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Where is the worlds largest producer of Riesling?

A

Washington.

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What is the newest AVA of Washington?

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White Bluffs

The Burn f Columbia Valley

(both 2021)

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What area the vineyards of lewis-Clark Valley AVA?

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2 Bad Labs Vineyard
Arnett Vineyard
Colter’s Creek Vineyard
Lindsay Creek Vineyards
Rivaura Estate Vineyards and Winery
Rock ‘n’ J Vineyard
Spiral Rock Vineyard
Umiker Vineyard
Wasem Estate Vineyard
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What AVA lies on the Snake River and Clearwater River?

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Lewis-Clark Valley AVA

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Name two viticultural techniques that help vines survive sever colds in the winter?

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  • Dual-Trunk training systems

- buried canes

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What disease is a vine susceptible to after a deep freeze?

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Crown Gall

bacterial disease - stocks form growths (galls) and choke the vine

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What geological era had an effect of the soils of Wasgington State?

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Miocene Epoch

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What geological formations played a roll in the Masoula Floods?

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Ice dam in Montana (lake Massoula) burst.

  • floods toward western shores.
  • bottlenecks at Wallula Gap and drains through it and the Columbia Gorge.
  • deposits settle in the Pasco Basin forming Touchet Beds
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What area Touchet Beds?

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deposits rich in marine and sedimentary, fossils deposited by the Masooula Floods in the masco Basin of Washington.

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What soil would you find in the Columbia Basin?

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“Eolian” - shaped by winds. Comprised of loess-derived silt loams over Missoula Flood sedimentary deposits.

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When was the Steele Act established and what was formed as a result?

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1934 (after the repeal of Prohibition in 1933)
The WSLC
Washington State Liquor Control Board

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12
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Who was Dr Walter Clore?

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the ‘father’ of Washington wine.

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What was the original name for Columbia Winery and Chateau Ste. Michelle

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Associated Vintners - (Columbia Winery)

American Wine Growers - (Chateau Ste. Michelle)

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What AVA’s of Washington are not located in the Columbia Valley AVA>?

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Puget Sound

Columbia Gorge

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Where are the Sagemoor Vineyards?

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Washington State.
North of the Tri-Cities.
(Trip Cities - Richland / Kennewick / Pasco)

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What are the sites of the Sagemoor Vineyards?

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Sagemoor
Dionysus
Bacchus
Weinbau - in Wahluke Slope

17
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Where are the Frenchmen Hills?

A

In the Stillwater Creek Vineyard of Washington. (north of Wahluke Slope)

18
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Where can you find the Union Gap?

A

Yakima Valley AVA

19
Q

List the AVA located within the Yakima Valley from N-S

A

Rattlesnake Hills

Snipes Mountain

Red Mountain

20
Q

Where, and when where the first Syrah vines planted in Washington State?

A

Red Willow Vineyard
In Yakima Valley
(1986)

21
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Where was the first Cabernet Sauvignon planted in Washington?

A

Otis Vineyard

in Yakima Valley (1957)

22
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What elevation are the majority of vines planted in Washington and why?

A

1000-1500ft. (300-400mtrs)

higher = slightly warmer - avoid the cold and frost.

23
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What AVA of Washington is defined by elevation?

A

Snipes Mountain (within Yakima Valley)

  • 750ft south slope
  • 820ft north slope
24
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What AVA sits within the Walla Walla AVA

A

The Rocks of Milton Freewater

on the Oregon side

25
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What are 2 sub regions of Walla Walla?

A

Mill Creek
North Fork
(by the Blue Mountains)

26
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What is considered the best vineyard of the Horse Heaven Hills AVA?

A

Champoux Vineyards
Andrew Will
Soos Creek

27
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What geographical features border Wahluke Slope AVA?

A

Saddle Mountains (north)
Hanford Ranch National Monument
Columbia River

28
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What is the driest AVA of Washington?

A

Wahluke Slope

29
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Whereis the Celilo Vineyard?

A

Columbia Gorge AVA.

  • 75ha
  • supplies Woodward Canyon (WA) and ken Wright (OR)
  • planted in 1972 on Underwood Mountain.
30
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What is the current name of the former American Wine Growers winery?

A

Chateau Ste Michelle

31
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What is the current name of the former Associated Vintners winery?

A

Columbia Winery.

32
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What is the warmest AVA of Washington?

A

Red Mountain

also: most densely planted

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