German Facts Overall

Question 1

What is the overall terroir of German’s wine regions?

Answer 1

A huge range of soils. Slate dominates the Mosel Valleys’ best sites. Loess and basalt found in southern Germany

Question 2

What is the overall climate of German’s wine regions?

Answer 2

Increasingly cool towards the North; increasingly continental towards the east, but summers can now be quite hot

Question 3

Where in Germany is the world’s biggest wine festival?

Answer 3

The Wurstmarkt, held in Bad Dürkheim, Pfalz every September

Question 4

Ruländer is a synonym of which grape and where would you mostly find it grown?

Answer 4

Pinot Gris or Grauburgunder; most commonly found in the Pfalz and Baden. Ruländer often used to denote a sweet style of PG

Question 5

Synonym of Müller-Thurgau, cross, and where was it discovered?

Answer 5

Rivaner; Riesling x Madeleine Royale; created beginning of the 20th century in Geisenheim by Professor Hermann Müller from Thurgau in Switzerland. It is the 2nd most widely planted grape in Germany

Question 6

Where is Sylvaner mostly grown?

Answer 6

Franken has the highest percentage of Sylvaner, but the biggest growing area of Sylvaner in the world is in the Rheinhessen. Cross between Traminer and Österreichisch Weiss (literally Austrian white)

Question 7

Riesling is the only grape grown in which 3 anbaugabiets?

Answer 7

Mosel, Nahe, Mittelrhein

Question 8

Cross of Kerner?

Answer 8

Riesling x Trollinger (schiava)

Question 9

Cross of Ehrenfelser and Rieslaner?

Answer 9

Riesling x Sylvaner

Question 10

Cross of Bacchus?

Answer 10

Riesling x Sylvaner, THEN Müller-Thurgau

Question 11

Cross of Faber?

Answer 11

Pinot blanc x Müller-Thurgau

Question 12

Cross of Scheurebe?

Answer 12

Riesling x Bukettrebe

Question 13

Cross of Dornfelder (2nd most planted red grape)?

Answer 13

Helfensteiner x Heroldrebe

Question 14

Cross of Regent?

Answer 14

Diana (Muller-Thurgau x Silvaner) x Chambourcin

Question 15

How long is the Ahr river and where does it meet the Rhine?

Answer 15

24kim, Ahr meets the Rhine at Remagen (or south of Bonn)

Question 16

German and Austrian term for RM (for Sekt)?

Answer 16

German (Winsersekt) and Austria (Hausersekt)

Question 17

Which body of water borders Germany, Austria and Switzerland?

Answer 17

Lake Constance

Question 18

Northernmost region

Answer 18

Saale-Unstrut

Question 19

Southernmost region

Answer 19

Baden

Question 20

Easternmost region

Answer 20

Sachsen

Question 21

Smallest region

Answer 21

Hessische-Bergstrasse

Question 22

Largest region (area)

Answer 22

Rheinhessen

Question 23

Largest region (production)

Answer 23

Pfalz

Question 24

Blaufränkisch synonym in Germany?

Answer 24

Lemberger

Question 25

Where does the Rhine river start and end?

Answer 25

river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the Swiss Alps, flows through the German Rhineland and the Netherlands and empties into the North Sea

Question 26

Largest city on the Rhine

Answer 26

Cologne, Germany