2. WHEREISWASHINGTON?
Washington isone of the50 UnitedStates of America
Washington is astatein thePacific Northwestregion of theUnited Stateslocated north ofOregon west ofIdaho and south of theCanadian provinceofBritish Columbiaon the coast of thePacific Ocean.
His name is Washington because George Washington was a president of U.S.A.
4. Thestateof Washington has almost14,000 hectaresof vineyards. Two-thirdof vineyardswereplantedwithconcorttomakegrape-juice.
Thestateisfamousbecauseitswhitewinemadewithaliveand freshfruitand rieslingwitharomas of apricot. Also, thered wine, merlot, isinterestingbecausethemerlot winehas anaroma of berryand cabernet sauvignonwhosefruitare amazing.
Thegrape ripenslowlyunderthesunwhoseclimateishotbecausethelatitudeisnorthernnorthern. Thisclameteare interestingaromas and tastes of fruit.
WINE IN WASHINGTON
5. WINE IN WASHINGTON
Thestateof Washington produced3,5% wineof nation. Thestateisinterestingbecausehiswhitewine. Washington has a lotof hectareswithChardonnaygrapes.
Washington has a goodclimatefora freshand goodgrapes, because, thisstatehas rainyweather. In addition,thestatehas a microclimateforexample
Washington ranks second in theUnitedStatesin the production of wine, behind onlyCalifornia.
Washington has a lotof vineyardsforexample:
6. TYPESOFVINEYARDS
Columbia Valley
PugetSound
Columbia Gorge
Yakima Valley
Walla Walla Valley
Red Mountain
HorseHeavenHills
WahlukeSlope.
RattlesnakeHills
SnipesMountain
Lake Chelan
8. COLUMBIAVALLEY
Thisisthelargestvineyardsof theregion. Thisregiontakesup 7 regionsmore. It received its designation in 1984, and has more than 16,000 vineyard acres and 100 wineries.
Specialties:chardonnay, riesling, cabernet sauvignon, merlot and syrah.
Picture of Regionof Columbia Valley
9. PUGETSOUND
ThisregionclosetoSeattle. There are over 100 wineries here, but only 130 vineyard acres. A lot of wineries bought grapes of other region . Puget Sound vineyards feature unusual grapes and varietals (varietals: Wine elaborated with a one type of grape).
Specialties:MadelineAngevine, MullerThurgau, Siegerrebe, PinotNoirand PinotGris.
11. COLUMBIAGORGE
Thisplace has a lotof wineriesbecauseColumbia Gorgeteepcliffs whose a temperature-moderating river and volcanic soil have proven a hospitable and good clime.Inaddition this place has 350 vineyard acres and about 15 wineries.
Specialties:chardonnay, gewürztraminer, riesling, pinotgris, pinotnoirand zinfandel.
13. YAKIMAVALLEY
This was the state's first American ViticulturalArea, established in 1983. There are 11,000 vineyard acres and more than 65 wineries.
Specialties:chardonnay, riesling, merlot, cabernet sauvignon and syrah.
15. WALLAWALLAVALLEY
Walla Walla ismore interestingbecausethewinehas beengrowingbecausethe irrigated vineyards produces excellent big, red wines.
Locatedin thesoutheasterncornerof Washington State
Walla Walla received its American ViticulturalAreadesignation in 1984
This place has more than 1,200 vineyard acres and over 100 wineries.
Specialties:Cabernet sauvignon, merlot and syrah
17. REDMOUNTAIN
Itwascreatingin 2001.Red Mountain is Washington's smallest wine area in terms of the number of wineries. It has a 700 vineyards acres.
Here it is Prosser. It there are more than 30 wineries around the city
Specialties:Cabernet sauvignon, merlot, syrah, lemberger, malbec, cabernet francand sangiovese.
19. HORSEHEAVENHILLS
Horse Heaven Hills is in south-central Washington, tucked in under the Yakima Valley and extending down towards the Columbia Gorge.
It there are 6,000 vineyardacres and twentywineries.
Specialties:Cabernet sauvignon, merlot, syrah, riesling, chardonnayand sauvignonblanc.
21. WAHLUKESLOPE
It accounts for about 20 percent production of grape in the state.
It has a hot clime so the vineyards watering.
Specialties:merlot, syrah, cabernet sauvignon, riesling, chardonnay, and cheninblanc.
23. RATTLESNAKEHILLS
With 1,500 acres of vineyards, and about 20 wineries, the area provides many Washington wine makers with their grapes.
Specialties:cabernet sauvignon, malbec, merlot, syrah,chardonnayand riesling.
25. SNIPESMOUNTAIN
It's in the Yakima Valley wine area, just below Rattlesnake Hills, and it's small.
There's only one winery here,Upland Estates, and just 665 vineyard acres, but the diversity in such a small space is impressive because there are a 30 different wine varieties are grown here.
27. LAKECHELAN
Lake Chelanbecame an American ViticulturalArea(AVA) in 2009.
The lake for which the area is named moderates the temperature in the area, and there are now 15 wineries here and some 260 vineyard acres. Specialties: Syrah, Merlot, Malbec, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir.
