Germany 2.0 - Brainscape Flashcards
Who owns the Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg vineyard?
von Schubert-Grünhaus estate
Who owns the Josephshöfer vineyard?
Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt
Who owns the Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg?
Karthäuserhof
Who owns most of the Rothenberg vineyard? Where is it located?
- Gunderloch
- Rheinhessen’s premier site
Who owns most of the Mannberg vineyard? Where is it located?
- von Simmern
- Hattenheim
Who is the producer to watch in Hochheim that just got started in 1956?
Franz Künstler
Who has the term “Erstes Gewächs” trademarked?
Charta
Which anbaugebiet has not adopted the new Erste Lage tier?
Rheinhessen
Which anbaugebiet has the most Grosse Lage?
Rheingau
Where is Zell located?
Mosel
Where is Winkel located?
Rheingau
Where is Trier located?
Mosel
Where is the Steinberg vineyard located? Who is it a monopole of?
- Hattenheim
- Kloster Eberbach
Where is the Sonnenberg vineyard?
Eltville (Rheingau)
Where is the Scharzhofberger ortsteil vineyard located?
Wiltingen
Where is the Rheingau’s center for red wine production?
Assmannshausen
Where is the Rausch vineyard located?
Saarburg, Mosel
Where is the origin of Liebfraumilch?
Worms in the Rheinhessen
Where is the monastery of Kloster Eberbach?
Hallgarten (Rheingau)
Where is the Michelsberg grosslage?
Piesport - a smear on the integrity of the village
Where is the Lay vineyard?
Bernkastel
Where is the Kammerberg Grosse Lage vineyard?
Schweigen (Pfalz)
Where is the Kalkofen vineyard located?
Deidesheim (Pfalz)
Where is the Josephshöfer vineyard located?
Graach (Mosel)
Where is the Gräfenberg vineyard located?
Kiedrich (Rheingau)
Where is the Dromprobst vineyard located?
Graach (Mosel)
Where is the Doctor vineyard?
Bernkastel-Kues
Where is the Berg Roseneck vineyard located?
Rüdesheim, Rheingau
Where is the Badstube grosslage?
Bernkastel-Kues
Where is Spay located?
Mittelrhein
Where is Schweigen located? Name a producer here.
- Pfalz
- Friedrich Becker - one of Germany’s most esteemed producers of Spätburgunder
Where is Schloss Johannisberg located?
Rheingau
Where is Sangiovese planted in Germany?
Pfalz
Where is Rüdesheim located?
Rheingau
Where is Rudesheim located?
Rheingau
Where is Pfaffenberg located? Who owns it?
- Hattenheim (Rheingau)
- Schloss Schönborn
Where is most of Germany’s Schwarzriesling planted?
Württemberg
Where is Matthias Müller producing wines?
Mittelrhein
Where is Kloster Eberbach located?
Rheingau
Where is Kiedrich located?
Rheingau
Where is Juffer-Sonnenuhr vineyard located?
Brauneberg
Where is Johannisberg located?
Rheingau
Where is Iphofen located?
Franken
Where is Hochheim located?
Rheingau
Where is Hattenheim located?
Rheingau
Where is Hallgarten located?
Rheingau
Where is Geisenheim located?
Rheingau
Where is Erbach located?
Rheingau
Where is Eltville located?
Rheingau
Where is Deidesheim located?
Pfalz
Where is Bacharach located?
Mittelrhein
Where is Assmannshausen located?
Rheingau
Where in Germany does the Rhine river flow westward?
Rheingau - from the city of Wiesbaden to Rüdesheim
Where does the Mosel merge with the Rhine River?
Koblenz
Where does the German “discovery” of Spätlese date to? When was Auslese discovered?
- 1775 - at Schloss Johannisberg in the Rheingau
- 1787 - Auslese
Where does the Ahr rank in overall size?
10th
Where are Jungfer and Schönhell vineyards located?
Hallgarten (Rheingau)
When was the Mosel’s name shortened?
August 1st, 2007
When was the Geisenheim Institute found? Where is it located?
1872
-Rheingau
When did the Cistercians of Burgundy found Kloster Eberbach monastery?
1136
What wine was featured on the Titanic’s wine list?
Niersteiner Pettenthal Riesling
What vineyard located to the east of Hattenheimer Mannberg?
Erbacher Macrobrunn
What village is at the confluence of the Rhine and Main River in the Rheingau?
Hoccheim
What two anbaugebiete are located in former East Germany?
- Sachsen
- Saale-Unstrut
What terms were “Classic” and “Selection” intended to replace? Who developed the program? When did it debut?
- Halbtrocken and Trocken
- German Wine Institute at Mainz
- Debuted with the 2000 vintage
What style is Landwein produced as?
trocken or halbtrocken
What slate characterizes the Mosel?
Devonian slate
What river is the Nahe situated along?
The Nahe River
What river is Franken located on?
Main River
What regions can Liebfraumilch be blended from?
- Rheinhessen
- Nahe
- Rheingau
- Pfalz
What region uses “Erstes Gewächs” instead of “Grosses Gewächs”?
Rheingau - is a legally authorized term and may be spelled out in full
What region may not produce Grosse Lage wines at the Kabinett level?
Pfalz
What region has the highest Öchsle requirement for Spätlese Riesling?
Pfalz @ 90º
What region has the highest Öchsle requirement for Riesling?
Franken @ 78º
What quality level of wine can be produced from grapes outside Germany?
Deutscher Wein
- It must be 100% German
- OR a statement must be included on the label naming the countries that contribute to the blend
What quality level is most German sparkling wine?
Deutscher Wein
What quality level is Liebfraumilch considered?
QbA
What portion of the VDP estate vineyards are planted to Riesling?
55.00%
What portion of the Rheingau is planted to Riesling?
80% - the highest proportion of the grape than any other anbaugebiet
What portion of the Ahr is red wine?
88.00%
What portion of Rheingau Riesling production is dry?
1/2 as of 2014
What portion of Germany’s vineyards are Riesling?
20.00%
What parallel is Ahr located on?
50th
What mountain range is in the Pfalz?
Haardt Hills (aka Vosges Mtns)
What may growers to the east of the vineyard whose vines were excluded from Doctor in 1984 label their wines?
Alte Badstube am Doktorberg
What is Weissherbst? Where is it popular?
- A saignée rosé made from a single variety and of at least QbA quality
- Baden
What is the warmest site of the Pfalz?
The Grosse Lage Forster Kirchenstück
What is the Südliche Weinstrasse?
The southern commune of the Pfalz
What is the sole bereich of the Rheingau?
Johannisberg
What is the rosé popular in Württemberg?
Schillerwein
What is the rosé popular in Baden?
Weissherbst
What is the river of the Ahr?
Ahr river
What is the requirement for sparkling wine to be labeled “Deutscher Sekt”?
100% German grapes
What is the range of Öchsle for TBA?
150-154º
What is the range of Öchsle for Spätlese?
80-95º
What is the range of Öchsle for Kabinett?
70-85º
What is the range of Öchsle for Beerenauslese and Eiswein?
110-128º
What is the range of Öchsle for Auslese?
88-105º
What is the only bereich of the Ahr? And only grosslage?
- Bereich - Walporzheim-Ahrtal
- Grosslage - Klosterberg
What is the only anbaugebiete without a VDP Grosse Lage site?
Hessische-Bergstrasse
What is the name of the traditional flute-shaped brown bottle? Where is it used?
- Rheingauer Flöte
- Rheingau
What is the most planted red grape of the Rheingau?
Spätburgunder
What is the most planted grape in the Rheinhessen?
Müller-Thurgau
What is the min must weight for Grosse Lage wines?
A min must weight equivalent to Spätlese
What is the min alcohol level for Prädikat wines?
- 7%
- 5.5% - BA, TBA and Eiswein
What is the min % for a stated variety in Germany?
85.00%
What is the max RS for “classic”?
9g/l (12g/l for Riesling)
What is the German term for noble rot?
Edelfäule
What is the German term for monopole?
alleinbesitz
What is the German term for a walled vineyard?
ortsteil
What is the German name for Blaufränkisch?
Lemberger
What is the finest estate in the Mittelrhein?
Toni Jost’s alleinbesitz Bacharacher Hahn
What is the best Spätburgunder vineyard of the Rheingau? Name a producer of it.
- Höllenberg
- August Kesseler
What is the annual average temperature of the Mosel?
49ºF
What is the aging requirement for Grosses Gewächs wines?
- White - not released before 9/1
- Red - receive an additional year of aging
What is the aging req for Grosse Lage wines labeled by Prädikat?
May be released as soon as May 1 of the year following harvest
What is the 2nd most planted red grape in Germany?
Dornfelder
What is tafelwein known as since 2009?
Deutscher Wein
What is Schillerwein?
A style of rosé produced by fermenting red and white grapes together; common in Württemberg
What is required for Sekt to be labeled as QbA?
It must be produced from traditional grapes grown in 1 of the 13 anbaugebiete
What is Pinot Gris called in Germany?
Grauburgunder
What is Piesport’s greatest vineyard?
Goldtröpfchen
What is Müller-Thurgau a cross of?
- Originally thought to be Riesling x Silvaner
- Recent DNA has recast it as Riesling x Madeleine Royale
What is located to the west of Erbacher Macrobrunn?
Hattenheimer Mannberg
What is Goldriesling? Where is it a local specialty in Germany?
An aromatic crossing developed in Alsace, is the local specialty of Sachsen
What is Germany’s warmest wine growing region?
Kaisterstuhl (Baden)
What is Germany’s northernmost wine growing region?
Saale-Unstrut
What is Frühburgunder?
A early-ripening strain of Pinot Noir
What is Franken’s wine center? Name an important vineyard.
Würzberg - Stein (lends its name to the former Frankish nickname “Steinwein”)
What is Ehrenfelser a crossing of?
Riesling x Silvaner
What is Dornfelder a crossing of?
Helfensteiner x Heroldrebe
What is Bacchus a crossing of?
(Silvaner x Riesling) x Müller-Thurgau
What grape is typically used for liebfraumilch?
Muller-Thurgau
What estate labels his Grosse Lage wines as “GC” instead of “GG”?
Bürklin-Wolf
What are the yields for “Classic” and “Selection”?
60hl/ha
What are the two communes of the Pfalz?
- Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse
- Südliche Weinstrasse
What are the tiers VDP Classification from 2012 forward and yields required?
- Grosse Lage - max 50hl/ha
- Erste Lage - max 60hl/ha
- Ortswein: Village Wines - max 75hl/ha
- Gutswein: Regional Wines - max 75hl/ha
What are the soils of Erden?
Red slate
What are the premier wine villages of the Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse (Pfalz)?
(North to South)
- Kallstadt
- Ungstein
- Bad Dürckheim
- Wachenheim
- Forst
- Deidesheim
- Ruppertsberg
What are the min abv for “classic” and “selection”?
min abv 12% (11.5% in the Mosel)
What are the gemeinden of the Mosel?
- Trittenheim
- Piesport
- Brauneberg
- Bernkastel-Kues
- Graach-an-der-Mosel
- Wehlen
- Zeltingen
- Ürzig
- Erden
What are the common varieties in Saale-Unstrut?
- Müller-Thurgau
- Wessburgunder
What are the 6 bereiche in the Mosel?
- Bernkastel
- Burg Cochem
- Saar
- Ruwertal
- Obermosel
- Moseltor
What and where ist he Roter Hang located?
A slope of red clay and slate spanning 180 ha between Nierstein and Nackenheim in the Rheinhessen
What anbaugebiet is located on the Elbe River?
Sachsen
What 2 vineyards in the Pfalz were recast as Premier Cru with the introduction of the new tier?
Paradiesgarten and Kalkofen in Deidesheim
Were is the Paradiesgarten vineyard located?
Deidesheim (Pfalz)
The Rheinterrasse stretches from what villages?
From Bodenheim southward through Nierstein and Oppenheim, ending near Mettenheim
The Mosel River emerges from what Mountains?
Vosges Mountains in France
Scheurebe is a crossing of what? Where was it developed?
- Riesling x Silvaner
- Rheinhessen
Saale-Unstrut lies on the confluence of what two rivers?
Saale and Unstrut rivers
Name the 6 important gemeinden of the Nahe.
- Bad Kreuznach
- Bad Münster
- Norheim
- Niederhausen
- Oberhausen
- Schlossböckelheim
Name an alleinbesitz of Bürklin-Wolf in Ruppertsberg (Pfalz)
Gaisböhl
Name a producer who makes Bernkasteler Lay wines.
Dr. Loosen
Name a producer of the Roter Hang.
Gunderloch
Name a producer of Kiedricher Gräfenberg. What style of wines outstanding?
- Robert Weil
- Auslese level and above
Name a producer of Erdener Prälat.
Dr. Loosen
Name 5 rivers of Germany.
- Mosel
- Rhine
- Main
- Nahe
- Elbe
Name 4 vineyards that are smaller than the 5 ha minimum size for a registered vineyard.
- Doctor (Bernkastel)
- Kirchenstück (Forst)
- Freundstück (Forst)
- Schloss Vollrads (Rheingau)
Name 4 sites of Forst.
- Kirchenstück
- Jesuitengarten
- Pechstein
- Ungeheuer
Name 4 German producers that can trace their estates back hundreds of years.
- Schloss Johannisberg
- Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt
- Reinhold Haart
- Dr. Bürklin-Wolf
Name 4 estates in the Mittelhaardt in the Pfalz.
- Müller-Catoir
- Bassermann-Jordan
- von Buhl
- Bürklin-Wolf
Name 3 vineyards of Winkel.
- Schloss Vollrads (ortsteil)
- Jesuitengarten
- Hasensprung
Name 3 vineyards of Rüdesheim.
- Berg Rottland
- Berg Schlossberg
- Berg Roseneck
Name 2 vineyards of Erden with red slate.
- Prälat
- Treppchen
Name 2 vineyards in Hochheim.
- Hölle
- Kirchenstück
Name 2 villages with Sonnenuhr vineyards?
Wehlen and Zeltingen
Name 2 producers of the Ürziger Würzgarten.
- Mönchhof
- Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben
Name 2 producers of the Ahr.
- Meyer-Näkel
- Kreuzberg
Name 2 producers of Franken and what village they are in.
- Hans Wirsching - Iphofen
- Horst Sauer - Escherndorf
Name 2 producers from the Goldtröpfchen vineyard.
- Reinhold Haart
- Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt
Name 2 producers based in Ürzig.
- Mönchhof
- Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben
Name 2 growers based in Hattenheim.
- Schloss Schönborn
- Langwerth von Simmern
Name 2 grosslagen within the Bernkastel bereich?
- Badstube
- Michelsberg
Name 1 producer of Wiltinger Scharzhofberger.
Egon Müller
In 1971 the 30,000 einzellagen were condensed into how many registered vineyards? What is the minimum size of a registered vineyard?
- 2,600 vineyards
- 5 ha
If Grosse Lage
wines are dry, what are they called?
Grosses Gewächs
Grosses Gewächs wines in Franken are produced from what varieties?
- Riesling
- Silvaner
- Weissburgunder
- Spätburgunder
- Fruhbugunder (?)
From the 2012 vintage forward, the former Erste Lage wines would now be known as what?
Grosse Lage - not be confused with grosslage, and Erste Lage indicate Permier Cru, rather than Grand Cru
Can Erste Lage wines be labeled “GG”?
No, Grosses Gewächs is reserved for Grosse Lage; Erste Lage dry wines must be labeled as “trocken” instead
Can a varietal appear on Deutscher Wein labels?
Yes
Are “feine” and “hochfeine” allowed on labels?
No, it was outlawed with the 1971 Wine Law
“Selection” is equivalent to what must weight?
Auslese
What are the major villages of the Rheingau?
Assmannshausen Rüdesheim Geisenheim Johannisberg Winkel Hattenheim Hallgarten Erbach Kiedrich Eltville Hochheim am Main
What are the important villages of the Rheinhessen?
Nackenheim Nierstein Oppenheim Westhofen Dalsheim
What are the important villages of the Südliche-Weinstrasse?
Siebeldingen
Birkweiler
Schweigen
What are the important villages of the Saar?
Wiltingen
Saarburg
What are the important villages of the Ruwer?
Eitelsbach
Mertesdorf
What is the important einzellage of Wiltingen?
(Saar)
Scharzhofberger
What is the important einzellage of Saarburg?
(Saar)
Rausch
What is the important einzellage of Eitelsbach?
(Ruwer)
Karthäuserhofberg
What are the important einzellagen of Mertesdorf?
(Ruwer)
Abtsberg
Herrenberg
Bruderberg
What is the important einzellage of Trittenheim?
(Mosel)
Apotheke
What are the important einzellagen of Piesport?
(Mosel)
Goldtröpfchen
Domherr
What are the important einzellagen of Brauneberg?
(Mosel)
Juffer
Juffer Sonnenuhr
What are the important einzellagen of Bernkastel-Kues?
(Mosel)
Doctor
Lay
What are the important einzellagen of Graach an der Mosel?
Domporbst
Josephshöfer
What is the important einzellage of Wehlen?
(Mosel)
Sonnenuhr
What is the important einzellage of Zeltingen?
(Mosel)
Sonnenuhr
What is the important einzellage of Ürzig?
(Mosel)
Würzgarten
What are the important einzellagen of Erden?
(Mosel)
Prälat
Treppchen
What is the important einzellage of Assmanshausen?
(Rheingau)
Höllenberg
What are the important einzellagen of Rüdesheim?
(Rheingau)
Berg Roseneck
Berg Rottland
Berg Schlossberg
What is the important einzellage of Geisenheim?
(Rheingau)
Schloss Johannisberg
What is the important einzellage of Johannisberg?
(Rheingau)
Hölle
What are the important einzellagen of Winkel?
(Rheingau)
Schloss Vollrads
Jesuitengarten
Hasensprung
What are the important einzellagen of Hattenheim?
(Rheingau)
Pfaffenberg
Mannberg
Steinberg
What are the important einzellagen of Hallgarten?
(Rheingau)
Schönhell
Jungfer
What is the important einzellage of Erbach?
(Rheingau)
Marcobrunn
What is the important einzellage of Kiedrich?
(Rheingau)
Gräfenberg
What is the important einzellage of Eltville?
(Rheingau)
Sonnenberg
What are the important einzellagen of Hochheim am Main?
(Rheingau)
Hölle
Kirchenstück
What is the important einzellage of Nackenheim?
(Rheinhessen)
Rothenberg
What are the important einzellagen of Nierstein?
(Rheinhessen)
Hipping
Pettenthal
What are the important einzellagen of Oppenheim?
(Rheinhessen)
Schützenhütte
Sackträger
What are the important einzellagen of Westhofen?
(Rheinhessen)
Morstein
Kirchspiel
What is the important einzellage of Dalsheim?
(Rheinhessen)
Hubacker
What is the important einzellage of Kallstadt?
(Pfalz)
Saumagen
What are the important einzellagen of Forst?
(Pfalz) Kirchenstück Freundstück Pechstein Ungeheuer Jesuitengarten
What are the important einzellagen of Deidesheim?
(Pfalz)
Langenmorgen
Hohenmorgen
Kieselberg
What are the important einzellagen of Ruppertsberg?
(Pfalz)
Reiterpfad
Gaisböhl
What is the important einzellage of Königsbach?
(Pfalz)
Idig
What is the important einzellage of Siebeldingen?
(Pfalz)
Im Sonnenschein
What is the important einzellage of Birkweiler?
(Pfalz)
Kastanienbusch
What is the important einzellage of Schweigen?
(Pfalz)
Kammerberg
