Washington/Oregon AVAs

Question 1

Name the three AVAs whose boundaries straddle both Washington and Oregon

Answer 1

Columbia Valley
Walla Walla
Columbia Gorge

Question 2

Which is Washington’s largest viticulture region?

Answer 2

Columbia Valley, covering almost 11 million acres. Main varietals are Riesling, merlot, chardonnay, and Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 3

True or False. All Washington AVAs are contained within Columbia Valley AVA borders

Answer 3

False. Peugeot Souf and Columbia Gorge AVAs are not.

Question 4

Leonetti Cellars and Woodward Canyon are wines produced where?

Answer 4

Walla Walla. Woodward Canyon is the first wine to be in Wine Spectator’s Top 10 (1987 vintage). It is a heavier-bodied Cabernet made from old vines. Leonetti Cellars is Walla Walla’s first commercial winery in 1977.

Question 5

Which producer is not from Walla Walla?

Answer 5

Woodward Canyon
Leonetti Cellars
Figgins Estate
Otis Kenyon
*Cadence*

Question 6

Which AVA is marketed as a “World of Wine in 40 miles”?

Answer 6

Columbia Gorge, with vineyards in both Oregon and Washington State

Question 7

What is unusual about the AVA The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater?

Answer 7

1. It is wholly contained within both Walla Walla Valley and Columbia Valley AVAs but is located in northeastern Oregon, five miles south of Walla Walla.
2. The soils consist of pebbles and cobbles of basalt (dark volcanic rock) in a mix of sand and silt.