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California Percentages: Grape, Vintage, County, State, AVA, Vineyard
State: 100% County: 75% AVA: 85% Vineyard: 95% Variety: 75% Vintage: State/County- 85% AVA/Vineyard- 95%
TTB percentage requirements
State: 75% County: 75% AVA: 85% Vineyard: 95% Variety: 75% unless Vitis Labrusca (51%) Vintage: State/County- 85%, AVA/Vineyard- 95%
Central Valley fun facts
75% of California wine comes from here but it ain’t no AVA
Meritage Requirements
Must be no more than 90% of a single variety, must only contain Bordeaux Varieties
Who is Zinfandel related most closely to?
Croatian Crljenak Kastelanski
Who owns To Kalon vineyard?
Mainly Mondavi Winery, Opus One and Andy Beckstoffer (Beckstoffer gained the right to use ToKalon name in 200, previously only Mondavi could)
Who makes Dominus?
Christian Moueix, same guy that rocked out Petrus
Also making ‘Ulysses’ also in Oakville
First winery/winemaker in Napa
John Patchet, 1858, Charles Krug was his winemaker
Who left Lafite to found which winery in Napa?
Bernaard Porter, early 70s started Clos du Val
Who left Margaux and where did he end up?
Philippe Bascaules for Inglenook in 2011
Who left Latour to do what?
Denis Malbec to consult for Kapcsandy, Blankiet and Sodaro, also makes his own stuff
Inglenook stuffs and things
Started by Coppola originally Gustav Niebaum, then Niebaum-Coppola. Bought back Inglenook from Wine Group
Latour Owner holdings in Cali
Francois Pinault, owned Araujo but changed it to Eisele Vineyards
Prominent estates that have made wines from Eilese Vineyard, where is it?
East side of Calistoga at the base of the Vacas, Ridge, Conn Creek and the former Aurajo estate make wines from here
Grace Family Facts
1976 founded. Helen Keplinger current winemaker (also worked for Bryant Family)
One of the first “cult” wines, one of the first wineries to use high density plantings.
Bryant Family Facts
Originally had Helen Turley as wine maker (she suggested David Abrue for vineyard manger) but had a falling out. Above lake Hennessey near Colgin Estate on Pritchard Hill.
About David Abreu
Vineyard manager who originally worked for Caymus, the Bryant, Colgin, Inglenook, Araujo, Grace Family, Harlan, replanted Screaming Eagle in 2006 and many more. He’s a big deal. Also has Abreu Vineyards since 1980
About Continuum Estate
Tim Mondavi, started after the sale of Robert Mondavi to Constellation
First AVA wholely in Napa
Howell Mountain
Soils in Russian River Valley
Sub AVAs in Russian River
“Goldridge” Sandy Loam
Chalk Hill, Green Valley
Where is Hirsch Located?
Sonoma Coast
Where is Williams-Selyem located?
Russian River Valley
Where is Joseph Swan located?
Russian River Valley
Where is Harlan Estate located?
Oakville
Where is Screaming Eagle located?
Oakville
Where is Peay located?
Sonoma Coast
Where is Marcassin located?
Sonoma Coast
Where is Rochioli located?
Russian River Valley
Where is Dehlinger located?
Russian River Valley
Who makes “Les Pavots” and where?
Peter Michael
Knights Valley
What is Bennet Valley known for?
Merlot
Where is Gloria Ferrer and what is their story?
Pioneering sparkling wine production in Carneros. Jose Ferrer from Freixenet Cava named the winery for his wife Gloria
All wines from Sonoma County must have what on the label?
“Sonoma County” regardless if thre is an AVA listed
Why and when was Mendocino reduced in size?
2014 to make room for Eagle Peak AVA
What river runs through Anderson Valley AVA
Navarro
What’s special about Mendocino Ridge AVA?
Must be over 1200ft elevation
Where is Monte Bello planted?
Santa Cruz west of San Jose on limestone
first vintage 1892
Where is the bonny doon vineyard?
Santa Cruz Mountains
Where is Wente and what is the AVA known for?
Livermore Valley; Sauvignon Blanc
What is Santa Lucia Highlands known for?
what counties is it in?
Notable producers/vineyards
Pinot Noir, high elevation, fog, granit soils (well drained) Monterey County Morgan (double L vineyard) Pisoni Gary Franscioni's ROAR Talbot sleepy hollow Gary's vineyard
Who produced the first varietal labelled Chardonnay?
Wente, many Chardonnay vines are the Wente Clone
What happened to Donny Boon vineyard?
Succumed to Pierce’s Deseas
Wine maker for Ridge
Paul Draper
Talk about Mount Harlan
Very good Pinot Noir area. , limestone, many exceptional vineyard sites
Josh Jenson’s Calera make low yield Pinot
Counties East and south west of San Fran, continuing down to Santa Barbara
Contra Costa (east), Alameda (east/south east-ish)
San Mateo (South east, coastal)
Santa Clara (south)
Santa Cruz (south of San Mateo, Coastal)
Monterey (big ass county, coastal, inland)
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
County of Paso Robles
River and differences on either side of river
AVAs of Paso Robles
Lan Luis Obispo
Salinas River
East of river = Sandier, Warmer, Arid
West of River = Marine air cooling from Tmpleton Gap, Limestone and Calcerous Soils
Talk about the Nursery at Tablas Creek
Chateau Beaucastel expirements with Rhone Clones here
Where would you most likely fin Pinot Noir in San Luis Obispo?
Edna Valley
What happens to the coastline at Santa Barbara County?
It sharply turns East-West
AVAs in Santa Barbara County
Santa Maria Valley (partially in San Louis Obispo
Ballard Canyon inside Santa Ynez left of Happy Canyon
Los Olivos inside St Ynez left of Ballard conyon
Santa Ynez,
Sta Rita Hills (abbreviated because Chile sued them) mostly inside Santa Ynez,
Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara (inside of Santa Ynez),
Where is Ben Nacido Vineyard and what is it known for?
Northern Santa Barbara
Very large vineyard known for Pinot and Chard
Where are Au Bon Climat and Qupe?
Santa Maria Valley
Lodi AVA facts
20% of Cali wine comes from here. A gap in the coastal ranges pulls in cool air Home of Stutter Home and Mondavi's Woodbridge 7 AVAs Alta Mesa Borden Ranch Mokelumne River Cosummnes River Jahant Sloughhouse Clement Hills
In which counties are: Capay Valley Dunnigan Hills Clarksburg Merritt Island
All Central Valley
Capay Valley, Dunnigan Hills, Merritt Island: YOLO
Clarksburg: Sacramento Solano, Yolo
Sub AVAs of Sierra Foothills
El Dorado (North)
Fair Play, FiddleTown, Shenandoah Valley (south of El Dorado in a tight group)
Where is Calera and what the hell do they do? Winemaker?
San Benito County
High elevation limestone Mt. Harlan with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
Josh Jensen winemaker
What’s up with Bechtold vineyard?
Major winemakers
1886 Cinsault
Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon gets most of the north vineyard
Tegan Passalacqua of Turley gets middle section
What’s up with Kirschenmann
20 acre Vineyard east Mokelumne River AVA
Owned by Tegan Passalacqua (Turley/Sandlands) that the cool kids source from
Mind map Napa AVAs
Across from Sbucks Playhouse Square
in bushes to right big pile of diamonds (diamond mountain)
Turn right Pile of rocks w/stream (Spring mountain)
Down to restaurant door is Helen Miran as Pope (Saint Helena)
Far corner ford model T crashed (Rutherford)
Cross Street giant oak tree (Oakville)
In wall French Laundry doorway (Yountville)
Theater door Giant Stag (Stags Leap)
Right of Sbucks door bee dressed as Darth Vader (Mount Veeder)
Left of Sbucks door Little grassy knoll with oak Stump (oak knoll)
Inside revolving door a meat clock (Carneros)
Sugar/Cream Station Howell’s Moving Castle (HowellMountain)
Going to pick up go through valley of chilies (chilies Valley)
at cash register: Atlas statue (Atlas Peak)
in line q Cock is Comb (coombsville) and wild horse (wild horse valley)
Who makes La Joie?
Verite (in Chalk Hill AVA), by Jess Jackson (yes that Jackson) Most expensive Cabernet in Sonoma
Littorai Winemaker?
Ted Lemon
Which winery did Agoston Haraszthy found? Where and when?
Buena Vista Winery
1857
Sonoma
What is the ma in factor in RRV AVA boundaries?
fog
Which AVA inside RRV is more suited to Warmer Varieties?
ChaIk Hill (butting up against anderson valley)
similar to other higher elevation in Sonoma is is rocky volcanic soil (as opposed to LStone and Goldridge Loam)
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Martinelli, Sea view, flowers, Hirsch, Marcissin, Wild Hog are where?
Fort Ross Sea view
fog Line in relation to Sonoma Coast
Great vineyards are above fog line SO as to revere full Sun, Ocean breeze cools the vines
Who makes “De Coalo” ?
Benziger Winery
Name 4 vineyards from Joel Peterson and Corresponding AVAs
Barrica/oId Hill in Sonoma Valley Big River in Alexander Valley Teldischi Vineyard in Dry creek Valley Belloni in RRV Dickerson in Napa Valley