Franken.Sachsen.Saale Unstrut

Question 1

What is Steinwein?

Answer 1

An old nickname for Frankish wine, named for the Stein vineyard in Würzburg

Question 2

What is frühburgunder?

Answer 2

An early ripening strain of pinot noir.

Question 3

Grosses Gewächs wines of Hans Wirsching

Answer 3

Iphofer Julius Echter Berg Silvaner

Iphofer Kronsberg Riesling (also Julius Echter Berg)

Question 4

Grosses Gewächs wines of Horst Sauer

Answer 4

Escherndorfer Lump

Silvaner & Riesling

Question 5

Who owns Casteller Schlossberg?

Answer 5

Furstlich Castell’sches Domanenamt (Castell)

Question 6

Who owns Sommerhausener Steinbach?

Answer 6

Schloss Sommerhausen

Question 7

Who owns Würzburger Stein-Harfe?

Answer 7

Bürgerspital

Question 8

Who owns the heart of Homburger Kallmuth?

Answer 8

Fürst-Löwenstein

Question 9

Oechsle for Riesling and Silvaner in Franken

Answer 9

78, 87, 100, 125, 150

Question 10

Bereiche of Franken

Answer 10

Mainviereck
Maindreieck
Steigerwald

Question 11

Which bereiche of Franken is highest in production?

Answer 11

Maindreiek

Question 12

What is the major soil type of Mainviereck? Major grape?

Answer 12

Colored Sandstone

Domainted by red varieties

Question 13

Major towns of Mainviereck

Answer 13

Bürgstadt

Question 14

What is the major soil type of Maindreieck?

Answer 14

Muschelkalk

Question 15

Major towns of Maindreieck?

Answer 15

Würzburg

Escherndorft

Question 16

What is the major soil type of Steigerwald?

Answer 16

Steep slopes of gypsum and saliferous marl, Keuper (mixed-rock strata), prone to harden in drought but retain water excellently in moist years, encouraging ripeness.

Question 17

Major towns of Steigerwald?

Answer 17

Iphofen

Question 18

Grosse Lage, producers, and major grapes of Mainviereck?

Answer 18

Klingenberger Schlossberg: Spatburgunder, Rudolf Fürst
Bürgstadter Centgrafenberg (penny-pinching mountain): Spatburgunder, Silvaner, Riesling, Rudolf Fürst
Homburger Kallmuth (hot mountain): Silvaner, Riesling, Fürst-Löwenstein

Question 19

Grosse lage, and producers of Maindreieck?

Answer 19

Würzburger Stein: Juliusspital, Bürgerspital, Hofkeller (all state institutions)
Wurzburger Stein-Harfe (stone harp): Bürgerspital
Randersackerer Pfülben (pillow): Schmitt’s Kinder, Juliusspital, Bürgerspital, Hofkeller
Escherndorfer Lump: Horst Sauer, Juliusspital

Question 20

Grosse lage, producers, and major grapes of Steigerwald?

Answer 20

Iphofer Julius-Echter-Berg: Hans Wirsching, Hofkeller, Juliusspital
Casteller Schlossberg: Fürstlich Castell’sches Domänenamt

Question 21

Who was Julius Echter?

Answer 21

Prince-Bishop of Würzburg in the late 1500’s and early 1600’s; founder of Juliusspital and the University of Würzburg. Also apparently the insitgator of a witch hunt from 1616-1631 that killed over 900 people (counter-reformation movement).

Question 22

Where is goldriesling cultivated?

Answer 22

Mostly Sachsen

Question 23

Sachsen: Soils & Climate

Answer 23

Slate and sandstone, overlaid by loess, clay, alluvial sand.

South facing slopes in the Elbe River Valley. Continental climate moderated by the rive, large diurnal shift.

Question 24

Sachsen: Bereiche

Answer 24

Elstertal, Meissen, Dresden

Question 25

Sachsen and Saale-Unstrut both have acreage in what federal state?

Answer 25

Brandenburg

Question 26

What is the sole Erste Lage site of Sachsen? Who produces it?

Answer 26

Zadeler Schloss Proschwitz: Grauburgunder, Weissburgunder, Elbling, Spätburgunder, Riesling, Dornfelder
It is an alleinbesitz of Schloss Proschwitz

Question 27

Ochsle for Müller Thurgau and Spätburgunder in Sachsen; plus Ochsle for all grape varieties in Sachsen Brandenberg

Answer 27

73, 80, 88, 110, 150
78, 85, 90, 110, 150

70, 76, 83, 110, 150

Question 28

What is Germany’s northernmost wine region?

Answer 28

Saale-Unstrut

Question 29

What is Saale-Unstrut named for?

Answer 29

The Saale and Unstrut Rivers

Question 30

Saale-Unstrut: Soils

Answer 30

51st parallel
South facing slopes, 100-250M elevation
Confluence of Saale and Unstrut Rivers, which moderate the frost prone, continental climate.
Muschelkalk, colored sandstone, loess, loam

Question 31

Saale-Unstrut: Bereiche

Answer 31

Mansfelder Seen
Schloss Neuenburg
Thürigen

Question 32

What are the two Erste Lage sites of Saale-Unstrut?

Answer 32

Freyburger Edelacker: Pawis, Lützkendorf, Silvaner, Weissburgunder, Riesling, Grauer Burgunder
Karsdorfer Hohe Gräte: Lützkendorf (alleinbesitz), Silvaner, Riesling, Weissburgunder

Question 33

What are the main varieties of Saale-Unstrut?

Answer 33

Müller-Thurgau

Weissburgunder