VEN 003|43 Exam Questions And Answers

What US Region/state produces the most wine? - ️️California In ACREAGE, what is California's largest grape crop? - ️️Thompson Seedless In YIELD, what type of grape does California produce the most? - ️️50% of grapes are red, but most of the wine produced is white or blush What are California's two main grape growing regions? - ️️San Joaquin Valley and Coastal Of California's two main grape regions, which has higher production and which has higher unit value? - ️️San Joaquin Valley has higher production but Coastal has higher unit value Which California grape brings the highest prices? - ️️Cabernet When and by whom was wine production introduced to California? - ️️San Franciscan missionaries introduced wine production for mass in the 1780s What grape variety was first introduced here? - ️️The Mission Grape aka Pais in Chile and Criolla in Argentina Why was there a 'wine boom' in the 1880s? - ️️Population shifted to NorCal due to the Gold Rush AND Phylloxera was destroying vineyards in France AND the Transcontinental Railroad What is Zinfandel and when was it introduced here? - ️️Comes from Croatia, one of the first to displace Mission grapes, unclear by whom but it was in CA by the 1850s