United States Flashcards
U.S alcohol/appelation laws regulated by
TTB
Tax Trade Bureau
U.S. Wine Law
% minimum varietal composition from a county
% minimum varietal composition from an AVA
% minimum varietal composition from Oregon
% minimum from vintage in state/county
% minimum from vintage in AVA
% minimum in appellation if from county or state
% minimum in appellation if from AVA
% minimum in appellation if from single vineyard
% minimum if Estate bottled
75% minimum varietal composition from a county
85% minimum varietal composition from an AVA
90% minimum varietal composition from Oregon
85% minimum from vintage in state/county
95% minimum from vintage in AVA
75% minimum in appellation if from county or state
85% minimum in appellation if from AVA
95% minimum in appellation if from single vineyard
100% minimum if Estate bottled, and must be and conform with the guidelines of an AVA
Napa
(North Coast CA)
6 AVA’s, producers
Seven Crazy Horses Running Over Steep Cliffs
St. Helena Carneros Howell Mountain Rutherford Oakville Stags Leap District Calistoga
Sonoma
6 AVA’s and producers
Can Salesmen See A Real Deal?
Carneros Sonoma Valley Sonoma Coast Alexander Valley Russian River Dry Creek Valley
4 St. Helena producers
St. Helena
- Beringer
- Louis M. Martini
- Inglenook
- charles Krug
3 Carneros producers
Carneros
- Bouchaine
- Domaine Carneros
- Gloria Ferrer
5 Howell Mountain
producers
Howell Mountain
- Howell Mountain Vineyards
- O’Shaugnessy
- Piña
- Duckhorn
- Dunn (1st)
Howell Mountain
- Howell Mountain Vineyards
- O’Shaugnessy
- Piña
- Duckhorn
6 Rutherford producers
- Beaulieu
- Elizabeth Spencer
- Caymus
- Frog’s Leap
- Joseph Carr
- Grgich
7 Oakville producers
- Far Niente
- Inglenook
- Silveroak
- Ghost Block
- Opus One
- To Kalon
- Robert Mondavi
4 Stags Leap District
producers
- Stagg’s Leap Wine Cellars
- Chimney Rock
- Shafer
- Pine Ridge
3 Calistoga producers
- Chateau Montelena winner of 1976 Judgement
- Schramsburg
- Larkmead Vineyards
4 Carneros producers
- Bouchaine
- Domaine Carneros
- Gloria Ferrer
- Joseph Phelps
4 Sonoma Valley
- Gundelach Bundschu
- Buena Vista Winery
- Sebastian Vineyards
- Kunde Winery.
3 Sonoma Coast
- Flowers
- Joseph Phelps
- Pea Vineyards
4 Alexander Valley
- Hawkes Wine
- Robert Young Estate Winery
- Silveroak
- Stuhlmuller Vineyards
5 Russian River
- Davis Bynam
- Dehlinger
- Gary Farrell
- Rochioli Vomeyards
- Williams Selyem
Dry Creek Valley
- PASSALACQUA
- Seghesio
- Fall Creek Vineyards
- A Rafenelli
- Dry Creek Vineyards
Oregon Wineries
honeywood winery Hillcrest Vineyard The Eyrie Vineyard Domaine Droughin King Estate DePonte Cellars
Washington State
grapes
Important AVA’s
White: Chard, Riesling
Red: Cab, Merlot, Syrah
Columbia Valley
Yakima Valley
Walla Walla Valley
New York
grapes
important AVA’s
White: riesling, Gewurtztraminer, CH
Red: PN. Merlot, Cab Franc, Concord, Vidal
important AVA's: Finger Lakes Hudson Valley Long Island Lake Erie
Mendocino County
Grapes
1 Famous AVA
3 producers
Grapes: PN, CH, Rielsing, Gewurtztraminer, Cremante
Famous: Anderson Valley AVA
Husch Ferrington Toulouse Parducci POE
Washington producers
Puget Sound
Walla walla
Columbia valley
Puget Sound: Anderson Island Vineyards
Maury Island
Walla walla: seven hills, l’ecole no. 41, Leonetti
Columbia Valley: chateau st. Michelle, Columbia Vineyards
