Deutschland Flashcards

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What is the primary white grape of Germany?

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Rüssling (Riesling) ⚪️

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What is the primary red grape of Germany?

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Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) 🔴

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What is edelfäule?

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Noble Rot

Discovered in Germany around 1775 by harvesters at Schloss Johannisberg in Rheingau that grapes affected by noble Rot made pretty good wines

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What is the Müller - Thurgau a cross of

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Müller - Thurgau ⚪

  • Cross between Riesling x Madeleine Royale
  • Discovered in 1882 by Dr Hermann Müller - Thurgau @ the Geisenheim Institute in Germany
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Rüssling makes up what percentage of Germany’s Vineyards?

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20%

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What percentage does Spätburgunder make up in Germany wine production?

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10%

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In order to be called a certain wine in Germany the varietal must make up what percentage?

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85%

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What is QbA?

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Qualitätswein

  • also called Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiate
  • one of the German tiers of quality wine
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What is Prädikatswein?

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The apex of German legal quality pyramid

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Kabinett

Spätlese

Auslese

Beerenauslese

Eiswein

Tockenbeerenauslee

What part do these play in German wine?

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These are the ripeness levels for German wines, the less ripe is Kabinett and the most ripe is Tockenbeerenauslee

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How is the prädikat level determined in German wines?

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It is determined by the level of sugars in the grape at harvest, measured by degrees according to the Öchsle scale

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What ripeness level in the German system is:

  • made from normal harvested grapes
  • typically light bodied
  • low in alcohol
  • usually dry or off dry
  • Germans usually drink them as casual dinner wines
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Kabinett

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What ripeness level in the German system is:

  • part of word means “late”
  • are grapes harvested later than grapes for Kabinett
  • Creates wines with greater fruit intensity and slightly fuller body
  • maybe dry or off dry
  • usually doesn’t taste sweet due to high acidity
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Spätlese

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What ripeness level in the German system is:

  • part of word means “select”
  • made from very ripe grapes harvested from select bunches
  • generally only made in during the best vintage years
  • usually very expensive
  • often very sweet
  • usually a wine dranked on Sunday afternoons with hard cheese
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Austlese

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What ripeness level in the German system is:

  • part of word mean “berry”
  • picked from a selected harvest
  • very rare and costly wines
  • made from ripe grapes that were hand picked
  • grapes have been affected by noble Rot (botrytis cinerea) giving them a deep honey richness
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Beerenauslese

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What ripeness level in the German system is:

  • part of word means “Dry berry”
  • comes from a selected harvest
  • these are the richest, sweetest, rarest and most expensive of all the German wines
  • only released in exceptional vintage years
  • made from grapes that have shriveled to raisins by botrytis
  • due to their enormous amount of sugar these grapes have a hard time fermenting
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Truckenbeerenauslese

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What ripeness level in the German system is:

  • means ice wine
  • made from very ripe frozen grapes that have been hand picked
  • it is miraculously high in both sweetness and acidity
  • effected by botrytis before grapes become frozen
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Eiswein

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What is the VDP?

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The Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter

  • Association of German Quality Wine
  • the national German association of producers committee to top quality wines
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Is Chaptelization legal in the QbA

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Yes

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Charta wines were created for what region and what wine type?

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Rheingau Riesling

  • Dry Style
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How are Charta wines labeled?

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3 roman arches from the balcony of Graue Haus hotel in Winkel

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What does einzellagen mean?

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German word for vineyard

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What is Erste Lage

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The German term in the VDP for Premier Cru

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what is the symbol used to symbolized wines that are Considered Grosses Lage

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A “1” followed by a cluster of grapes

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In 2012 the Erste Lage term was changed to this in Germany to be on the same equal terms of the Grand Cru status of wines in Burgundy?
Grosse Lage
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For labeling of dry wines what term will you see on the German bottles?
Trocken
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Can any level be categorized as a Grosses Gewächs
No only wines reserved for Grosse Lage
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If a Grosses Lage is sweet how is it labeled?
By prädikat level - kabinett - spätlese - auslese - beerenauslese - eiswein - trockenbeerenauslese
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Grosses Lage Erste Lage Ortswein Gutswein Are all classifications for what country and organization
Germany and the VDP
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What year was the VDP Classification organized
2012
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The VDP Classification system was modeled after whose system
Bourgonge (Burgundy, France)
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What is the VDP Classification name for regional wines - only thing on the bottle is the name of the Anbaugebiet, often accompanied by a fantasy name
Gutswein
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What is the VDP Classification term for village wines? - is the product of multiple Vineyards in a single village and is typically labeled with the village name and or a statement of soil
Ortswein
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What is the VDP Classification name for Premier Cru? - single vineyard selections - bottle usually has the vineyard preceded by the village name
Erste Lage
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What is the VDP Classification name for A Grand Cru? - single vineyard selection - label solely has the vineyard name
Grosse Lage
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What is the VDP symbol and how is it used
A eagle clasping a cluster of grapes and only member estates of the VDP can use it
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Is the VDP sanctioned by German law?
No, it's not and their rules only apply to their members System itself is open to interpretation and exemptions from one requirement or another maybe granted to individual estates
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What does anabaugebiet mean
German term for region
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How many anbaugebiet are there
13
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What does "hock" mean and where is the term used at
- English term for German white wines | - Sometimes refers to white wines from the Rhine Region
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Who is H. Sichel Söhne and what wine does he make
Famous winemaker from Liebfraumilch, Deutschland - maker of the famous blue nun Riesling
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Name a famous vintage of Blue Nun Riesling
1921
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What the famous slogan of Blue Nun and what year was it created
"Right through the meal" - 1950
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When was the current German wine laws created
1971 - latest modifications where made on March 12, 2017. Goes into effect January 1, 2018
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What is Deutsches Weingesetz
- mean German Wine Divides German wines according to the sugar content of the must (Grad Orechsle), in combination with a regional designation, but without classification or classification, into four grades: 1. Prädikatswein 2. Quality wine 3. Country wine 4. Table wine
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What do the British call German white wines from Mosel
Moselle
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What does the German term Natur mean
The wine didn't undergo chaptalization
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What is a A.P. Number
Means "Amtliche Prüfnummer" - this number proves that a wine has undergone and passed various testing and analytical test and its origins have been established to the boards satisfaction
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What is the star system and where is it used at
Used in Mosel, Deutschland - Usually means that a Prädikatswein has been harvested at a higher level of ripeness than the minimum required, and can mean that the wine is sweeter or more intense. - used to indicate reserve bottlings, producers may apply one to three stars (*, **, ***), sometimes in connection with a Goldkapsule
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The European Union created a tiers of wine system for Germany, what was their name?
- Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet (QbA) quality wine from growing region - Qualitätswein mit Praidikat (QmP) - a subset within Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet - Tafelwein - table wines
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True or False Is chaptalization is banned for Qualitätswein mit Prädikat (QmP)
True
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1. The location of the examination board 2. The village in which the wine was produced 3. The producer 4. The unique number of the bottling 5. The year in which the wine was tested, typically one calandra after the vintage
The A.P. Number used in Germany
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All wines from what level must use an A.P. Number
Qualitätswein Prädikatswein
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What is the down side of the A.P. Number
96% of the German wine industry deal under Qualitätswein and Prädikatswein, the idea of quality is really in question
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What year was the Deutsche Weingestz modified to add the categories Landwein and Eiswein
1982
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Requirements for a wine to considered "Classic" from Deutsche
Means "harmonious dry" - maximum residual sugar content of 15 g/l - single varietal wines and omit any mention of a vineyard on the label - minimum alcohol content of 12% (11.5 in the Mosel)
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Requirements for a wine to considered "Superior" from Deutsche
Means "Superior Dry" - maximum residual sugar content of 9 g/l (12 g/l allowed for Riesling) - Must come from a single vineyard - Must be a single variety - yield is restricted to 60 hectares - must weight is equal to Auslese - Vineyards are to be hand harvested - can not be released prior to September 1 of the year following harvest
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Wein Landwein Qualitätswein Prädikatswein These are the levels for what classification system
The four German categories of wine
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- These German wines have no geographic designation - formerly known as Tafelwein - can be labeled Deutscher Wein if produced from German grapes - Variety and vintage are permitted on the label What classification in Deutschland does this describe
Wein
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- this IGP category including Trocken and halbtrocken wines produced from any of 26 winegrowing regions, known as Landweingebiete What classification in Deutschland does this describe
Landwein
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- encompassing most of the country's top dry wines - this category, inclusive of Prädikatswein, covers 96% of German wine production and almost all exports - requires wines to acquire a minimum 7% alcohol content What classification in Deutschland does this describe
Qualitätswein
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- This classification is a subset of Qualitätswein - encompassing Deutschland best Sweet wines - lower level (kabinet, spätlese, autlese) have a minimum alcohol content of 7% and from beerenauslese on up, the minimum alcohol is reduced to 5.5%
Prädikatswein
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How many producers are apart of the VDP
199
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- all wines must be estate grown - hand harvesting is required for all single vineyard wines and for any Prädikat wines of Auslese level or above - members must cultivate a minimum 80% of traditional grape varieties, from selections drawn by each regional association - members can not use the "Grosslagen" on their labels - must have the Symbol "traubenadler" on bottle capsules What classification is this
VDP - Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter
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What vintage on forward did the VDP began to use its modern category system
2011
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What is kalkstein
German for limestone
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What is Blaine Schiefer
German for Blue slate
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What is Buntsandstein
German for red sandstone
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True or False Many Gross Lage and Erste Lage sites may share names with official Einzellagens
True
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This classification: - harvested at a minimum level of ripeness equivalent to Spätlese - identified by the appearance of the trademarked acronym "GG" - the whites can't be released until September 1 of the year after harvest - the red wines, wine requires an additional year of aging and 12 months in wood
Grosses Gewächs
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What 3 anbaugebiete do not use the Erste Lage category
Mosel Ahr Rheinhessen
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What is the most planted grape in Deustcheland
Riesling ⚪
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What is a stück
1,200 liter German oval cask
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What is a doppelstück
A 2,400 liter German oval cask
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What is a halstück
A 600 liter German oval cask
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Deutschland is the worlds third largest producer of what grape?
Spätbugunder 🔴 - Pinot Noir
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Majority of the spätbugunder grown where in Deutschland
Baden
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This grape is a natural mutation genetically identical to Pinot Noir - Has a thicker - skin than Pinot Noir - ripens about two weeks earlier in the growing season - creates wines that are darker in color and fruit expression, with lower acidity - known in France as Pinot Noir Précoce or historically Pinot Madeleine What grape is this
Frühburgunder 🔴 - (Pinot Noir Précoce) - means early Burgundy
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What does Schaumwein mean
German for sparkling wine Term is used to describe cheap sparking wine that has CO2 injections
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what does perwein mean
German for semi - Sparkling
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What does Deutscher Sekt mean
German sparking wine made from exclusively German grapes
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What does Sekt b. A mean
Sparking wine make from one of the 13 quality wine regions in Germany
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What method is used to make Sekt
Charmat Method
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What grapes are used to make German Sekt
Riesling ⚪ (Rüssling) Pinot Blanc ⚪(Weissburgunder) Pinot Gris ⚪ (Glauburgunder) Pinot Noir 🔴(Spätbugunder)
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Ahr Hessiche - Bergstrasse Mittelrhein Mosel Nahe Rheingau Rheinhessen Pfalz These are the Anbaugebiete for what Weinbaugebiete
Rhein - Mosel
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The anbaugenbiete Franken is apart of what Weinbaugebiete
Bayern
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Württemberg is a anbaugebiete for what weinbaugebiete
Neckar
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Baden is a anbaugebiete for what weinbaugebiete
Oberrhein
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Saale - Unstrut and Sachsen are the anbaugebietes for what weinbaugebiete
Albrechtaburg
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To name a single grape varietal in Deutschland what is the minimum percent of the main grape allowed
85%
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When was Spätlese discovered
At Schloss Johannisberg in 1775 - a courier was sent to the Bishop at Fulda, then in charge of the vineyard, to obtain permission to harvest the grapes - the courier fell ill en route, arrived back at Schloss Johannisberg so late the crop seemed ruined as the grapes were "rotting" on the Vines - the grapes were picked and made into wine which to everyone's amazement, resulted in the best ever produced
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Kabinet Spätlese Auslese These wines are produced in what form sometimes
Trocken or Halbtrocken Example: Spätlese trocken
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What are the two main rivers of the Rheingau
Rhein River Main River
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What direction do the Vines face in Rheingau
South - they receive extra sunshine reflected from the broad expanse of the river and they are protected from the cold north winds by the hills
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What is the only Bereich in Rheingau
Bereich Johannisberg
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What are the two famous single Vineyards from Rheingau
- Schloss Johannisberg | - Schlossberg Vollrads
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Rüdesheim Winkel Johannisberg Oestrich Erbach Hattenheim Rauenthal Eberbach Kiedrich Eltville Rauenthal Hochheim These are all famous villages from what Anbaugebiete
Rheingau
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This grape makes up 80% of the production in Rheingau
Rüssling ⚪
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Where is the famous Kloster Eberbach (Eberbach Abbey) located
In Eberbach, in the Rheingau anbaugebiete - founded in 1136 by Cistercians monks
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What is the main grape grown at kloster eberbach
Rüssling ⚪
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What anbaugebiete is the Geisenheim Wine Institute / University
Rheingau
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Why the village of Assmanshsusen different than the other villages in Rheingau
Cause it grows more red wine than white wine - 60% Spätbugunder 🔴 - 40% Rüssling ⚪
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What type of bottles are used to bottle the wines from Rheingau
Traditional elongated brown bottles
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Where does the term hock derive from
From the village of Hockheim in Rheingau
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When was the Charta (Carter) Estate Association founded
1984
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What was the purpose of the Charta association
To further the classic Rheingau Rüssling style of a Dry to off dry wine made from 100% Rüssling
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What is the requirement for wines from the Carta Estates Association
- Wines are blind tasted twice - may not be sold until October 1 of the year following harvest - they may carry the Charta seal of quality (three Roman arches)
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Where is it believed the first rüssling Vines sprung from a seed
Central Rheingau
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Most of the vineyards in Rheingau and most of its renowned wine growing villages are located where
Central Rheingau
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What is the soil type of the Rheingau in the lower slopes
Slate Quartzite Sandstone Loess Clay
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What is the soil type of the Rheingau in the upper slopes
Stonier, more eroded soil, with a higher proportion of slate
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Where are the steepest slopes in Rheingau located
Rüdesheim - Berg Schlossberg -Gross Lage - 70% grade slope
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Schloss Schönborn and Schloss Johannisberg were among the first producers in Deutschland to introduce what
Glass bottle in the early 1700's
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What is the name of the famous walled domaine controlled by Eberbach Abbey
Steinberg
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Who owns the Eberbach Abbey today
Hessen State Winery - the single largest wine producer in Germany today
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Peter Jakob Kühn - Kühn Estate - Rüssling Josef Leitz - Leitz Winery - Rüssling Eva Fricke - Eva Fricke Wines - Rüssling George Breuer - George Breuer Wines - Rüssling Künstler - Künstler Estate - Rüssling These are all famous producers from what anbaugebeit
Rheingau
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Edelfäule is most common where in Rheingau
- The vineyards nearest the river | - Also common in the vineyards closest to the riverside villages
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What parallel runs directly through the Rheingau
50th parallel
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What is the normal residual sugar in rüssling from Rheingau
9 grapes per liter
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What is Erstes Gewächs
A legal description for too dry wines from Rheingau - means "first growth"
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What vintage did the term Erstes Gewächs become a legal term and for what grapes
1999 - Rüssling ⚪ - Spätbugunder 🔴
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Do you have to be a member of Charta to use the term "Erstes Gewächs"
No, as long as the standards are followed, the term "Erstes Gewächs" can be used
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What are the three Bereichs of Rheinhessen
- Bingen - north | - Nierstein and Wonnegau - south
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What is the main grapes of Rheinhessen
Müller - Thurgau ⚪ Silvaner ⚪ Spätbugunder 🔴 - produces the best wines in Rheinhessen
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What is the main wine produced in Rheinhessen
Liebframilch
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Niersteiner Spiegelberg - Grosslagen Niersteiner Gutes Domtal - Grosslagen These are top quality producers from what Anbaugebiete
Rheinhessen
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What is Liebfraumilch
- actual name is Liebfrauenstift Kirchenstück - means "Beloved lady's milk" after the Virgin Mary - originally came from the Rheinhessen from the vineyards around a small church near Worms called Liebfrauenkirche ( Church of our Lady)
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Is Liebfraumilch a blend or single variety
A blended wine from the Rheingau, Rheinhessen, Pfalz or the Nahe - must be a QbA wine from one of these four areas - must contain 70% of Rüssling, Müller - Thurgau, Silvaner, or Kerner - is a semi sweet wine, minimum 18 g/l residual sugar - usually sold in elongated brown bottles
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The biggest Anbaugebiete in Deutschland is
Rheinhessen - home to 1/4 of Deutschland Vines
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What are the two main cities in Rheinhessen
Worms - located southeast in Rheinland - Pfalz Mainz - located northeast in Rheinland - Pfalz and is the state capital for Rheinland - Pfalz
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What physical feature acts as a border on the eastern side of Rheinhessen
Rhine River
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What is Roter Hang in Rheinhessen
- German for "Red Hill"
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What is Rheinterrasse
Means Rhein Front - located on the eastern side of the Anbaugebiete - Sets between the villages of Oppenheim and Nackenheim
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Where in Rheinhessen is said to grow the best white wines
The Rheinterrasse - Rhein Front
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What was the most expensive wine on the Titanic
Niersteiner Riesling
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What is the main soil of the Bereich Wonnegau
Limestone Loess
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What is the name of the most expensive dry Riesling produced in Germany
Klaus - Peter Keller Weingut Keller : G-Max Retails at $1,499 - grapes come from an undisclosed parcel in Wonnegau
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Klaus Peter Keller Phillip Wittman These are top producers for that Bereich in Rheinhessen
Wonnegau
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What are some of the parcels in Wonnegau that Klaus Peter Keller and Phillip Wittman share and use for winemaking
In the village of Westhofen - Kirchspiel - Morstein - Brunnenhäuschrn In the village of Flörsheim - Dalsheim - Keller maintain plots in: - Bürgel - Hubacker
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Wagner - Stempel is top producer in what Bereich in Rheinhessen
Bingen
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The famous biodynamic winery Kühling - Gillot makes its wine in what area in Rheinhessen
Roter Hang - ( Rhein Front)
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The top new wine makers in Rheinhessen started an organization called? And for what purpose
Message in a Bottle - an organization of over two dozen young producers in Rheinhessen committee to raising the region's potential and image, internally and internationally
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What area has the most Silvaner planted in the world
Rheinhessen
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In Deutschland, Palatinate is another name for what anbaugebiete
Pfalz
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What is the largest producing wine region in Deutschland
Pfalz
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Pfalz is located on the western side of what physical feature
Rhine River
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What mountain ranges are in the Pfalz anbaugebiete
Haardt Mountains
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Where are the best vineyards found in Pfalz
On the lower slopes of the Haardt hills along the Bundestrasse (German highway) which is called the Weinstrasse ( German wine Road)
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Pfalz sets above what famous French AOC
Alsace
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How many bereichs are in Pfalz
2
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North - Bereich Mittelhaardt - Deutscher Weinstrasse South - Bereich Südliche Weinstrasse What anbaugebiete are these two Bereichs apart of
Pfalz
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What village separates the two bereichs in Pfalz
Neustadt
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What is the most planted grape in Pfalz
Müller - Thurgau ⚪
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Is red wine popular in Pfalz
Yes, they grow the following: - Spätburgunder 🔴 - Dornfelder 🔴
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How are white wines different in Pfalz than anywhere else in Rheingau and Rheinhessen
Pfalz are fuller bodies than Rheingau wines and less soft than Rheinhessen wines - Wines from Pfalz are best suited to be drunk with a meal
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The best wines from Pfalz come from what part
North - Bereich Mittelhaardt - Deutscher Weinstrasse
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Wachenheim Forst Deidesheim Ruppertsberg Bad Dürkheim Ungstein Kallstadt Neustadt These are all the finest wine villages of what anbaugebiete
Pfalz
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Wines from Pfalz are bottled in what type of bottle
Traditional elongated brown bottles
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The anbaugebiete Nahe is named after
Nahe River
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What is the most common grape in Nahe
Rüssling ⚪
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Do they make red wine in Nahe
Yes, they grow: - Spätburgunder 🔴 - Dorfelder 🔴
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What anbaugebiete is to the east of Nahe
Rheinhessen
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Nahatel is the single Bereich of what anbaugebiete
Nahe
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Schloss Böckelheim Bad Kreuznach These are the two most important towns to what anbaugebiete
Nahe
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What town is the center of the Nahe wine area both geographically and commercially
Bad Kreuznach
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Traisen Niederhausen Oberhausen Monsingen These are the notable villages for what anbaugebiete
Nahe
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What is the grape makes the best quality wine in Nahe
Rüssling ⚪
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What is the main physical feature the Franken Anbaugebiete is located by
The River Main
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How are the Vines situated in Franken
- On steep slopes overlooking the river | - On south facing slopes
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Maindreieck Mainviereck Steigarwald These are the 3 Bereichs for what anbaugebiete
Franken
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What is the main grape of Franken
Müller - Thurgau ⚪ Silvaner ⚪
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What grape produces the best Franken wines
Silvaner ⚪
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The best wines of Franken are located around what town
Wüzburg
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What town is the center of the wine trade in Franken
Wüzburg
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Stein and Leiste are two outstanding Vineyards located where
Town - Wüzburg Anbaugebiete - Franken
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Wines produced from Wüzburger Stein vineyard are permitted to be called what?
Steinwein
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Can Franken wines made outside of Stein in Wüzburg be called Steinwein
No, only wines from Stein Vineyards can use that name
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Castell Iphofen Randersacker Steinfield Eshendorf Are all notable villages to what anbaugebiete
Nahe
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What is a Böcksbeutels
The sold flat sides flask used for Franken Wines
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What was the original name of Mosel
Mosel - Saar - Ruwer
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When did Mosel - Saar - Ruwer to Mosel
August 1, 2008
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What is the main river that runs through the Mosel
Mosel River
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What are the names of the two tributaries that are apart of the Mosel
Saar and Ruwer
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What way are the vineyards situated in the Mosel
They are situated on very steep south and southwest facing slopes - Many of which are totally inaccessible to machinery
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How many Bereich are there in Mosel
6 - Bernkastel - Burg - Cochem - Moseltor - Obermosel - Ruwertal - Saar
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``` Bernkastel - (Mittelmosel) Burg Cochem - (Terrassenmosel) Moseltor Obermosel Ruwertal - ( Ruwer) Saar ``` These are the Bereichs for what Anbaugebiete
Mosel
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What do Bernkastel, Burg Cochem, and Obermosel all have in common
They are the only 3 bereichs in Mosel that set off the Mosel river
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What is the smallest Bereich in Mosel
Moseltor - covers a scant handful of Vines in the Saarland, near Obermosel
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What Bereich in Mosel makes up Mittermosel
Bernkastel
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What Bereich makes up the Terrassenmosel
Burg Cochem
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What Bereich makes up the Upper Mosel
Obermosel
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2/3 of the Mosel vineyards are located in what Bereich
Berkanstal
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Bernkastel is named after what
The township of Bernkastel - Kues
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What is the main soil of Mosel
Devonian Slate - can be either red or blue
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Why does Phylloxera have so much problems in Mosel
Due to the slate soil, it limits the incursion of the bug. The bug is present but it cannot thrive
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Leiwen Trittenheim Piesport Beauneberg Bernkastel - Kues Graach Wehlem Zeltingen Ürzig Erden These are the famous winegrowing villages of what Bereich
Bernkastel
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Bernkasteler Doctor Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Erdener Prälat Graacher Himmelreich Ürzinger Würzgarten Wehlen Zeltingen These are famous vineyards from what Bereich and what grape to they grow
Mosel and Rüssling
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What are the two famous vineyards from Mosel who are known for their famous Sonnenhur
Wehlen Zeltingen
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Joh. Jos. Prüm Reinhold Haart Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt Ansgar Clüsserath Daniel Vollenweider Clemens - Busch These are all benchmark producers from what Bereich
Bernkastel
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Winningen is a key winegrowing village in what Bereich in Mosel
Burg Cochem
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Heymann - Löwerstein and his premier vineyard site Uhlen are located in what Bereich
Burg Cochem
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What is the main soil of Obermosel
Calcareous soil
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What is the main grape of Obermosel
Elbling - an ancient white grape variety that produces simple, fruity whites and refreshing sparkling wines
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Where is the legendary vineyard Scharzhoberg locate and is within what Bereich
Wiltingen and Saar
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Egon Müller is the most laud producer of what vineyard
Scharzhofberg
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What is the main soil of Moseltor
Limestone
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What is unique about the vineyards of Burg Cochem
They have some of the steepest slopes in Mosel. - Some reaching easily 70% or more grades
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What is the average alcohol level for Mosel Rüssling
Between 8 to 10% - Trocken and Haltrocken wines may reach a higher level
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What are some characteristics of Mosel Rüssling
- fresh and fruity medium wines - high acidity - a slight pickle to them, which is caused by small amount of carbon dioxide has - These wines are best drunk young up to 3 years old, with Spätlese and Auslese wines lasting longer
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What type of bottle are used in Mosel
Elongated Green bottles
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Ahr is known for making what type of wines
Rotwein 🔴
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What is the main grape of Ahr
Spätburgunder 🔴 - makes up 60% of the total production
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What are the characteristics of Ahr red wines
- Dry - oak aged - good tannin structure
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What is the longest Anbaugebiete in Deutschland
Baden
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What type of wines do they make in Baden
Weisswein ⚪ Rotwein 🔴 Rosewein 🔴
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Walporzheim - Ahrtal is the one Bereich for what Anbaugebiete
Ahr
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What type of bottling can be used in Baden
Boxksbeutal - same type of bottling used in Franken
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What is the main weisswein of Baden
Müller - Thurgau ⚪
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What is the main rotwein of Baden
Spätburgunder 🔴
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How many bereichs are In Baden
9 Badische Bergstarasse - Kraichgau Badisches Frankenland Bodensee Breisgau Kaiserstuhl Kraichgau Tuniberg Tauberfranken Markgräflerland Ortenau
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Badische Bergstarasse - Kraichgau Badisches Frankenland Bodensee Breisgau Kaiserstuhl Kraichgau Tuniberg Tauberfranken Markgräflerland Ortenau These are the bereichs for what anbaugebiete
Baden
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Lorelay Siebengebirge These are the two bereichs for what anbaugebiete
Mittelrhein
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The main grape for Mittelrhein is
Rüssling
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Starkenbureg Umstadt These are the two bereichs in what anbaugebiete
Hessische - Bergstrasse
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What is the main Bereich in Hessische - Bergstrasse
Starkenbureg
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What is the main grape of Hessische - Bergstrasse
Rüssling
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What is unique about Saale - Unstrut
It was formerly apart of Eastern Germany
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What is Deutschland most northern anbaugebiete
Saale - Unstrut
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What is the most planted varietal in Saale - Unstrut
Müller - Thurgau
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Schlossneuenberg Thüringen These are the two bereichs of what anbaugebiete
Saale - Unstrut
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What is Deutschland smallest anbaugebiete
Sachsen
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What is unique about Sachsen
It was formerly apart of Eastern Germany
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Dresden Elstertal Meissen These are the three bereichs for what anbaugebiete
Sachsen
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What is the main grape of Sachsen
Müller - Thurgau
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How many bereichs are there in Württemberg
6 Württembergisch Unterland Remstal - Stuttgart Bayerischer Bodensee Kocher - Jagst - Tauber Oberere Neckar Württembergisch Bodensee
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Württembergisch Unterland Remstal - Stuttgart Bayerischer Bodensee Kocher - Jagst - Tauber Oberere Neckar Württembergisch Bodensee These are the bereichs for what anbaugebiete
Württemberg
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Trollinger 🔴 Lemberger 🔴 Schwarzriesling (Meunier) 🔴 These are the main grape varietals for what anbaugebiete
Württemberg
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What is the northern most anbaugebiete in Mosel
Berg Cochem
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What is the southern most anbaugebiete in Mosel
Moseltor