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1
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What region is Wiesbaden located within?

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Rheingau

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What region is Mainz located in?

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Rheinhessen

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What regioin is Dresden located in?

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Sachsen

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4
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What is the most planted variety in Franken?

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Silvaner

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Germany’s top 4 most planted varieties.

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  1. Riesling
  2. Muller Thurgau
  3. Spatburgunder
  4. Dornfelder
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Parentage of Muller Thurgau.

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Riesling x Madeleine Royale

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When and where was Muller Thurgau Created?

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1882 at Geisenheim

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Parentage of Dornfelder.

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Helfensteiner x Heroldrebe

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9
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Where/when was Dornfelder created?

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1955 at Weinsberg

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10
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Common aspect of Saale-Unstrut.

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Southern

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11
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Common aspect of Sachsen.

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Southern

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12
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Climate of Saale-Unstrut and Sachsen.

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Continental

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13
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Major producers in Saale-Unstrut.

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Pawis in Freyburg
Gussek in Naumburg

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14
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Major producers in Sachsen

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Schloos Proschwitz in Meissen
Zimmerling in Dresden
Schloss Wackerbarth in Radebeul
Martin Szwarz in Meissen

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Where are the most important vineyards located in Mittelrhein?

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Between Bacharach and Boppard (southern portion

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16
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Number of Members of VDP (2022)

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202

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17
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What is the name for the logo of the VDP?

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Traubenadler (literally grape eagle)

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18
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What is Gutsweine?

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VDP classification for estate wines

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19
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What is Ortsweine?

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VDP classification for Vilalge wines

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20
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What is Erste Lagen?

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VDP Classification for 1er Crus

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21
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What is Grosse Lagen?

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VDP classification for Grand Crus

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What is Grosse Gewächs?

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VDP classification for dry wines of at least Spätlese level ripeness from a Grosse Lagen

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23
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What are the Prädikatswein levels?

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Kabinett (Cabinet)
Spätlese (late harvest)
Auslese (Selection)
Beerneauslese (Berry Selection)
Trockenbeerenauslese (Dry Berry Selection)

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24
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German equivalent to IGP?

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Landwein

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25
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What does Classic indicate on a label?

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Dry wines with up to 15g/L RS - single grape variety

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26
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Define Erzeugerabfüllung

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Estate Bottled

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27
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Define Gutsabfüllung

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Estate Bottled

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28
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What two terms exist for Estate bottled in German wine law?

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Erzeugerabfüllung
Gutsabfüllung

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29
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What is the max RS allowed for Halbtrocken wines?

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18g/L RS

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30
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Max RS allowed for Trocken wine?

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9g/L

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31
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What is a Winzergenossenschaft?

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Growers co-op

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32
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What is a Winzerverein?

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Growers Co-op

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33
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Define Alleinbesitz

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Monopole Vineyard

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34
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Mountains in the Ahr? Location?

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Eifel Mountains
Western

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35
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What is the eastern terminus of the Ahr river?

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Rhine

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36
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What grape dominates Ahr?

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Spatburgunder

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37
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Germany’s first wine Co-op?

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Mayschosser Winzerverein

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38
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When was Germany’s first wine co-op founded? Where?

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1892
Ahr

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39
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Non spatburgunder grapes in Ahr?

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Fruhburgunder (mutation of Spatburgunder)
Portugeiser
Riesling

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40
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Subzones of the Ahr.

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Mittelahr (middle)
Unterahr (lower)

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41
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Soil of Mittelahr

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Weatherd slate
Greywacke

42
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Soil of Unterahr

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Loess
Loam

43
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Name three VDP Grosse Lagen of Ahr.

A

Rosenthal
Sonnenberg
Burggarten

44
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Alleinbesitz Grosse Lagen of Ahr.

A

Garkammer
Owned by J.J. Adeneuer
Planted to Spatburgunder

45
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Grosse Lage in Ahr for Riesling. What style is produced?

A

Eck
Nobly sweet

46
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Two major villages of Ahr

A

Ahrweiler
Bad Neuenahr

47
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Subzones of the Mosel. North to South

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Terrassenmosel
Mittelmosel
Ruwer
Saar
Obermosel
Moseltor

48
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Subzones of Mosel bordering Luxembourg

A

Obermosel
Moseltor

49
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Where does the Mosel begin and end?

A

Begin: Vosges mountains
End: Rhine river at Koblenz

50
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Between 1980 and 2009, did vineyard land increase or decrease in the Mosel?

A

Decrease
BC of Uprooting of Muller-Thurgau

51
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Name the side valleys of the Mosel.

A

Saar
Ruwer

52
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Where is Maximin Grünhaus located

A

Ruwer in Mertesdorf

53
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Capital of the Mosel

A

Trier

54
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Name three producers in Ruwer.
In what communes are they located?

A

Maximin Grünhaus - Mertesdorf
Karthäuserhof - Eitelsbach
Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt - Morscheid

55
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Grape commonly found in Obermosel

A

Elbling

56
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Which producers formed the renaissance of Saar in the 1990’s

A

Hans-Joachim Zilliken
Peter Lauer
Christian Ebert of Schloss Saarstein

57
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Top site of Egon Muller

A

Scharzhofberg

58
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Side project of Egon Muller

A

Le Gallais

59
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Top vineyards of Saar

A

Herrenberg
Eucharusberg
Altenberg
Scharzhofberg
Kupp
Bockstein
Rausch

60
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Name a producer from the Bockstein vineyard

A

Nic Weiss
Keller

61
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Which of the top vineyards in Saar abut the river.

A

Altenberg
Kupp (partially)
Bockstein (western part)

62
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When was Riesling first introduced in Piesport?

A

15th Century

63
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What direction do top vineyards face in the Mittelmosel?

A

South or South West

64
Q

What geographic features help warm the best vineyards in the Mittelmosel?

A

A hill, north of Minheim and Piesport
Forrest’s on the top of the hill
Both protect against cold eastern winds
Eifel Mountains

65
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Two top vineyards of Trittenheim

A

Apotheke
Laurentuslay

66
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Name two producers in Laurentuslay

A

Nic Weis (St. Urbans-Hof)
Carl Loewen

67
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Name two producers of Apotheke vineyard

A

Ansgar Clüsserath
Franz-Josef Eifel

68
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Name a vineyard and locale for Pinot Noir in the Mittelmosel. Name a producer.

A

Hofberg in Dhron
Daniel Twardoski

69
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What geographic features protect Piesporter Goldropfchen

A

Cliffs directly above (north) the vineyards

70
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What is the Grosslage for the vineyards between Trittenheim and Minheim

A

Michelsberg

71
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A bottle labeled Piesporter Michelsberg can only come from Piesport. True or false?

A

False can come from anywhere between Trittenheim and Minheim

72
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Name three producers of Piesporter Goldtropfchen

A

Reinhold Haart
Julian Haart
St. Urbans-Hof (Nic Weis)

73
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How large is Piesporter Goldtropfchen?

A

65 hectares

74
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Name the Sundial vineyards north to south

A

Zeltinger Sonnenuhr
Wehlener Sonnenuhr
Juffer Sonnenuhr

75
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Village associated with the Doctor Vineyard

A

Berkastel-Kues

76
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Where is JJ Prum Based?

A

Wehlen

77
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Where is Dr. Loosen based?

A

Bernkastel

78
Q

Willi Schaefer and Selbach-Oster are located where?

A

Bernkastel

79
Q

What does the “Great Wall” refer to in the Mosel Valley?

A

A stretch of excellent vineyards starting at the Doctor Vineyard in Bernkastel to the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Vineyard

80
Q

What soil type is found in Urzig?

A

Iron rich red slate

81
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Top vineyard in Urzig

A

Wurzgarten

82
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Name 3 producers of Urziger Wurzgarten

A

Alfred Merkelbach
Dr. Loosen
Karl Erbes

83
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Where is the Pralat vineyard? What soil type is found? Who makes wine from it?

A

Erden
Red Slate

  1. Markus Molitor
  2. Dr. Loosen
  3. Dr. Hermann
84
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What vineyard has a higher average price per bottle; Urziger Wurzgarten or Pralat

A

Pralat

85
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What site is warmer in Erden; Pralat or Treppchen?

A

Pralat

86
Q

What is the soil composition of Erdener Treppchen?

A

Red Blue and Grey slate soil

87
Q

What is the steepest vineyard in Europe? What commune is it located in?

A

Calmont in Bremm

88
Q

When was Nahe delineated?

A

1971

89
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Who was the first major producer in Nahe?

A

Hermann Dönnhoff of Weingut Dönnhoff

90
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When was Dönnhoff established?

A

1971

91
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Where is Dönnhoff located?

A

Oberhausen

92
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Name two marquis producers from Nahe not named Dönnhoff.

A

Schäfer Frölich
Jakob Schneider
Gut Hermannsberg
Emrich-Schönleber

93
Q

Where is the origin of the Nahe River? Terminus?

A

Hunsrück Hills
Flows into Rhine at Bingen

94
Q

Where is the Halenberg vineyard?

A

Monzingen, Nahe

95
Q

What was considered the top vineyard by the Royal Prussian Surveyor in 1901 for Nahe wines?

A

Hermannshohle

96
Q

Name two exceptional vineyards in Nieerhausen

A

Hermannsberg
Brucke
Hermannshohle

97
Q

What is the name of the island where wine is grown in the Rhein river across from Hattenheim and Erbach?

A

Mariannenaue

98
Q

Which producer discovered Spatlese level ripeness? In what year?

A

Schloss Johannisberg
1775

99
Q

Which producer made the worlds first Eiswein? In what year?

A

Schloss Johannisberg
1858

100
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When was the Geisenheim institute founded?

A

1872

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