WVIT 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: American Viticultural Area, Pinot Gris, Chenin Blanc
21 May 2019
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The americas, australia/new zealand and south africa. Real seasons aka cold winter hot summer. A lot of the climates that are in inland europe and inland australia. Problems for wine b/c it is wet and the rain leads to fungal disease. Perfect for grape growing but biggest issue is lack of water. Hard to grow grow b/c of lack of water. Semi arid desert has some wine such as okanagan valley in b. c. Albarino from rias baixas in northern spain. Syrah mostly in northern rhone and australia. Zinfandel mostly produced in california specifically lodi. Pinot noir and chardonnay are main grapes. Gruner veltliner (very expensive and very light green) Minimum legal age to purchase and consume alcohol. Maximum blood alcohol concentration bac is 0. 08 while in most of the world it is 0. 05. Restrictions covering the marketing packaging and sale of alcohol.
