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Chapter 22 - Germany (end) Flashcards

1
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Name Germany’s Climate

A

Cool Continental

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2
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Which part of Germany is warmer?

A

Baden (South)

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3
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What effects does a long, cool ripening period have on grapes?

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grapes have time to reach sugar ripeness while retaining acidity

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4
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Best sites for grape growing

A
  1. steep, stony slopes
  2. Southerly aspect (max heat and sunlight)
  3. near river - reflect sunlight, air movement- against frost
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5
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What are wines classified or labelled by?

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  1. minimum must weight at harvest (level of grape juice)

2. variety

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6
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What are
1. GI
2. PGI
wines

A

GI - cheapest, lowest quality ( Deutscher Wein )

PGI - lower quality, less expensive ( Landwein )

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7
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Name the 2 labelling terms for PDO

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  1. Qualitatswein - both red and whites at all quality levels
  2. Pradikatswein - mostly white wines
    - use sweeter grapes
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8
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How many delimited regions?

A

13

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9
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List the Category of PDO wines

A

Qualitatswein (dry to medium sweet)
Pradikatswein
1. Kabinett (dry to medium sweet) - late harvest grapes
2. Spatlese (dry to medium sweet) - late harvest grapes
3. Auslese (dry to sweet) - late harvest or noble rot
4. Beerenauslese (BA) (sweet only) (Noble rot)
5. Eiswein (sweet only) - concentrated by freezing)
6. Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) (sweet only- noble rot)

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10
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What are the meanings of:

  1. trocken
  2. halbtrocken / feinherb
A
  1. dry wine

2. off dry to medium dry

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11
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  1. Name the independent group that classifies the best vineyards and sites in Germany
  2. How many members
  3. What are these dry wines call
  4. What is the must weight that needs to achieve?
A
  1. VDP
  2. 200
  3. GG (Grosses Gewächs - Great growth)
  4. Auslese level
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12
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Name the White Varieties

A
  1. Riesling
  2. Muller - Thurgau
  3. Silvaner
  4. Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris) - dry style
  5. Weisburgunder (Pinot Blanc) - dry style
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13
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What is the only variety permitted for GG wines?

A

Riesling

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14
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Which grape is the crossing between Riesling and Madeleine Royale?

A

Muller - Thurgau

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15
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Where is Silvaner mainly planted?

A
  1. Rheinhessen

2. Franken

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16
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Name the Black varieties

A
  1. Spatburgunder

2. Dornfelder

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17
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Where is Riesling grown?

A
  1. Mosel
  2. Nahe
  3. Rheingau
  4. Rheinhessen
  5. Pfalz
18
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Where is Spatburgunder grown?

A
  1. Rheingau
  2. Pfalz
  3. Rheinhessen
  4. Baden
19
Q

Where is Dornfelder grown?

A
  1. Rheinhessen

2. Pfalz

20
Q

Where is Muller-Thurgau grown?

A
  1. Rheinhessen
  2. Pfalz
  3. Baden
21
Q
  1. Where is ‘Kaiserstuhl’ (extinct volcano)

2. What grape varietal is grown here?

A
  1. Baden

2. Spatburgunder

22
Q

What is the name of the best wine in Franken?

A

Wurzburg

23
Q

Name the rivers in Germany

A
  1. Rhine
  2. Mosel
  3. soar
  4. Nahe
  5. Main
  6. Neckar (Baden)
24
Q
  1. Where is Mittelhaardt?

2. What is the grape variety?

A
  1. most established quality vineyards surrounding Forst and Deidesheim in Pfalz
  2. Riesling
25
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Name the 2 small tributaries in Mosel

A
  1. Saar

2. Ruwer

26
Q

Name the 3 villages with top-quality wine in the Mosel

A
  1. Piesport
  2. Bernkastel
  3. Wehlen
27
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Best vineyards must have the following conditions:

A
  1. very steep slopes
  2. slate soils
  3. next to the river
28
Q

Where is Schlossbockelheim?

A

Nahe - Riesling

29
Q

Which two rivers are vineyards grown near in Rheingau?

A
  1. River Rhine

2. River Main

30
Q

Which two villages produces the best BA, TBA in Rheingau?

A
  1. Johannisberg

2. Rudesheim

31
Q

Which village in Rudeshim produces excellent Spatburgunder

A

Assmannshausen

32
Q

Name the 4 locations that produce GG wines

A
  1. Rheingau
  2. Rheinhessen
  3. Pfalz
  4. Franken
33
Q

Where is the largest wine growing region in Germany?

A

Rheinhessen

34
Q

Which village is referred to as Rheinterrasse

A

Nierstein

35
Q

Where is the second largest vine-growing region?

A

Pfalz

36
Q

Which region is the driest in Germany?

A

Pfalz - will suffer from water stress in warm years

37
Q

Which region is the warmest in Germany?

A

Baden

38
Q

In which region is silvaner early flowering, ripening and susceptible to frost damage

A

Franken

39
Q

Which region produce Silvaner bottled in flask-shaped bottles

A

Franken

40
Q

Which region is protected by the Taunus hills?

A

Rheingau

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