Germany Flashcards
Important Einzellagen (Vineyard) in Bernkastel (District-Mosel) 6 villages
(Village: Vineyard)
- Erden: Prälat, Treppchen
- Ürzig: Würzgarten
- Wehlen: Sonnenuhr
- Bernkastel: Doctor, Lay
- Brauneberg: Juffer Sonnenuhr
- Piesport: Goldtröpfchen, Domherr
Villages in Pfalz 7
Ungstein
Wachenheim
Forst
Deidesheim
Siebeldingen
Birkweiler
Schweigen
Name some leading producers in Franken
- Hans Wirsching (Iphofen)
- Horst Sauer (Escherndorf)
- Rudolf Fürst (Burgstadt)
Name some leading producers in Ahr 3
- Meyer-Näkel (Dernau)
- Jean Stodden (Rech)
- J.J. Adeneuer (Ahrweiler)
3 regions with gU
Mosel (3)
Franken (2)
Nahe (1)
Scheurebe parents
Riesling + Bukettrebe
Kerner parents
Riesling + Trollinger
Ortega parents
MT + Siegerrebe
Ehrenfelser parents
Riesling + Silvaner
Domina parents
Portugieser + Pinot Noir
Bacchus parents
(Silvaner + Riesling) + Muller-Thurgau
Acolon parents
Blaufrankisch + Dornfelder
What is the min. Öechsle for the following categories in Germany:
- Kabinett
- Spätlese
- Auslese
- Beerenauslese
- Eiswein
- Trockenbeerenauslese
70-85 Kabinett
76-95 Spätlese
83-105 Auslese
110-128 Beerenauslese, Eiswein
150-154 Trockenbeerenauslese
Min alcohol for Qualitatswein and Pradikatswein in Germany
7
5,5 for BA, TBA and Eiswein
Grapes for Grosse Lage in Rheingau and Rheinhessen and Mosel
2
Riesling
Spatburgunder
Exceptions of the rule of 5 ha for einzellage
4
Bernkasteler Doctor
Forster Kirchenstück
Forster Freundstück
Schloss Vollrads ortsteil in Rheingau
Hattenheimer Steinberg
Alleinbesitz of Kloster Eberbach
Name leading producers in Sachsen
2
Schloss Proschwitz (Meissen)
Klaus Zimmerling (Dresden-Pillnitz)
New wine law Date
8th of May 2021
What estate labels its Grosse Lage wines as “GC”—for “Grand Cru”—rather than “GG.”
Bürklin-Wolf
Robert Weil owner
Suntory
Montrachet of Pfalz
Forster Kirchenstuck
New pyramid of Qualitätswein
Anbaugebiet
Region
Village
Single vineyard (Einzellage)
(Erstes Gewachs)
(Grosses Gewächs)
Gewann
4 Sonnenuhr vineyards
Wehlener Sonnenuhr
Zeltinger Sonnenuhr
Urziger Sonnenuhr
Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr
Name leading producers in Baden
4
Bernhard Huber (Malterdingen)
Andreas Laible (Durbach)
R. and C. Schneider (Endingen)
Salwey (Oberrotweil)
3 B of Mittelhaardt
Basserman Jordan
Von Buhl
Burklin Wolf
The famous vineyard in Franken whose wines were among Goethe’s favorites
Wurzburger Stein
Piesport Einzellagen
2
Goldtröpfchen
Domherr
What mountain range provide protection to the region Rheingau?
The Taunus mountains
Grapes for Grosse Lage in Mosel
2
Riesling
Spat
Escherndorfer Lump
Franken Erste Lage
What is Grosser Ring?
Mosel growers association
Gräfenberg - vineyard
Kiedrich - commune Rheingau Robert Weil
How many Anbaugebieten are there?
13
Island in the Bodensee planted in vines
Reichenau
How many hectares of Riesling are in Germany?
24 000 ha
Hallgartener Schonhell
Rheingau
What is Erzeugerabfüllung?
Producer-bottled (Germany) Includes cooperative growers
Iphofer Julius Echter Berg
Franken Grosse Lage
Dr. Heger
Baden VDP
Villages in Rheingau 9
- Assmannshausen
- Rüdesheim
- Geisenheim
- Johannisberg
- Winkel
- Hallgarten
- Hattenheim
- Eltville
- Hochheim
What is Dornfelder?
created by August Herold in 1955 Helfensteiner * Heroldrebe
What is the synonymous of Müller-Thurgau in Germany?
Rivaner
When was Eiswein and Auslese introduced in Germany? by which estate?
1787 - Auslese
1858 - Eiswein
Schloss Johannisberg
When was Mosel-Saar-Ruwer changed to its name to Mosel?
1 Aug 2007
Who owns monopole of Hahn (Bacharach) in Franken?
- Toni Jost (Grosse Lage vineyard)
Norheim
Nahe
Unfermented grape juice (all-natural sugar) set aside & later added to fully fermented wines to achieve desired level of sweetness Done in Germany
Sussreserve
Steinberg is a famous walled vineyard in what anbaugebiet?
Rheingau
Trollinger =
Schiava
Juffer Sonnenuhr - Vineyard
Braunerer - Commune Mosel Germany
Grapes for GG wines in Pfalz
3
Riesling
Weißburgunder
Spatburgunder
Wehlen Einzellage (Bernkastel, Mosel)
Sonnenuhr
What is Amtliche Prüfungsnummer?
MUST for Prädikatswein “AP number”
- A series of 5 sets of number indicating that the wine has been approved by a tasting panel 1st number: Region where the wine was tasted 2nd set: Commune where the wine was bottled 3rd set: Bottler’s code 4th set: Bottling code 5th set: Year in which application was filed
Ürziger
Würzgarten
Grape Elbling Where
Mosel
Obermosel Moseltor
What is Hock?
British term for German white wine (sometimes refers to white wine from Rhine region)
Named after the commune Hochheim in Rheingau
What Muller-Thurgau is a crossing of
Riesling and Madeline Royale.
Bacharacher Hahn
Mittelrhein
Who owns monopole of Hahn (Bacharach) in Mittelrhein?
- Toni Jost (Grosse Lage vineyard)
What grape variety is considered as regional specialty of Rheinhessen?
Silvaner
Grapes for GG wines: Franken
5
Silvaner
Riesling
Weißburgunder
Grauburgunder
Spatburgunder
2 largest Riesling growing regions in the world
Pfalz and Mosel
Burg Ravensburg
Baden VDP
Vinoterra
What is Vorlese?
“Pre-harvest before main harvest” (Germany) - To eliminate rotten or defective bunches
Dr Heger
Baden
Vinoterra
The oldest wine cellar in Germany
Weingut der Vereinigten Hospitien Mosel
Andreas Laible
Baden
Durbach
Bopparder Hamm Engelstein
Mittelrhein
Pawis
Saale-Unstrut
Bernkasteler
Doctor
Lay
German dry regional Riesling body in lightest to fullest
Mosel, Nahe, Rheingau, and Rheinhessen.
Dr. Bürklin-Wolf
Pfalz
Wachenheim
What is Schielerwein?
- A Rotling from Sachsen region (Rosé wine made from co-fermenting red and white grapes)
Approx. how many of Anbaugebiets, Bereiche, Grosslagen and Einzellagen exists? (2015)
Anbaugebiets (13)
Bereiche (40)
Grosslagen (163)
Einzellagen (2700)
Villa Wolf
Pfalz
Villages in Rheinhessen
5
- Nackenheim
- Nierstein
- Oppenheim
- Flörsheim-Dalsheim
- Westhofen
When was the previous German Wine Law adopted?
1971 - Germany’s 5th wine laws (Deutches Weingesetz)
Charta Rheingau was founded in
1984
The minimum temperature for Icewine to start harvest
-7C
When did Eiswien start?
1858
Feinherb
Synonym to Halbtrocken
Logo of VDP name
Traubenadler
Würzburg
vineyards
Stein
Leiste
What is the minimum must weight of Grosses Gewachs
That of Spatlese
Maximin Grunhauserer Abtsberg Monopole of
Von Schubert-Grunhaus Ruwer
Name one wine from Mittelrhein
Toni Jost Bacharacher Hahn Riesling Beerenauslese
August Kesseler (Assmannshausen)
Rheingau
Berg Roseneck
Rheingau
Rudesheim
What is Gutsabfüllung?
Estate-bottled (Germany)
- Grown, produced, bottled by the same estate
The steepest vineyard in Europe
Bremmer Calmont, Burg Cochem, Mosel
Oberdiebach
Mittelrhein
Wurzburger Innere Leiste
Franken Erste Lage
Villages in Pfalz 7
Ungstein
Wachenheim
Forst
Deidesheim
Siebeldingen
Birkweiler
Schweigen
What is the term for noble rot in German?
Edelfäule
What is Germanys second most planted red?
Dornfelder
Name some leading producers in Mosel
- Dr. Loosen (Bernkastel)
- Reinhold Haart (Piesport)
- Fritz Haag (Brauneberg)
- Egon Müller (Wiltingen)
- Joh. Jos. Prüm (Wehlen)
- Markus Molitor
- Nick Weis
Who owns monopole of Brücke (Oberhausen) & Hermannshöhle (Niederhausen) in Nahe?
Hermann Dönnhoff
Blaufränkisch synonym
Lemberger
What is flaschengärung?
Sekt made from traditional method
What river flows through the Sachsen anbaugebiet?
Elbe
Meyer Nakel
Ahr
Bacharacher Kloster Furstental
Mittelrhein
Von Mumm
Rheingau
6 Bereiche (Districts) in Mosel
1) Moseltor
2) Obermosel
3) Saar
4) Bernkastel
5) Burg Cochem
6) Ruwertal
Kloster Eberbach
Rheingau
Important Einzellagen (Vineyard) in Burg Cochem (District-Mosel) 6 villages
(Village: Vineyard)
- Winningen: Uhlen, Röttgen
- Kobern-Gondorf
- Hatzenport: Kirchberg, Stolzenberg
- Cochem
- Bremm
- Zell
Basserman-Jordan
Pfalz
What natural continuation of France’s Alsace region is one of Germany’s warmest wine-growing regions?
Pfalz.
The climate is sunny and dry, and the region has an extremely complex soil makeup.
Name some leading producers in Rheingau
- Robert Weil (Kiedrich)
- Schloss Johannisberg
- Schloss Vollrads
- August Kesseler (Assmannshausen)
- Franz Künstler
- Josef Leitz
- Josef Spreitzer
Simon-Bürkle
Hessische Bergstrasse
Hochheimer Holle
Rheingau
Where is German Wine Institute located
Mainz
Volkacher Karthauser
Franken
Prominent estate in Urziger Wurzgarten
Moenchhof
What is Steillage?
“Steep site” (Germany)
A vineyard with an inclination of more than 30%
% of Riesling plantings in Germany
25%
What does Roter Hang mean? Where is it from?
“Red Slope” (Red clay & slate)
- 180 ha Village in Rheinhessen
- Between Nierstein and Nackenheim
Chaptalization in Germany
Anreicherung
Grafen Neipperg
Wurtemberg
Important Einzellagen (Vineyard) in Mittelrhein 4 villages
(Village: Vineyard)
- Boppard: Hamm-Engelstein, Hamm-Ohlenberg, Hamm-Feuerlay
- Bacharach: Kloster Fürstental, Wolfshöhle, Posten, Hahn
- Oberdiebach: Fürstenberg
- Steeg: St. Jost
Important Einzellagen (Vineyard) in Nahe
(Village: Vineyard)
- Niederhausen: Hermannshöhle, Hermannsberg
- Oberhausen: Brücke
- Schlossböckelheim: Kupfergrube, Felsenberg
What does “Selection” mean in German wine term?
“Superior dry”
1) Single varietal from Single vineyard
2) Yield: 60 hl/ha
3) At Auslese level
4) Max. RS: 9 g/l (12 g/l for Riesling)
5) Must be Hand-harvested
What is Stück?
Cask (1200L) common in Rheingau
Würzgarten - vineyard
Ürzig - comune Mosel Germany
Josef Leitz
Rheingau
Reinhold Haart
Mosel Piesport
Name one wine from Saale Unstrut
Weingut Pawis Riesling trocken Naumburger Sonneneck
Stein - vineyard
Würzburg - commune Franken Germany
What is Erstes Gewächs?
- For Qualitätswein (QbA)
- Riesling and Pinot Noir from classified sites in Rheingau
- Max. yield: 50 hl/ha - Trocken (RS Max. 6 g/l for PN & 9 g/l for Riesling) - Legally authorized term (can be spelled out in full) ## [1999] was the 1st legally approved vintage
Another name for Grauburgunder
Pinot Gris
Kirchenstück - Vineyard
Forst - Commune
Pfalz
Define the terms Halbtrocken & Trocken
Half dry and dry
What are the characteristics of Riesling in Germany?
Aromatic, elegant and balanced whether sweet or dry. Often floral in its youth, flavor characteristics dependant on where they are grown
STRAUSSWIRTSCHAFT
GERMAN WINE PUBS, ATTACHED TO THEIR HOMES WHERE THEY CAN SELL THEIR OWN WINES AND LIGHT FOODS FOR A TOTAL OF ONLY FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEAR
Latitude of Germany
48N-50.5N
Schoenleber
Rheingau
When was Geisenheim Wine Institute found? and where?
1872 in Rheingau (Germany)<br></br><img></img>
When was German wine sold at prices as high as Burgundy’s?
19th Century
Name some leading producers in Rheinhessen
5
- Keller (Dalsheim)
- Wittmann (Westhofen)
- Kuhling-Gillot
- Battenfeld Spanier
- Gunderloch (Nackenheim)
Oberhausen: Brücke
Nahe
What is Füder?
Cask (1000L) common in Mosel
How many members are they in VDP?
200
(2022)
The last is Knewitz from Rheinhessen
Pfarrwingert vineyard
Ahr
Eiffel hills - where
Ahr
Kirchenstück - Vineyards
3
Forster - Pfalz
Hochheim - Rheingau
Rheinhessen
What are the Mosel’s six bereiches?
Bernkastel,
Burg Cochem,
Saar,
Ruwertal,
Obermosel,
Moseltor
What is the profile of Rheingau wines?
The varied soils and the favorable mesoclimate combine to produce a more powerful style of Riesling than the Mosel. The wines are typically fuller in body and more concentrated, yet acidity can be bracing.
VDP has listed more sites for Erste Lage in the Rheingau than any other anbaugebiet.
Rheingau Villages
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Assmannshausen
Geisenheim
Rudesheim
Rauenthal
Johannisberg
Hochheim
Eltville
Erbach
Hallgarten
Hattenheim
Kiedrich
Lorch
Martinsthal
Mittelheim
Oestrich
Walluf
Wicker
Winkel
Dr. Crusius
Nahe
Traisen
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Name the country where Chateau Musar is producing wine
Lebanon
Kerner grape
1929 by August Herold
Trollinger * Riesling
White
Wurzburger Stein
Franken
Erste Lage
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Anreicherung
Chaptalization in Germany
What are the characteristics of Dornfelder in Germany?
Produces deeply colored red wines, full-bodied and more tannic that other German reds.
The Haardt mountains are the northerly extension of…?
The Vosges mountains of France
Hattenheim Pfaffenberg
Rheingau
Monopole of Schloss Schonborn
Name 1 important white PDO, the grapes of that region and location in Greece
Santorini PDO, Assyrtiko
Grapes for Grosse Lage in Pfalz
3
Riesling
Weissburgunder
Spatburgunder
Grapes for Grosse Lage in Ahr
2+1
Spatburgunder
Frühburgunder
Riesling only for sweet wines
Weingut Juliusspital
Wurzburg, Franken
What is the minimum must weight of Grosses Gewachs
That of Spatlese
Chasselas synonym
Dorin
Gutedel
Which village accounts the major production of Spätburgunder in Rheingau?
Assmannshausen
(Leading producer - August Kesseler)
What is the VDP in Germany?
Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter, or VDP is a german association of over 200 producers, founded in 1910 and committed to quality by emphasizing the tradition of making dry riesling from the best terroir and vineyard sites.
Mosel’s largest Bereiche.
Bernkastel
Name one leading producers in Saale-Unstrut
- Pawis (Freyburg)
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What is “Biologische Sãureabbau”?
Malolactic Fermentation (Germany)
The oldest documented vineyard in Germany
Niersteiner Glock
Rheinhessen
742 AD
What is the lowest category of German wine?
Deutscher Wein (Known as Tafelwein until 2009)
Dornfelder style
Deep color, light body, and fruity flavor.
Which village accounts the major production of Spätburgunder in Rheingau?
Assmannshausen
(Leading producer - August Kesseler)<br></br><img></img>
Sekt may labeled as QbA when?
if it is produced from traditional grapes grown in one of the thirteen anbaugebiete of Germany
Escherndorf
Franken
Name some leading producers in Ahr
3
- Meyer-Näkel (Dernau)
- Jean Stodden (Rech)
- J.J. Adeneuer (Ahrweiler)
The largest acreage of Sylvaner is in
Rheinhessen
What is the name of traditional wine bottle of Franken?
Bocksbeutel
(Squat, flask-shaped)<br></br><img></img>
What is the major soil in Mosel?
Devonian blue SLATE (beneficial drainage/ heat retention)<br></br><img></img>
Steinberg is a famous walled vineyard in what anbaugebiet?
Rhiengau
Gutedel=
Chasselas
Erstes Gewachs
Dry wine from top sites in Rheingau
Germany oldest sparkling wine producer
Sektkellerei Kessler
1826
What is Bereich?
“District” (Germany)
Each Anbaugebiet contains at least one Bereich
Important Einzellagen (Vineyard) in Ruwertal (District-Mosel)
(Village: Vineyard)
- Ruwer
- Eitelsbach: Karthäuserhofberg
- Mertesdorf
- Kasel: Kehrnagel
- Waldrach
- Avelsbach
Liebfraumilch can be blended from vineyards throughout…
Rheinhessen
Rheingau
Pfalz
Nahe
VDP.SEKT ageing requirements
15 mths
(24 for vintage)
Iphofen
Franken
Important Einzellagen (Vineyard) in Franken
4 villages
(Village: Vineyard)
- Würzburg: Stein, Leiste
- Escherndorf: Lump
- Iphofen: Julius Echter Berg
- Bürgstadt: Centgrafenberg
Silvaner =
Parents
Traminer * Oesterreicher Weiss
What is Einzelpfahlerziehung? (German wine term)
“A vine individually trained to a single stake”
- Used on very steep slopes (Mosel)<br></br><img></img>
- Oppenheim
Rheinhessen
Hermannshöhle in Oberhausen is a famous monopole vineyard of Dönnhoff.
True
False
Hermann Dönnhoff
Nahe
Oberhausen
What is the name of flute-shape brown bottle for Rheingau Riesling?
Rheingauer Flöte<br></br><img></img>
What are the wine style of Liebfraumilch?
1) Medium sweet white (RS: min. 18 g/l)
2) At least QbA level
3) Min. 70% Riesling, Silvaner or Müller-Thurgau
4) From Rheingau, Rheinhessen, Nahe, Pfalz
What is Amtliche Prüfungsnummer?
“AP number” - A series of 5 sets of number indicating that the wine has been approved by a tasting panel
1st number: Region where the wine was tasted
2nd set: Commune where the wine was bottled
3rd set: Bottler’s code
4th set: Bottling code
5th set: Year in which application was filed<br></br><img></img>
What mountain range is a dominant force on Pfalz?
The Haardt Mountains
First sparkling wine tax
Sektsteuer
1902
Emperor Wilhelm 1
Still present - 1.02 euro per bottle
The most expensive wine
2003 Scharzhofberg Riesling TBA Egon Muller
14 566 euros
Name some leading producers in Pfalz
3
- Friedrich Becker (Schweigen)
- Philipp Kuhn (Laumersheim)
- Dr. Bürklin-Wolf (Wachenheim)
A _____________ is a squat, flask-shaped bottle traditionally used in Franken.
bocksbeutel
What percentage of wine in Germany is Red and White?
2/3 white 1/3 red
3 smallest Anbaugebiete in Germany
Hessische Bergstrasse - 462 ha
Mittelrhein - 469 ha
Sachsen - 497 ha
A Grosslage
A group of vineyards.
Name some leading producers in Franken
- Hans Wirsching (Iphofen)
- Horst Sauer (Escherndorf)
- Rudolf Fürst (Burgstadt)<br></br><img></img>
Dr. Randolf-Kauer
Mittelrhein
Markgräflerland:
Schliengen, Istein, Mauchen, Auggen
What is the synonymous of Blaufränkisch in Germany?
Lemberger
Deutzerhof-Cossmann-Hehle
Ahr
VDP
Mosel Riesling style
Light body, low alcohol and high acidity balanced by medium sweetness.
Floral and green fruit character.
What is Schillerwein?
- A Rotling from Württemberg
(Rosé wine made from co-fermenting red and white grapes)<br></br><img></img>
Württemberg
Chillerwein, a style of rosé produced by fermenting red and white grapes together, is common.
Contains most of Germany’s Schwarzriesling, and Lemberger (Blaufränkisch) is a common
Gerhard Aldinger
Wurttemberg
Sekt
Germanys Sparkling wine style
What is Anreicherung?
Chaptalization (Enrichment) (Germany)
What is flaschengärung?
Sekt made from traditional method<br></br><img></img>
What ingredient can be used for de-acidification?
Calcium Carbonate (Germany)
Gaisboehl
Monopole of Burklin Wolf
Since what year is Chardonnay allowed in Germany?
1991
What is the synonymous of Pinot Meunier in Germany?
Schwarzriesling
Salwey
Baden
VDP
Grapes for Grosse Lage in Franken
4
R
SP
WB
Sylvaner
Juffer Sonnenuhr - Vineyard
Braunerer - Commune
Mosel Germany
Bürgstadt
Franken
Germanys top growing regions for Riesling
Mosel
Rheingau
Pfalz
Rheinhessen
Nahe
Nahe
Smaller region in Germany.
High quality Riesling
Muller-Thurgau is most widely planted grape
Important Einzellagen (Vineyard) in Pfalz
7
- Ungstein
- Wachenheim
- Forst: Kirchenstück, Freundstück
- Deidesheim: Langenmorgen, Kieselberg
- Siebeldingen: Im Sonnenschein
- Birkweiler: Kastanienbusch
- Schweigen: Kammerberg
What is The Bavarian Purity Law? When? What ingredients are allowed?
- “German Beer Purity Law”
- 1516
- Water, barley, hops
Name some leading producers in Nahe
- Hermann Dönnhoff (Oberhausen)
- Schlossgut Diel (Burg Layen)
- Dr. Crusius (Traisen)
VDP wine
Made from an association of self-elected best producers throughout Germany.
Important Einzellagen (Vineyard) in Baden
(Village: Vineyard)
- Badische-Bergstrasse & Kraichgau: Heidelberg, Leimen, Östringen, Sulzfeld, Tiefenbach
- Ortenau: Baden-Baden, Varnhalt, Neuweier, Sasbachwalden, Durbach, Zell-Weierbach
- Breisgau: Malterdingen, Emmendingen, Lahr, Hecklingen
- Kaiserstuhl: Freiburg, Achkarren, Burkheim, Oberrotweil, Ihringen, Sasbach
- Markgräflerland: Schliengen, Istein, Mauchen, Auggen
- Bodensee: Meersburg
What is the synonymous of Pinot Meunier in Germany?
Schwarzriesling
What is Stück?
Cask (1200L) common in Rheingau<br></br><img></img>
Villages in Nahe
3
- Niederhausen
- Oberhausen
- Schlossböckelheim
The most planted grape variety in Franken
Muller-Thurgau
What is Füder?
Cask (1000L) common in Mosel
Bacharacher Wolfshohle
Mittelrhein
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The Great cask - volume, where
Heidelberg castle, Baden
220 000 liters
Toni Jost
Mittelrhein
Franz Keller Schwarzer Adler
Baden
VDP
Bercher
Baden
VDP
Nahe: Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen
6 villages
Bad Kreuznach
Bad Münster
Norheim
Niederhausen: Hermannshöhle, Hermannsberg
Oberhausen: Brücke
Schlossböckelheim: Kupfergrube, Felsenberg
Liebfraumich
“Milk of the Blessed Mother”
Style of semi-sweet white wine.
Most exported wine; sweet & inexpensive
Wehlener
Sonnenuhr
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Robert Weil
Rheingau
Friedrich Becker
Pfalz
Schweigen
What is the definition of VDP with respect to German wine?
Acronym for Verband Deutcher Prädikatsweingüter. A private association of top-quality winemakers.
Escherndorf
Franken
Bernhard Huber
Baden
VDP
Name a popular vineyard in Rheingau
Johanisberg
When was Mosel-Saar-Ruwer changed to its name to Mosel?
1 Aug 2007
Weisswein
White wine
The famous vineyard in Kaiserstuhl
Ihringer Winklerberg
Fritz Haag
Mosel
Brauneberg
How Spätlese Riesling is made
Made from late-harvest grapes
Dornfelder is a crossing of what grapes?
Helfensteiner and Heroldrebe that was developed in 1956
Gewann
Sub plot of single vineyard
Edelfaule
Botrytis
Grapes for Grosse Lage in Sachsen
6
R
GB
Spat
WB
FB
Traminer
What is “Alte Reben” means in German wine terms?
Old Vines<br></br><img></img>
What are the 4 major categories used to classify German wines? IN descending order
Qualitätswein Mit Prädikat (QmP),
Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA),
Landwein,
Tafelwein,
Auslese Riesling style
Styles range the most.
Some are a richer, riper Spätlese.
Some have an overt botrytis character.
Name any of 4 Bereiche (Districts) in Mosel
1) Moseltor
2) Obermosel
3) Saar
4) Bernkastel
5) Burg Cochem
6) Ruwertal<br></br><img></img>
Balthasar Ress
Rheingau
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What is the 1 top red grape of Germany?
Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir)
Bensheim
Hessische Bergstrasse
Dönnhoff
Nahe, Germany
Dönnhoff, Riesling Spätlese Niederhauser Hermannshohle (2015)
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The minimum size of einzellage
5 ha
German Wine Law of 1971 did what?
30,000 einzellagen were condensed in bureaucratic fashion into 2,600 registered vineyards
Grapes for Grosse Lage in Mosel and Nahe
Riesling!
Spell the crossing of Riesling and Madeleine Royale
Muller-Thurgau
Sussreserve
Sterilized grape juice used to sweeten wine
Steeg
Mittelrhein
What is Josephshöfer?
- A Einzellage in Mosel
- Village: Graach / District: Bernkastel
- Monopole of Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt
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Bodensee:
Meersburg
Seeger
Baden
VDP
Joh. Jos. Prüm
Mosel
Wehlen
Stein - vineyard
Würzburg - commune
Franken
Erste Lage
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Please send me some_________ wine, no other wine tastes as nice…
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wurzburg (Franken)
What is Weissherbst?
- German term for Rosé wine made from Saignée method
- Single varietal
- At least QbA level<br></br><img></img>
Forst Grosse Lage
5
Freundstück
Kirchenstück
Pechstein
Jesuitengarten
Ungeheuer
The 4 different sizes of delineation which appear on a label, in diminishing order
Anbaugebiet, Bereich, and Einzellage or Grosslage.
Villages in Baden
6
- Kraichgau
- Ortenau
- Breisgau
- Kaiserstuhl
- Markgräflerland
- Bodensee
Nelles
Ahr
VDP
Name the indigenous red grape of Romania showing potential in the world market
Feteascâ Neagrâ
Qualitatswein
Quality wine.
(QbA) Bestimmter Anbaugebiete: comes from one of 13 specific regions
(QmP) Mit Pradikat: the best, cannot be chaptalized - 6 subcategories: kabinett, etc
Define the residual sugar of the label terms below:
- Trocken
- Halbtrocken
- lieblich
- süss
- Trocken: 4-9 g/l
- Halbtrocken: 9-18 g/l
- lieblich: 18-45 g/l
- süss: more than 45 g/l
Simon-Bürkle
Hessische Bergstrasse
What is “G-Max”? Who produced it? What makes it so special?
- A dry Riesling from Weingut Keller (Rheinhessen)
- Named after great grandfather George & son Maximillian
- Old vines (Low yield 25-30 hl/ha)
- 1st place at a blind tasting of top 30 German Riesling (2009 vintage)
Name one leading producers in Saale-Unstrut
- Pawis (Freyburg)<br></br><img></img>
Match the vineyard to the correct gemeinde.
Brücke Forst
Gräfenberg Oberhausen
Kirchenstück Würzburg
Juffer Sonnenuhr Ürzig
Stein Kiedrich
Würzgarten Brauneberg
Brücke - Oberhausen
Gräfenberg - Kiedrich
Würzgarten - Ürzig
Kirchenstück - Forst
Juffer Sonnenuhr- Braunerer
Stein - Würzburg
Ihringer Winklerberg - where
Baden, Kaiserstuhl
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Regions without Erste Lage
2
Mosel
Ahr
Einzellage(n)
Vineyard
Important Einzellagen (Vineyard) in Saar (District-Mosel)
(Village: Vineyard)
- Saarburg: Rausch, Kupp
- Wiltingen: Scharzhofberger
- Serrig: Schloss Saarstein, Würtzberg
- Ockfen: Bockstein
- Oberemmel: Hütte
- Kanzem: Altenberg, Hörecker
Where is the steepest vineyard in the world located?
Along the banks of the Mosel River in Germany, called Calmont
Josef Spreitzer
Rheingau
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Bernkastel Einzellagen (Bernkastel, Mosel)
Doctor
Lay
Iphofen
Franken
- Nackenheim
Rheinhessen
Name two prominent producers belong to VDP
- Robert Weil
- Dr. Loosen
- Egon Müller
- Joh. Jos. Prüm
- Bürklin-Wolf
Minimum Oe for Spatlese
75-95
PGI of Germany
Landwein
- 26 broad regions
- Must Trocken or Halbtrocken in style
Centgrafenberg
Franken, Burgstadt
Grosse Lage
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Grosses Gewächs wines
Date of release
1st of September
White - Year following the harvest
Red + 1 year
Braunerer
Juffer Sonnenuhr
What does “Classic” mean in German wine term?
“Harmoniously dry”
1) Single varietal wine
2) Max. RS: 15 g/l
3) Min. 12 % abv (11.5% for Mosel)
4) Now allowed to state vineyard on the label
What is Vorlese?
“Pre-harvest before main harvest” (Germany)
- To eliminate rotten or defective bunches
When did Charlemagne introduce wine east of the Rhine river?
Late 8th century
Hallgartener Jungfer
Rheingau
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Name some leading producers in Nahe
4
- Hermann Dönnhoff (Oberhausen)
- Schlossgut Diel (Burg Layen)
- Dr. Crusius (Traisen)
- Gut Hermannsberg
The only German wine region that climatically falls within the EU wine zone B (warmer than A)
Baden
A _____________ is a squat, flask-shaped bottle traditionally used in Franken.
bocksbeutel
Germany’s warmest wine growing region is located in?
Baden (Kaiserstuhl)<br></br><img></img>
Which of the following vineyards is located in Bernkastel, and is renowned for its legendary curative properties?
• Doctor
• Jesuitengarten
• Hölle
• Achleiten
• Hasensprung
Doctor
Minimum Oe for Auslese
83-105
Kloster Eberbach was founded
1136
Melsheimer
Mosel
Biodynamic
What region is Pfalz geographically contiguous with?
Alsace, France
German term for village name?
Gemeinde
Brücke - vineyard
Oberhausen - commune
Nahe, Germany
Grapes for Grosse Lage in Saale Unstrut
7
6 like in Sachsen + Sylvaner
Ruppertsberger Gaisbohl
Monopole of
Burklin Wolf
What is Albalonga? Name one producer associated with it
- White grape: crossing Rieslaner x Silvaner
- Rheinhessen and Pfalz
## Krebs-Grode
## Wittmann
What is Rotling?
- Rosé wine
- co-fermenting red and white grapes
- Must have pale red color<br></br><img></img>
Bernkastel
Mosel’s largest Bereiche.
Most of the Mosel’s greatest gemeinden and einzellagen are located.
Producers of note:
Joh. Jos. Prüm estate
Dr. Loosen
The Cistercians of Burgundy started what monastery in Rheingau amassing vinyards?
Kloster Eberbach monastery in 1136
Verbesserte
Improved or chaptalized wines
Keller
Rheinhessen, Germany
Red:
Weingut Keller, Cuvée f Rotwein Qualitätswein Trocken (2011)
White:
Weingut Keller, Riesling Trocken RR (2013)
Rheinhessen
More land under vine than any other anbaugebiet.
Home of the German Wine Institute
Producer Weingut Keller and the ‘G-Max’ offering
Important Einzellagen (Vineyard) in Bernkastel (District-Mosel)
6 villages
(Village: Vineyard)
- Erden: Prälat, Treppchen
- Ürzig: Würzgarten
- Wehlen: Sonnenuhr
- Bernkastel: Doctor, Lay
- Brauneberg: Juffer Sonnenuhr
- Piesport: Goldtröpfchen, Domherr
What is the largest wine region in Germany?
Rheinhessen
Important Einzellagen (Vineyard) in Rheinhessen
5
(Village: Vineyard)
- Nackenheim: Rothenberg
- Nierstein: Hipping, Pettenthal
- Oppenheim: Sackträger
- Flörsheim-Dalsheim: Hubacker, Bürgel
- Westhofen: Morstein, Kirchspiel
Name some leading producers in Rheinhessen
- Keller (Dalsheim)
- Wittmann (Westhofen)<br></br><img></img>
Name the Bereiche (District) in Mittelrhein
2
- Siebengebirge
- Lorelei
Rheingau
Riesling
Spatburgunder
Emrich-Schonleber
Nahe
Heitlinger
Baden
VDP
What is “Biologische Sãureabbau”?
Malolactic Fermentation (Germany)
Germany’s largest single vineyard
Wurzburger Stein
Franken
Name the Bereiche (District) & Grosslage in Ahr
Bereiche: Walporzheim-Ahrtal
Grosslage: Klosterberg
What is Grosses Gewächs?
- For VDP Grosse Lage (GC)
- At Spätlese level
- Trocken (RS below 9 g/l)
- Must listed by initials “GG”<br></br><img></img>
Nahe: Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen
Bad Kreuznach
Bad Münster
Norheim
Niederhausen: Hermannshöhle, Hermannsberg
Oberhausen: Brücke
Schlossböckelheim: Kupfergrube, Felsenberg
Important Einzellagen (Vineyard) in Burg Cochem (District-Mosel)
(Village: Vineyard)
- Winningen: Uhlen, Röttgen
- Kobern-Gondorf
- Hatzenport: Kirchberg, Stolzenberg
- Cochem
- Bremm
- Zell
Quality levels of Greek wines
PDO and PGI
Rheingau sole Bereich
Johannisberg