Germany

Question 1

What does Anbaugebiete mean?

Answer 1

Wine growing area

Question 2

How many Anbaugebiete are there?

Answer 2

13

Question 3

What are the 13 Anbaugebiete?

Answer 3

Ahr
Hessiche Bergstrasse
Mittelrhein
Mosel
Nahe
Rheingau
Rheinhessen
Pfalz
Franken
Wurttemberg
Baden
Saale-Unstrut
Sachsen

Question 4

What does Grosslage mean?

Answer 4

Collection of Vineyard sites

Question 5

What does Einzellage mean?

Answer 5

An individual Vineyard site

Question 6

What is a Bereich?

Answer 6

This is a district within an Anbaugebiete spanning many parishes and vineyards which all produce wine with similar characteristics

Question 7

What are the most important white grapes in Germany?

Answer 7

Riesling, Müller-Thurgau and Silvaner

Question 8

What is the most important red grape in Germany?

Answer 8

Spätburgunder (pinot noir)

Question 9

What soil do you find in Mosel?

Answer 9

Red/blue slate

Question 10

What soil type do you find in Rheingau?

Answer 10

Red/blue slate

Question 11

What are the categories that German wine is divided into?

Answer 11

Deutcher wein
Landwein/wein mit geschützter geographischer Angabe
Qualitätswein
Prädikatswein

Question 12

What is Deutscher Wein

Answer 12

Lowest category of German wine
Made entirely from grapes grown and bottled in Germany
Must have min 40°-50° sugar content at harvest (Oechsle)
Can have vintage and/or grape variety on label

Question 13

What is Landwein?

Answer 13

47°-55° Oechsle
Basic wine with geographical identification
Must be produced from grapes grown in one of the 26 Landweingebiete (regions)
Must state region on label
Trocken or halbtrocken

Question 14

What is Qualitätswein?

Answer 14

The denomination for German quality wine from one of the designated Anbaugebiete which must be stated
Must be min 7%abv

Question 15

The red grape Dornfelder is a crossing of which grapes?

Answer 15

Helfensteiner and Heroldrebe that was developed in 1956

Question 16

Riesling x Madeleine Royale create which grape variety?

Answer 16

Müller-Thurgau

Question 17

Prädikatswein must also carry an Amtliche Prüfungsnummer (AP Number) what is this?

Answer 17

a series of five sets of numbers indicating that the wine has been approved by a tasting panel. In the series, the first number refers to the region where the wine was tested, the second set of numbers refers to the commune in which the wine was bottled, the third set of numbers is the bottler’s code, the fourth set of numbers is a unique code for the bottling, and the final two numbers indicate the year in which the application was filed

Question 18

Prädikat Level Minimum Öchsle Range

Answer 18

Kabinett 70-85°
Spätlese 76-95°
Auslese 83-105°
Beerenauslese 110-128°
Trockenbeerenauslese 150-154°
Eiswein 110-128°

Question 19

What is sussreserve?

Answer 19

Unfermented grape juice

Question 20

What are the 6 Prädikats?

Answer 20

Kabinett
Spätlese
Auslese
Beerenauslese
Eiswein
Trockenbeerenauslese

Question 21

What is the Oechsle level of Kabinett?

Answer 21

70°-85°

Question 22

What is the Oechsle level of Spätlese?

Answer 22

80°-95°

Question 23

What is the Oechsle level of Auslese?

Answer 23

88°-105°

Question 24

What is the Oechsle level of Beerenauslese?

Answer 24

110°-128°

Question 25

What is the Oechsle level of Eiswein?

Answer 25

110°-128°

Question 26

What is the Oechsle level of Trockenbeerenauslese?

Answer 26

150°-154°

Question 27

Where is Pfalz?

Answer 27

It sits between the forested Haard Mountains (part of the Vosges Mountains) and the Rhine Plain, extending south to the French border