Germany

Question 1

What does “Grosses Gewächs” signify”?

Answer 1

A dry wine of at least spätlese level ripeness classified by the VDP

Question 2

Einzellage

Answer 2

single vineyard - smallest delimited winegrowing site by law

Question 3

halbtrocken

Answer 3

“off-dry”

Question 4

feinherb

Answer 4

“half-dry”… unregulated designation - usually sweeter than halbtrocken

Question 5

List the Pradikat levels from least to most ripe

Answer 5

kabinett, spätlese, auslese, berenauslese, eiswein, trockenberenauslese

Question 6

South of the Rhine in between the town of Mainz and Worms lies which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 6

Rheinhessen

Question 7

List the subdivisions of German wine regions in descending order of size

Answer 7

Anbaugebiete, Großlage, Bereich, Gemeinde, Einzellage

Question 8

What are the three Bs of MittelPfalz?

Answer 8

Burklin-Wolf, von Buhl, Basserman-Jordan

Question 9

Where is the famous Karthauserhofberg estate?

Answer 9

Eitelsbach, Ruwer, Mosel

Question 10

Near what tributary is the famous Rausch vineyard located?

Answer 10

Saar

Question 11

What town would be listed on a German wine label with the vineyard Goldtröpfchen?

Answer 11

Piesport(er)

Question 12

Which town(s) of the Mosel have vineyards named Sonnenuhr?

Answer 12

Wehlen - Sonnenuhr

Brauneberg - Juffer Sonnenuhr

Question 13

What is the German name for Pinot Noir?

Answer 13

Spätburgunder

Question 14

What is the measure for must weight used in the Pradikat system?

Answer 14

oechsle