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why is Alsace at the 47 and 49 parallel significant

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because 50 is the upper limit to grow grapes. The unique conditions in Alsace allow grape to achieve ripeness and flavours (Vosges Mountains, rain shadow, dry and sunny, cold air falls to the plain to ward of spring frosts

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what is so special about the weather in Colmar

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it lies on the other side of the Vosges that have some of the highest peaks (Hohneck or Honeck), one of he most dries and sunniest places in all of France. the peak diverts any rain clouds to the north or south

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what is the climate in Alsace

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Semi-
Continental - harsh cold winters (vine dormancy) and hot dry summers (thunder storms), autumns are humid and long (grapes to fully ripen with complex flavours and bright acidity and noble rot). Spring is mild w/ risk of Frost

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what is the typical altitude of vineyards

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200 to 400 m

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put these eras in order
Paleozoic
Cenozoic
Mesozoic

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PMC
Paleozoic (542 - 251 mil)
Mesozoic (251 - 65 mil)
Cenozoic (65 to present)

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what happened in the Paleozoic era

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pressure in the earth’s crust caused an upthrust or ingenious rock (cooled lava/magma)

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what happened during the mesozoic era

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Alsace was covered by an inland sea that covered the ingenious rock

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what happened in the cenozoic era - speak to the two phases

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Phase 1 - like a great soufflé a great dome of earth rose up and then fell on the fault line which is called a graben

Phase 2 - the Alsace side of the graben fractured in a number of places, exposing soils from different eras, which forms the Vosges foothill. 300 mil years of the soils are exposed in this region

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What was the golden age of Alsace

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Middle Ages / Renaissance (14th/15th/16th)

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when was red wine first in demand in Alsace?

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the 16th C, but fraud was rampant as blueberries were used to pigment white wines, and so began the blue berry ban

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what is the difference between chambrettes and echalas training

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chambrettes is like a trellis post and beam, while echalas is like a pyramid or stake based

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what was a result of the Franco Prusssian war?

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Alsace became German. (no longer France) 1870

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What was the siginfance of the champagne houses moving to Alsace in 1860?

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They produced sparkling wine for German market and avoided export taxes. raised the wine making game in Alsace which was suffering due to low quality hi quality, phylloxera, pests ands molds.

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who introduced Vitis Riparia to Alsace

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Philippe Chretien Oberlin, which solved the phyloxera problem but also added high yielding hybrids to the region

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what year was the French AOC system created

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1935

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what percentage of Alsatian vineyard planted to hybrids in 1941?

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30%

17
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what year did France degree the removal of all existing hybrids vine?

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1949

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what year was AOC Alsace officially recognized by INAO. by how many years did Alsace miss the AOC movement

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1962

19
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what were the 8 principal grapes often region after WW2

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Chasselas, Sylvanner, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Riesling, Muscat, Gewurvtraminer, Pinot Noir

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where was the first Alsace Cooperative?

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after WW2 near Colmar. hard hit by war the winemakers pooled their resources

21
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Name 6 well known cooperative in Alsace (schedb)

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Colmar
Benwihr
Sigolsheim
Hunawihr
Eguisheim
Dambach
22
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what are the rules for AOC Grand Cru Alsace

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one of 51 named sites
single grape* (kaefferkopf/Alten de Berg)
noble grape* (zotzenberg - sylvanner)
vintage
restricted yields
vineyard practices
higher min % ABV
tasting panel
land/site ranked nut producer (e.g. Burg)
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what are the rules for AOC Cremant

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traditional methods
hand picked
whole clusters
grapes - R, P/G, P/B, A, P/N and char
carry bins no more than 100kg
9 mons on lees + 3 in bottle
24
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what is Cremant prestige?

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longer ageing

100% of R, Char, P/G or P/N

25
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what percentage does AOC Cremant represent of of all AOC Alsace wine production

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22%

26
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what the FR and GE influence seen on the Alsace wine bottle

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  1. flute - traditional in Alsace and GE

2. wines labelled in GE tradition w/ grape rather than place

27
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what kind of rock is gneiss

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metamorphic

28
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what kind of rock is granite

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igneuos

29
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what is the Vosges Mountains comprised of

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Granite south and sandstone in the north

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