WSET 3 Chapter 32-33: Intro to the USA and California Exam Questions and
Answers With Verified Solutions 2025
Can AVA's overlap? - ✔✔Yes. Sta. Rita Hills AVA is mainly located within the larger Santa Ynez Valley
Can AVA's include land in more than one state? - ✔✔yes
Are there federal laws that state many grapes of a grape variety, vintage, or AVA must come from that
to be on the label? - ✔✔Yes.
Do states also have their own laws that may differ from the federal laws? - ✔✔Yes.
California length north to south - ✔✔roughly 1100km
Does latitude play a significant role in California? - ✔✔it plays a minor role
What is the largest influence on a regions climate in California? - ✔✔Influence from the exceptionally
cold California Ocean Current
What geographical feature protects most of Californias Coastal vineyards from the cooling effect of the
Ocean? - ✔✔Mountains
What are 2. regions that have valleys at the right angle to act as a funnel for cold Ocean air and fog? -
✔✔1. San Luis Obispo County
2. Santa Barbara county
What is one risk that all California vineyards share? - ✔✔drought.
What type of irrigation is widely practiced in California? - ✔✔drip-irrigation
, Most widely planted black variety in California - ✔✔Cabernet Sauvignon
Zinfandel is regarded as californias _____ wine - ✔✔own wine
How does Zinfandel tend to ripen? - ✔✔unevenly. some overripe grapes and some underripe harvested
together
Where in California has the largest platings of Merlot - ✔✔San Joaquin in the Central Valley
Better quality merlots come from which 3 regions? - ✔✔Napa
Sonoma
Monterey
3 premium pinot regions - ✔✔Russian River Valley
Los Carneros
Santa Maria Valley
Most widely planted grape of either color? - ✔✔Chardonnay
2 premium chard regions - ✔✔Los Carneros
Russian River Valley
Where are the best Sauv Blanc's made? - ✔✔Coastal regions
Fume blanc is often used to to describe which style of Sauvignon blanc - ✔✔An oaked style.
-some producers will also use this even for unoaked styles as well
3 main California Regions that contain the majority of county appellations and AVA's - ✔✔1. North Coast
2. Central Coast
Answers With Verified Solutions 2025
Can AVA's overlap? - ✔✔Yes. Sta. Rita Hills AVA is mainly located within the larger Santa Ynez Valley
Can AVA's include land in more than one state? - ✔✔yes
Are there federal laws that state many grapes of a grape variety, vintage, or AVA must come from that
to be on the label? - ✔✔Yes.
Do states also have their own laws that may differ from the federal laws? - ✔✔Yes.
California length north to south - ✔✔roughly 1100km
Does latitude play a significant role in California? - ✔✔it plays a minor role
What is the largest influence on a regions climate in California? - ✔✔Influence from the exceptionally
cold California Ocean Current
What geographical feature protects most of Californias Coastal vineyards from the cooling effect of the
Ocean? - ✔✔Mountains
What are 2. regions that have valleys at the right angle to act as a funnel for cold Ocean air and fog? -
✔✔1. San Luis Obispo County
2. Santa Barbara county
What is one risk that all California vineyards share? - ✔✔drought.
What type of irrigation is widely practiced in California? - ✔✔drip-irrigation
, Most widely planted black variety in California - ✔✔Cabernet Sauvignon
Zinfandel is regarded as californias _____ wine - ✔✔own wine
How does Zinfandel tend to ripen? - ✔✔unevenly. some overripe grapes and some underripe harvested
together
Where in California has the largest platings of Merlot - ✔✔San Joaquin in the Central Valley
Better quality merlots come from which 3 regions? - ✔✔Napa
Sonoma
Monterey
3 premium pinot regions - ✔✔Russian River Valley
Los Carneros
Santa Maria Valley
Most widely planted grape of either color? - ✔✔Chardonnay
2 premium chard regions - ✔✔Los Carneros
Russian River Valley
Where are the best Sauv Blanc's made? - ✔✔Coastal regions
Fume blanc is often used to to describe which style of Sauvignon blanc - ✔✔An oaked style.
-some producers will also use this even for unoaked styles as well
3 main California Regions that contain the majority of county appellations and AVA's - ✔✔1. North Coast
2. Central Coast
