Washington

Question 1

What was the first AVA in Washington?

Answer 1

Yakima Valley (1983)

Question 2

What are the subAVAs of Yakima Valley?

Answer 2

Rattlesnake Hills, Red Mountain, Snipes Mountain, Goose Gap

Question 3

Name an important vineyard in Red Mtn.

Answer 3

Klipsun, Kiona, Ciel du Cheval

Question 4

Who famously consulted with Chateau Ste Michelle early on?

Answer 4

Andre Tchelitscheff

Question 5

Which AVA is the Champoux vineyard in?

Answer 5

Horse Heaven Hills

Question 6

What are the top 2 white varieties in Washington?

Answer 6

1 Chardonnay #2 Riesling

Question 7

What are the top 2 red varieties in Washington?

Answer 7

1 Cab Sauv #2 Merlot

Question 8

Where would you find the Sagemoor, Cold Creek, and Still Creek vineyards?

Answer 8

Columbia Valley

Question 9

Who owns Cold Creek vineyard?

Answer 9

Ch Ste Michelle

Question 10

Col Solare is a partnership between which wineries?

Answer 10

Antinori and Ch. Ste Michelle

Question 11

What is the most recent AVA in Washington?

Answer 11

Lewis and Clark Valley (2016) shared with Idaho

Question 12

How do grape growers protect against frost in WA?

Answer 12

Dual trunk training with burying of the canes, higher elevations, post harvest irrigation

Question 13

Which AVAs in WA are not within Columbia Valley?

Answer 13

Puget Sound, Lewis and Clark Valley, and Columbia Gorge

Question 14

Where would you find the “En Cerise” vineyard?

Answer 14

Walla Walla

Question 15

Name a producer of the En Cerise vineyard.

Answer 15

Cayuse

Question 16

Name a producer of the Champoux vineyard.

Answer 16

Andrew Will

Question 17

Which WA producer lost half of their 2015 vintage and why?

Answer 17

Cayuse due to faulty corks

Question 18

What is the driest AVA of Washington?

Answer 18

Wahluke Slope

Question 19

What is the hottest AVA in Washington?

Answer 19

Red Mountain

Question 20

Which AVAs in Washington grow more white varieties than red?

Answer 20

Ancient Lakes of Columbia and Columbia Gorge produce more white than red.

Question 21

In which AVA would you find the Celilo and Atavus vineyards?

Answer 21

Columbia Gorge AVA

Question 22

Who is considered the father of WA Wine?

Answer 22

Walter Clore, horiculturalisa at WSU that planted an experimental vineyard in 1940 in Prosser.

Question 23

What are touchet beds?

Answer 23

Touchet beds are gravel deposits that are deeper on valley floors and thinner at high elevation in WA.

Question 24

Where was the first Syrah in WA planted?

Answer 24

Red Willow Vineyard in Yakima Valley in 1986

Question 25

What is the elevation of plantings in Yakima?

Answer 25

1,000-4,000 feet above sea level

Question 26

What is Vinea?

Answer 26

Vinea is an organization of producers in Walla Walla to promote sustainability. Began in 2004.