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Appellations of Columbia Valley
18 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 18 wine regions, from Horse Heaven Hills and Rattlesnake Hills to White Bluffs.
What they are known for
- Horse Heaven Hills: A AVA, inside Columbia Valley, protected since 2005
- Rattlesnake Hills: A AVA, inside Yakima Valley, protected since 2006
- Red Mountain: A AVA, inside Yakima Valley, protected since 2001
- Walla Walla Valley: A AVA, inside Columbia Valley, protected since 1984
- Yakima Valley: A AVA, inside Columbia Valley, protected since 1983
- Lake Chelan: A AVA, inside Columbia Valley, protected since 2009
- Naches Heights: A AVA, inside Columbia Valley, protected since 2012
- Wahluke Slope: A AVA, inside Columbia Valley, protected since 2006
The wine regions
- 1Horse Heaven Hills
- 2Rattlesnake Hills
- 3Red Mountain
- 4Walla Walla Valley
- 5Yakima Valley
- 6Lake Chelan
- 7Naches Heights
- 8Wahluke Slope
- 9Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley
- 10Beverly Washington
- 11Candy Mountain
- 12Goose Gap
- 13Rocky Reach
- 14Royal Slope
- 15Snipes Mountain
- 16The Burn of Columbia Valley
- 17The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater
- 18White Bluffs
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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.