Columbia Valley AVA

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Columbia Valley AVA is a large, prominent wine-growing region in the Pacific Northwest known for producing a wide range of high-quality varietals, especially Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot.

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Columbia Valley 1
Columbia Valley wine region 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Viticultural Area
climate continental climate
climateCharacteristic cold winters
hot summers
large diurnal temperature variation
containsSubregion Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley AVA
Candy Mountain AVA
Goose Gap AVA
Horse Heaven Hills AVA
Lake Chelan AVA
Naches Heights AVA
Rattlesnake Hills AVA
Red Mountain AVA
Wahluke Slope AVA
surface form: Royal Slope AVA

Rattlesnake Hills AVA
surface form: Snipes Mountain AVA

Wahluke Slope AVA
Walla Walla Valley AVA
Yakima Valley AVA
country United States of America
surface form: United States
grapeColorProduced red wine grapes
white wine grapes
irrigationSource Columbia River
knownForGrapeVariety Cabernet Sauvignon
Chardonnay
Gewürztraminer wine
surface form: Gewürztraminer

Malbec
Merlot
Pinot Gris
Riesling
Sangiovese
Sauvignon Blanc
Syrah
locatedIn Pacific Northwest
Washington
surface form: Washington State
namedAfter Columbia River
notableWineType Bordeaux-style red blends
Cabernet Sauvignon varietal wine
Merlot varietal wine
Riesling varietal wine
partlyLocatedIn Oregon
primaryProduct wine
producesWineStyle dessert wine
sparkling wine
still wine
rainfall low annual rainfall
regionType macro-AVA
soilCharacteristic well-drained soils
soilType loess
sandy soil
volcanic ash

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AVA example Columbia Valley AVA
subject surface form: American Viticultural Area
Syrah grownInRegion Columbia Valley AVA
this entity surface form: Columbia Valley
American Viticultural Area hasExample Columbia Valley AVA
Yakima Valley AVA (part) locatedInWineRegion Columbia Valley AVA
this entity surface form: Columbia Valley wine region
Tri-Cities, Washington wineRegion Columbia Valley AVA