IN THE VINEYARD
SUSTAINBILITY
WINE BUSINESS
WINE QUALITY
REGULATE THIS!
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THIS EVENT MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE ANNUAL GROWTH CYCLE FOR A GRAPEVINE EACH YEAR.
WHAT IS BUD BREAK OR BUD BURST?
100
NO BUSINESS AT THE DINNER TABLE? HARDLY. 95% OF NAPA VALLEY WINERIES ARE STILL OWNED BY THESE GROUPS OF PEOPLE.
WHAT ARE FAMILIES?
100
THE ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THIS WINE REGION IS ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY $11.7 BILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY
WHAT IS NAPA COUNTY OR NAPA VALLEY?
100
NAPA WINES ARE NEARLY ALWAYS LABELED WITH THIS DESCRIPTOR, INDICATING THEY COME FROM A SINGLE YEAR’S HARVEST
WHAT IS: YEAR OR VINTAGE?
100
NAPA VALLEY VINEYARDS MEET STRICT REGULATORY STANDARDS. WHAT ADDITIONAL CALIFORNIA REGULATION MUST PROPOSED VINEYARD PLANTINGS MEET THAT NO OTHER COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA REQUIRES?
WHAT IS CEQA (CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT)?
200
THIS SEASON, TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE GODDESS PERSEPHONE IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, IS THE BUSIEST SEASON FOR GRAPEGROWERS.
WHAT IS SPRING OR SPRINGTIME?
200
THIS LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM BROUGHT TOGETHER LANDOWNERS, REGULATORS AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS IN THE EARLY 2000’S TO ENSURE THE HEALTH OF THE NAPA RIVER.
WHAT IS NAPA GREEN? 
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IN 2024, THIS GRAPE VARIETY TOPPED THE CROP REPORT CHARTS FOR MOST PLANTED VARIETAL IN NAPA COUNTY
WHAT IS CABERNET? OR CABERNET SAUVIGNON?
200
BORDEAUX? NO WAY. BUT NAPA’S VINTNERS AND GROWERS WOULD LIKELY AGREE WITH THE POET WILLIAM COWPER, WHO FAMOUSLY WROTE THAT THIS IS THE “SPICE OF LIFE. THAT WHAT GIVES IT ALL ITS FLAVOR.”
WHAT IS VARIETY?
200
THIS TERM REFERS TO WINE MADE FROM GRAPES GROWN WITHOUT THE USE OF SYNTHETIC PESTICIDES, HERBICIDES, OR FERTILIZERS, AND OFTEN INCLUDES A COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES
WHAT IS ORGANIC WINE?
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THIS FARMING STYLE INVOLVES GROWING CROPS WITHOUT IRRIGATION AND IS BEING INCREASINGLY ADOPTED BY MORE GRAPE GROWERS IN THE NAPA VALLEY.
WHAT IS DRY FARMING?
300
THIS COMMON AND REGULATED AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE IS THE ONLY MEANS OF DISPOSING OF VINES THAT REMOVES THE POSSIBILITY OF PEST AND DISEASE SPREAD.
WHAT IS BURNING?
300
THIS LANDMARK 1968 ORDINANCE WAS CRITICAL TO ENSURING THE LONG-TERM PRESERVATION OF THE NAPA VITICULTURE AND ENOLOGY COMMUNITY
WHAT IS THE NAPA AG (or Agricultural) PRESERVE?
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MANY NAPA VALLEY WINERIES USE THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO AUTOMATE THE PROCESS OF SCANNING FOR AND SELECTING ONLY PERFECT BERRIES
WHAT IS AN OPTICAL SORTER? or OPTICAL SORTER SYSTEM?
300
THIS PERCENTAGE OF NAPA VALLEY GRAPES IS THE MINIMUM YOUR WINE MUST CONTAIN IF YOU WANT TO LABEL YOUR BOTTLE AS A NAPA VALLEY WINE
WHAT IS 85%
400
THESE ALLITERATIVE PLANTS ARE GROWN IN THE VINEYARD PRIMARILY TO HELP MANAGE SOIL EROSION, IMPROVE SOIL FERTILITY AND QUALITY, CONTROL WEEDS, PESTS, AND DISEASES, ENHANCE BIODIVERSITY, AND IMPROVE WATER RETENTION.
WHAT ARE COVER CROPS?
400
SEEN THROUGHOUT NAPA VALLEY VINEYARDS, THESE STRUCTURES PROVIDE A HOME FOR BIRDS, OWLS AND BATS WHICH REDUCE PESTS AND CREATE HABITAT FOR BENEFICIAL SPECIES.
WHAT ARE BIRD BOXES OR NESTING BOXES?
400
DURING PROHIBITION, NAPA VALLEY WINERIES FOUND THESE CREATIVE LOOPHOLES TO SURVIVE.
WHAT IS SACRAMENTAL WINE? OR WHAT IS A GRAPE BRICK?
400
TO MAINTAIN THIS REGION’S WINEMAKING REPUTATION, WHAT TWO WORDS MUST APPEAR WITH A ‘NESTED APPELLATION’ LIKE OAKVILLE OR RUTHERFORD ON A WINE LABEL?
WHAT IS NAPA VALLEY?
400
NEW WINERY PROPOSALS AND EXPANSIONS MUST FOLLOW THIS NAPA COUNTY ORDINANCE, ENACTED IN 1990, GOVERNING TOURS, TASTINGS, MARKETING, AND GRAPE SOURCING
WHAT IS WDO (WINERY DEFINITION ORDINANCE)?
500
THIS STAGE MARKS THE BEGINNING OF GRAPE RIPENING, WHEN BERRIES SOFTEN AND BEGIN CHANGING COLOR.
WHAT IS VERAISON (or véraison)?
500
THIS CRUCIAL RESOURCE, OFTEN HIDDEN BENEATH THE SURFACE, PROVIDES NEARLY 30% OF CALIFORNIA'S WATER SUPPLY, SUPPORTING AGRICULTURE AND URBAN AREAS ALIKE.
WHAT IS GROUNDWATER?
500
NAPA VALLEY LANDOWNERS AND WINERY OPERATORS LOBBIED FOR THE CHANCE TO VOLUNTARILY TAX THEMSELVES ON A PER-ACRE BASIS TO FUND THIS IMPORTANT COMMUNITY NEED
WHAT IS FARMWORKER HOUSING?
500
THIS 1976 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION SAW NAPA WINES BEAT RENOWNED FRENCH WINES IN A BLIND TASTING
WHAT IS THE 1976 JUDGEMENT OF PARIS?
500
BOTH SCHRAMSBERG VINEYARDS AND DOMAINE CHANDON PRODUCE THIS STYLE OF WINE, OFTEN MISTAKENLY REFERRED TO AS CHAMPAGNE
WHAT IS SPARKLING WINE?
600
TO REDUCE PESTICIDE USE, NAPA VALLEY GROWERS RELEASE THESE LIVING ORGANISMS INTO VINEYARDS TO CONTROL HARMFUL PESTS NATURALLY.
WHAT ARE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS?
600
HOW MANY YEARS, ON AVERAGE, HAS A YEAR-ROUND FARMWORKER LIVING IN NAPA COUNTY BEEN WORKING IN THE VALLEY?
WHAT IS 19.5 YEARS?
600
FORMED IN 2002, THIS NAPA COUNTY DISTRICT WAS CREATED AT THE REQUEST OF LOCAL GROWERS TO PROVIDE STABLE FUNDING AND COORDINATED EFFORTS FOR PROTECTING VINEYARDS FROM INVASIVE PESTS AND DISEASES.
WHAT IS THE NAPA COUNTY WINEGRAPE PEST & DISEASES CONTROL DISTRICT?
600
THIS SECONDARY FERMENTATION, CARRIED OUT IN MOST REDS AND SOME WHITES, TURNS A TART, SHARP ACID INTO A SOFTER, MORE MELLOW ACID
WHAT IS MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION?
600
THIS BRAND-NEW NAPA VALLEY SUB-APPELLATION IS KNOWN AS BEING WINDSWEPT AND ALL-HILLSIDE, WITH NO FLAT AREAS, ALONG THE WESTERN FACE OF THE VACA RANGE IN NORTHERN NAPA COUNTY.
WHAT IS CRYSTAL SPRINGS OF NAPA VALLEY?