US Wine Law & History

Question 1

What was the first AVA and what state is it in

Answer 1

Augusta AVA, Missouri

Question 2

What percentage of grapes must come from the defined area for wine to be labeled U.S., State, or County

Answer 2

75%

Question 3

What percentage of grapes must come from the defined area for wine to be labeled AVA

Answer 3

85%

Question 4

What percentage of grapes must come from the defined area for wine to be labeled with a single vineyard

Answer 4

95%

Question 5

What percentage of a variety do Vinifera vines require to be labeled varietally

Answer 5

75%

Question 6

What percentage of a variety do Lambrusca vines require to be labeled varietally

Answer 6

51%

Question 7

What appellation size is required for a wine to be vintage labeled

Answer 7

smaller than country of origin

Question 8

What percentage of grapes must come from a certain vintage for the wine to be labeled as that vintage

Answer 8

85%

Question 9

What percentage of AVA wine grapes must come from a specific vintage to be vintage labeled

Answer 9

95%

Question 10

What ABV is required to be considered table wine

Answer 10

7%-14%

Question 11

What is the allowed percentage of ABV variation on the label

Answer 11

1.5%

Question 12

At what threshhold must wine state “contains sulfites” on the label

Answer 12

if the sulfite content is at or above 10 parts per million

Question 13

What does Estate Bottled mean

Answer 13

Grapes must come from land that is 100% controlled or owned by a winery

Question 14

What law surrounding viticulture was put in place in VA in 1619

Answer 14

Every landowner must plant at least 10 vines for winemaking

Question 15

When was the first recorded vitis vinifera wine made in California and who made it

Answer 15

1783 by the San Juan Capistrano Mission

Question 16

When was Napa Valley settled and by whom

Answer 16

George Yount in 1839

Question 17

When was Beuna Vista Winery founded in Sonoma and by whom

Answer 17

Agoston Haraszthy in 1849

Question 18

When was Phylloxera found in CA

Answer 18

the 1860s

Question 19

When was the Pleasant Valley Wine Company founded and where

Answer 19

1860, the fingerlakes

Question 20

What is the oldest operational, commercial winery in Napa Valley, when and by whom was it founded

Answer 20

Charles Krug’s winery in 1861

Question 21

When was Schramsberg built in Calistoga and by whom

Answer 21

1862, Jacob Schrams

Question 22

When was Beringer Winery founded

Answer 22

1876

Question 23

When was prohibition in the U.S.

Answer 23

1920-1933

Question 24

How did winemaking recommence after prohibition

Answer 24

Mass market scale sweet wines labeled things like “Chablis” and “Hearty Burgundy”

Question 25

When did Dr. Konstantin Frank produce his first vintage in the fingerlakes and under which winery

Answer 25

1962, Vinifera Wine Cellars

Question 26

What and when was the first producer in the Willamette Valley and who started it

Answer 26

Eyrie Vineyards in 1965, David Lett

Question 27

When did Robert Mondavi havest his first vintage

Answer 27

1966

Question 28

Who made Fume Blanc and what was its signifigance

Answer 28

Robert Mondavi, set the standard for CA sauvignon blanc

Question 29

When was the judgement of Paris and which U.S. wines took first place

Answer 29

1976 Ch. Montelena’s Chardonnay
and Stags’ Leap Cellar’s Cabernet