Level Zero wine accepted # 4: USA
Vineyards Stags Leap District, Napa Valley
Saturday, February 19, 2011
thousand years ago, early explorers dubbed the Scandinavian countries 
AVA (American Viticultural Areas) have developed considerably. The country is currently the 4 th
Zinfandel is very popular. This red grape of Croatian origin is valued for its intensely fruity aromas. California Even today, 95% of the wine produced in United States comes from this state. The vineyard covers about 200,000 hectares is equivalent to one and half times the area of the vineyards of Bordeaux!
The Californian vineyard focuses on 6 major regions.
North Coast
This sector brings together four broad areas:
Napa Valley.
The region produces wines from many grape varieties, but many soils are very conducive to the red grape Cabernet Sauvignon ( Rutherford
Stags Leap , to a lesser extent Oakville ). Sonoma. This vast area is mainly distributed over areas Sonoma Valley, Sonoma Montain
, Bennett Valley (interesting merlot) and further North Russian River Valley (chardonnay and pinot noir high quality), Grenn Valley , Chalk Hill , Dry Creek Valley (excellent zinfandel) Knights Valley. Mendocino. Excellent zinfandel, riesling and chardonnay.
Carneros . Area known for its chardonnay and finely acid which may be laying down.
Central Coast Between Los Angeles and San Francisco, this area extends into the area
, north to
Santa Barbara
the south. Sectors of Edna Valley , Santa Maria Valley , Arroyo Grande , Santa Rita Hills are known for their chardonnay. Bay Area is the Bay Area of San Francisco. Northern Territory, to Livermore, is suitable for sauvignon blanc. Chardonnay is the finest terroirs in
Santa Lucia Highlands and to a lesser extent in
Chalone Vineyard
. 3 other California regions : South Coast, Sierra Foothills, Central Valley.
Oregon and Washington State The State of
is become a significant wine region there are only a few decades. This area of northern California is perfect for pinot noir, especially in its northern part, in
the Willamette Valley,
where it is recognized that there are in the best vineyards since the late 80s. The climate reminds overall Burgundy terroirs but several were recognized for their peculiarities. This is Dundee Hills, Chehalem Mountains or McMinnville. In southern Oregon, the warmer climate and less rainfall can be further compared to Bordeaux, in the valleys of Umpqua and Rogue
where instead of red wines produced from Syrah, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Great whites are also produced in Oregon from Gewurztraminer, Riesling and Pinot Gris. The Washington
Columbia Gorge AVA)
its riesling tasting apricot pronounced, his little red tannic red wines merlot ( Wahluke Slope AVA ), Syrah ( AVA Yakima Valley ) and Cabernet Sauvignon ( Red Mountain AVA ). Other regions
The U.S. produced wine in 36 other states including New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio or Michigan.
More , two books, Vineland-history of wine in the United States, by Maurice Bensoussan , Ed L'Argan well
The World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson, published by Flammarion.
The World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson, published by Flammarion.
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