifera in CA
• 1800s: American wine industry begins to flourish and gain international recognition

Question 3

Law created by the first English settlement in North America
Date

Answer 3

1619: Every male settler in Jamestown, Virginia ordered to plant and tend to a minimum of 10 grapevines. This is the earliest recording of vitis vinifera on the East Coast. Ended in failure, due to foreign vines succoming to vine disease and phylloxera. Interest in winemaking in British colonies dwindled.

Question 4

Oldest winery in Fingers Lake, New York
what year

Answer 4

• Pleasant Valley Winery
• 1860

Question 5

5 Setbacks for the American Wine Industry
1860-1944

Answer 5

• Phylloxera: 1860-1890
• WW I: 1914-1918
• Prohibition/Volstead Act: 1920-1933
• Great Depression: 1929-1933
• WW II: 1939-1944

Question 6

United States WInemaking Preferences
2 Facts

Answer 6

• The US does not regulate viticultural / vinification Practices
• Producrs can make wine any way they wish

Question 7

Who Regulates AVAs
• What they do/do not regulate
• When/Where first AVA

Answer 7

• The ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms)
• Do not regulate what is grown within AVAs
• Do regulate origin of grapes (percentage of grapes requiered to use name of specific appelation)
• Agusta, Missouri in 1980

Question 8

Grape % Required for Labeling by Appellation in United States

Answer 8

• Estate/Oregon/California: 100%
• Single Vineyard/Washington: 95%
• AVA: 85%
• Country/Most States/County: 75%

Question 9

Grape % Required for Labeling by Vintage in United States

Answer 9

• AVA or Single Vineyard: 95%
• State or County: 85%

Question 10

Grape % Required for Labeling by Variety in United States

Answer 10

• Pinot Noir from Oregon: 90%
• Vitis Vinefera from Country/State/County: 75%
• Vitis Lambrusca: 51%

Question 11

ABV for table wine in United States
Stated ABV margin for error

Answer 11

7-14%

May be 1.5% higher or lower than stated on label

Question 12

Sulfites (SO2)
Where they come from
Benefits
US labeling law

Answer 12

• A naturally occurring byproduct of fermentation. Some vinters add more.
• Preserve freshness and Prevent oxidation
• Contains Sulfites” must be on lable if present in concentrations higher than 10 parts per million

Question 13

Top 4 Wine-producing States in US

Answer 13

1. California (84%)
2. Washington
3. New York
4. Oregon