Washington

Question 1

Washington is the nation’s __largest producer of premium wines, accounting for approximately _% of the nation’s total production

Answer 1

2nd, 5

Question 2

With the exception of approximately 80 acres of vineyard near Seattle in Puget Sound AVA, the state’s wine regions are all located-

Answer 2

to the east of the Cascades

Question 3

Describe the Cascade mountain rain shadow effect

Answer 3

makes irrigation commonplace—rainfall is often less than 10 inches a year

Question 4

Eastern Washington experiences a true __ climate

Answer 4

continental

Question 5

Describe climate of eastern Washington

Answer 5

hot summers/cold winters; frost and winter freezes are serious concerns for growers

Question 6

Despite its northerly location, ripeness is easily achieved in the warm growing seasons, as Washington’s vineyards receive-

Answer 6

additional summer sunshine in accordance with its latitude

Question 7

What necessitate Washington’s focus on quality over bulk quantity?

Answer 7

relative youth as a wine producer, entrenched wheat farming and a finite supply of water rights for irrigation

Question 8

How are Washington’s appellations planted?

Answer 8

not densely, as growers cultivated only 36,000 acres of vineyard statewide in 2009

Question 9

What is the largest appellation in the state, covering eleven million acres—nearly a third of Washington’s landmass?

Answer 9

Columbia Valley AVA

Question 10

What 10 smaller regions within Columbia Valley have gained AVA status?

Answer 10

1. Red Mountain
2. Yakima Valley
3. Walla Walla Valley
4. Wahluke Slope
5. Snipes Mountain
6. Rattlesnake Hills
7. Lake Chelan
8. Horse Heaven Hills
9. Naches Heights
10. Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley

Question 11

What was approved as Washington’s first AVA in 1983?

Answer 11

Yakima Valley

Question 12

What contains over one-third of the state’s vineyards?

Answer 12

Yakima Valley

Question 13

What is Yakima Valley’s most planted grape?

Answer 13

Chardonnay

Question 14

Within the eastern edge of Yakima Valley, the __ AVA has developed a reputation for noteworthy CabSauv

Answer 14

Red Mountain

Question 15

What is Washington’s smallest AVA?

Answer 15

Red Mountain AVA

Question 16

To the east, of Red Mountain, vineyard acreage in the __ expanded from 450 acres to over 1600 in the first decade of the 21st century

Answer 16

Walla Walla Valley

Question 17

What are Walla Walla’s most acclaimed varieties, comprising over 80% of its current plantings?

Answer 17

CabSauv, Merlot, and Syrah

Question 18

What are the soils of Walla Walla?

Answer 18

basalt bedrock and thin alluvial topsoil, deposited by the same Missoula Floods that washed through the Willamette Valley at the end of the last ice age. Loess is everywhere

Question 19

One area of Walla Walla, , features-, located entirely in Oregon, received its own AVA status

Answer 19

a topsoil of basalt cobblestones that draws comparisons to the galets of Châteauneuf-du-Pape—and producers are just beginning to explore its potential for Rhône-style wines

Question 20

When did the Rocks of Milton-Freewater, located entirely in Oregon, receive its own AVA status?

Answer 20

in early 2015