Germany

Question 1

From North to South name the six sub regions of the Mosel

Answer 1

TerrasenMosel, Mittelmosel, Ruwer, Saar, Obermosel, Moseltor.

Question 2

Where is the Forster Kirchenstuck located?

Answer 2

Pfalz

Question 3

Bernkasteler Doctor is located where?

Answer 3

Mittelmosel

Question 4

Kiedricher Turmberg is located?

Answer 4

Rheingau

Question 5

Next to Spatburgunder what is the second and third most planted varietal in Germany

Answer 5

Donfelder and Blauer Portuegeser

Question 6

A rose made by the Saignee method under the Qba is made from a blend of how many grapes and is called?

Answer 6

It is a single varietal wine called Weissherbst

Question 7

Higher quality German wines are Varietal wine that contain what percentage of the blend?

Answer 7

85%

Question 8

Name the Pradikats Wein levels from the most ripe at harvest to the least ripe at harvest.

Answer 8

Eiswein, TBA, Beerenauslese, Auslese, Spatlese, and kabinett

Question 9

The Pradikat levels are determined by the levels of?

Answer 9

They are determined by the levels of sugar/ripeness at harvest

Question 10

The first three pradikatswein levels at the lower levels of ripening must have a minimum alcohol of?

Answer 10

7%, the latter three are a minimum of 5.5%

Question 11

What is the VDP

Answer 11

The VDP is the group of 200 growers throughout Germany that promote wine with a more restrictive classification of Einzellagen.

Question 12

If you see Deutscher Wein on label what is the quality of wine in the bottle?

Answer 12

Basic and light style of wine

Question 13

Name the levels of the Vdp from Grand Cru to Regional

Answer 13

Grosse Lage, Erste Lage, Orstwein, Gutswein

Question 14

What is the Liebfraumlich and where is it located?

Answer 14

It is located within the Rheinheissen and is an 18th century wine of origin.

Question 15

Flowing from the Vosges mountain and connecting with the Saar and Ruwer tributaries is what river?

Answer 15

The mosel river

Question 16

Name Piesports greatest vineyard

Answer 16

Goldtropchen

Question 17

In the Mosel there is a vineyard that is an exception to the 1971 German wine law, what is the vineyard called?

Answer 17

The doctor vineyard produced by Dr. Loosen

Question 18

The Mosel generally has Blue devonian slate, but rarely you find red slate. Where does it appear?

Answer 18

The Erden gremeiden with its two famous vineyards of Pralat and Treppchen

Question 19

Between the Saar and the MittelMosel which is cooler and why?

Answer 19

The Saar tends to be colder due to the higher altitude and less uniform soils of slate that are used to absorb and reflect heat back into the vineyards

Question 20

Scharzhofberger is where and by who?

Answer 20

The vineyard is located in the Saar and is principally produced by Egon Muller

Question 21

The highest density of Riesling planting is around 80% in which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 21

The Rheingau

Question 22

The Rheingau is warmer than the Rheinhessen with similar slate soils on the highest of the vineyards, what kind of soil is found on the lower slopes

Answer 22

Clay, Sand, Red slate and alluvial soils

Question 23

Where is the Schloss-Johannisberg vineyard and why is it so famous?

Answer 23

Located in the Rheingau and it known to be the first historic site for records of the first Riesling Spatlese harvest

Question 24

Pfaffenberg is a monopole owned by who?

Answer 24

Schloss Schonborn

Question 25

Which Anbaugebiet has more vines planted than any other?

Answer 25

Thhe Rheinhessen

Question 26

As of 2012 the Riesling grape is the most planted varietal in the Rheinhessen. T or F

Answer 26

F, Muller-Thurgau is, but as of 2013 the Riesling grape surpassed.

Question 27

The Haardt Hills or a continuation of what mountain range, the Haardt hill or the northen extension.

Answer 27

The vosgne mountains. The Haardt hill rarely reach higher than 500-600 meters.

Question 28

________ slate is most dominant in the Ahr

Answer 28

Volcanic

Question 29

Red wine productions accounts for what percentage of german wine, and which anbaugebiet does red wine surpass white?

Answer 29

it accounts for 1/3 and the Ahr anbaugebiet produces over 85% red wine on volanic slate soils

Question 30

The Eifel mountains shelter which anbaugebiet from cold winds

Answer 30

the Ahr

Question 31

The silvaner grape thrives in ________ producing smokey, full, mineral driven wines and dry wines.

Answer 31

The Franken

Question 32

What major city is closest to the the region of Franken

Answer 32

Frankfurt

Question 33

Steinwein is the old fashioned term for wine used in what region

Answer 33

the franken

Question 34

Germany’s warmest winegrowing region, Kaiserstuhl, is located in ??

Answer 34

Baden along the Swiss border.

Question 35

schillerwein, a style of rosé produced by doing what together? It is more common in Württemberg.

Answer 35

Fermenting red and white grapes together.

Question 36

What is germany’s northernmost wine growing region.

Answer 36

Saale-Unstrut