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79 Cards in this Set
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What state produces the largest amount of wine in the USA?
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California 90%
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What are the 3 native North American grapes?
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Vitis Labrusca
(Concord & Catawba) Vitis Rotundifolia (Scuppernong) Vitis Aestivalis (Norton) |
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What year were the 1st Vineyards grown in Napa Valley?
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1836 by George Yount
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By the turn of the last century what was the 3rd largest winery in the world?
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Stone Hill Winery in Hermann in Missouri
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What was Napa Valley's first winery?
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Charles Krug
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By the turn of the last century what was the 3rd largest winery in the world?
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Stone Hill Winery in Hermann in Missouri
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Who is Charles Valentine Riley?
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a Missouri entomologist, earned his place in the history of wine for his part in saving it—he was the first to understand the innate resistance of American grapes species to phylloxera
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Where is the Norton grape most famous?
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Missouri
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When did Prohibtion start and end in the US?
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1920-1933
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Who is André Tchelistcheff?
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a Russian winemaker trained in France, to oversee the production at Beaulieu Vineyards
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What time period did Californian wine start to take off?
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1960's & 1970's
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What is Fumé Blanc?
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Mondavi singlehandedly made Sauvignon Blanc saleable by renaming it “Fumé Blanc” and aging it in oak
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What year was Pinot Noir first planted in Oregon?
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In 1966, David Lett of Eyrie Vineyard planted his first Pinot Noir grapes in the Willamette Valley
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What year were Vitis vinifera grapes grown sucessfully in New York?
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1962
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What is the “Judgment of Paris" in 1976?
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a blind tasting organized by a young Steven Spurrier, surprised the globe, as two Napa Valley wines—Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon and Chateau Montelena Chardonnay—placed first in a blind tasting against a sampling of first and second growth Bordeaux, and premier cru and grand cru Burgundy, respectively.
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When did Phylloxera recurr in California?
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1980's
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What was America's 1st AVA?
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1980 Augusta in Missouri
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When did Napa Valley receive AVA status?
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1981
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What US governmental body oversees the AVA system?
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Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)
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If a wine from the US has an AVA on the label what % must be in the bottle?
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85%
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If a wine from the US has a County, State or Country on the lable what is the %?
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75%
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If a wine from the US is labeled with a single vineyard what % is it?
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95%
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If a US wine is labeled as "California" or "Oregon" what % is it?
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100%
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If a US wine is labeled as "Washington" what % is it?
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95%
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TorF. If an American or imported wine in the US uses a vintage date, the wine must carry an appellation smaller than a country
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TRUE
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If a US wine has an AVA and vintage on the bottle, what % must be from the vintage?
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95%
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If a US wine has a Country, County, or State and vinatge on the bottle, what % must be from the vintage?
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85%
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If a US wine states the varietal on the bottle how much of that varietal must be in the bottle?
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75%
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What does “Contains Sulfites" mean on a bottle of US wines?
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Law requires a government health warning, and the phrase “Contains Sulfites”, provided they are present in a concentration of 10 parts per million or more.
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What are the laws in regards to ABV on a bottle of US wine?
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Alcohol content must be stated on the label, within a margin of +/- 1.5%
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If a US wine is “Estate Bottled", what does this mean?
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100% of a wine must come from grapes grown on land owned or controlled by the winery
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What are the 4 large AVA's of California?
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North Coast
Central Coast South Coast The Sierra Foothills |
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What are the main red and white grape of California?
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Cabernet Sauvignon & Chardonnay
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Where did Zinfandel come from?
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Croatia
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What 6 counties are located in the North Coast AVA?
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Napa
Sonoma Mendocino Lake Solano Marin |
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What is the climate of Napa Valley?
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temperatures warming perceptibly as one travels north from San Pablo Bay. Cool ocean air funnels through the Petaluma Gap into the San Pablo Bay and upward through the valley
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Where is the San Pablo Bay?
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at the bottom of Napa Valley
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What to mountian ranges form the Napa Valley?
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The valley is formed by the Mayacamas Mountains to the west, which mark the border with Sonoma County, and the Vaca Mountains on the east
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What are the soils of Napa Valley?
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The valley has a remarkable diversity of volcanic, alluvial and maritime soil types, ranging from well-drained gravel loam to dense clays to the thin, rocky soils of the hillside vineyards
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What is Napa Valley's southern most AVA?
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Carneros
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What is Napa Valley's Northern most AVA?
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Calistoga
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What was Napa Valley's first sub-appellation AVA?
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Howell Mountain AVA
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What are the 16 sub-AVAs of Napa Valley?
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Coombsville (est. 2011)
Calistoga Diamond Mountain District Spring Mountain District St. Helena Rutherford Oakville Stags Leap District Mount Veeder Yountville Los Carneros (Carneros) Wild Horse Valley Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley Atlas Peak Chiles Valley Howell Mountain |
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Where is Sonoma County?
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lies between Napa County and the Pacific coast, and is bordered on the north by Mendocino and Lake and the south by Marin, Solano, and Contra Costa
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What is the climate of Sonoma County?
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The windy, foggy Carneros AVA is a cool Region I area, whereas the warm northern AVAs of Alexander Valley and Dry Creek Valley are considered Region III. The coolest temperatures can be found in the northern stretches of the Sonoma Coast AVA, where altitude, cold ocean air and persistent coastal fog combine to keep temperatures down.
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What are the 15 AVA's of Sonoma County?
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Alexander Valley
Dry Creek Valley Rockpile Bennett Valley Knights Valley Chalk Hill Russian River Valley Sonoma Valley Green Valley of Russian River Valley Sonoma Mountain Sonoma Coast Northern Sonoma Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak Fort Ross-Seaview Carneros |
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Where can Goldridge soil be found?
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Fertile alluvial soils with sandy loam in the Russian River Valley
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What are 2 sub AVA's of the Russian River Valley?
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Chalk Hill & Green Valley
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What is the warmest AVA in Sonoma County?
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Knight's Valley
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Where is the Sonoma Valley?
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the county’s most established region, is situated between the Mayacamas and Sonoma Mountains, and runs nearly parallel to Napa Valley
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What is the climate of Sonoma Valley?
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Like Napa, Sonoma Valley’s temperature gets progressively warmer as one travels north
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Where is Mendocino AVA located?
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North of Sonoma County.
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Where is the Navarro River?
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Mendocino AVA
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What are the 11 AVA's of Mendocino County?
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Mendocino
Mendocino Ridge Anderson Valley Potter Valley Redwood Valley McDowell Valley Yorkville Highlands Dos Rios Cole Ranch Covelo Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak (est. 2011) |
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What is the smallest AVA in the US?
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Cole Ranch
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What 2 AVA's of Mendocino are monopoles?
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Cole Ranch- Esterlina
McDowell Family- McDowell Valley wineries |
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What is the climate of Anderson Valley AVA?
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offers one of California’s coolest climates, as cool ocean air and fog trails inland along the path of the Navarro River, framed by steep hills
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What is special about the Menodcino Ridge AVA?
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stretches southward from the Navarro River along the coast, but the appellation is restricted to vineyards that are at least 1,200 above sea level
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Where is Lake County?
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North Coast AVA above Mendocino.
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Where is Clear Lake AVA?
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Lake County
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Where is the Central Coast located?
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spans the entirety of California’s coastline from San Francisco Bay in the North to Santa Barbara County in the South
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What are the 6 AVA's of the Central Coast?
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Livermore Valley
Santa Cruz Mountains Ben Lomond Mountain Santa Clara Valley San Ysidro District San Francisco Bay |
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Where is Monterey County?
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South of San Francisco Bay
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What are the 9 AVA's of Monterey County?
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Monterey
Santa Lucia Highlands Chalone Hames Valley Arroyo Seco Carmel Valley San Antonio Valley San Bernabe San Lucas |
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Where is Mount Harlan AVA?
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San Benito County
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Where are the Gabilan Mountians located?
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San Benito County
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What counties does the Central Coast lie within?
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Alameda
Contra Costa Monterey Sacramento San Benito San Francisco San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz |
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What counties are Arroyo Grande Valley & Arroyo Secco AVA's?
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Arroyo Grande Valley:
San Luis Obispo Arroyo Seco: Monterey |
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Where is the Martha's Vineyard AVA located?
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Massachusetts
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San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties located?
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South of Monterey
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What are the 4 AVAs of San Luis Obispo County?
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Paso Robles
Arroyo Grande York Mountain Edna Valley |
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What are the AVA's of Santa Barbara County?
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Santa Maria Valley
Santa Ynez Valley Sta. Rita Hills Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara |
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Where is the Central Valley located and what is the climate
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Hot Central Valley, an extensively irrigated agricultural area divided between the Northern Sacramento Valley and the Southern San Joaquin Valley
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Where is Lodi AVA located and what is the climate?
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located on the Western edge of the Sacramento River Delta, is slightly cooler than much of the Central Valley, due to the influence of a gap in the Coastal Ranges, which pulls the coastal air inland from the San Francisco Bay
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What are the 7
sub-appellations of Lodi? |
Mokelumne River
Cosumnes River Jahant Borden Ranch Alta Mesa Sloughhouse Clements Hills |
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What are the 5 sub-applellations of the Sierra Foothills?
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California Shenandoah Valley
El Dorado Fair Play Fiddletown North Yuba |
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What 2 AVA's make u California's South Coast AVA?
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Temecula Valley & San Pasqual Valley
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Where is Temecula Valley AVA?
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a wine-producing area in Southern California within the South Coast AVA. Pierce’s disease devastated the area’s vineyards in the late 1990s, but the area is making a comeback with more resistant red grape varieties.
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What is the coolest of Napa Valley's AVAs?
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Mt. Veeder is Napa's coolest mountain AVA, due to its proximity to the San Pablo Bay and its east-facing position in the Mayacamas. The Mt. Veeder appellation begins at around 500 feet of elevation. Because of this, the mountain's vineyards enjoy Napa's longest growing season.
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