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Germany 1 (Mosel, Ahr, Mittelrhein, Nahe, Pfalz, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen) Flashcards

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What mountain range defines the climate of the Ahr?

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Eifel Mtns (creates a rain shadow effect)

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Name 2 producers of the Scharzhofberg vineyard.

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Egon Müller, Van Volxem, Reichgrasff von Kesselstatt

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Who owns the Abtsberg vineyard? In what gemeinde is it located?

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Maximin Grünhaus; Mertesdorf (Ruwer)

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Name the sundial vineyards of the Mosel.

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  • Wehlen Sonnenuhr
  • Zeltingen Sonnenuhr
  • Brauneburger Juffer-Sonnenuhr
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Name Germany’s 1st single-vineyard PDOs.

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  • Uhlen Blaufusser Lay gU
  • Uhlen Roth Lay gU
  • Uhlen Laubach gU
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In what village (gemeinde) is the Hermannshöle vineyard located?

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Niederhausen (Nahe)

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Grapes permitted for VDP Grosse Lage wines of Nahe.

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Riesling only

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“Church parcel” of the Pfalz that is surrounded by a wall

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(Forster) Kirchenstück

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Goldriesling is a specialty of what anbaugebiete?

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Sachsen

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In what anbaugebiete is the Bacharach Hahn(M) vineyard located? It is a monopole of whom?

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Mittelrhein; Toni Jost

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In what anbaugebiete is the village of Walporzheim located?

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Ahr

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Aside from Franken, what anbaugabiete permits Sylvaner for VDP Grosse Lage?

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Saale-Unstrut

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What river runs through Sachsen?

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Elbe River

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Name 2 of the top vineyards in Mosel’s Erden?

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Prälat, Treppchen

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What is different about the soil composition around the village of Erden in the Mosel?

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Red Devonian Slate rather than the more common Blue Devonian Slate. It contains more Iron.

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Oberhäuser Brücke is an alleinbesitz of which producer? In which Anbaugebiet? Translation?

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Dönnhoff. Nahe. Bridge

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What are the 2 Bereich of Pfalz?

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  • Mittelhaardt Deutsche Weinstrasse

- Südliche Weinstrasse

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What are the most famous Einzellagen of Forst(5)?

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  • Kirchenstück
  • Freundstück
  • Ungeheuer
  • Pechstein
  • Jesuitengarten
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Who are the 3 Bs of Pfalz and which Einzellagen do all three produce wine in?

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  • Bürklin Wolf
  • Basserman Jordan
  • von Buhl
  • All produce Kirchenstück
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What are the 2 GGs outside the German border?

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Radling and Kammerberg

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21
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What is the steepest vineyard of Mosel and Europe also?

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Calmont in Burg Cochem 68% slope

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Name a couple of famous einzellagen vinified by Dr.Loosen.

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  • Prälat
  • Treppchen
  • Würzgarten
  • Wehlen Sonnenuhr
  • Himmelreich
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In which anbaugabiet are the villages of Schlossböckelheim, Oberhausen, Niederhausen?

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Nahe

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24
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The regional VDP association in the Mosel is known as what?

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Grosser Ring

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What is Germany’s sunniest and driest Anbaugebiete?

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Pfalz

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In which anbaugabiet and bereich would you find the Elbling mostly planted ?

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Mosel, in Obermosel

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Where does the Mosel river meet the Rhine river?

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Koblenz

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Josephshöfer is a monopole of which bereich and of whom?

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Monopole of Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt in Bernkastel in the Mosel

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Who are the only 2 producers that make a GG from Scharzhofberger?

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Kesseltstatt and Van Volxem produce a GG from the site. Egon Muller made his last dry wines in 1998.

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30
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What is the Mosel’s biggest wine commune?

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Zeltingen

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Name 2 producers of Erdener Prälat.

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Dr. Loosen, Mönchof, Andreas Schmitges (combined control over 1/3 of the total area)

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What is the soil type in Erdener Prälat and what is it also called?

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  • “Rotliegend”

- Blue and red slate, and specifically volcanic

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33
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Burg Cochem is also known as…

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Terrassenmosel

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What is Egon Müller’s monopole? What is the estate called?

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Wiltinger Braune Kupp. Le Gallais estate.

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While technically a brand, Erdener Prälat wines always comes from this vineyard.

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0.4ha vyd in the “in Onnerts” sector of Erden (used to be “Im Onnerts”)

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Where does Nahe river start and where does it meet the Rhine river?

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  • the Nahe river comes out of the Hunsrück Hills
  • flows NE and parallel to the Mosel
  • joins the Rhine at Bingen
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In which Nahe gemeinde would you find the einzellagen Kupfergrube and Felsenberg?

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Schlossböckelheim

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Name 2 other producers in the Nahe besides Dönhoff.

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  • Schlossgut Diel
  • Emrich Schönleber
  • Schafer-Fröhlich
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Niederhauser Hermannsberg is a monopole of whom?

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Gut Hermannsberg

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Frühlingsplätzchen and Halenberg are the top 2 einzellagen of which gemeinde?

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Monzigen

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Goldloch is in which gemeinde? Name a producer who makes wine from here.

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In Dorsheim; Schlossgut Diel, Joh. Bapt. Schäfer

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What is the name of the traditional long-necked flute-shaped bottle for German Rieslings?

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Schlegelflasche (aka drumstick bottle), or Schlegel for short. The brown one is associate with the Rhine.

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T or F? The Pfalz is Germany’s second-largest wine region and has more Riesling than any other region in the world.

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True!

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44
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In the Pfalz, the Vosges Mountains are rechristened as the…

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Haardt Hills

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What are the two monopoles of Bürklin-Wolf in the Mittelhaardt (Pfalz)? What village are they found in?

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Gaisböhl and Rechbächel. Village is Ruppertsberg. This is a Grand Cru site.

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The biggest wine commune in Germany is found in the Pfalz with 2,000 acres (800 ha), what is it?

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Bad Dürkheim

47
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The traditional heartland of wine-growing in the Pfalz has most of its great vineyards planted between which 2 communes?

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Wachenheim and Deidesheim

48
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What is the most northerly anbaugabiet?

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Saale-Unstrut

49
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Which grapes are mainly planted in Saale-Unstrut?

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Mostly Muller-Thurgau (25%), then weissburgunder (14%)

50
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This anbaugabiet is the smallest in Germany. It is also closest to the Czech border.

51
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What is a Rotling? Where is it a specialty of?

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  • white and red grapes macerated and fermented together
  • specialty of Sachsen
  • pale to light in color
  • All are of Qualitativ and Pradikatswein Quality
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What is the Regent grape and where would you find it?

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  • Pfalz
  • Cross between Diana (Muller-Thurgau x Silvaner) x Chambourcin
  • Bred by the Geilweilerhof Institute mainly for organic wine growers to keep spraying to a minimum.
  • Also bred to be a deeply colored grape (teinturer).
53
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When and where was the birthplace of Eiswein in Germany?

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In Dromersheim, a district of Bingen on the Rhine, in 1830.

54
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When and where was the first German wine-growers’ coop formed?

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in 1868 in Ahr; “Winzer Verein zu Mayschofs”

55
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When was the addition of the aubaugabeits Sachsen and Saale-Unstrut made?

56
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RM term in Germany and Austria?

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German (Winzersekt) and Austria (Hauersekt)

57
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Largest Clos in Germany?

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Steinberg (Monopole in Rheingau from Kloster Erbach); it is an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim

58
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(4) regions that make Liebfraumilch (NPRR)

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  • only from Nahe, Pfalz, Rheingau, Rheinhessen
  • At least 51% riesling, silvaner, muller-thurgau, kerner
  • min 18g/l (up to 40)
  • nearly 100% is consumed by non-german people
  • Qba
  • Rheinhessen most (in)famous for this wine
59
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Frühburgunder (“Pinot precise”) is mainly found in which region?

60
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Labeling laws for Sekt?

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  • Most Sekt is made at the Deutscher Wein quality level and is produced by the Charmat method
  • Sekt may labeled as Qualitätswein if it is produced from traditional grapes grown in one of the thirteen anbaugebiete of Germany
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T or F? Another term for QbA is “Geschützte Ursprungsbezeichnung”

62
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Min alc for German and Austrian Pradikat?

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Germany: Min 7% (5.5% for BA, TBA, and Eiswein wines)
Austria: Min 5% for all

63
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German Oechsle and Austrian KMW for Kabinett?

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70-85° (Min 17 KMW)

64
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German Oechsle and Austrian KMW for Spatlese?

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76-95° (Min 19 KMW)

65
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German Oechsle and Austrian KMW for Auslese?

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83-105° (Min 21 KMW)

66
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German Oechsle and Austrian KMW for BA and Eiswein?

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110-128° (Min 25 KMW)

67
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German Oechsle and Austrian KMW for TBA?

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150-154° (Min 30 KMW)

68
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T or F? QbA wines can be chaptalized before fermentation (Pradikat cannot)

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T or F? Erstes Gewächs is a legally defined term. It applies to Riesling and Pinot Noir from classified sites in the Rheingau

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  • True!
  • Maximum RS 9g/l for Riesling
  • Maximum RS 6g/l for Pinot Noir
  • The first legally approved vintage for this category was 1999
70
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What do each of the 5 sets of numbers for AP Nr. Amtliche Prufungsnummer represent?

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  • RCECY
  • Region (where the wine was tasted)
  • Commune (where the wine was tasted)
  • Estate (producer/bottler’s code)
  • Code (for the bottling)
  • Year (of tasting; usually year following harvest)
71
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What is the Charta association (1983)?

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  • ‘Superior wines’
  • 100% Rheingau riesling made in a dry style (trocken-halbtrocken, 9-18 g/l)
  • Requirements:
  • 100% own estate production
  • handpicked grapes
  • min 12% alcohol
  • max 50hl/hc
  • no botrytis
  • no Pradikat mentioned
  • special bottle with a double arch, label, capsule
72
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VDP (2006) was started by whom and what are the rules?

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  • 197 members (all top wineries) — as of 9/2019
  • ~3% of german wines
  • ~5% of german vineyards
  • they are dedicated to produce wines of higher quality
  • Strong requirements:
  • plantation
  • yields
  • traditional grapes varieties…
  • can chaptalize….especially for Spatburgunder
  • wineries part of the association have an eagle bearing a cluster of grapes and the initials VDP on the capsule.
  • Producers: Dr Loosen, Willi Schaefer, JJ Prum, Donnhoff, Kunstler, Leitz, August Kesseler, Egon Muller, Keller, Muller Catoir…
73
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T or F? Germany highest in sparkling wine consumption

74
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What is the meaning of Deutscher Sekt?

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Sparkling wine made by any method from grapes grown in Germany

75
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What is Schaumwine?

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Sparkling made with CO2 injection

76
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What is Sekt b.A. (Sekt bestimmte Anbaugebiete)?

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Min 85% of grapes sourced from one of the 13 anbaugabietes of Germany

77
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What is Winzersekt?

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  • RM as in Champagne
  • One vintage
  • One variety
  • Traditional method and bottled at the estate
  • almost 50% of German sparkling wine made from Riesling
  • premium sekt accounts for about 2% of the total production
  • best riesling sekts are bottle fermented (usu transfer method)
78
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What are the new VDP Sekt categories (January 2018)?

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  • VDP
  • Gutssekt and Ortssekt: min 15 mos lees
  • Erste Lage and Grosse Lage: min 36 mos lees
  • Traditional method required for all
79
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What are the 4 Tiers of the VDP (2012) and their max yield?

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  • Grosse Lage (50 hl/ha)
  • Erste Lage (60 hl/ha)
  • Ortswein (75 hl/ha)
  • Gutswein (75 hl/ha)
80
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T or F? The first TBA in the Mosel was produced in the Doctor vineyard by Dr. Thanisch in 1921

81
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Kabinett Prädikat min ripeness for the Mosel?

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73° (same for Nahe, Pfalz, Rheinhessen)

82
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T or F? Dry wines from ERSTE LAGE are labeld “Qualitatswein Trocken”

83
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For Erste Lage, ONLY Riesling is allowed for wines in Mosel and Nahe

84
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Alte Badstude Am Doctorberg, Badstude, Graben, Johannisbrünnchen, Lay, Doctor

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Mosel, Bernkastel

85
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Juffer, Juffer-Sonnenuhr

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Brauneberg, Mosel

86
Q

Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Hofberger

A

Dhrön, Mosel

87
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Treppchen, Prälat

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Erden, Mosel

88
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Domprobst, Himmelreich, Josephshofer

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Graach, Mosel

89
Q

Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Domherr, Kreuzwingert, Goldtröpfchen, Grafenberg, Schubertslay

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Piesport, Mosel

90
Q

Gross Lage in which anbaugabiet?

Wurzgarten

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Urzig, Mosel

91
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Apotheke, Leiterchen (M), Felsenkopf (M)

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Trittenheim, Mosel

  • Leiterchen (M) - Milz Laurentiushof
  • Felsenkopf (M) - Milz Laurentiushof
92
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Gross Lage in which anbaugabiet?

Sonnenuhr

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Wehlen and Zeltingen, Mosel

93
Q

Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Kupp, Kupp “Neuenberg”, Kupp “Unterstenberg”, Schonfels

94
Q

Gross Lage in which anbaugabiet?

Hütte

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Oberemmel, Saar

95
Q

Gross Lage in which anbaugabiet?

Bockstein

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Ockfen, Saar

96
Q

Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Kupp, Rausch

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Saarburg, Saar

97
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Scharzhofberger, Hölle (M), Braunekupp (M), Kupp, Gottesfuss, Braunfels, Volz

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Wiltingen, Saar

  • Hölle (M) - Vereinigte Hospitien
  • Braune Kupp (M) - Le Gallois, Egon Müller
98
Q

Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Abtsberg (M), Bruderberg (M), Herrenberg (M)

A

Mertesdorf, Ruwer

- all Monopoles of Maximin Grünhauser

99
Q

Gross Lage in which anbaugabiet?

Eitelsbach

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Karthäuserhofberg, Ruwer

100
Q

Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Felseneck, Stromberg

A

Bockenau, Nahe

101
Q

Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Burgberg, Goldloch, Pittermännchen

A

Dorsheim, Nahe

102
Q

Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Frühlingsplätzchen, Auf-der-Lay, Halenberg

A

Monzigen, Nahe

103
Q

Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Hermannshohle, Hermannsberg, Steinberg, Kertz

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Niederhausen, Nahe

104
Q

Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Dellchen, Kirschheck

A

Norsheim, Nahe

105
Q

Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Brücke, Leistenberg

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Oberhausen, Nahe

106
Q

Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Kupfergrube, Felsenberg

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Schlossbockelheim, Nahe

107
Q

Gross Lage in which anbaugabiet?

Michelsberg

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Bad Dürkheim, Pfalz

108
Q

Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Pechstein, Jesuitengarten, Kirchenstück, Ungeheuer

A

Forst, Pfalz

109
Q

Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Kalkofen, Grainhübel, Kieselbeg, Hohenmorgen, Langenmorgen

A

Deidesheim, Pfalz

110
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?

Gaisböhl, Reiterpfad-Hofstück, Reiterpfad-An den Achtmorgen, Reiterpfad-In der Hohl

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Ruppertsbeg, Pfalz

111
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The most planted white and red grapes in the Pfalz?

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Riesling and Dornfelder

112
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This gemeinde is home to the Pfalz’s warmest and most exceptional vineyard site, the Grosse Lage Kirchenstück

113
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This is the alleinbesitz of Muller-Catoir in the Pfalz

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Haardt Bürgergarten-Im Breumel

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