America

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What is an American Viticulture Area?

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An American Viticultural Area is a designated wine grape-growing region in the United States distinguishable by geographic features, with boundaries defined by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), United States Department of the Treasury. The TTB defines AVAs at the request of wineries and other petitioners.

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what are some requirements for AVA's?

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• Evidence that the name of the proposed new AVA is locally or nationally known as referring to the area;
• Historical or current evidence that the boundaries are legitimate;
• Evidence that growing conditions such as climate, soil, elevation, and physical features are distinctive;

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Once an AVA is established, what % of grapes used to make wine must be grown in that AVA in order for The AVA to be on the label?

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85%

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Can a Vinyard be in more than one AVA?

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A vineyard may be in more than one AVA. For example, the Santa Clara Valley AVA and Livermore Valley AVAs are located within the territory of the San Francisco Bay AVA, which is itself located within the Central Coast AVA.

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What does the term Estate Bottled on a label mean?

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When a wine has Estate Bottled on its label it must meet the requirements of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF).

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What are the requirement in order to label a wine Estate Bottled?

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To be Estate wine, the wine must come from grapes grown entirely on the premises of the winery. The wine must be made and bottled at the winery.

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For a County Appellation, what % of the grapes used must come from that county in ordre for it to be on the label?

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75%

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In order for a wine label to have California on it, what % of the grapes must come from that state?

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100%

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name the lake county appellaitons

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Atlas Peak; Kenmore Valley; Clear Lake; Guenoc Valley; and North Coast

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name the san fransisco appellations

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Contra costa, stanta clara, and santa cruz.

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name the monterey county appellations

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Monterey | Carmel Valley | Santa Lucia Highlands | Chalone | Arroyo Seco
San Bernabe | San Lucas | San Antonio Valley | Hames Valley

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Paso Robles is a

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American Viticultural Area located in the San Luis Obispo County, California

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Paso Robles is best known as?

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the home of the Rhône Rangers, a group of winemakers who are responsible for the region's growing profile with Syrah

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Other rhone varietals planted in Paso include?

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Viognier and Roussanne.

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Edna Valley is a

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American Viticultural Area located in San Luis Obispo County, California

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the edna valley ava is better known for
the soil here is

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Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and to a lesser extent Syrah.
black humus and clay-rich soils

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name the Santa Barbara County Appellations

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Santa Maria Valley, Santa Ynez and Santa Rita Hills,

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what are the 6 sub appellations of the willamette valley AVA

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o Chehalem Mountains AVA
o Dundee Hills AVA
o Eola-Amity Hills AVA
o McMinnville AVA
o Ribbon Ridge AVA
o Yamhill-Carlton District AVA

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The Willamette Valley AVA is best known for

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high quality pinot noir, chardonnay. Starting to plant more pinot gris, riesling, viognier and a small amount of syrah.

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what is a comon practice in the willamette valley ava?
what other method is legal there?

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acidificaiton
chaptalization

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a number of winemakers in the Willamette Valley are using ______ for the fermentaon of pinot noir which adds _____ to the wine

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all or part of whole cluster grapes including stalks

complexity and structure

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Pinot Noirs of the willamette valley are matured for ______ months in

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11-18 months
french or european oak

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The largest AVA in Washington is the _____ which includes which other avas?

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largest AVA is the Columbia Valley AVA, which extends into a small portion of northern Oregon and also encompasses six of the other Washington AVAs. These include the Walla Walla Valley AVA, the Horse Heaven Hills AVA, the Wahluke Slope AVA, and the Yakima Valley AVA, which in turn also encompasses the Rattlesnake Hills AVA, Snipes Mountain AVA and the Red Mountain AVA.

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the wahluke slope ava is warm and well suited to hot varietals such as

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merlot, syrah, cabs, chards, and chenin

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The Puget sound ava isknown for its

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merlots, chards, cabs.

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washington state is well situated for grape growing because

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it is locted well to the north at 46 & 48 and enjoys abundet sunshine

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To make up for the lack of rain, washington state relies on ___?

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irrigation from the columbia river

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dry farming is possible in washingtion in areas that

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recieve more rain, such as walla walla

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The weather in Walla Walla conisits of ______ which pruduce a _______ in wine

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hot dry summers and very cool nights
excellent balance between sugar and acid.

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some the the grapes grown in idaho are used to make wine in ______

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oregon

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wind machines are found in the vinyards of walla walla because

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they are prone to frost in the winter

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the varying temperatures between day & night in idaho pruduce wines with

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a good balance of sugar and acidity

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the most common varietals in idaho are

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riesling, chard, cab

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Instead of Vitis Vinifera, New York is known for growing

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Vitis Labrusca such as concord, catawba etc.

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vitis labrusca grapes produce wines that have a

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unusual foxy flavor

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name the AVAs of NY

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• Cayuga Lake (AVA)

• Finger Lakes (AVA)

• Hamptons Long Island (AVA)

• Hudson River Region (AVA)

• Lake Erie (AVA)

• Long Island (AVA)

• Niagara Escarpment (NY) (AVA)
• North Fork of Long Island (AVA)

• Seneca Lake (AVA)

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midwest avas

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???

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In order for a wine label to have the name of a state other than California or texas on it, what % of the grapes must be from that state?
what % for texas?

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75%
85%

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If grapes are from two to three contiguous states a wine can be made under a

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multi-state designations following the same requirements as the multi-county appellation.

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American wine or United States is a rarely used, however, when it is, what can the label NOT include, and what french wine classification is it similar to? by law this is the only appellation allowed for ____?

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vintage,
vin de table
bulk wines exported to other counties.[10]

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In the US, at least ___% of grapes must be from a particular vintage for that year to appear on the label.

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95%

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in the US, All labels must list the alcohol content based on _____

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percentage by volume.

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In the US, For bottles labeled by varietal at least ____% of the grape must be of the varietal. In Oregon, the requirement is___% except for cabernet sauv. which is ___%.
In oregon, if the origin is stated ____% of the varietals must be from that area

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75%, 90%, 75%, 100%

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American wine labels are also required to list if they contain ____ and ____

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sulfites
Surgeon General's warning about alcohol consumption

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The wine regions of California are often divided into 4 main regions. list them.

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North Coast, Central Coast, South Coast, Central Valley

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The North Coast region of california includes

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most of North Coast, California, north of San Francisco Bay. The large North Coast AVA covers most of the region. Notable wine regions include Napa Valley and Sonoma County and the smaller sub AVAs within them. Mendocino and Lake County are also part of this region.

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the south coast region of cali includes

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Includes portion of Southern California, namely the coastal regions south of Los Angeles down to the border with Mexico. Notable wine regions in this area include Temecula Valley AVA, Antelope Valley/Leona Valley AVA, San Pasqual Valley AVA and Ramona Valley AVA.

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the central coast region of cali includes

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most of the Central Coast of California and the area south and west of San Francisco Bay down to Santa Barbara County. The large Central Coast AVA covers the region. Notable wine regions in this area include Santa Clara Valley AVA, Santa Cruz Mountains AVA, San Lucas AVA, Paso Robles AVA, Santa Maria Valley AVA and Santa Ynez Valley.

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the central valley region of cali includes:

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California's Central Valley and the Sierra Foothills AVA. Notable wine regions in this area include the Lodi AVA.

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name the Napa County Appellations

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Atlas Peak; Calistoga; Carneros (partially); Chiles Valley; Diamond Mountain; Howell Mountain; Mount Veeder; Napa Valley; Oak Knoll; Oakville; Rutherford; St. Helena; Spring Mountain; Stag's Leap; Wild Horse Valley; and Yountville

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Name the Sonoma county appellations

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Alexander Valley; Bennett Valley; Carneros (partially); Chalk Hill; Dry Creek Valley; Green Valley; Knights Valley; North Coast, Rockpile, Russian River Valley; Sonoma; Sonoma Coast; Sonoma Mountain; and Sonoma Valley. Until our site is expanded, Marin wineries are also included in this section.

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name the mendocino county appellations

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Anderson Valley; Cole Ranch; McDowell; Mendocino; Mendocino Ridge; North Coast; Potter Valley; Redwood Valley; and Yorkville Highlands