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In general, what is the climate in Germany’s wine growing regions?

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Cool Continental

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Which of Germany’s wine growing regions is the warmest?

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Baden

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Summers in Germany can be wet, so what helps the final ripening?

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Dry, long, cool autumns.

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What may help marginal German vineyards to ripen a full crop of grapes?

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Dry, long, cool autumns.
Stones (heat up in the day & radiate heat in evening)
Southerly facing steep slopes.
Reflected sunlight from rivers.
Frost drainage from slopes and rivers.

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In Germany, how are vines trained on steep slopes?

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Head trained
Individually staked
Canes tied at the top (maximise light & air circulation)

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What is must weight?

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The sugar level in grapes

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How can Germany’s growers ensure the correct must weight for each category of wine?

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Pickers make multiple passes through the vineyard over weeks and months.
Grapes can be sorted after picking.

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In Germany, which PDO standard is usually used for dry white wines and red wines?

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Qualitätsweine

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Nearly all wines classified as Prädikatsweine have what?

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Some residual sugar (off dry to luscious).
Although it is possible to make dry wines up to Auslese

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German kabinett prädikat level Riesling wines typcially have what body, acidity, alcohol and flavours?

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Light body
High acidity
Green apple and citrus flavours
Medium sweet styles, alcohol: 8-9% abv
Dry styles: up to 12% abv

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What is Sϋssreserve?

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Adding unfermented grape juice after fermentation to make a wine sweeter.

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Can German Kabinett prädikat level wines have Sϋssreserve added?

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Yes

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How are the best quality Kabinett prädikat level wines from Germany made sweet?

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By stopping fermentation early.

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Compared to Germany’s Kabinett how would a Spätlese from the same region compare?

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More concentrated
Riper flavours : Citrus, peach & apricot
More body
More alcohol
Where relevant, sweetness

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How does Auslese differ to Spätlese in style and the way it is harvested?

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Selected extra ripe bunches of grapes.
Richer & riper flavours: Citrus, peach & apricot
Where relevant, sweetness
Sometimes noble rot with flavours (honey, apricot, citrus zest & dried fruits)

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Describe the alcohol, sweetness and flavours of a German Riesling Beerenauslese (BA) or Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA).

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Low Alcohol
Sweet
Flavours of honey, dried stone fruit, candied peel & flowers

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When making Eiswein (Ice wine) how do German producers maintain a purity of fruit flavour?

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Yeast selection (no wild ferment)
Avoid MLC
No barrel ageing
Little if any botrytis

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What is a PGI known as in Germany?

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Landwein

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What are German wines without a GI called?

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Deutscher Wein

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A wine labelled as trocken will be?

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A dry wine

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A wine labelled as halbtrocken will be?

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A wine with some sweetness (off dry - medium sweet)

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The term ‘feinherb’ is used by some German producers to mean what sweetness level?

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Halbtrocken (off dry - medium sweet)

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Which two items on the label can tell you the sweetness level of the wine if the term trocken or halbtrocken are not there?

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Prädikat level
Alcohol level (lower indicates sweeter)

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In German wine labelling, what is the correct order of village and vineyard?

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Village, Vineyard

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What are the village and vineyard for high quality wines labelled Piesporter Goldtröpfchen?

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Village: Piesport
Vineyard: Goldtröpfchen

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What are the village and vineyard for wines labelled Piesporter Michelsberg?

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Village: Piesport
Vineyard: Michelsberg

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27
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A group of producers in Germany located mostly in the best sites is known as?

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Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter (VDP)

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Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter (VDP) dry wines from there top sites (VDP.Grosses lage) are often called what?

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Grosses Gewächs

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A wine with the letter GG embossed on the bottle neck means the wine is?

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VDP Grosses Gewächs (dry wine)

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30
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Is VDP.Grosses Gewächs (GG) part of German wine law?

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No, it is a trademark of Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter (VDP)

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Which of Germany’s 6 Prädikatsweine can be dry?

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Kabinett
Spätlese
Auslese

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Put Germany’s 6 Prädikatsweine in order of must weight and state the sweeteness level of the wine produced.

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Kabinett: dry to medium: No noble rot
Spätlese: dry to medium: No noble rot
Auslese: dry to sweet: Sometimes noble rot
Beerenauslese (BA): sweet only: typically noble rot
Eiswein: sweet only: No noble rot
Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA): sweet only: Must have noble rot

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33
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Which of the 6 Prädikatswein can only be sweet?

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Eiswein
Beerenauslese
Trockenbeerenauslese

34
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A white grape variety made into inexpensive wines, grown in Germany with medium to low acidity and attractive floral fruity flavours is?

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Müller-Thurgau

35
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A white grape variety grown particularly in Rheinhessen and Franken in Germany making dry and sweet styles, some of high quality is?

36
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What is the German name for Pinot Noir?

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Spätburgunder

37
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Which two German regions make Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) in both a light, fruity style and more concentrated with oak?

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Pfalz & Baden

38
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Which German red grape variety makes particularly deep coloured wines?

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Dornfelder

39
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List German regions making Riesling, order by typcial ripeness, lightest to fullest.

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Mosel: Lightest with higher acidity and lower alcohol & flavours of green apple.
Nahe: Style betwen Mosel & Rheingau
Rheingau: Medium to full body and distinctive ripe peach
Pfalz: Riper fuller style from Forst & Deidesheim
Rheinhessen: Some of the fullest bodied wines
Baden: Fullest bodied with higest alcohol

40
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List German regions and the important grape varieties allowed, identify grapes allowed for Grosses Gewächs (GG are dry wines from VDP).

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GG wines not in the course in grey.
Mosel: Riesling
Nahe: Riesling
Rheingau: Riesling & Spätburgunder
Pfalz: Riesling, Spätburgunder & Weißburgunder (Pinot Blanc)
Rheinhessen: Riesling & Spätburgunder
Baden: GG made from a range of white & red varieties
Franken: Silvaner, Riesling, Spätburgunder, Weißburgunder (Pinot Blanc) & Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris)

41
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What are Germany’s 3 largest vineyard regions from largest to smallest?

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Rheinhessen
Pfalz
Baden

42
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Give the transalation to the following German words? Trocken, Halbtrocken (feinherb), Spätburgunder.

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Trocken: Dry
Halbtrocken (feinherb): off dry-medium sweet
Spätburgunder: Pinot Noir

43
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What is Grosses Gewächs (GG) and how does it relate to Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter (VDP)?

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Grosses Gewächs (GG embossed on the neck of the bottle) are dry wines made by members of the VDP, who manage some of Germany’s best vineyards.
Grosses Gewächs is a trade mark and not part of the PDO (Qualitätsweine or Prädikasweine) although typically they are Qualitätsweine level.

44
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Which single grape variety can be used to make GG wines in Mosel?

45
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What are the three Mosel villages that have an established reputation for top quality?

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Bernkastel, Wehlen, Piesport

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What three common features do Mosel’s best vineyards have?

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Steep slopes: aspect, frost and water drainage
Slate soils radiates heat in the evening, lengthening ripening days
Next to the river:reflected sunlight, frost drainage

47
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Germany’s lightest Rieslings with higher acidity and lower alcohol than most & flavours of green apple come from where?

48
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Which German region’s best wines are Rieslings, grown on steep slopes by a river with the same name as the region, near the town of Schlossböckelheim?

49
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GG wines from Nahe can only be made from which grape variety?

50
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Which German wine region produces Riesling with the same pronounced acidity, but is slightly fuller and riper than Mosel?

51
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Which region is on the north bank of the Rhine with southerly facing vineyards & protected by the Taunus hills and, due to humid conditions by the Rhine, produces some of Germany’s best BA & TBA wines?

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Rheingau
Note: Rheingau & Rheinhessen, both on the Rhein river

52
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In which region are the villages of Johannisberg and Rüdesheim both located?

53
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What are the two grape varieties used to make GG wines in Rheinhessen?

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Riesling & Spätburgunder

54
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A German Riesling with medium to full body and distinctive ripe peach character most likley comes from?

55
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What are the two grape varieties used to make GG wines in Rheingau?

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Riesling & Spätburgunder

56
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Which German region can be considered a continuation of Alsace, with the Haardt Mountains a continuation of the Alsace’s Vosges, providing protection from the rain?

57
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Which German wine region grows Riesling as its top grape and Dornfelder as its second most important variety, with Müller-Thurgau widely grown?

58
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Forst and Deidesheim are both villages in which region?

59
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Which German region is the most southerly, producing Germany’s fullest bodied wines with highest alcohol?

60
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Which region’s highest quality vineyards are based on southern slopes of the extinct volcano Kaiserstuhl?

61
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Spätburgunder is the most widely-planted grape variety in which German region?

62
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Which grape varieties can be used to make GG wines in Baden?

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A range of white and black grape varieties.

63
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Which two German regions are not dominated by a river?

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Pfalz & Baden

64
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What is the most prestigious grape variety in Franken?

65
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Silvaner is susceptible to frost. Why?

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It is an early flowering variety
FYI it also ripens early.

66
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Which grape varieties can be used to make GG wines in Franken?

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Silvaner, Riesling, Spätburgunder
GG wines not in the course in grey
Weißburgunder (Pinot Blanc), Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris)

67
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In which German region is Riesling not widely-planted?

68
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For Franken give the key varieties highlighting GG wines.

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Franken
GG: Silvaner, Riesling, Spätburgunder
Weißburgunder (Pinot Blanc), Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris)

69
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For Baden give the key grape varieties highlighting GG varieties and any influences the region experiences.

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Baden
GG: Made from a range of white & black grapes
Grapes: Spätburgunder, Müller-Thurgau, Riesling
Best area is south slopes of Kaiserstuhl volcano.
Warmest and most southerly
Fullest body, highest alcohol

70
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For Pfalz give the grape varieties highlighting GG varieties, villages and any influences the region experiences.

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Pfalz
GG: Riesling, Spätburgunder & Weißburgunder (Pinot Blanc)
Müller-Thurgau, Dornfelder
Forst & Deidesheim
best on steep slopes
Haardt Mountains continuation of Vosges, very dry!

71
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For Nahe give the key grape varieties highlighting GG varieties, villages and any influences the region experiences.

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Nahe
GG: Riesling
Schlossböckelheim
Best on steep south facing slopes
Riesling style between Mosel & Rheingau

72
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For Mosel give the key grape varieties highlighting GG varieties, villages and any influences the region experiences.

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Mosel
GG: Riesling
Piesport, Bernkastel, Wehlen
Lightest Rieslings with higher acidity and lower alcohol & flavours of green apple
Steep slopes: aspect, frost and water drainage
Slate soils radiates heat in the evening lengthening ripening days
Next to the river: reflected sunlight, frost drainage

73
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For Rheingau give the key grape varieties highlighting GG varieties, villages and any influences the region experiences.

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Rheingau
GG: Riesling & Spätburgunder
Rüdesheim, Johannisberg
Medium to full bodied Riesling and distinctive ripe peach
Some of Germany’s best BA & TBA
Steep southerly slopes, vineyards protected by the Taunus hills.

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What is the name of the region that is highlighted?

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Rheinhessen

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