Germany

Question 1

Climate and grape growing

Answer 1

Cool, continental
Long cool ripening period gives grapes time to reach sugar ripeness while retaining their acidity

Question 2

Riesling here

Answer 2

From delicate and floral to richer peachy fruit styles

Question 3

Pradikatswein is a category within Qualitatswein what are the 6 Pradikat categories based on must weights:

Answer 3

Kabinet
Spatlese
Auslese
Beerenauslese
Trockenbeerenauslese
Eiswein

Question 4

White grapes of Germany

Answer 4

Riesling
Mueller Thurgau
Silvana

Question 5

Black grape varieties

Answer 5

Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir)
Dornfelder - deeply coloured wines

Question 6

Important wine areas in the Mosel

Answer 6

Piesport
Bernkastel
Whelen

Top quality wine=Very steep slopes with slate soils right next to the river

Question 7

Nahe

Answer 7

Best wines here are Riesling planted on steep south facing slopes

Schlossbockrlheim important area

Question 8

Rheinhessen

Answer 8

Largest vine growing region of Germany
Muller Thurgau and Riesling are the two most planted here
Nierstein produces some of the fullest body Rieslings in Germany
Rheinhessen has gained a reputation for excellence

Question 9

Pfalz

Answer 9

Seen as a continuation of Alsace
Driest of the German regions
Vines can suffer from water stress
Riesling is the most widely planted followed by dornfelder

Forst and Deidsheim here form to create an area called Mittelhaardt

Question 10

Baden

Answer 10

The warmest of all the German regions producing fullest bodied German wines with highest alcohol levels
Planted on the south facing slopes of the Kaiserstuhl (extinct volcano)
Top quality Spatburgunder