Germany

Question 1

What are the 6 bereiche of the Mosel?

Answer 1

Bernkastel
Burg Cochem
Saar
Ruwertal
Obermosel
Moseltor

Question 2

What is the largest bereiche of the Mosel?

Answer 2

Bernkastel

Question 3

What is the soil type of the Mittelmosel?

Answer 3

dark blue Devonian slate- it retains heat and the river als reflects warmth onto the vines.

Question 4

What is Piesport’s greatest vineyard called?

Answer 4

The Goldtropfchen (“droplets of gold”) Vineyard. It is shaped like a natural amphitheater facing the flatland of Piesport. Two main producers are Reinhold Haart and Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt.

Question 5

What is the famous Doctor vineyard and where is it located?

Answer 5

Located in Bernkastel-Kues, it is reputedly the source of a miraculously curative wine in the 14th century. It was exempt from the 1971 German Wine Law for this reason.

Question 6

How does the soil type of Erden differ from the soil in the rest of the Mittelmosel?

Answer 6

In Erden they have red slate in the vineyards, rather than the blue Devonian slate.

Question 7

What does Urzinger Wurzgarten translate to? What are 2 prominent producers?

Answer 7

“Spice Garden”; JJ Christoffel Erben and Monchof

Question 8

Why do Saar wines tend to be higher acid and not as ripe?

Answer 8

Due to the marginal climate and higher altitude, it is much cooler than the Mittelmosel.

Question 9

What is Scharzhofberger?

Answer 9

An ortsteil (town) within the gemeinde (borough/commune) of Wiltingen in the Saar bereich, in the Mosel.

Most famous producer is Egon Muller.

Question 10

What are the two famous monopoles in the Ruwertal bereich? Who owns them?

Answer 10

1) Maximin Grunhauser Abtsberg (part of the trio of monopoles owned by the von Schubert-Grunhaus estate)
2) Eitelsbacher Karthauserhofberg (owned by Karthauserhof)

Question 11

What was the Burg Cochem bereich formerly known as?

Answer 11

the Zell bereich

Question 12

What is the Terrassenmosel?

Answer 12

Another name for the Burg Cochem bereich, as the narrowing river and intensely steep slopes make terraced vineyards a must. Some of europe’s steepest slopes.

Question 13

What is the dominant grape of the Obermosel and the Moseltor?

Answer 13

In these southernmost bereich, Elbling is the dominant grape.

Question 14

Which anbaugebeit has the highest proportion of Riesling?

Answer 14

The Rheingau, accounting for nearly 80% of vineayrd acreage.

Question 15

Where is Geisenheim, the center of German viticultural research, located?

Answer 15

In the Rheingau!

Question 16

How do the wines of the Rheingau differ in style than the wines of the Mosel?

Answer 16

Rheingau wines tend to be more powerful, fuller in body, and concentrated. This is due to the the varied soils (clay, loess, sand, slate) of the Rheingau and the favorable mesoclimate.

Question 17

What is a Rheingauer Flote?

Answer 17

A traditional flute-shaped brown bottle used to bottle riesling in the Rheingau.

Question 18

Where is Assmannhausen, and what is it known for?

Answer 18

A village in the westernmost corner of the Rheingau, known for Germany’s most famous Spatburgunder (PInot Noir).

Question 19

What vineyard site in Assmannhausen is the most famous and is said to produce the best Spatburgunder?

Answer 19

Hollenberg. Key producer is August Kessler.

Question 20

In the Rheingau, what two villages is Schloss Johannisberg sandwiched between?

Answer 20

Between Geisenheim and Johannisberg

Question 21

What is Schloss Schonborn’s monoploe?

Answer 21

The Pfaffenberg Vineyard

Question 22

Which river borders the Rheinhessen to the north and to the east?

Answer 22

The Rhine River

Question 23

Which anbaugebiet has the most land under vine?

Answer 23

The Rheinhessen (26,500 hectares)

Question 24

What is the Roter Hang and why is it important?

Answer 24

The most prestigious sector of the Rheinterrasse in the Rheinhessen, known for its slope of red clay (the names means “red slope”). Roter Hang fetches extremely high prices, and the best producer is Gunderloch.

Question 25

What is “Message in a Bottle”?

Answer 25

An association of over two dozen young and dynamic winemakers in the Rheinhessen committed to raising quality throughout the region.

Question 26

What are the Voges Mountains called in Pfalz?

Answer 26

The Haardt Hills

Question 27

Where is the Grosse Lage Kirchenstuck located?

Answer 27

In Forst in the Pfalz. It is known as the Pfaltz’s warmest and most exceptional vineyard site.

Question 28

In the Mittelhaardt of the Pfalz, who are the “3 Bs” and most recognizable estates?

Answer 28

Basserman-Jordan, von Buhl, Burklin-Wolf

Question 29

What is Scheurebe?

Answer 29

A cross between Silvaner and Riesling, usually seen as a sweet wine from the Pfalz.

Question 30

What is the name of Donnhoffs monopole vineyard?

Answer 30

Oberhauser Brucke

Question 31

What is the single bereich of the Ahr?

Answer 31

Walporzheim-Ahrtal

Question 32

What is the single Grosslage of the Ahr?

Answer 32

Klosterberg

Question 33

What style of wine is the Ahr known for?

Answer 33

Spatburgunder!

Two top producers: Meyer-Nakel and Kreuzberg

Question 34

What is the name of the mountain range that shelters the Ahr vineayrd sites from cold winds?

Answer 34

The Eifel Mountains

Question 35

What river is Franken centered along?

Answer 35

The Main River

Question 36

Where is Germany’s warmest winegrowing region located?

Answer 36

Kaiserstuhl, located in Baden.

Question 37

What is schillerwein?

Answer 37

A style of rose produced by fermenting red and white grapes together. Commonly done in Wurttemberg.