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German Wine Law/Grape Crossings Flashcards

1
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Min abv/max yields for Qualitätswein “Erstes Gewachs”

A

11%

60 hl/ha flat areas
70 hl/ha steep areas

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2
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In what year was the VDP system finalized, establishing todays framework

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2012

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3
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Germany is on this parallel

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50

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4
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German term for bottle fermented

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flaschengarung

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5
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When was Muller Thurgau developed

riesling x madeleine Royale

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1882

Riesling x Madeleine Royale

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6
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kerner is a crossing of these grapes

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trollinger x riesling

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7
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Min mustweight/abv for Deutscherwein

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44-50 oechsle

8.5% abv

Must be Grown in Germany

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8
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min abv/must weight for qualitatswein in Germany

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7%
51-72 oeschle
Must be from a single Anbaugebiete and approved grapes. May be chaptalized

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9
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Some members of VDP

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Robert Weill
Reichsgraff Von Kesselstatt
Dr Loosen
Egon Muller
Joh Jos Pruhm
Donnhoff
Keller
Burklin wolf
Toni Jost
Von winning

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10
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“Classic” (2000) Max RS
“Selection (2000) Max RS

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Classic: 15 g/l (single varietal, no mention of origin on label)

Selection: 9 g/l (hand harvested, auslese ripeness, 60hl/ha)

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11
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AP number is this:

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Amtliche Prufungsnumber:

11 numbers (5 sets of them)

Exam board number
Commune Number
Producer’s Registered Number
Application number
year of application

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12
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What year was the VDP founded

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1910

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13
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GG wine cant contain more than this g/l RS

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9 g/l

Spatlese ripeness, 80 oeschle

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14
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First legally approved vintage for Qualitatswein “Erstes Gewachs”

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1999

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15
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PGI Landwein min must weight/abv

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47-55 oeschle
min abv 8.5%
Trocken/halbtrocken grown in one of 26 regions

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16
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Deutscher wein must weight

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44-50 oeschle
8.5% abv
Min potential alc 5-6% min
100% Grapes germany

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17
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If you see “Erstes Gewachs” on a bottle of wine, where is it from?

A

Rheingau

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18
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What does gU stand for?

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geschutze Ursprungsbezeichnung

PDO

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19
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All GG wines all VDP wines as well categorized as this in eyes of German Wine Law

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Qualitatswein (they arent pradikatswein) and can be chaptalized!
Often are with Spatburgunder

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20
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Erste Lage tier doesnt exist in these anbaugebeite

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Mosel
Ahr
Rheinhessen

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21
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Aging requirement for GG wines (white)

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May not be released until September 1 of year after harvest

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22
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GG red wine aging requirement

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Additional year of aging and 12 months in wood

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23
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Four tier system as defined by VDP (Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter) in 2011

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Regional Tier (Gutswein) Anbaugebeit, fantasy name
Village Tier (Ortswein) Soil, Village name
Premier Cru (Erste Lage) Vineyard and Village name
Grand Cru (Grosse Lage) just vineyard name

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24
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What is Huxelrebe

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found in Rheinhessen
Pfalz and Nahe

Gutedel (Chasselas) x Courtiller Musqué (Muscat Precocé de Saumur)

Dr Georg Scheu at Alzey institute in Rheinhessen
Named for Fritz Huxel who cultivated the grape

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25
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What year was Landwein introduced as a category in Germany, and Pradikat levels introduced for Eiswein?

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1982

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26
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These vineyards escaped the min 5 ha mandate for single vineyards

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Forster Kirchenstuck (Pfalz)
Bernkasteler Doctor (Middle Mosel)
Kiedricher Turmberg (Rheingau)

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27
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Where is the Geisenheim wine institute located and why are they important

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Rheingau

developed hardier grape crossings like Muller Thurgau and Dornfelder

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28
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Dornfelder is a cross between these grapes

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helfensteiner x heroldrebe

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29
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What is weissherbst

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Saignee rose made from a single variety at least QbA quality

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30
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Erzeugerabsfüllung means this?

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Estate Bottling

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31
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Winzergenossenschaft/Winzerverein means:

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Wine growers cooperative

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32
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Riesling is dominant variety in these anbaugebeits

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Mosel
Rheingau
Nahe
Pfalz
Rheinhessen
Mittelrhein
Hessische-Bergstrasse

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33
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What is Kellerei

A

Wine Cellar

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34
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What is steillage in Germany?

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steep vineyard site over 30 degrees

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35
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How many growers are in the VDP

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195

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36
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How many regional associations are in VDP

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10 (all 13 anbaugebeits)

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37
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Requirement for membership in VDP

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Commitment to classification system
observance of higher minimum must weights and lower maximum yield than permitted by German law
Estate grown
hand harvested single vineyard wines 80% traditional grape varietals must be planted in vineyards
Pradikat Auslese and Above

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38
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General Pradikatswein

Minimum must weight ranges

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Kabinett: 70-85
Spatlesee: 76-95
Auslese: 83-105
Beerenauslese: 110-128
Eiswein: 110-128
Trockenbeerenauslese: 150-154

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39
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What is the name of the VDP emblem

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traubenadler

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40
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What is Flurbereinigung

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1971 law enacted:
Eliminates centuries old terraces critical to wine growing (Post WWII a campaign to consolidate parcels of land divided by successive generations of inheritance to physically restructure vineyards)

vineyard cant be smaller than 5 ha, equalizing viticulture

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41
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max yields for the four tiers of wine determined by VDP (2011)

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Grosse Lage: max 50 hl/ha
Erste Lage: max 60hl/ha
Ortswein: max 75 hl/ha
Gutswein: max 75 hl/ha

42
Q

what is Siegerrebe

A

Madeleine Angevine x Gewurztraminer

43
Q

Regent is this

A

Diana x Chambourcin

44
Q

pradikat wines can only be produced under this category of German wine

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Qualitatswein bestimmer Anbaugebeit (within an anbaugebiet)

45
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What 1970 European law catalyzed 1971 German wine Law

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EEC or common Market organization for wine: QWPSR (quality wines produced in a specific region)
Table wines

46
Q

Muller Thurgau synonym

A

Rivaner

47
Q

How many growers in the VDP as of 2017

A

195

48
Q

This term is banned from labels of VDP producers

A

Grosslagen (collective vineyard sites)

49
Q

The VDP was founded in 1910 as this:

A

the VDNV, or Verband Deutscher Naturweinversteigerer, an assembly of four regional winegrowers’ associations that promoted the sale of Natur (unchaptalized) wines at auction.

50
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This term, used by the VDP until 1971, was banned by wine law of 1971 when qba and the pradikat system was introduced.

A

“Natur”

51
Q

The name for Germany’s fifth and most current wine law

A

1971 Deutsches Weingesetz

52
Q

1971 wine law changed the number of einzellage in this way

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30,000 to around 2,700…more collective vineyard sites

53
Q

What is Windume-Manoth?

A

“the month of the vintage”

Charlemagne’s Carolingian calendar for October

introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century.

54
Q

What is edelfäule?

A

German term for botrytis

55
Q

What is Rülander?

A

Sweet botrytized Pinot gris in Germany, synonym for Pinot gris in Baden and Pfalz

56
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What is Muscat blanc a petit grains in Germany

A

Muskateller

57
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Original categories in 1971 wine law modeled by laws of the EEC

A

Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet (literally, “quality wine from a growing region”) and Tafelwein (“table wine”)

third tier: Qualitätswein mit Prädikat (QmP)

(as a subset within Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet (QbA)

58
Q

Sussreserve may be added to Qualitatswein up to this % (per 1971 wine law)

A

15% of total volume of wine

59
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For Pradikatswein, what is the Abv% for categories below beerenauslese

A

The lower Prädikate require a minimum 7% acquired alcohol;

from Beerenauslese on up, the minimum is reduced to 5.5%.

60
Q

In the 1800s, the fruity, crisp wines of Mosel River region were called this

A

Moselle

61
Q

When did Phylloxera hit Germany

A

1872

62
Q

First vintage of Liebfraumilch

A

1921

“H. Sichel Sohne Liebfraumilch”

63
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The Fleurbereinigung did this to terraces of the Rheingau

A

Made them accessible for machines by using construction waste to level them

64
Q

What is the Deutsches Weingesetz

A

1971 Wine Law, fifth and most current

65
Q

In this year, the EEC was born, the predecessor to the EU

A

1957

European Economic Community

66
Q

1971 wine law banned these terms

A

feine
feinste
hochfeine

Added to indicate reserve wines within a larger category

67
Q

In the Mosel, these symbols may be used to indicate reserve bottlings

A

*
**
***

Sometimes in Conjunction with a goldkapsule

68
Q

What year was the EEC finalized

A

1970

69
Q

Two tiers of wine established by the EEC in 1970

A

Quality Wines Produced in a Specific Region (QWPSR)

Table Wines

70
Q

The 1971 wine law created three major categories of wine

A

Qualitatswein bestimmer Anbaugebiet
(quality wine produced from a specific region)

Tafelwein (table wine)

Qualitatswein mit Pradikat (QmP) subset within QbA

71
Q

How many Anbaugebiet are in Germany

A

13

11 in the initial 1971 classification

72
Q

What year was Eiswein created as a pradikat?

A

1982

73
Q

What year did the terms Classic (12 g/l) and Selection (9 g/l) debut in Germany?

A

2000

74
Q

What is CMO

A

Common organisation of agricultural markets (CMO)
reforms in Germany in the late 2000s

75
Q

Current name for Tafelwein

A

Wein

76
Q

Pradikatswein min Abv

A

7%

5.5% for Beerenauslese and above

77
Q

VDP members must adhere to this % traditonal grape varieties in the vineyards

A

80%

78
Q

VDP prohibits members from using this category of vinyeard classification on their labels

A

Grosselagen
(collective vineyard sites)

79
Q

What was the original name of the VDP when it was founded in 1910

A

VDNV

Verband Deutscher Naturweinversteigerer

80
Q

The VDP was modified in these years after 1971

A

1984 (vineyard classification)
2002 (formal extralegal three tier vineyard classification system)
2012 (final framework)

81
Q

Where is Iphofer Kronsberg?

A

Franken

Hans Wirsching producer
Scheureube (Riesling x Buketrebe)

82
Q

Absent of a pradikat, the term trocken only appears at this level and below

A

Erste Lage

83
Q

Erste Lage doesnt exist in these anbaugebeits

A

Mosel
Ahr
Rheinhessen

84
Q

Who produces Silberlack Grosse Lage Riesling? What do they label it as?

A

Schloss Johannisberg, still labeled as Trocken

85
Q

In the Mosel, Grosse Lage Kabinett is made at these yields

A

60-70 hl/ha

VDP standard is 50 but tolerated in Mosel because higher yields more suitable for that style of wine

86
Q

First Riesslaner produced at Kloster Eberbach in this year

A

1435

87
Q

How big is a Doppelstuck

A

2400 L

88
Q

Halbstuck is this big

A

600L

89
Q

Synonyms for Fruhburgunder

A

Pinot Noir Precoce
Pinot Madeleine

90
Q

Who founded the Weinsberg viticulture school

A

August Dornfeld

91
Q

In which Anbaugebeit does Grauburgunder or Pinot Gris show the most potential

A

Southern Region of Baden
(across rhine river from alsace)

92
Q

Worlds leading grower of Pinot Blanc

A

Germany

(Baden and Pfalz are strongholds)

93
Q

Germany ranks this # in world Pinot Gris production

A

Second largest behind Italy

94
Q

Number 1 anbaugebeit for Spatburgunder

A

Baden

95
Q

Silvaner is a crossing of these two grapes

A

Traminer and Osterreichisch-Weiss

96
Q

the four broad types of Silvaner

A

Gruner
Blauer
Roter
Gelber

97
Q

Today the most popular clones of Silvaner are of these subtypes from the Wurzburg grape breeding institute

A

gruner silvaner
Gelber Silvaner
thicker skins
more bitterness

98
Q

Synonym for Blaufrankisch

A

Lemberger
Primarliy in Wurttemburg

99
Q

Who is Georg Scheu?

A

Created Scheurebe
Cross of Riesling and Bukettrebe at Alzey in 1916

100
Q

Schwarzriesling and Trollinger grow almost exclusively here

A

Wurttemberg

101
Q

When did Sauvignon Blanc make its debut in Germany

A

1995

102
Q

When was Regent authorized for planting in Germany

A

1996

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