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Describe the climate in Germany

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Cool and continental
Summers are generally wet but autumn tends to be dry allowing grapes to ripen

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What is qualitasweine?

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Category for German PDO wines and it must come from the 13 German wine regions. Wine growing area must be on the label

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What grape varieties can be grown under qualitasweine?

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Any grape variety red or white

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What is pradikatsweine?

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A category within qualitasweine with a higher grape must weight. (Sweeter)

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List Pradikatsweine sub categories in order

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Kabinett - dry to medium sweet
Spatlese - dry to medium sweet
Auslese - dry to sweet
Beernauslese - sweet only
Eiswein - sweet only
Trockenbeernauslese - sweet only

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What is sussreserve?

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This is when unfermented grape juice is added to wine to increase sugar levels. This doesn’t produce high quality wines

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What are the characteristics of Kabinett?

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When dry - Lighter body, high acidity, floral 12% alcohol,
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What are the characteristics of spatlese?

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Made the same was as Kabinett, slightly fuller bodied, richer more concentrated flavours stone fruit flavours
Higher alcohol level and sweetness

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What are the characteristics of auslese?

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Made from individually selected ripe grape bunches
Richer and riper compared to spatlese
Noble rot plate important role

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What are the characteristics of beernauslese and trockenbeernauslese?

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Noble rot is essential to get this high level of sweetness for TBA but not for BA
Sweet low in alcohol with flavours of honey apricot dried stone fruit

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What are the key factors when making Eiswein?

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The winemaker will try to keep flavours as close to the varietal norms as possible. No malolactic conversion, old oak, using carefully selected yeast.

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What is Grosses Gewach?

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It’s an appellation with strict regulations.
Wines have to be dry and from a single vineyard

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What is VDP wines?

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An unofficial producers association which have their own vineyards and appellation usually from the best vineyards in the 13 regions

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What identifiers do VDP wine bottles have to let buyers know they are one?

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Eagle on the bottle with GG if it’s a GG wine with the vineyard name

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Name all the white grapes grown in Germany. (5)

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Riesling, silvaner, weisburgunder, Graunurgunder and muller thurgau

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What are the key features of Muller thurgau?

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Second most planted grape in Germany, ripens early, attractive floral and fruity. Not that high quality fern really

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What are the common names for Grauburgunder and weisburgunder?

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Pinot Gris and Pinot blanc

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Which regions is silvaner mainly grown in?

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Rheinhessen and franken

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What are the key features of silvaner?

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Earthy, less acidic and fruity than Riesling

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What black grape varieties are mainly grown in Germany? (5)

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Sparburgunder, Dornfelder, Portuguese, trollinger and schwartzreisling

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What is sparburgunder known as outside of Germany

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Pinot noir

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What is schwartzriesling known as outside of Germany?

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Meunier

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What regions does spatburgunder thrive in and why?

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Pfalz and baden as they are warmer and further south

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What are the key features of sparburgunder?

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Dry, either light in body and fruity or concentrated that include oak aromas

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What colour is dornfelder generally?
Very deep with light body
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Where is mosel?
Northern part of the wine regions bordering Luxembourg to the west and includes the rivers Rhein and Mosel
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What are the key features of the region?
Steep slopes, slate soil southerly aspect with most and best vineyards of the banks of both rivers
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What varieties are permitted to be GG wines in Mosel?
Riesling only
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Which part of model produces the best wines?
Middle model
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What are the best known villages in Middle Mosel? (3)
Piesport, Bernkastel and Wehlen
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What are the key characteristics of rieslings from model?
Lighter body, lower alcohol higher acidity with green fruit flavours dominating
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Where is Nahe situated in the German regions?
Between Mosel and Rheinhessen
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Which river does the best vineyards in nahe sit on?
The the river nahe
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Which are the most prestigious villages in nahe?
Schlossbockelheim and bad kreuznach
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What are the best wines from nahe made from and explain the style
Reisling and lie between the lighter styles of mosel and fuller bodied wines from Rheinhessen, rheinhau and pfalz
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What varieties in nahe are permitted for GG?
Riesling only
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What flavour characteristics sum up Riesling from nahe?
Region is slightly warmer so flavours are riper. More stone fruit
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Are wines from Rheingau prestigious?
Yes
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Where are the vineyards mainly located in rheingau?
Mainly on the north bank slopes of the Rhine and slopes of the river main in the east
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Which hills provide protection for the vineyards in rheingau?
The Taunus hills
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What are the main 2 villages in rheingau?
Johannisberg and Rudesheim
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What grape varieties dominates Rheingau?
Reisling
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What are the characteristics of Riesling in Rheingau?
Medium to full body with ripe peachy flavours
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What do the humid conditions create in Rheingau?
Very good TBA and TA
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Which village in Rheingau do premium TBA and BA come from?
Hochheim
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What other varieties are grown in Rheingau and which ones can be classed as gg?
Spatburgunder and Riesling
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What is the largest wine growing region in Germany?
Rheinhessen
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What grape varieties are grown in Rheinhessen?
Muller thurgau and Riesling are the most grown varieties
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What black grape varieties are grown in Rheinhessen?
Dornfelder, Portugieser and spatburgunder
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What are GG wines made from in Rheinhessen?
Riesling and spatburgunder only
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What is the most prestigious village in Rheinhessen and where is it situated?
Nierstein and it is on the West Bank of the Rhine
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Which village have growers moved closer to in Rheinhessen which doesn’t usually have a good reputation for growing but is now producing premium wines?
Worms in the south of the region
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What is the second largest wine producing region in Germany?
Pfalz
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Where is Pfalz situated?
Close to the border with France and is a continuation of Alsace
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Explain the climate of Pfalz?
It is the driest region in Germany and in summer the vines can summer from heat stress
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What are the most planted white varieties in Pfalz?
Riesling followed by muller thurgau
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What is the most planted black grape in Pfalz?
Dornfelder
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What varieties produce GG wines in Pfalz?
Riesling, Weisburgunder and spatburgunder
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Which villages are the premium wines of Pfalz grown around?
Forst and deidesheim
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What is the climate like in Baden?
It is the warmest region as it is the furthest south
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Explain where baden is?
It is level with Colmar in Alsace and runs right down to the Swiss border
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Which villages are the most plantings around in Baden?
Kaiserstuhl and Tuniberg
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What is special about the south facing slopes in kaiserstuhl?
It’s an extinct volcano
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What grape variety has has developed a good reputation in Baden?
Spatburgunder
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What varieties are grown in Baden and which varieties can be classed as Gg wines be made from in Baden?
Grauburgunder and weisburgunder A variety of different white and black grapes can be classed as GG
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Which grape variety dominates in Franken?
Silvaner
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What are the key features of Silvaner?
It is early ripening and can be susceptible to frost. It can achieve ripeness that is rarely seen in Germany
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Which is the premium village in Franken?
Wurzberg
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What varieties can be classed as GG in Franken?
Silvaner, Riesling, weisburgunder and spatburgunder

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