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25 best known wine regions in the United States
25 wine regions, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, or type every one you can remember in Name all.
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About this quiz
The quiz covers 25 wine regions, from Napa Valley and Cole Ranch to Diamond Mountain District.
What they are known for
- Napa Valley: A AVA, inside North Coast, protected since 1981
- Cole Ranch: A AVA, inside North Coast, protected since 1983
- Columbia Gorge: A AVA, protected since 2004
- Dry Creek Valley: A AVA, inside Northern Sonoma, protected since 1983
- Rutherford: A AVA, inside Napa Valley, protected since 1993
- Sonoma Valley: A AVA, inside North Coast, protected since 1982
- Alexander Valley: A AVA, inside Northern Sonoma, protected since 1984
- Central Coast: A AVA, protected since 1985
The wine regions
- 1Napa Valley
- 2Cole Ranch
- 3Columbia Gorge
- 4Dry Creek Valley
- 5Rutherford
- 6Sonoma Valley
- 7Alexander Valley
- 8Central Coast
- 9Columbia Valley
- 10Grand Valley
- 11North Coast
- 12Puget Sound
- 13Redwood Valley
- 14Russian River Valley
- 15Santa Cruz Mountains
- 16Sierra Foothills
- 17Stags Leap District
- 18Anderson Valley
- 19Atlas Peak
- 20Augusta
- 21Catoctin
- 22Central Delaware Valley
- 23Chalk Hill
- 24Chiles Valley
- 25Diamond Mountain District
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- Appellations of Napa Valley
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- Appellations of Columbia Valley
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How the figures are measured
How well known each wine region is: the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article on it (Wikidata sitelinks). Wine regions rank by fame because the area of many is not known; rank by area for the largest. A wine region is a legally defined appellation: the land within which a wine must be grown to carry the name. Every wine PDO registered in the European Union (DOCG and DOC in Italy, AOC in France, DO and DOCa in Spain, DOC in Portugal…), outlined from the municipalities each one’s specification lists, and the American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) of the United States. An appellation drawn on the very same land as another is one row under its best known name. The small appellations lie inside the large; a quiz can be of the ones inside one (“appellations of Bordeaux”). Countries are those the outline lies in.