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1
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most German wines possess - g/l of total acid

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7-9

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2
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one of the key benefits of acidity in wine

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it preserves flavor - helps make German wines highly capable of aging

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3
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Kerner is a cross of…

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Riesling and Trollinger

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4
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You expect a wine made from Dornfelder to taste…

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fruity and grapey

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5
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Pinot Meunier is known as… in Germany

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Schwartzriesling

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6
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Why were German wines historically categorized by ripeness?

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ripeness was not a given due to the marginal nature of the climate

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7
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Sweetness categories

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trocken
halbtrocken
mild (“meeld”) or lieblich (leeb-lick)
suss

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8
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what does lieblich (“leeb-lick”) indicate?

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some sweetness: between halbtrocken and suss

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9
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How is ripeness measured in Germany?

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Oechsle (erks-leh) - the density of the must

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10
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why are oechlse requirements varied from region to region?

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to account for difficulty of ripening the grapes , eg, the mosel vs pfalz

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11
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“spat” means

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late

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12
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“aus” means

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select

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13
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at what ripeness level do you start seeing wine made with edelfaule grape?

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auslese - sometimes botrytised grapes are used

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14
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at what ripeness level are individual grapes hand picked?

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beerenauslese

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15
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Why are most VDP wines dry?

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(due to climate change) all of Germany’s top vineyards can now achieve spatlese to auslese ripeness levels every year. VDP believes sugar masks terroir

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16
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Under the VDP system, what do the terms spatlese, auslese, beerenauslese, and trockenbeerenauslese indicate?

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sweetness - vdp wines with these labels will have sweetness

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17
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Heirarchy of VDP vineyards

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Grosse lage
Erste lage
Ortswein
Gutswein

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18
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vdp equiv to premier cru

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erste lage

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19
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vdp equiv to village wine

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ortswein

20
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VDP term for basic quality wine made from vineyard owned by the estate

A

gutswein

21
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vdp equiv to grand cru

A

grosse lage

22
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a dry wine made from a Grosse Lage vineyard is known as…

A

Grosses Gewachs (GG)

23
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what does Grosses Gewachs (GG) indicate

A

dry wine made from Grosse Lage vineyard

24
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High quality German Sekt is typically made with these grape

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Riesling, Weissburgunder, Grauburgunder

25
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Where are the three Sonnenuhr vineyards located?

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Mittelmosel

26
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history of the sundial vineyards

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massive sundials built in the 1600s so that vineyard workers could tell time

27
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Mountain range north of Rheingau

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Taunus Mountains

28
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first wine in Germany to be made with edelfaule

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Spatlese Schloss Johanissberg Rheingau 1775

29
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This region has the highest % of Riesling planted

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Rheingau

30
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compare mosel riesling to rheingau riesling

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rheingau: richer, rounder, earthier, fruit instead of minerality
mosel: sharpness, slate minerality

31
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Rheingau’s greatest red wine region

A

assmanshausen

32
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this vineyard in assmanshausen is considered the best spatburgunder vineyard

A

hollenberg

33
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when did the concept of qualifying wines by the ripeness of their grapes begin?

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early 1700s in Rheingau

34
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Where is the gemeinde Winkel found?

A

rheingau

35
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name 5 important gemeinde in Rheingau

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Assmanshausen
Johanissberg
Winkel
Hochheim
Rudesheim
Hattenheim

36
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leading variety of Pfalz

A

riesling

37
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mt range that gives Pfalz a rain shadow

A

Haardt Mountain Range

38
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due to more southerly latitude + generous sun, Pfalz wines are extroverted with ___

A

fruit

39
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What other grapes do you find in Pfalz?

A

weissburgunder
grauburgunder
Kerner
scheurube
spatburgunder
dornfelder

40
Q

Where is the gemeinde Forst?

A

Pfalz

41
Q

region with the highest % of red wine made

A

Ahr

42
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lead grape of Baden

A

spatburgunder (40% of plantings)

43
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Baden is dominated by…

A

co-ops

44
Q

Franken wines are usually ___-dry

A

bone

45
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two top grapes of Franken

A

silvaner and muller thurgau

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