Germany Flashcards

1
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A German table wine made from 100% German grapes

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Deutscher Wine

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2
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A German wine that may be produced from imported bulk wine

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Wein

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3
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Most widely planted grape in Germany

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Reisling

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4
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German wine category that contains what used to be referred to as Landwein

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ggA

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5
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Term used for dry German wines

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Trocken

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6
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Term used for off dry German Wines

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Halbtrochen

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7
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German wine category that contains all PDO wines

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gU

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8
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German wine category that contains wines from the lowest level of the PDO categories

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QbA

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9
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German wine category that contains wines exclusively from the highest level of the PDO category

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Pradikatswein

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10
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German term for botrytis

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Edelfaule

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11
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The name of the system used in Germany to determine sugar ripeness in grapes

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Oechsle

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12
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Lowest ripeness level of Pradikate

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Kabinett

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13
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Wines of additional ripeness made from grapes picked after the designated “late harvest” date

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Spatlese

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14
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“Select Harvest” wines from grapes that have reached an acquired level of sugar

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Auslese

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15
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“Selected Berries” or sweet wines that MAY be affected by Botrytis

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Beerenauslese

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16
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Frozen grapes with required sugar level

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Eiswein

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17
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Wines made from individually picked , overripe berries often affected by Botrytis

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Trockenbeerenauslese

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18
Q

Germany has 13 of these designated wine regions

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Anabaugebiette

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19
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Equal to regional or district appellations; Germany has 40

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Bereiche

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20
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Large grouping of closely located vineyards; 160 of these

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Grosslegen

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21
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This area may contain a single vineyard or small group of vineyards; More than 2,700 of these in Germany

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Einzellegen

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22
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An organization founded in 1910 by Germany’s leading wine estate

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VDP or Verband Deutcher Pradikatsweinguter

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23
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A term used to indicate that a wine was made from the highest-level vineyards of an estate

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Gross Lage

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24
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A term used to indicate that a wine is made from the second-highest level vineyard of an estate

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Erste Lage Charta?

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25
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Unfermented grape juice sometime used to increase the sweetness of a wine

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Sussreserve

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26
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Label term of an estate bottled wine

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Gutsabfullung

27
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Label term used to indicate a producer bottled wine made by grower cooperatives

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Erzegerabfulluung

28
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Label term that indicates a wine produced by a commercial winery from purchased grapes

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Abfuller

29
Q

Label that while legally undefined generally refers to an off dry wine

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Feinherb

30
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Label term that indicates a semi-sweet wine

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Leiblich

31
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Label term that indicates a dry wine made from Auslese level grapes from an Einzellage

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Selection or “select harvest”

32
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German Sparkling wine

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Sekht or Schaum wein

33
Q

Adding sugar to must before fermentation

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chaptalization

34
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Certain style of German Rose

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Weissherbst

35
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Small area that produces only 2% of Germany’s wines, yet enjoy an excellent reputation.

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Rheingau

36
Q

One of the wine regions located in the former East Germany

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Sachsen (SSU)

37
Q

The largest wine region of Germany, both in terms of under vine and wine production

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Rheinhessen

38
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Largest wine region of Germany in terms of ground area; only a small portion of the area is planted to grapes

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Baden

39
Q

Has over 85% of its vines planted to red grapes, despite it’s northerly location. It is northern most and smallest.

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Ahr

40
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Region known for blue slate soils and excellent Reisling

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Mosel

41
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This region is home to the well-known Bereich of Johannisberg

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Rheingnau

42
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Wine region that lies west of the Rhine River; it’s southern edge stretching almost to Alsace.

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Pfalz

43
Q

Region with the most Einzellagen (over 500)

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Mosel

44
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Region with most of its vines planted along the Neckar River and in the Neckar River Valley. Most vines are red.

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Wurttemberg

45
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Region near the city of Wiesbaden known for red slate soils

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Rheingnau

46
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Region home to 6 Bereiche, including Bernkastel, Saar, and Ruwertal

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Mosel

47
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Region often referred to as Palatinate

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Pfalz

48
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Regional home of Germany’s warmest wine growing area, the Kaiserstuhl Bereich

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Baden

49
Q

Wines from this region are often packaged in a flask-shaped Bocksbeutel

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Franken

50
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Where is the Rhine river/lifeblood of German wine industry

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Starts at Lake Constance “badensee” in the south and flows westward heading north towards the Netherlands dissecting western Germany. It forms border with Switzerland and France and meets up with the Mosel River.

51
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What is the second most important river in Germany

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Mosel River. Starts in Vosges Mtns in Alsace and heads Northeast into the Rhine.

52
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What are the main tributaries off the Rhine

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Ahr, Nahe, Maine, Neckar

53
Q

What is Germany’s climate

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Northern Continental

54
Q

Why are vineyards concentrated near waterways

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Moderating effects. Too ripen grapes in a cool region

55
Q

Where is Riesling concentrated

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Mosel and Reignau

56
Q

gU wines must carry what % on the label in terms of place name

A

gU wines require100% be from the place name.

57
Q

Which 3 wines from the pradikatswein category are considered dessert wines

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BA, Eiswein, and TBA

58
Q

Sweet German wine is referred to as

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Suss

59
Q

What % of German wine is red

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1/3

60
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Name the four levels of the VDP classification system

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VDP Gross Lage -great site
VDP Erste Lage-first site
VDP Ortswein-classified “village” site
VDP Gutswein-estate/regional entry level

61
Q

Formerly Landwein on the quality pyramid

A

ggA

62
Q

Two categories of wine under gU

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Qba and Pradikatswein

63
Q

VDP

A

Verband Deutscher Pradikatswein