Washington Flashcards
70% of the USA’s hops are grown in what AVA?
Yakima Valley AVA
Which Washington State AVA’s boundaries are defined by elevation?
Snipes Mountain AVA (750ft on southern slope and 820ft on the northern slope)
Major rivers in Washington State?
Snake, Yakima, Columbia
Where are Champoux and Canoe Ridge vineyards located?
Horse Heaven Hills AVA
What AVA is Col Solare produced in?
Red Mountain
Who is Col Solare a joint venture between?
Antinori and Ste Michelle
Yakima Valley AVA sub AVAs
Rattlesnake Hills, Snipes Mountain, Red Mountain
Washington’s warmest growing area?
Red Mountain AVA
Washington’s smallest AVA
Red Mountain AVA
Walla Walla Valley AVA soils
basalt bedrock and alluvial topsoil
Top vineyards of Horse Heaven Hills AVA
Champoux, Canoe Ridge, Benches at Wallula Gap
Who is “Grandpa Grape”?
Walter Clore
Name a few vineyards used by Quilceda Creek
Ciel du Cheval, Klipsun, Tapteil
Washington AVA known for Riesling, PG, and Gewurztraminer
Ancient Lakes AVA
Washington AVA planted mostly to white grapes
Ancient Lakes AVA
Who is the “father of Washington wine”
Walter Clore (led efforts to prove vinifera could survive in Washington’s harsh winters
Washington AVAs not inside Columbia Valley AVA
Puget Sound, Columbia Gorge AVAs
Top vineyards of Rattlesnake Hills AVA
Two Blondes and Dubrul vineyards
Mountain range that causes rain shadow effect in Columbia Valley?
Cascades
Washington’s most planted red and white grape vairety
red - Cabernet Sauvignon
white - Chardonnay
Eastern Washington’s climate
Continental
Name Washington’s AVAs
Columbia Valley, Yakima Valley, Red Mountain, Walla Walla, Snipes Mountain, Horse Heaven Hills, Rattlesnake Hills, Columbia Gorge, Lake Chelan, Puget Sound, Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley, , Nanches Heights, Wahulke Slope, Lewis & Clarke Valley
Which Washington AVA is shared with Idaho
Lewis & Clarke Valley
What is the largest AVA in Washington State?
Columbia Valley
Which AVAs are in both Washington and Oregon?
Columbia Valley, Columbia Gorge, Walla Walla
What sub appellation of Walla Walla Valley is entirely in Oregon
Rocks of Milton Freewater
Red Mountain is a sub appellation of which AVA
Yakima Valley
When was the 1st vineyard planted in Red Mountain? Who planted it? When did it get AVA status?
1975, Ciel du Cheval Vineyard, 2001
Where is Red Willow vineyard?
Westernmost vineyard within Yakima Valley
name a producer using Red Willow vineyard fruit:
Owen Roe, Lady Hill, Mark Ryan, Grammercy Cellars
Where is the Champoux vineyard?
Horse Heaven Hills
Who produces Bionic Frog?
Cayuse in Walla Walla
What two wineries merged to form Chateau Ste Michelle
National Wine Company and American Wine Growers
What is Washington’s smallest AVA
Nanches Heights (Red Mountain is 2nd)
What did Bill Bridgeman do to earn the title “Grandfather of Washington Viticulture”
He was an attorney specializing in irrigation law. Helped develop irrigation in Yakima Valley
What was Washington’s 1st AVA and what year?
Yakima Valley, 1983
1st red varietal to gain widespread notoriety in Washington?
Merlot
The Otis vineyard in Yakima Valley is noteworthy why?
1st Cabernet Sauvignon planted in Washington (1957)
What is the coolest region in Washington
Puget Sound
What conditions have led Eastern Washington to being phylloxera free
isolation, sandy loam soil, cold winters, vineyards are far apart
how much wine production exist in Washington?
2 in country. 50,000 acres planted (20,234 ha)
geological feature that slowed the Missoula Floods
Wallula Gap
1st commercially bonded in Walla Walla Valley
Leonetti
three rivers that meet in Walla Walla Valley
Columbia, Snake, Walla Walla
Northernmost Washington AVA
Lake Chelan
most recent AVA of Washington State
Lewis and Clarke (Ancient Lakes before)
Name 3 top vintages in Washington
2005, 2007, 2012
