U.S.A. General Flashcards
Rocky Knob is an AVA in which state?
Virginia
Where is Sonoita AVA?
Arizona
If labeled by county, state, or country instead of AVA, the min. % of grapes required to have originated from the region is lowered to what number?
75%
- from 85% AVA requirement
Wines labeled by single vineyard must contain a min of what % of grapes grown in the stated vineyard?
95%
Who is dubbed the “dean of American winemakers”?
André Tchelistcheff
- Russian winemaker trained in France, hired in 1938 by Georges de Latour to oversee the production at Beaulieu
- intro the Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cab Sauv; new benchmark in quality for American wine
- brought new standards of hygiene and techniques to California, incl temp-cont ferment, controlled malo ferment
- mentored Robert Mondavi, Louis Martini, Joe Heitz, and Mike Grgich - men who would become industry giants and help reshape the image of Napa and California wines in general
Who is the Russian winemaker, trained in France, that was hired in 1938 by Georges de Latour to oversee production at Beaulieu?
André Tchelistcheff “dean of American winemakers”
Who introduced the Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon?
André Tchelistcheff
“dean of American winemakers”
- new benchmark in quality for American wine
Who brought new standards of hygiene and techniques to California, including temperature-controlled fermentations and controlled malolactic fermentation?
André Tchelistcheff
“dean of American winemakers”
After his departure from Charles Krug due to a family feud, Robert Mondavi launched his winery’s first harvest in what year?
1966
What year marked the first year that table wines surpassed fortified wines in domestic consumption?
1967
In what year did Mondavi singlehandedly make Sauvignon Blanc saleable by renaming it “Fumé Blanc” and aging it in oak?
1968
Who organized the blind tasting of 1976 “Judgment of Paris”?
Steven Spurrier
What are the two Napa Valley wines that placed first in the 1976 “Judgment of Paris” against a sampling of first and second growth Bordeaux, and premier cru and grand cru Burgundy?
Chateau Montelena Chardonnay
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon
- Boom times for Napa and the California wine industry in general resulted, bringing foreign investment and heightening domestic interest
Today, who oversees the AVA system?
Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)
- federal Bureau created by the Homeland Security Act of 2002
In the late 1970s, what Bureau finalized the AVA system that demarcates appellations based on distinctive geographical, physical, and climatic features?
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF)
Name two wineries that continued to produce through prohibition under the guise of sacramental wine?
Buena Vista
Beaulieu
