Ahr/Nahe

Question 1

Ahr climate/topography

Answer 1

Warm summers. Rocky, woods, steep slopes. Dark soils retain heat. Wind protectin from north

Question 2

Ahr soils

Answer 2

Slate, basalt, greywacke (clay of volcanic origin)

Question 3

Ahr varieties

Answer 3

Spätburgunder dominant. Portugieser, RS, MT in decline

Question 4

Ahr producers

Answer 4

75% of fruit processed by 5 local co-ops

Question 5

Ahr stats

Answer 5

563 ha. Best sites face E and SW

Question 6

Nahe stats

Answer 6

4,187 ha.

Question 7

Nahe Upper

Answer 7

Bad Kruznatchen. Gentle slopes

Question 8

Nahe Middle

Answer 8

Mozigen and Bad Munster am Stein. Excellent ventilation, low rain, balmy. Steep slopes. Southward vineyards

Question 9

Nahe Lower

Answer 9

Steep terraces like Mittlerhein

Question 10

Nahe Upper soils

Answer 10

Heavier loess and clay

Question 11

Nahe Middle soils

Answer 11

Sandstone, porphyrh, melaphyr, slate

Question 12

Nahe Lower soils

Answer 12

Slate and quarzite

Question 13

Nahe varieties

Answer 13

Upper/Middle-RS. Lower-RS, Scheurebe, WB, Silvaner

Question 14

Nahe Upper viti

Answer 14

Large land holders

Question 15

Nahe Middle viti

Answer 15

Difficult to work, steep slopes

Question 16

Nahe Lower viti

Answer 16

Difficult to work, steep slopes. Best sites SW of Bad Kruznach on left bank facing S

Question 17

Nahe monopole

Answer 17

Donhoff’s Oberhauserbruke

Question 18

Nahe producers

Answer 18

Donhoff, Emrich-Scholeber, Diel