Below is our assignment on Monterey County.
Week 5 – 3/2/2017 : Wines of California, Monterey County
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Monthly Archives: March 2017
I had the pleasure to visit the Grand Wine and Liquor store in Astoria today and purchase a bottle of wine to pair with a casual steak dinner. The Amarone Della Valpolicella 2012 is made primarily from the Corvina grape located in the Veneto region of Italy. After harvest the grapes are air dried through a process called “appassimento” which allows them to shrivel into raisins, which results in making the sugar and flavors in the grapes to get more concentrated producing a distinctive and full bodied wine ideal for aging. (Vivino) I cannot wait to taste this wine!
Joel Gott Sauvignon Blanc
In our last class, my team and other fellow classmates had the opportunity to taste wines from Washington State and Oregon and a few from California. A notable reference to the crisp and citrus sauvignon blanc from Napa Valley the Joel Gott.
Week 5: Wine of California-Sonoma Country
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On Thursday, March 2, 2017 in class weĀ discussed about California Wine Regions. The 3rd largest state in the U.S and not quite 3/4th the size of France, California produces more than 90% of all wine made in the country.Ā California wine regions
are divided into American Viticultural Areas (AVA’s)Ā and within California there are more than 100 AVAās. As we learned in class,Ā the major wine growing regions are Napa and Sonoma Valleys, but within each of these regions thereĀ are alsoĀ several AVA’s (sub-appelations), ranging from tiny to large. Below is our in class group assignment on Sonoma County.Ā Week 5-Wine of California (Sonoma County)
Columbia Valley AVA
Group Assignment
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Analyze the wine label:
What does estate mean?
What is the AVA?
What is the grape variety and what is the minimum of that grape variety in the bottle?
New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
At the 2015 Society of Wine Educators Conference, Will Costello, MS told the audience how New Zealand is a āland like no other,ā duringĀ his presentations titled āNew Zealand Sauvignon Blanc: Breakthrough Approaches and Individual Expressions.ā You can download a copy of the presentation here: NZ Sauvignon Blanc presented by Will Costello
http://winewitandwisdomswe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/NZ-Sauvignon-Blanc-presented-by-Will-Costello.pdf
