German Wine Law/Grape Crossings Flashcards by Christina Stanley

Min abv/max yields for Qualitätswein “Erstes Gewachs”

11%

60 hl/ha flat areas
70 hl/ha steep areas

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In what year was the VDP system finalized, establishing todays framework

2012

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Germany is on this parallel

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German term for bottle fermented

flaschengarung

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When was Muller Thurgau developed

riesling x madeleine Royale

1882

Riesling x Madeleine Royale

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kerner is a crossing of these grapes

trollinger x riesling

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Min mustweight/abv for Deutscherwein

44-50 oechsle

8.5% abv

Must be Grown in Germany

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min abv/must weight for qualitatswein in Germany

7%
51-72 oeschle
Must be from a single Anbaugebiete and approved grapes. May be chaptalized

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Some members of VDP

Robert Weill
Reichsgraff Von Kesselstatt
Dr Loosen
Egon Muller
Joh Jos Pruhm
Donnhoff
Keller
Burklin wolf
Toni Jost
Von winning

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“Classic” (2000) Max RS
“Selection (2000) Max RS

Classic: 15 g/l (single varietal, no mention of origin on label)

Selection: 9 g/l (hand harvested, auslese ripeness, 60hl/ha)

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AP number is this:

Amtliche Prufungsnumber:

11 numbers (5 sets of them)

Exam board number
Commune Number
Producer’s Registered Number
Application number
year of application

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What year was the VDP founded

1910

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GG wine cant contain more than this g/l RS

9 g/l

Spatlese ripeness, 80 oeschle

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First legally approved vintage for Qualitatswein “Erstes Gewachs”

1999

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PGI Landwein min must weight/abv

47-55 oeschle
min abv 8.5%
Trocken/halbtrocken grown in one of 26 regions

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Deutscher wein must weight

44-50 oeschle
8.5% abv
Min potential alc 5-6% min
100% Grapes germany

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If you see “Erstes Gewachs” on a bottle of wine, where is it from?

Rheingau

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What does gU stand for?

geschutze Ursprungsbezeichnung

PDO

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All GG wines all VDP wines as well categorized as this in eyes of German Wine Law

Qualitatswein (they arent pradikatswein) and can be chaptalized!
Often are with Spatburgunder

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Erste Lage tier doesnt exist in these anbaugebeite

Mosel
Ahr
Rheinhessen

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Aging requirement for GG wines (white)

May not be released until September 1 of year after harvest

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GG red wine aging requirement

Additional year of aging and 12 months in wood

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Four tier system as defined by VDP (Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter) in 2011

Regional Tier (Gutswein) Anbaugebeit, fantasy name
Village Tier (Ortswein) Soil, Village name
Premier Cru (Erste Lage) Vineyard and Village name
Grand Cru (Grosse Lage) just vineyard name

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What is Huxelrebe

found in Rheinhessen
Pfalz and Nahe

Gutedel (Chasselas) x Courtiller Musqué (Muscat Precocé de Saumur)

Dr Georg Scheu at Alzey institute in Rheinhessen
Named for Fritz Huxel who cultivated the grape

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What year was Landwein introduced as a category in Germany, and Pradikat levels introduced for Eiswein?

1982

These vineyards escaped the min 5 ha mandate for single vineyards

Forster Kirchenstuck (Pfalz) Bernkasteler Doctor (Middle Mosel) Kiedricher Turmberg (Rheingau)

Where is the Geisenheim wine institute located and why are they important

Rheingau developed hardier grape crossings like Muller Thurgau and Dornfelder

Dornfelder is a cross between these grapes

helfensteiner x heroldrebe

What is weissherbst

Saignee rose made from a single variety at least QbA quality

Erzeugerabsfüllung means this?

Estate Bottling

Winzergenossenschaft/Winzerverein means:

Wine growers cooperative

Riesling is dominant variety in these anbaugebeits

Mosel Rheingau Nahe Pfalz Rheinhessen Mittelrhein Hessische-Bergstrasse

What is Kellerei

Wine Cellar

What is steillage in Germany?

steep vineyard site over 30 degrees

How many growers are in the VDP

195

How many regional associations are in VDP

10 (all 13 anbaugebeits)

Requirement for membership in VDP

Commitment to classification system observance of higher minimum must weights and lower maximum yield than permitted by German law Estate grown hand harvested single vineyard wines 80% traditional grape varietals must be planted in vineyards Pradikat Auslese and Above

General Pradikatswein | Minimum must weight ranges

Kabinett: 70-85 Spatlesee: 76-95 Auslese: 83-105 Beerenauslese: 110-128 Eiswein: 110-128 Trockenbeerenauslese: 150-154

What is the name of the VDP emblem

traubenadler

What is Flurbereinigung

1971 law enacted: Eliminates centuries old terraces critical to wine growing (Post WWII a campaign to consolidate parcels of land divided by successive generations of inheritance to physically restructure vineyards) vineyard cant be smaller than 5 ha, equalizing viticulture

max yields for the four tiers of wine determined by VDP (2011)

Grosse Lage: max 50 hl/ha Erste Lage: max 60hl/ha Ortswein: max 75 hl/ha Gutswein: max 75 hl/ha

what is Siegerrebe

Madeleine Angevine x Gewurztraminer

Regent is this

Diana x Chambourcin

pradikat wines can only be produced under this category of German wine

Qualitatswein bestimmer Anbaugebeit (within an anbaugebiet)

What 1970 European law catalyzed 1971 German wine Law

EEC or common Market organization for wine: QWPSR (quality wines produced in a specific region) Table wines

Muller Thurgau synonym

Rivaner

How many growers in the VDP as of 2017

195

This term is banned from labels of VDP producers

Grosslagen (collective vineyard sites)

The VDP was founded in 1910 as this:

the VDNV, or Verband Deutscher Naturweinversteigerer, an assembly of four regional winegrowers’ associations that promoted the sale of Natur (unchaptalized) wines at auction.

This term, used by the VDP until 1971, was banned by wine law of 1971 when qba and the pradikat system was introduced.

"Natur"

The name for Germany's fifth and most current wine law

1971 Deutsches Weingesetz

1971 wine law changed the number of einzellage in this way

30,000 to around 2,700...more collective vineyard sites

What is Windume-Manoth?

“the month of the vintage” Charlemagne's Carolingian calendar for October introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century.

What is edelfäule?

German term for botrytis

What is Rülander?

Sweet botrytized Pinot gris in Germany, synonym for Pinot gris in Baden and Pfalz

What is Muscat blanc a petit grains in Germany

Muskateller

Original categories in 1971 wine law modeled by laws of the EEC

Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet (literally, “quality wine from a growing region”) and Tafelwein (“table wine”) third tier: Qualitätswein mit Prädikat (QmP) (as a subset within Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet (QbA)

Sussreserve may be added to Qualitatswein up to this % (per 1971 wine law)

15% of total volume of wine

For Pradikatswein, what is the Abv% for categories below beerenauslese

The lower Prädikate require a minimum 7% acquired alcohol; from Beerenauslese on up, the minimum is reduced to 5.5%.

In the 1800s, the fruity, crisp wines of Mosel River region were called this

Moselle

When did Phylloxera hit Germany

1872

First vintage of Liebfraumilch

1921 "H. Sichel Sohne Liebfraumilch"

The Fleurbereinigung did this to terraces of the Rheingau

Made them accessible for machines by using construction waste to level them

What is the Deutsches Weingesetz

1971 Wine Law, fifth and most current

In this year, the EEC was born, the predecessor to the EU

1957 European Economic Community

1971 wine law banned these terms

feine feinste hochfeine Added to indicate reserve wines within a larger category

In the Mosel, these symbols may be used to indicate reserve bottlings

* ** *** Sometimes in Conjunction with a goldkapsule

What year was the EEC finalized

1970

Two tiers of wine established by the EEC in 1970

Quality Wines Produced in a Specific Region (QWPSR) Table Wines

The 1971 wine law created three major categories of wine

Qualitatswein bestimmer Anbaugebiet (quality wine produced from a specific region) Tafelwein (table wine) Qualitatswein mit Pradikat (QmP) subset within QbA

How many Anbaugebiet are in Germany

13 11 in the initial 1971 classification

What year was Eiswein created as a pradikat?

1982

What year did the terms Classic (12 g/l) and Selection (9 g/l) debut in Germany?

2000

What is CMO

Common organisation of agricultural markets (CMO) reforms in Germany in the late 2000s

Current name for Tafelwein

Wein

Pradikatswein min Abv

7% 5.5% for Beerenauslese and above

VDP members must adhere to this % traditonal grape varieties in the vineyards

80%

VDP prohibits members from using this category of vinyeard classification on their labels

Grosselagen (collective vineyard sites)

What was the original name of the VDP when it was founded in 1910

VDNV Verband Deutscher Naturweinversteigerer

The VDP was modified in these years after 1971

1984 (vineyard classification) 2002 (formal extralegal three tier vineyard classification system) 2012 (final framework)

Where is Iphofer Kronsberg?

Franken Hans Wirsching producer Scheureube (Riesling x Buketrebe)

Absent of a pradikat, the term trocken only appears at this level and below

Erste Lage

Erste Lage doesnt exist in these anbaugebeits

Mosel Ahr Rheinhessen

Who produces Silberlack Grosse Lage Riesling? What do they label it as?

Schloss Johannisberg, still labeled as Trocken

In the Mosel, Grosse Lage Kabinett is made at these yields

60-70 hl/ha VDP standard is 50 but tolerated in Mosel because higher yields more suitable for that style of wine

First Riesslaner produced at Kloster Eberbach in this year

1435

How big is a Doppelstuck

2400 L

Halbstuck is this big

600L

Synonyms for Fruhburgunder

Pinot Noir Precoce Pinot Madeleine

Who founded the Weinsberg viticulture school

August Dornfeld

In which Anbaugebeit does Grauburgunder or Pinot Gris show the most potential

Southern Region of Baden (across rhine river from alsace)

Worlds leading grower of Pinot Blanc

Germany (Baden and Pfalz are strongholds)

Germany ranks this # in world Pinot Gris production

Second largest behind Italy

Number 1 anbaugebeit for Spatburgunder

Baden

Silvaner is a crossing of these two grapes

Traminer and Osterreichisch-Weiss

the four broad types of Silvaner

Gruner Blauer Roter Gelber

Today the most popular clones of Silvaner are of these subtypes from the Wurzburg grape breeding institute

gruner silvaner Gelber Silvaner thicker skins more bitterness

Synonym for Blaufrankisch

Lemberger Primarliy in Wurttemburg

Who is Georg Scheu?

Created Scheurebe Cross of Riesling and Bukettrebe at Alzey in 1916

Schwarzriesling and Trollinger grow almost exclusively here

Wurttemberg

When did Sauvignon Blanc make its debut in Germany

1995

When was Regent authorized for planting in Germany

1996