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What is TTB's role?
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collect tax, protect consumer from fraudulent labeling and health concerns
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What is a brand name
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identify, market, and promote wine
loose regulations, only profanity and misleading terms |
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If labeled by variety, what are reg?
AVA= amer viticulture area 75% of listed variety |
area of origin
AVA: 85% of grapes must be grown within app country, state, county- 75% vineyard - 95% |
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California top regions?
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1. north coast (napa and sonoma)
2. sierra foothills 3. cenrtral coast |
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Chard characteristics?
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not lean and mineral like Fr
burst w pineapple, pear, and apple. barrel fermentation, oak aged, malo, and sur lie aging. rich, full body, toasted oak, buttery. |
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S.B. characteristics?
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ripe, tropical fruit, grapefruit, hint of herbaceous. richer and creamier than normal.
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Cab characteristics?
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most widely planted red? very ripe berry fruit and currant in young, slow aging to earth and spice
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bordeaux style is meritage
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p noir chara?
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north coast and central coast cool areas. fruit forward, richer and softer than oregon and burg
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syrah chara?
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powerful, fruity reds in warner v
brooding, earthy, and gamey in cooler v |
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zin chara?
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powerful and rich, blackberry jam, balck peppercorn, spice, toasted coconut. 15% + alc
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1. describe north coast
mayacamas mountains separate sonoma and napa |
a. napa ava
b sonoma c. mendocino ava |
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a. napa varietals
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chard
merlot cab meritage pinot |
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describe napa
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cooler in higher elevations and cold maritime air thats channele north up from san pablo bay
warmer and more vineyard acreage in northern napa and valley floors |
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napa subregions
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carneros (overlap)
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name napa's central ava's on valley floor
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a. CARNEROS (partial overlap)
e. stags leap district b. oak knoll district f. SAINT HELENA c. oakville g. wild horse d. RUTHERFORD h. yountville |
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napa's western mountain ava's
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a. DIAMOND MOUNTAIN district (elevation)
b. mount veeder c. spring mountain district d. calistoga e. coombsville |
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napa's eastern ava's
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a. ATLAS PEAK (elevation)
b. chiles valley district c. HOWELL MT |
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b. sonoma climate?
- warm, mediterranean type - six fertile valleys - marine influence - larger area than napa & greater meso-climates |
- mts either trap cool pacific air or block its flow
- southern v cooler = chard & pinot - north mts stop ocean influence = full body cabs, syrah, & merlot & S.B. - north/north = zinfandel |
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sonoma subregional ava's?
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a. alexander valley
b. bennett valley c. carneros (part napa) d. chalk hill e. dry creek valley f. green valley of russian river g. knights valley h. northern sonoma j. rockpile i. russian river valley k. sonoma coast l. sonoma mt m. sonoma valley n. pine mt- cloverdale |
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describe importance of carneros
coolest region = great chard & pinot and sparklers. |
southern tips of napa and sonoma. sucks in cold moist ocean air from san pablo bay and pumps into n & s.
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c. mendocino and lake county ava's?
anderson valley is most famous for cool climate of the rest of warmer mendocino |
a. ANDERSON VALLEY b. COLE RANCH
c. guenoc valley d. clear lake e. MCDOWELL VALLE f. benmore valley g. mendocino ridge h. potter valley i. redwood valley j. yorkville highlands |
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2. sierra foothills ava's?
sierra nevada mts separate from nevada Amador, El Dorado, & Calaveras Counties: High Alcohol and full body BBQ- meaty foods |
a. cali shenandoah valley
b. el dorado c. fair play d. fiddleton e. north yuba |
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important grape of sierra ft hills?
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zinfandel = more elegant than aggressive
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3. Describe Central Coast ava's?
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1. north
2. central 3. south |
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1. north ava's of central coast?
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a. LIVERMORE - urban devel 60's ruined, napa avoided
b. sfo bay c. santa clara valley d. san ysidro district e. ben lomond mountain f. santa cruz mountains |
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2. central ava's of central coast?
SAN BENITO COUNTY d. cienega valley- weathered granite base gavilan mt range f. lime kiln valley- sandy and gravelly loams over limestone h. mount harlan - Single Winery AVA Calera i. paicines k. san benito- encapsulates Paicines, Lime Kiln & Cienega h. pacheco pass- Small gently rolling hills |
MONTEREY COUNTY
a. monterey b. carmel valley c. santa Lucia Highlands c. chalone valley a. arroyo seco m. san lucas j. san antonio e. hames valley l. san bernabe |
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3. southern ava's of central coast?
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY a. Paso Robles- no marine, hot for reds like zinfandel & rhone b. Arroyo Grande- enjoy regions I & II, vines planted high alt. domaine maison deutz home. c. Edna Valley- marine influence, cool from pulled air of Morro Bay, good for chard and pinot noir d. York Mountain- small ava planted at 1500ft - region I |
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
east-west valleys and wind tunnel so cooler longest growing season in CA a. Santa maria valley- top q pinot, chard, syrah b. Santa Ynez Valley- sanford and benedict vineyard 1976 c. Santa rita hills cool, cool, cool, for PN and chard but also riesling and syrah |
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Livermore Valley:
succumb to urban devel in 60's |
well known wineries
wente- genetic research concannon- petite syrah cresta blanca- charles wetmore founds the state viticulture commission |
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Central Valley AVA
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Lodi AVA's (less imp)
Lodi cosumnes river alta mesa jahant mokelumne river clements hills borden ranch sloughhouse |
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wine trade /consumer assoc:
ZAP- zin advocates and prod (zin is big and beefy) Rhone Rangers Meritage assoc- 1988 vintners celebrate bordeaux blends |
consorzio cal-italia- lifestyle
Family winemakers- right to freely prod, market, dist wine Free the Gr- advocate reform liquor dist laws |
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top cali meritage wines
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opus
cain five joseph phelps insignia viader quintessa dominus rubicon |
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cali PN specialists
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williams selyem
kosta browne pisoni merry edwards calera rhys littorai dehlinger rochioli |
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rhone specialists
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tablas creek
bonny doon qupe edmund st john turley gregory graham failla alban |
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zin specialists
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d-cubed
storybook mt green and red brown family rafanelli robert biale ravenswood peachy canyon ridge |
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zin
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primitivo in italy
plavac mali- croatian & crljenak kastelanski croatia |
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cab specialists
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stags leap wine cellars
caymus araujo diamond creek dunn bryant family screaming eagle ridge kathryn kennedy |
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USA - 4th in production in world
57th consumption per capita |
cali- 90% US production
washington NY oregon |
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estate bottled
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- winery & v located same ava
- winery must own/control v - coherence btwn estate &prod - winery crushes, ferment, age, bottle at estate |
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sonoma first planted vinifera by hungarian agoston haraszthy
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buena vista winery 1st in 1857 is oldest continuos operated commercial winery
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what stopped wine industry
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- prohibition
- phylloxera - pierces disease- glassy winged sharpshooter |
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paris tasting of 1976
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- stag leap chard won
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1. North Coast AVA
important ones |
a. napa
b. sonoma c. mendocino |
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2. Central coast AVA
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a. Monterey
b. San Luis Obispo c. Santa Barbara |
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3. South Coast AVA
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a. San Bernardino
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4. Central Valley AVA
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a. Lodi
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5. Sierra Foothills AVA
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a. Amador
El Dorado |
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Napa first planted in 1838 by george yount
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most well known
cab, merlot, chard |
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Cali sparklers
- roederer estate- mendocino --- schramsberg & iron horse are Cali family owned wineries in calistoga that nixon took to china-- |
- chandon - moet et chandon
- mumm napa- gh mumm - domaine carneros- taittinger - gloria ferrer- freixnet |
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cali chard specialists
chard is a chameleon: chablis is nutty, acid, chalky macon- apple pear cali- tropical |
- far niente-
- stony hill- - chateau montelena- - kistler- - patz and hall - pahlmeyer- - hanzell - peter michael - talbott |
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Cali Chard Vintages
2009 drink cool season, ripe and finesse 93 2007 hold or drink ripe balanced some will age 90 |
2005 drink acidity, stylish restraint, & lovely balance 95
2004 drink- sonoma best, ripe, opulent crop 90 |
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Cali Cab Vintages
09 h/d bal & aging capacity 91 08 h/d irreg, fairly tannic, hot sept= early pick/low acid 92 07 h/d classic growing season, low yields, long hang time, small berry, intense aroma 95 |
06 h/d cool, late harvest 90
05 h/d huge crop, tannic, acidic, stylish restraint, balance 96 04- drink small crop, ripe and ready to drink 93 |
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