Washington

Question 1

What are some vine-training techniques that help WA vintners mitigate winter frosts?

Answer 1

Dual-trunk training

Burrying fruiting canes with low Cordon-trained vines

Question 2

Which WA AVA’s are not nested within the greater Columbia Valley AVA?

Answer 2

Puget Sound AVA

Columbia Gorge AVA

Question 3

What are the four sites listed within Sagemoor Vineyard?

Answer 3

Sagemoor

Bacchus

Dionysus

Weinbau

Question 4

What AVAs are nested within Yakima Valley AVA?

Answer 4

Rattlesnake Hills AVA

Red Mountain AVA

Snipes Mountain AVA

Question 5

Over 70% of the nation’s hops can be found in which WA AVA?

Answer 5

Yakima Valley AVA

Question 6

Where was WA’s first Syrah vine planted?

Answer 6

Red Willow Vineyard, Yakima Valley AVA

1986

Question 7

Where was WA’s first Cabernet vines planted?

Answer 7

Otis Vineyard, Yakima Valley AVA

1957

Question 8

Where can you find WA’s oldest vinifera plantings?

Answer 8

Upland Vineyard, Snipes Mountain AVA

Muscat of Alexandra

1917

Question 9

Name two vineyards within Rattlesnake Hills AVA

Answer 9

Two Blondes Vineyard

Dubrul Vineyard

Both are rarely listed as Rattlesnake Hills AVA because of local opposition to the creation of the AVA.

Question 10

Name 3 vineyards in Columbia Gorge AVA

Answer 10

Celilo

Underwood Mountain

Atavus

Question 11

What was WA’s first commercially successful grape?

Answer 11

Island Belle

black lubrusca hybrid

Planted in 1872 by Lambert Evans on Puget Sound’s Stretch Island estate.