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1
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What are einzellagen?

A

Vineyards

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2
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What is a monopole called in Germany?

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alleinbesitz

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3
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Varietal wines must have a minimum what % of the stated varietal?

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85%

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4
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What are the two tiers of quality for German wine?

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Qualitatswein
Pradikatswein

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5
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What determines a German wines Pradikats level?

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The amount of sugar in the grapes at harvest, measured in degrees according to the Ochsle scale.

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6
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What are the German Pradikatswein wine levels?

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Kabinett - 70-85 Ochsle
Spatlese - 76-95 Ochsle
Auslese - 83-105 Ochsle
Beerenauslese - 110-128 Ochsle
trockenbeerenauslese - 150-154 Ochsle
Eiswein - 110-128 Ochsle

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7
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What is the minimum alcohol level for Pradikatswein?

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7%
5.5% for Beerenauslese, TBA, and eiswein

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8
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True or False: Winmakers may chaptalize at Pradikatswein level?

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False

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9
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What are the two PGI Category in Germany?

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Landwein- Originates fro 26 broad regions
Deutscher wein- 100% German from anywhere

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10
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Landwein legally must be what style?

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Trocken or Halbtrocken

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11
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What is the Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter (VDP)?

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A national German association of producers committed to top quality, They emphasize terroir and vineyard site as quality and put more restrictive production and site locations on themselves than the government does.

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12
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When was the VDP created?

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1910

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13
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What are the Quality levels of the VDP from least to greatest?

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Gutswein - Regional wine
Ortswein - Village Wein
Erst Lage - Premier cru vineyards
Gross Lage - Grand cru vineyards

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14
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What does Grosse Gewaches refer to?

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A dry wine made from a Grosse Lage Vineyard the term Grosse Gewaches is reserved only for Grosse Lage sites.

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15
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What are the harvesting regulations for Grosse Lage?

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Must be hand harvested at a maximum yield of 50hl/ha.

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16
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What is the maximum level of grams per liter of sugar in Grosse Gewachs?

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Maximum 9grams/liter sugar

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17
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True or False: In the Rheingau producers may label their Grosse Gewachs wines as Erstes Gewachs?

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True

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18
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True or False: Grosse Gewachs is not an authorized labeling term so producers must put GG on the label?

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True

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19
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What do the terms Classic and Selection refer to in German wine.

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implemented in 2000 by the German wine Institute, the terms were created to replace Halbtrocken and Trocken.

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20
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What are the requirements for a wine labeled Classic?

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Single varietal wines
minimum Alcohol content of 12% (11.5% in Mosel)
Max residual sugar of 15g/L

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21
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What are the requirements for a wine labeled selection?

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Single Vineyard, single variety wines
Restricted yields to 60hl/ha
Hand harvested
Must weight equivalent to Auslese
Max residual sugar 9g/L (12 for Riesling)
Must not be released prior to September 1 of the following year.

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22
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What is the main soil type in Mosel?

23
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What are the two tributaries of the Mosel River?

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Saar and Ruwer

24
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What type of Slate is found in the mittelmosel?

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Blue Devonian Slate

25
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What is an gemeinden?

A

gemeinden - Town/Village

26
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What are Bereiche?

A

Designated Villages

27
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What is an anbaugebiet?

A

A wine region

28
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Where are the best vineyards orientation in the Mosel?

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South Facing

29
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What is Piesports greatest Vineyard?

A

Goldtröpfchen—“droplets of gold”

30
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What famous vineyard is in Piesport?

A

Goldtrophchen

31
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What region is Johannisberg a Bereich of?

A

The Rheingau

32
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What village is known for Pinot Noir in the Reingau?

A

Assmannshausen

33
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What is the capacity of a Halbstuck cask?

34
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What does Oechsle refer to or measure?

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It measures the density of the grape must.

35
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What are the sweetness categories in Germany.

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Trocken - dry less than 9g/L
Halbtrocken - half dry less than 18g/L
Lieblich - 18 - 45g/L
Suss - over 45g/L

36
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What causes the Petrol flavor in some German Riesling?

A

TDN - Trimethyl-dihydro-naph-thalene

37
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What are the 3 Sonnenuhr (Sundial Vineyards)?

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Wehlener Sonnenuhr
Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr
Zeltinger Sonnenuhr

38
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What are 3 famous villages and their most famous vineyards of the Mittelmosel?

A

Bernkastel - Doctor
Urzig - Wurzgarten
Piesport - Goldtropfchen

39
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Name 3 top producers from the Mosel?

A

Dr Loosen
Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt
Selbach-Oster

40
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What mountains created and protect the Rheingau Region?

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The densely forested Taunus Mountains to the North.

41
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What are the soils types in the Rheingau?

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Slate, loess, limestone, marl, sandstone

42
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Name 3 top villages and their vineyards from the Rheingau?

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Assmannshausen - Hollenberg
Erbach - Schlossberg
Johannisberg - Goldatzel

43
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Name 2 top producers in the Rheingau?

A

Schloss Johannisberg
Balthasar Ress

44
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What are the main soil types in the Pfalz?

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Red sandstone, clay, chalky loam

45
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What mountain range provides protection for the Pfalz region.

A

The Haardt Mountain range to the west of the region

46
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Name 3 producers of note from the Pfalz ?

A

Muller - Catoir
Eugen Muller
Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan

47
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Name 1 important villages and one of its Vineyards in the Pfalz?

A

Deidesheim - Hohenmorgen

48
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What are the most important 9 regions of Germany?

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Mosel, Rheingau, Pfalz
Ahr, Baden, Franken,
Mittelrhein, Nahe, Rheinhessen

49
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What are the 4 lesser wine regions of Germany.

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Saale-Unstrut
Sachsen
Wurttemberg
Hessische-Bergstrasse

50
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What is the primary grape in the Ahr?

A

Pinot noir

51
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What is the main soil type in Franken

52
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Main grape of Mittelrhein

53
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Main grapes of Franken

A

Silvaner
Muller Thurgau
Kerner
Scheurebe

54
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What region is Donnhoff estate located in?

A

The Nahe region

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