2.19.19 Monopoles outside France

Question 1

Who owns Alleinbesitz Josephshöper and where is it located?

Answer 1

Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt in Graach-an-der-Mosel

Question 2

Cole Ranch AVA is essentially a monopole of what winery in Mendocino?

Answer 2

Esterlina Winery

Question 3

Roncagliette is home to what two vineyards owned by Gaja?

Answer 3

Sori Tildin
Costa Russi

Question 4

Where is Gaisböhl and who owns it?

Answer 4

Pfalz; Dr. Bürklin-Wolf

Question 5

What is Donnhoff’s Monopole?

Answer 5

Oberhäuser Brucke

Question 6

Who is the sole owner of Piesport Kreuzwingert?

Answer 6

Reinhold Haart

Question 7

Who is the sole owner of Nierderhausen Hermannsberg?

Answer 7

Gut Hermannsberg

Question 8

Who is the sole owner of Bad Dürkheim Abstfronhof?

Answer 8

Fitz Ritter

Question 9

Who owns (and where is Gaisbohl?)

Answer 9

Dr. Burklin Wolf owns Gaisbohl (in Ruppertsberg, Pfalz, Germany)

Question 10

When was the first vintage of Hill of Grace? (Who owns it?)

Answer 10

1958 (Henschke)

Question 11

Who owns Kronos? Where is it and what is the grape?

Answer 11

Cathy Corison, dry farmed Cabernet Sauvignon in Napa Valley and grafted onto St.George rootstock (Kronos first planted 1972)

Question 12

Who owns Adrianna vineyard and where is it?

Answer 12

Catena owns Adrianna vineyard in Tupungato, Cuyo, Argentina

Question 13

Who is the only producer of San Rafael DOC wines in Argentina?

Answer 13

Valentin Bianchi

Question 14

The Hermannshohle vineyard in Nahe is owned by who?

Answer 14

Donnhoff

Question 15

The famous Francia vineyard in Barolo is owned by who?

Answer 15

Giacomo Conterno

Question 16

Red Rock Terrace in Napa Valley is owned by who?

Answer 16

Diamond Creek

Question 17

Napanook vineyard is owned by who?

Answer 17

Dominus

Question 18

Who owns Trailside vineyard and where is it?

Answer 18

Heitz owns Trailside vineyard in Rutherford, Napa Valley

Question 19

Stagecoach vineyard was purchased in 2017 by what family?

Answer 19

E & J Gallo

Question 20

What famous vineyard is located both Pritchard Hill Region and Atlas Peak? (Who bought it originally?)

Answer 20

Stagecoach vineyard (Dr. Jan Krupp)

Question 21

Who owns the Abstberg, Bruderberg and Herrenberg vineyards in Mertesdorf?

Answer 21

Von Schubert

Question 22

Raventhal Nonnenberg in the Rheingau is owned by whom?

Answer 22

Georg Breuer

Question 23

Monprivato vineyard in Castiglione Fallito is essentially a monopole of what producer? (Why is it not a true monopole?)

Answer 23

Giuseppe Mascarello (The church owns .87 ha that they rent out, therefore it can’t be called a true monopole)

Question 24

Falletto in Serralunga d’ Alba is a monopole of which producer?

Answer 24

Bruno Giacosa

Question 25

Martinenga in Barbaresco is a monopole of which producer?

Answer 25

Marchesi di Gresy

Question 26

Where is Heitz “Martha’s Vineyard?”

Answer 26

Oakville, Napa Valley