USA Flashcards
Sonoma county AVAs.
Los Carneros (Carneros) Sonoma Valley Sonoma Mountain Bennett Valley Moon Mountain District Sonoma County (est. 2013) Sonoma Coast Northern Sonoma Russian River Valley Green Valley of Russian River Valley Chalk Hill Dry Creek Valley Rockpile Alexander Valley Knights Valley Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak (est. 2011) Fort Ross-Seaview (est. 2011)
Mendocino county AVAs.
Mendocino Mendocino Ridge Anderson Valley Potter Valley Redwood Valley McDowell Valley Yorkville Highlands Dos Rios Cole Ranch Covelo Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak (est. 2011)
Napa county AVAs.
Coombsville (est. 2011) Calistoga Diamond Mountain District Spring Mountain District St. Helena Rutherford Oakville Stags Leap District Mount Veeder Yountville Los Carneros (Carneros) Wild Horse Valley Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley Atlas Peak Chiles Valley Howell Mountain
Monterey county AVAs.
Monterey Santa Lucia Highlands Chalone Hames Valley Arroyo Seco Carmel Valley San Antonio Valley San Bernabe San Lucas
Oregon AVAs.
Willamette Valley: Chehalem Mountains Ribbon Ridge Yamhill-Carlton District Dundee Hills McMinnville Eola-Amity Hills Southern Oregon: Red Hills Douglas County Umpqua Valley Elkton Oregon Applegate Valley Rogue Valley Columbia Valley (shared with Washington): Columbia Gorge (shared with Washington) Walla Walla Valley (shared with Washington) Snake River Valley (shared with Idaho)
What are the AVAs of Columbia Valley in Washington?
Yakima Valley Rattlesnake Hills Red Mountain Snipes Mountain Naches Heights (est. 2011) Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley (est. 2012) Walla Walla Valley (shared with Oregon) Horse Heaven Hills Lake Chelan Wahluke Slope
What state is Columbia Gorge in?
Washington and Oregon.
AVAs of San Luis Obispo county
Paso Robles
Arroyo Grande
York Mountain
Edna Valley
AVAs of Santa Barbara county
Santa Maria Valley Santa Ynez Valley Sta. Rita Hills Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara Ballard Canyon (est. 2013)
AVAs within the Lodi AVA of Central Valley
Mokelumne River Cosumnes River Jahant Borden Ranch Alta Mesa Sloughhouse Clements Hills
AVAs within Sierra Foothills AVA
California Shenandoah Valley El Dorado Fair Play Fiddletown North Yuba
Which infamous rootstock, supplied by UC Davis, was attacked by phylloxera in the 1980’s?
AXR-1 rootstock
75% of California wine comes from which region?
Central Valley
What area runs southward from Portland for 150 miles and is known for Pinot Noir?
Willamette Valley
What type of soil characterizes the Dundee Hills AVA (sub zone of Willamette Valley)?
Jory, a well-drained volcanic topsoil
Willakenzie, a fine loam, ash-covered soil, dominates which Willamette Valley AVA?
Ribbon Ridge
What was the first sub AVA named for Napa Valley?
Howell Mountain
What are the four large AVAs into which most of California’s fine wine production is divided?
North Coast, Central Coast, South Coast and Sierra Foothills.
The _____ Coast AVA has made little impact on the fine wines of California.
South.
What does AVA stand for?
American Viticultural Area
What agency originally oversaw the creation of the AVA system?
ATF- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
What was the first AVA, created in 1980?
Augusta, in Missouri
When did Napa Valley gain AVA status?
1981
What agency, created by the Homeland Security Act of 2002, oversees the AVA system?
Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB),
If an American or imported wine in the US uses a vintage date, the wine must carry an appellation smaller than a country. True or False?
True
If a label lists an AVA, a ___________ of grapes used to produce the wine must have originated in the stated region.
Minimum of 85%
If a producer labels their wine by county, state or country, what percentage of grapes must be used from that area? Are there any exceptions?
75%
If labeled California and Oregon, must 100% state grown fruit.
If labeled Washington, must contain 95% state grown fruit.
Wines labeled by vineyard must contain at least __% fruit from that vineyard.
95
What are the requirements for a wine to be labeled “estate-bottled”?
100% of a wine must come from grapes grown on land owned or controlled by the winery. In addition, the winery and all vineyards used in the production of an estate-bottled wine must be located within the same AVA.
What are the percentages of grapes required for labeling by region?
If labeled by country, state, or county: 75%
If labeled by AVA: 85%
If labeled with a single vineyard: 95%
What percentage of fruit must come from the stated vintage if labeled with an AVA? What percentage if labeled by county or state?
95%
85%
Wine with a varietal designation must contain a minimum ____ of the stated varietal—______________ grapes, like Concord, are an exception, and need only comprise a minimum _____ of a varietal wine
75%. Vitis Labrusca. 51%.
What grape belongs to the Vitis Rotundifolia group?
Scuppernong.
What grapes belong to the Vitis Aestivalis group?
Norton.
What group do the Concord and Catawba grapes belong to?
Vitis Labrusca
What alcohol level must a wine have to be labeled, simply, table wine? No percentage needed on label.
7-14% abv
Law requires a government health warning, and the phrase “Contains Sulfites”, provided they are present in a concentration of __ parts per _______ or more.
10/million.
Cool ocean air funnels through the _______ Gap into the ___ ____ Bay and upward through the Napa Valley.
Petaluma. San Pablo.