WASHINGTON.

WHERE IS WASHINGTON?

Washington is one of the 50 United States of

America

Washington is a state in the Pacific

Northwest region of the United States located

north of Oregon west of Idaho and south of

the Canadian province of British Columbia on the

coast of the Pacific Ocean.

His name is Washington because George

Washington was a president of U.S.A.

WHERE IS WASHINGTON?

The state of Washington has almost 14,000

hectares of vineyards. Two-third of vineyards

were planted with concort to make grape-juice.

The state is famous because its white wine made

with alive and fresh fruit and riesling with aromas

of apricot. Also, the red wine, merlot, is interesting

because the merlot wine has an aroma of berry

and cabernet sauvignon whose fruit are amazing .

The grape ripen slowly under the sun whose

climate is hot because the latitude is northern

northern. This clamete are interesting aromas and

tastes of fruit.

WINE IN WASHINGTON

WINE IN WASHINGTON

The state of Washington produced 3,5% wine of

nation . The state is interesting because his white

wine. Washington has a lot of hectares with

Chardonnay grapes.

Washington has a good climate for a fresh and good

grapes, because, this state has rainy weather. In

addition, the state has a microclimate for example

Washington ranks second in theUnited States in

the production of wine, behind only California.

Washington has a lot of vineyards for example:

TYPES OF VINEYARDS

Columbia Valley

Puget Sound

Columbia Gorge

Yakima Valley

Walla Walla Valley

Red Mountain

Horse Heaven Hills

Wahluke Slope.

Rattlesnake Hills

Snipes Mountain

Lake Chelan

PICTURE TO TYPES OF VINEYARDS

COLUMBIA VALLEY

This is the largest vineyards of the region. This

region takes up 7 regions more. 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 Region of

Columbia Valley

PUGET SOUND

This region close to Seattle. 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: Madeline Angevine, Muller

Thurgau, Siegerrebe, Pinot Noir and Pinot

Gris.

PUGET SOUND

COLUMBIA GORGE

This place has a lot of wineries because

Columbia Gorge teep cliffs whose a

temperature- moderating river and volcanic

soil have proven a hospitable and good

clime.In addition this place has 350

vineyard acres and about 15 wineries.

Specialties: chardonnay, gewürztraminer,

riesling, pinot gris, pinot noir and

zinfandel.

COLUMBIA GORGE

YAKIMA VALLEY

This was the state's first American

Viticultural Area, established in 1983. There

are 11,000 vineyard acres and more than 65

wineries.

Specialties: chardonnay, riesling, merlot,

cabernet sauvignon and syrah.

YAKIMA VALLEY

WALLA WALLA VALLEY

Walla Walla is more interesting because the

wine has been growing because the irrigated

vineyards produces excellent big, red wines.

Located in the southeastern corner of

Washington State

Walla Walla received its American

Viticultural Area designation in 1984

This place has more than 1,200 vineyard acres

and over 100 wineries.

Specialties: Cabernet sauvignon, merlot and

syrah

WALLA WALLA VALLEY

RED MOUNTAIN

It was creating in 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 franc

and sangiovese.

RED MOUNTAIN

HORSE HEAVEN HILLS

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 vineyard acres and twenty

wineries.

Specialties: Cabernet sauvignon, merlot,

syrah, riesling, chardonnay and sauvignon

blanc.

HORSE HEAVEN HILLS

WAHLUKE SLOPE

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

chenin blanc.

WAHLUKE SLOPE

RATTLESNAKE HILLS

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,chardonnay and riesling.

RATTLESNAKE HILLS

SNIPES MOUNTAIN

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.

SNIPES MOUNTAIN

LAKE CHELAN

Lake Chelan became an American

Viticultural Area (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.

LAKE CHELAN

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