general - study guide Flashcards
What is the latitude of Germany’s vineyards
They straddle the 50th. parallel
How cool are German vineyard sites?
They are some of the coolest sites in the world. But, there are some exceptions.
When did vitis vinifera arrive in Germany?
With the Romans. Near the end of the third century.
What is Windume Manoth?
It means “Wine month”. Charlemagne coined the term in the late eighth century.
What is an einzellagen?
German for Vineyard
German labeling was influenced by what?
Monastic influence - the church
When was Kloster Eberbach monastery founded?
1136.
Where is the Steinberg vineyard?
Kloster Eberbach - within the commune of Hattenheim.
What was Germany known as?
Holy Roman Empire
Why is German ownership so fractured?
Napoleonic code.
In 1960, how many vineyard were in Germany?
Over 30,000 in West Germany
When did German Wine Law reorganize the vineyards?
German Wine Law of 1971.
30,000 vineyards were condensed to 2600.
mandated minimum size of 5 ha
What were the 3 exceptions to the minimum 5 ha vineyard size?
Bernkasteler Doctor
Forster Kirchenstuck and Freundstuck
Schloss Vollrads Orsteil.
What is common to see on German wine labels?
Gothic script
How old are some German wineries?
Hundreds of years old.
What are the white and red grapes - most planted?
Riesling, and Spatburgunder
When was the first documentation of Riesling?
1402
When was Spatlese discovered?
1775 - at Schloss Johannisberg.
What is Edulfaule?
German term for Noble Rot
When was Auslese created / discovered?
1787.
When was the model of must weight for the German Wine Law of 1971 conceptualized?
1830s
What is “Hock”?
English term for the best wines along the Rhine River.
When did vine cultivation get pushed to the slopes?
When demand for food stuffs increased in the 1700s, vine cultivation was moved to the slopes with poor soils.
What are the names of the German Rivers
Mosel, Rhine, Main, Nahe, Elbe,
When was the Geisenheim Wine Institute founded?
1872
