Washington State

Question 1

Second state in the United States to California Production

Answer 1

Washington 5% of domestic output

Question 2

Largest producer in Washington

Answer 2

Château Saint Michelle

Question 3

Parallel of Washington’s vineyards

Answer 3

46

Question 4

Where is the deepest point of the Basalt layer in Washington?

Answer 4

Pasco Basin

12,000 feet below the surface of the Earth

Question 5

How does the volcanic bedrock of Washington state most affect the wine profile?

Answer 5

Shifts the climate with temperature, inversions and warmth at elevation

Question 6

This lake in western Montana was penned in by a dam of ice

Answer 6

Lake Missoula

Question 7

What is the Wallula gap

Answer 7

Water gap in the basalt anticline marking southern edge of Pasco basin

Question 8

Touchét beds

Answer 8

Deep deposits of nutrients from the Missoula floods

Question 9

Land above this elevation stayed dry and the Missoula floods

Answer 9

1200 feet

Question 10

Where is basalt found in Washington?

Answer 10

Higher Elevations

Question 11

After a hard freeze in Washington vines are particularly susceptible to what disease

Answer 11

Crown gall-
Bacterial disease

Question 12

When is Burying Canes a good idea?

Answer 12

Low trained Cordon

Question 13

Two viticultural techniques to survive winter in Washington

Answer 13

Dual trunk training and burying canes

Question 14

Range of rainfall in Washington

Answer 14

6-12 inch range

Question 15

This mountain range creates a rain shadow for Columbia basin in eastern Washington

Answer 15

Cascade Range

Question 16

Who owns Columbia Winery?

Answer 16

Gallo

Question 17

Precept Wines owns these columbia Valley wineries?

Answer 17

Canoe Ridge
Waterbrook
Willow Crest

Question 18

Most planted White and Red grapes of Washington State?

Answer 18

Chardonnay (White)
Riesling: second

Cabernet (Red)
Merlot: Second

Question 19

Only AVAs of Washington not within Columbia Valley

Answer 19

Puget Sound AVA
Columbia Gorge AVA
Lewis Clark Valley AVA

Question 20

These AVAs are shared between Washington and Oregon?

Answer 20

Walla Walla Valley
Columbia Gorge
Columbia Valley

Question 21

This producer is one of the last outside of a nested AVA in Columbia Valley

Answer 21

Chateau Ste Michelle Cold Creek Vineyard
(East of Yakima Valley)
Vines from 1973
One of the states warmest areas, flagship