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1
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Which is the newest AVA in Southern California?

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Yucaipa Valley in San Bernadino County established in 2024
San Luis Ray in San Diego County in 2024

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2
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Name the newest AVA in Mendocino County?

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Comptche established in 2024

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3
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Name the newest AVA in San Francisco Bay?

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Contra Costa 2024

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4
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Name the AVAs established in 2024 in California?

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Crystal Springs of Napa Valley, Napa
Yucaipa Valley in San Bernadino
San Luis Ray in San Diego
Comptche in Mendocino
Contra Costa in Contra Costa

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5
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Name the newest AVA in Washington?

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Beverly

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6
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Where is Yucaipa Valley ?

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in San Bernadino County

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7
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Where is San Luis Ray?

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in San Diego County

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8
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Where is Comptche?

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Mendocino

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9
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Where is Beverly?

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Washington

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10
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??How many AVAs in Southern California?Which are they?

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13 AVAs,
South Coast AVA
Los Angeles County:
Antelope Valley of the California High Desert (also in Kern Co.)
Leona Valley
Malibu Coast (also in Ventura Co.)
Malibu-Newton Canyon
Saddle Rock-Malibu
Sierra Pelona Valley
San Bernadino County:
Cucamonga Valley (also in Riverside Co.)
Yucaipa Valley 2024
Riverside County:
Temecula Valley
San Diego:
Ramona Valley
San Pasqual Valley
San Luis Ray 2024

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11
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??Name the 3 AVAs in San Diego County?

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San Pasqual Valley, Ramona Valley, San Luis Ray

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12
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Which AVA is influenced by San Andreas Fault?

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Chalone

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13
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Name the AVAs on the left bank of Columbia River in Washington?

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9AVAs: Lake Chelan, Rocky Reach, Ancient Lakes of Columbia, Royal Slope, Beverly, Wahluke Slope, White Bluffs, Walla Walla Valley, Lewis-Clark Valley

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14
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Name the AVAs on the right bank of Columbia River in Washington?

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9AVAs: Naches Heights, Rattlesnake Hills, Snipes Mountain, Red Mountain, Candy Mountain, Goose Gap, Horse Heaven Hills, Yakima Valley, The Burn of Columbia

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15
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??Name the 5 AVAs in the Far North?

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Willow Creek AVA (Humboldt and Trinity Counties),
Inwood Valley AVA, Manton Valley AVA (Shasta),
Seiad Valley AVA (Siskiyou),
Trinity Lakes AVA (Trinity County)

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16
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Where is Redwood Valley, Where is Red Hills?

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Redwood Valley in Mendocino
Red Hills in Lake County

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17
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?? where is Pritchard Hill?

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A mountain between Atlas Peak and Howell Mountain in the Vaca range, Napa Valley, unofficial subregion

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18
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Where is Eisele vineyard located?

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Eastern side of Calistoga (on an alluvial fan)

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19
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Name 3 wineries located in Calistoga?

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Chateau Montelena, Eisele vineyard, Three Palms, Larkmead

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20
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Where is Outpost located?

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Howell Mountain

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21
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Where is Rattlesnake Ridge vineyards? Who is the producer? Grape?

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Howell Mountain, Turley, Zinfandel

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22
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Where is Dragon vineyards? Who is the producer? Grape?

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Howell Mountain, Turley, Zinfandel, and also Cab S

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23
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Name winerys in Howell Mountain? Style?

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Dunn: traditional style
Dana, Outpost: modern and showy
Turley: zinfandel from Rattlesnake and Dragon Vineyards

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24
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Which is the smallest AVA in Napa?

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Diamond Mountain

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25
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What’s the dividing line between Diamond and Spring Mountains?

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Ritchie Creek

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26
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Where is Diamond Creek located?

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Diamond Mountain

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27
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Where is Schramsberg located?

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Diamond Mountain

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28
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Where AVA in Napa has steep slopes?

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Chiles Valley

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29
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Which is the first winery planted vineyards in Diamond Mountain?

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Schramsberg

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30
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Where is Lake Hennessey?

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Napa Valley

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31
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Name 4 wineries located in Pritchard Hill?

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Chappelet, Bryant, Continnum, Colgin

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32
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Where is Colgin located?

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Pritchard Hill

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33
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Where is Conn Valley?

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Eastern Slopes of Howell Mountain

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34
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Where is Bond’s Melbury vineyard located?

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In Conn Valley, eastern slope of Howell Mountain

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35
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Where is Deer Park?

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Nestled between the 400Fasa limit of St. Helena and 1400FASA of Howell Mountain

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36
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Which AVA in Napa is a collection of peaks and valleys?

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Spring Mountain

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37
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Where is Heitz located?

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St Helena

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38
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Where is Spring Valley located?

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Eastern section of St. Helena is the bench of Howell Mountain known as “Spring Valley”

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39
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Name 5 wineries in Rutherford?

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Cakebread, Quintessa, BV, Inglenook, Staglin

40
Q

Where is Silver Oak located?

A

Oakville

41
Q

Name 3wineries in Yountville?

A

Grgich, Napanook, Dominus

42
Q

What’s the soil of Mt Veeder?

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Craggy, rocky, shallow soils

43
Q

Which is the only valley floor AVA in Napa not to cross the river?

A

Stag’s Leap District

44
Q

Which winery in Napa is owned by Antinori?

A

Antica

45
Q

Where is Antica located? Who is the owner?

A

Atlas Peak in Napa, Antinori

46
Q

What’s the soil in Chalk Hill?

A

White volcanic tuff likes like chalk but not chalk

47
Q

Who is making Rubicon in Napa Valley?

A

Inglenook, Niebaum Coppola

48
Q

Where is Ridge’s Pagani Ranch produced? From which grapes?

A

Sonoma Valley, Zinfandel planted in 1880

49
Q

Where is Louis Martini’s Monte Rosso Vineyard?Grape?

A

Sonoma Mountain; Cab S

50
Q

Where is Paul Hobbs’ Richard Dinner Vineyard produced? Grape?

A

Sonoma Mountain, Chardonnay

51
Q

Where is Matanzas Winery?

A

In Bennett Valley

52
Q

Where is the Norton grape grown?

A

Missouri

53
Q

What’s the crossing of Norton grape?

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‘Norton’ being a hybrid with ancestry includingV. aestivalisandV. vinifera.

54
Q

Which is the oldest winery in Napa Valley?

A

Charles Krug in St Helena

55
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When was Charles Krug enstablished in St Helena Valley?

A

1861

56
Q

When was Schramsberg founded?

A

1862

57
Q

When was Beringer founded?Where?

A

1876,St Helena

58
Q

Which is Napa’s oldest continuously operating winery

A

Beringer

59
Q

When was Inglenook founded?

A

1880

60
Q

When was phylloxera discovered in Napa and Sonoma?

A

1870

61
Q

Who is George Yount?

A

The first American settler planted vineyard in Napa in 1839

62
Q

Where was gold discovered in California?

A

Sutter’s Mill in 1848

63
Q

Who is Charles Valentine Riley?

A

a Missouri entomologist昆虫学家, was the first to understand the innate与生俱来的resistance of American grape species to phylloxera.

64
Q

What’s the Period of USA Prohibition?

A

1920s-1933s

65
Q

What does“noble experiment”mean in USA history?

A

Prohibition

66
Q

What’s the first vintage of Robert Mondavi?

A

1966

67
Q

South Coast AVA is defined between which two cities?

A

Los Angeles to San Diego

68
Q

Where is Bodega Bay?

A

Southern most of West Sonoma Coast AVA

69
Q

Where is Ukiah?

A

In Mendocino County

70
Q

Where is Yorkville and Yountville?

A

Yorkville Highlands in Mendocino
Yountville in Napa Valley

71
Q

Where is Gary’s Vineyard located?

A

Santa Lucia Highlands

72
Q

Which is first winery in livermore Valley?when?

A

Wente winery,in 1883

73
Q

Which Region in US is influenced by Cascade Mountains?

A

Washington

74
Q

Which is the largest and oldest AVA in Washington?

A

Yakima Valley

75
Q

Which AVA in Washington is focusing on Riesling?

A

Rattlesnake Hills, Ancient Lakes (also Chard)

76
Q

Which is the warmest and driest AVA in Washington?

A

Wahluke Slope

77
Q

Which is the warmest AVA within Yakima Valley?

A

Red Mountain

78
Q

Which are the smallest AVAs in Washington?

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Lewis-Clark Valley 4ha; Naches Heights 18ha; Puget Sound 42ha; Candy Mountain 44ha;

79
Q

Who is the producer of South Block PInot Noir?

A

Eyrie Vineyard (1975 vintageSouth Blcok PN won first place in blind tasting in 1979)

80
Q

When did Domaine Drouhin arrive Washington?

A

1987

81
Q

Which years was there Spring Frost in Oregon?

A

1960s, 2022

82
Q

Which mountains affect Oregon?

A

Cascade Range and Coast Range

83
Q

What are the soils types in Oregon?

A

Jory: Volcanic Basalt high in clay and iron;
Willakenzie
Laurelwood Soil: Loess soil

84
Q

What’s the training system in Oregon?

A

Scott Henry (in fertile areas) with PN

85
Q

Who planted Eyrie vineyard? when? where?

A

David Lett in 1966 in Dundee Hills

86
Q

Why is Dundee HIlls warmer than other AVAs in Oregon?

A

it’s sheltered by Chehalem Mountains and Coast Range

87
Q

Name 3 most famous producers in Chehalem Mountains?

A

1968 - Dick Erath
1969 - Dick&Nancy Ponzi - Bollinger in 2021
1970 - David Adelsheim

88
Q

Where is Beaux Freres located?

A

Ribbon Ridge

89
Q

Who is the owner of Beaux Freres?

A

Artemis Domaines in 2022

90
Q

Which regions are influenced by Van Duzer Corriodor?

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Eola -Amity Hills and McMinnevile

91
Q

Which is the coolest area in Southern Oregon?

A

Elkton Oregon

92
Q

Where is Portland located?

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Oregon

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95
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What’s the winery founded by Cordoniu?

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Artesa Vineyards & Winery (The winery was originally called Codorniu Napa since 1991 and produced sparkling wine, but switched to still wines after poor sales. Artesa Winery opened in 1997 and is located on a hilltop in the Carneros AVA area of Napa County)