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20 Cards in this Set
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• Practices such as new vineyard designs, sophisticated irrigation systems, new trellising systems, environmentally friendly techniques for managing vine diseases and pests, new clonal selections, more efficient yeast strains, better cooperage, and improved winery sanitation are what?
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...some of the reasons why wine in the USA has improved over the past several decades.
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AVAs are registered and approved by the ____?
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Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, TTB
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AVA definition 1: A definition of the _____ of the proposed area as identified on a U.S. Geological Survey map.
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boundaries
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Evidence that the proposed name was _____ or is currently _____ used for the area.
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historically used, commonly used
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AVA definition 3: Evidence that the _____ of the area in question are distinct from surrounding areas
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growing conditions
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The Walla Walla AVA resides both in _____ & _____.
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Oregon and Washington
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AVAs range from a few _____ to _____.
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square miles to several thousand miles
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AVAs can be made up of ____ ____ like Cali’s Mendocino Ridge AVA.
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noncontiguous parcels
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AVAs can reside one inside the other or _____ one another.
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intersect
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Sonoma county’s Green Valley AVA is found in the ____ AVA.
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RRV AVA
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There are ___ and ___ of these are in California.
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146 AVAs and 86
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Not all ____ on a label are AVAs. Other names are country, county or state.
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place names
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If the label states the wine is from the USA, ____ of the grapes must come from the USA
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100%
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If the label states the wine is from a state or a county, it must be ___ from that state or county.
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75%
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If it says California, ____ of the grapes must be from California.
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100%
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If it states an AVA, ___ of grapes must be from that AVA.
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85%
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___ of the grapes must be from the stated vineyard.
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95%
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__________ is required on all varietal or semi-generic wines.
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Appellation of origin information
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CA has _______ = required for sugar production
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Ample sunshine
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CA has ________ = which can devastate vineyards
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No severe winter freezes
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