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Where are the major German wine regions?

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Most wine regions in Germany are located in the southwest of the corner of the country on the borders with France, Belgium and Switzerland.

Northerly location: Vineyards planted at 49°N and above.

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Climate?

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Cool Continental

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Physical features of Germany?

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Rivers: The Rhine River and its tributaries: High importance of moderating influence from rivers. Rivers reflect sunlight back up to the vineyards increasing warmth to aid in ripening.

Mountains: Mountains provide protection from cold north winds and create rain shadows.

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Type and/or name of soil in Germany?

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Mosel: Slate
Other regions: various soil types

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Tell me grape growing info

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Steep, south-facing hillsides maximize sun exposure and warmth. Carefully selected vineyards for successful ripening. Cool growing seasons.

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Tell me important winemaking info

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Large wooden fuder or stück or stainless-steel fermentation.

Residual sugar often left in the wine to counterbalance acidity (not all sugars are fermented to alcohol).

Alcohol in off-dry wine is generally low.Wines can be fermented dry, remain off-dry, or lusciously sweet.

Chaptalization: The process of adding sugar to unfermented grape must in order to increase the alcohol content after fermentation. Used when grapes do not achieve sufficient sugar ripeness.

Deutscher Sekt: Sparkling wine made by any method from grapes grown in Germany.

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7
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Name the white grape varieties

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Riesling (most planted and most important)

Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner, Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc), Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris)

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Define Qualitätswein

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Quality wine from one of the 13 major wine regions called Anbaugebiete.

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8
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German wines without Geographic Indication are called:

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Deutscher Wein

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8
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Name the red grape varieties

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Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir)

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Define Prädikatswein

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Prädikat means “distinction”.

Subset of Qualitätswein categorized by ripeness (ripeness = level of sugar in the grapes) at harvest.

Considered the highest quality level for wines with residual sugar.
Chaptalization is not allowed.

Six prädikate (levels of quality): Recognize these styles in order of ripeness.Understand the general styles of the finished wines and typical level of sweetness.
Understand these designations are categorized by ripeness at harvest, however choices made in the winery will determine finished sweetness of the wine.

  1. Kabinett: off-dry in style, can also be made trocken (dry)
  2. Spätlese: off-dry in style, can also be made trocken (dry)
  3. Auslese: often off-dry in style, can sometimes be made trocken (dry)
  4. Beerenauslese: very sweet in style, often affected by botrytis.
  5. Eiswein: very sweet in style, grapes must be frozen. No effects of botrytis. **same ripeness-level as Beerenauslese
  6. Trockenbeerenauslese: very sweet in style
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9
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German wines with Geographic Indication:

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Landwein - Regional Wines

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In German wine law, what’s VDP?

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VDP - Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweingüter: National German association of producers committed to traditional quality winemaking. Developed their own classification system on Burgundy model with classified top vineyard sites.

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Point out the VDP logo.

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What does Grosses Gewächs mean?

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Single Vineyard Grand Cru Wines

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What does Erstes Gewächs mean?

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Single Vineyard Premier Cru Wines

13
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Explain Anbaugebiete

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One of 13 wine growing areas/regions.

14
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Define again Prädikate

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Quality levels based on ripeness at harvest (Kabinett, Spätlese etc.).

15
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Translate Einzellage

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Single vineyard

16
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What’s the Oechsle Scale?

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The German scale used to measure must weight.

17
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Bocksbeutel. What is it?

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Unique, flattened ellipsoid wine bottle specific to the Franken Anbaugebiete.

18
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What does Trocken mean?

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Trocken means dry

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What does Halbtrocken mean?

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Half-dry

20
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What does Edelfäule mean?

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Noble rot (botrytis)

21
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What does Schloss mean?

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German word for castle, similar to the French word for château.

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Mosel is an important Anbaugebiete of Germany. Talk about it.

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Along the Mosel River.

Soil: Slate that is porous and heat-retaining

South-facing vineyards to capture warmth of the sun.

Grape Variety: Riesling

*Recognize major villages on a map as being part of the Mosel: Erden, Ürzig, Wehlen, Bernkastel-Kues, Piesport

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Pfalz is an important Anbaugebiete of Germany. Talk about it.

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Continuation of Alsace, mountain protection, Rhein River moderates climate. One of the warmest areas in Germany, focus is on dry wines.

Grape Varieties: Riesling, Spätburgunder

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Rheinhessen is an important Anbaugebiete of Germany. Talk about it.

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The largest Anbaugebiete in size and production volume. Rhein River Grape Varieties: Riesling

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Rheingau is an important Anbaugebiete of Germany. Talk about it.

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Mountains protect the region from the cold north.Long, south-facing slope facing the Rhein River.
Rhein River (moderates and reflects light)

Climate: Continental

Grape Varieties: Riesling, Spätburgunder

*Recognize Johannisberg as a major village on a map of the Rheingau.

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Nahe is an important Anbaugebiete of Germany. Talk about it.

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Nahe River is a tributary of the Rhine.Continental ClimateGrape Variety: Riesling

27
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Franken is an important Anbaugebiete of Germany. Talk about it.

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Located along the Main river near Frankfurt.White Grape Varieties: Silvaner Red Grape Varieties: SpätburgunderSpecial bottle shape called a Bocksbeutel

28
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Baden is an important Anbaugebiete of Germany. Talk about it.

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Covers a large area along the French and Swiss borders.Warmest growing area.Main Grape Varieties: Spätburgunder, Müller Thurgau

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Mittelrhein is an important Anbaugebiete of Germany. Talk about it.

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Steep slopes along the Rhein River
Climate: Continental
Main Grape Variety: Riesling
Slate: Soil

30
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Ahr is an important Anbaugebiete of Germany. Talk about it.

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Ahr River
One of Germany’s smallest and most northerly winegrowing regions, north of the 50th parallel.
Main Grape Variety: Spätburgunder (some of the best in Germany)

31
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Name 9 important Anbaugebiete of Germany and point to them on a map.

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Mosel
Pfalz
Rheinhessen
Rheingau
Nahe
Franken
Baden
Mittelrhein
Ahr

32
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Name producers/proprietary brands of Germany

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Nahe: Hermann Dönnhoff
Franken: Hans Wirsching
Rheingau: Franz Künstler, Robert Weil, Josef Leitz
Rheinhessen: Gunderloch
Mosel: Fritz Haag, Dr. Loosen, Egon Müller, Joh. Jos. Prüm, Selbach-Oster

33
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Tell me about the history of German wine

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1971 German Wine Law

Stipulated ripeness level at harvest as the prime determinant for quality.

Established the top two categories of wine QBA and QMP.

34
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When serving German wines, what are the styles and sweetness levels and where do they each belongs on a wine list. What are their appropriate serving temperatures?

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35
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What to pair with both sweet and dry Riesling?

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