USA

Question 1

Where is the Snake River Valley AVA?

Answer 1

Idaho (Shared with Oregon)

Question 2

What was the first AVA?

Answer 2

Augusta, Missouri

1980

Question 3

When did Napa Valley gain its AVA status?

Answer 3

1981

Question 4

What is the minimum percentage of grapes required to list an AVA? What’s the minimum if a county, state or country is listed?

Answer 4

85% AVA

75% County, state or country

Question 5

What is the minimum % of grapes required to label a wine as Washington state?

Answer 5

95%

Question 6

What is the minimum percentage of grapes required to label a wine as single vineyard in the US?

Answer 6

95%

Question 7

What is the ABV range to label a wine as a table wine or light wine?

Answer 7

7-14%

Question 8

What are the four large AVAs of California?

Answer 8

North Coast
Central Coast
South Coast
Sierra Foothills

Question 9

What larger AVA contains Napa and Sonoma?

Answer 9

North Coast AVA

Question 10

What counties are included in the North Coast AVA?

Answer 10

Napa
Sonoma
Mendocino
Lake
Solano
Marin

Question 11

How many sub AVAs are contained within Napa Valley?

Answer 11

16

Question 12

What are the northern and southernmost AVAs in Napa?

Answer 12

North-Calistoga

South- Carneros

Question 13

Which mountains form the Napa Valley to the West and East?

Answer 13

West- Mayacamas

East- Vaca

Question 14

What marks the border of Napa and Sonoma?

Answer 14

Mayacamas Mountains

Question 15

What is the benchmark mountain AVA of Napa?

Answer 15

Howell Mountain

Question 16

What AVA exemplifies the valley floor style in Napa?

Answer 16

Rutherford AVA

Question 17

Which AVA, contained within Russian River Valley, is not a sub-AVA of that region, but its own distinct AVA?

Answer 17

Green Valley of the Russian River Valley

Question 18

What is the warmest AVA in Sonoma?

Answer 18

Knights Valley

Question 19

Which Champagne house established their US operations in Anderson Valley?

Answer 19

Louis Roderer

Question 20

What is the dominant grape of the Monterey AVA?

Answer 20

Chardonnay

Question 21

In which county is the Paso Robles AVA?

Answer 21

San Luis Obispo

Question 22

In which AVA is the Bien Nacido Vineyard located?

Answer 22

Santa Maria Valley AVA

Question 23

Where is most California wine produced?

Answer 23

Central Valley

Question 24

What is the largest and most important Central Valley AVA?

Answer 24

Lodi AVA

Question 25

In which AVA is Borden Ranch located?

Answer 25

Lodi AVA

Question 26

What are the valley floor AVAs of Napa?

Answer 26

``` Yountville Oakville Rutherford St. Helena Calistoga ```

Question 27

What is the minimum elevation required for Howell Mountain AVA? Why?

Answer 27

1400+ Feet | This is the fog line

Question 28

In which AVA is the Heron Lake Vineyard located?

Answer 28

Wild Horse Valley

Question 29

In which AVA is Rattlesnake Ridge located?

Answer 29

Howell Mountain

Question 30

What is the maximum slope grapes may be planted on in Napa county?

Answer 30

30 degrees

Question 31

In which Sub-AVA is Stagecoach Vineyard? Who owns it?

Answer 31

Atlas Peak | Gallo

Question 32

In which Sub-AVA are Inglenook and Beaulieu Vineyard?

Answer 32

Rutherford

Question 33

Where is Trailside Vineyard located?

Answer 33

Rutherford

Question 34

Where is To-Kalon Vineyard located?

Answer 34

Oakville

Question 35

Where is Kronos Vineyard located? Who owns it?

Answer 35

St. Helena | Cathy Corison

Question 36

Where is the Haynes Vineyard?

Answer 36

Coombsville

Question 37

Where is the Dead Fred Vineyard?

Answer 37

Calistoga

Question 38

Who owns the trademark on Pritchard Hill?

Answer 38

Chappellet

Question 39

What is the maximum elevation of St. Helena?

Answer 39

400 Feet