WEST COAST Flashcards
What percentage of US wine does CA produce?
~80%
How many AVAs in CA?
141 (as of 12/20)
What are the five “mega” AVAs?
North Coast, Sierra Foothills, San Francisco Bay, Central Coast, South Coast
When was the first winery established in Napa and how many are there today?
1860s / >400 in Napa county
Where does Napa rank in terms of acres under vine in CA?
Third at 45K acres (behind San Joaquin and Sonoma)
What percent of CA wine production is from Napa?
4% (due to low yields)
How much of Napa county’s acreage is red grape varieties?
~75% (22K acres)
How many AVAs in Napa?
17
How much of CAs acreage under vine is in Sonoma county?
~12% (1/8th)
How much of Sonoma county’s acreage is red grape varieties?
~2/3
What are the two smaller AVAs located within the Sonoma Coast AVA?
Fort Ross/Seaview and Petaluma Gap
What are the four sub-appellations of the Sonoma Valley AVA?
Bennett Valley, Moon Mountain, Sonoma Mountain, Los Carneros
What are the two sub-appellations of Russian River Valley?
Green Valley of RRV and Chalk Hill
What is the name of the Sonoma County AVA that is one of the highest altitude AVAs in CA?
Pine Mountain/Cloverdale
Which Sonoma AVA encompasses most of the other AVAs?
The Northern Sonoma AVA (excluding Sonoma Valley and Carneros AVAs)
How many AVAs in Mendocino county?
Ten, including Anderson Valley, Mendocino Ridge, Cole Ranch (the smallest AVA in the US) and the catch-all Mendocino AVA (which encompasses five other sub-appellations)
What is unique about the Mendocino Ridge and Cole Ranch AVAs?
MR is a noncontiguous AVA (only mountain tops 1,200 ft or higher are included) and Cole Ranch, at 60 acres, is the smallest AVA in the US and wholly-owned by Esterlina Winery
What are some features of Lake County?
High elevation, clean air, large diurnal swings, volcanic soils, one of the oldest geological lakes in the US (Clear Lake)
How many AVAs in Lake County?
Seven: Benmore Valley, High Valley, Guenoc Valley, Big Valley District Lake County, Clear Lake, Red Hills Lake County, Kelsey Bench Lake County
How many AVAs in Monterey County?
Nine
What are some cool-climate AVAs in Monterey County?
Chalone, Arroyo Seco, Santa Lucia Highlands
What are some of the warmer AVAs of Monterey County?
San Lucas, Hames Valley
How many AVAs are there in SLO Paso Robles?
11
How many AVAs in San Luis Obispo County?
Four: Arroyo Grande Valley, Edna Valley, Paso Robles, York Mountain
What is geographically unique about the SB County AVA?
One of few spots on CA coast where both the coastline and mountain ranges run E/W and not N/S.
How many AVAs in Santa Barbara County?
Seven: Santa Maria Valley, Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Rita Hills, Los Olivos, Happy Canyon, Ballard Canyon, Alisos Canyon
Which Central Coast sub-region is known as “Goldilocks Rhone Zone”?
The Alisos Canyon AVA in SB County
Which Central Valley AVA has cooling “delta breezes” and large diurnal shifts that allow for quality grape production?
Lodi
What is the climate of the Lodi AVA and how many subregions does it have?
The Lodi AVA has a Mediterranean climate; there are seven sub-appellations: Alta Mesa, Borden Ranch, Clements Hills, Cosumnes River, Jahant, Mokelumne River, and Sloughhouse.
Which Lodi vineyard has some of the world’s oldest plantings of Cinsault vines?
Beckthold vineyard, planted in 1886
Where and when was first wine made in CA?
In SoCal at the missions with the Mission grape circa 1769……
Where were the first commercial wineries in CA and when were they established?
In Los Angeles area circa 1820s
What is geographically unique about Washington State?
The Cascade Mountains divide it into a rainy western portion and a larger, dryer eastern portion - the mountains create a rain shadow that gives the eastern portion dry, desert-like conditions.
How many AVAs does Washington have?
16 (15 of them East of the Cascades)
What are the leading red/white grape varities of Washington state?
Red: Cab/Merlot. White: Chardonnay/Riesling
What is the largest/smallest AVA in WA?
Largest: Columbia Valley (also one of the largest in the country) Smallest: Candy Mountain (inside the Yakima Valley AVA)
What was Washington’s first AVA?
Yakima Valley
How many AVAs in OR?
21 (~75% located in the Willamette Valley AVA)
How many sub-regions in the Willamette Valley AVA?
Nine: Dundee Hills, Ribbon Ridge, Eola-Amity Hills, Van Duzer Corridor, McMinnville, Yamhill-Carlton District, Chehalem Mountains, Laurelwood District, Tualatin Hills
