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1
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What is an AP Nr

A 
Amtilche Prufnummer
Exam Board Regional Code
Village of Producer
Bottler Code
Application Number
Application Year
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What is the minimum size for a enzellagen in Germany

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Must be 5HA, but there are four exceptions:
Doctor- Bernkasteler
Schloss Vollrads- Rhiengau
Kirchenstuck- Frost
Freudstuck- Frost
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When was Spatlese discovered, where

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1775 in Schloss Johannisberg, Rheingau

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When was Auslese discovered, where

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1787 in Schloss Johannisberg, Rheingau

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When was Eiswein discovered, wheree

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1859 in Schloss Johannisberg, Rheingau

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6
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Define the term “allenbestiz”

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Monopole

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7
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Define “Hessische Staatsweinguter”

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The state-run winery

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8
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When is capitalization permitted in German wines

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When the wine has less than 8.5%abv

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9
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What is Liebfraumilch?

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It is a bulk wine
Must come from one of four regions (Rheinhessen, Nahe, Rheingau, or Pfalz)
One region must be noted on the label and 85%
Maximum of 18g/l RS
51% must be one or more: Riesling, Sylvaner, Muller Thurgau, Kerner

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10
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What is Muller- Thurgau a crossing of

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Riesling and Madeline Royal

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What is Scheurebe a crossing of

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Riesling and Bucktrebbe

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12
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What is Dornfelder a crossing of

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Helfensteiner and Heroldrebe

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13
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What major events hampered wine production in German

A

Phylloxeria
World Wars
Mass Producation
Liembfraumilch

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14
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List the five major red grapes of Germany

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Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir)
Dornfelder (Helfensteiner and Heroldrebe)
Blau Portugise 
Trollinger
Schwartzriesling (Pinot Muenier)
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15
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List the seven major white grapes of Germany

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Riesling
Muller-Thurgau (Riesling and Madeline Royal)
Sylvaner
Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris)
Wiessburgunder (Pinot Blanc)
Kerner
Bacchus
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16
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Define the term Weissherbst

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A rose produced from a single (black) varietal and denoted on the label- Found commonly in Baden

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17
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Define “rotling”

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Rose produced from co-fermenting black and white grapes

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18
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What is Schillerwein and where is it found

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It is the same as Rotling- a rose produced from co-fermenting black and white grapes, but produced in Wurttemberg

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What are the two most planted varietals in Germany

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Riesling and Spatburgunder

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20
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What is the difference between Deutscherwien and Wein

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Deutscherwien must be sourced from Germany, Wein can be sourced from other countries

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21
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What method is most German sekt produced in

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Charmant

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What is required fro a German sekt to rise to the level of QbA

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Must be made from traditional grapes and come from one of the 13 anbaugebiete

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What are the two tiers of German quality wine

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Qualitatswien (formerly QbA)
Pradikatswien (formerly QmP)

*both are required to be from on of the 13 anbaugebiete

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24
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What is the minimum percentage of alcohol required in Pradikatswien

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7%, with the exception of 5.5% for BA, TBA, E

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25
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When did Erste Lage change to to Grosse Lage

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2012

*only one dry wine can be made from each site

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26
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What is the standard Oechsle range

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70-85 Kabinett
80-95 Spatlese
88-105 Auslese
110-128 Beerenauslese
150-154 Trockenbeerenauslese
110-128 Eiswein
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27
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What does VDP stand for

A

Verband Deutscher Pradiskatswien

Est. in 1910 at Verband Deutscher Naturinversteigerer

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28
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Why did the VDN change to the VDP in Germany

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Dropped the term “Natur” after the 1971 laws because the wines could now be chapitalized

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29
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What was “Charta” established and where

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Established in 1984 in the Rhiengau to promote dry wines

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30
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What can the term Grosse Gewaches be denoted on a label

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Never, only “GG” when the wine is dry and from a Grosse Lage

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31
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What are the maximum yields for the following categories:
Grosse Lage
Erste Lage
Ortswein
Gutswein
A

Grosse Lage: 50hl/ha
Erste Lage: 60hl/ha
Ortswein: 75hl/ha
Gutswein: 75hl/ha

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32
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What does the term “Classic” denote on a bottle of German wine

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The wine must be harmoniously dry with a maximum of 15g/L

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What does the term “Selection” denote on a bottle of German wine

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The wine must be Superior dry with a maximum of 9g/L (exception of Riesling 12g/L)

  • 60hl/ha
  • Single Vineyard
  • Single Variety
  • Hand Harvested
  • Reached Auslese weight
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34
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What term is used for dry wine from Erste Lage sites since Grosse Gewaches is limited to Grosse Lage sites

A

Trocken

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35
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Prior to 2012 VDP accords, what are the requirements if awarded a Erste Lage designation

A

(now considered Grosse Lage)

  • Hand Harvesting
  • 50hl/ha
  • Spatlese ripeness
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36
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What are the aging requirements for a GG wine

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White: Sept. 1 of the following year
Red: Sept. 1 of the 2nd year following harvest
*Einzellage must always be denoted on label

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37
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What does “reserve” indicate in the mosel and how is it signified

A

Indicated with a “Goldkapsel”- refers to a higher must weight than required. Even richer versions can be denoted with a Lange Godkapsel

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38
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At what town does the Mosel merge with the Rhine

A

Koblenz

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39
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Where does the Mosel River originate

A

Voges Mountains

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40
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What are the six bereche that cover the mosel valley

A 
Bernkastel
Burg Cochieim
Saar
Ruwertal
Obermosel
Moseltor
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41
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What are the top three white grapes planted in the Mosel

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Riesling
Muller Thurgau (Riesling and Madeline Royal)
Ebling

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42
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List the nine gemeinden as the Mosel river flows (South to North) through the Bernkastel bereche

A 
Trittenheim
Piesport
Braunberg
Bernkastel-Kues
Graach-an-der-Mosel
Whelen
Zeltigen
Urzig
Erden
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43
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What are the soils of the Mosel

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Davonian Blue Slate except for Red Slate found in Urzig and more prolifically in Erden

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44
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What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Trittenheim

A

Apotheke

Domherr

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45
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What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Piesport

A

Goldtrophen

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What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Braunberg

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Juffer
Juffer Sonnehur
Drompost

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47
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What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Bernkastel-Kues

A

Lay

Doctor

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48
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What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Graach-an-der-Mosel

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Josephhofer

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49
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What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Whelen

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Sonnehur

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50
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What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Zeltigen

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Sonnehur

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51
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What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Urzig

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Wurzgarten

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What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Erden

A

Parlat

Treppchen

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53
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What gemeinden are the three Sonnehur einzellage found in

A

Braunburger
Zeltigen
Whelen

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54
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What are the two alleinbesitz found in the Mosel

  • What gemeinden
  • What producer
A

Joesphofer- Graach-an-der-Mosel- Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt

Doctor- Berkastel- Kues- Dr. Thanish

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55
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What can the einzellage to the east of Doctor in Bernkastel-Kues be called

A

Alte Badstube

Doktorberg

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56
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What is the warmest einzellage in the Mosel

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Parlat in Erden

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57
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What gemeinden is Egon Muller located in

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Wiltigen

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58
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What are two common Grosslagen einzellage

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Badstuble

Michelsberg

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What are the two greatest einzellage of the Saar, what gemeinden are they in

A

Scharzofberger-Wiltingen

Rausch- Saarburg

60
Q

Rank the following coolest to warmest:
Saar
Mosel
Ruwer

A

Ruwer
Saar
Mosel

61
Q

How many hectares of Rausch einzellage where classified at Erste Lage in 1971

A

Only 8 of the total 16HA

62
Q

What two vineyards does Egon Muller make wines from in Germany

A

Scharzhofberger

Braune Kupp

63
Q

What are the two great einzellage of the Ruwer

A

Karthauserhofberg- Eitelsbach

Abtsberg- Mertsdorf

64
Q

What three vineyards are produced by Maximin Grunhauser in Mertsdorf

A

Abtsberg
Herrenberg
Brudenberg

65
Q

What is the general facing direction of vineyards in the Rheingau

A

Southeast

66
Q

Who championed the Charta movement in the Rheingau

A

Bernhard Breuer (of the Georg Breuer estate) in Rüdesheim

67
Q

What is the sole bereiche in the Rheingau

A

Johannisberg

68
Q

What are the most significant white and red grapes of the Rheingau

A

Riesling and Spatburgunder

69
Q

What is the soil composition of the Rheingau

A

Slate on the top of the slopes moving towards clay, alluvial sand, and red slate mixture closer to the river

70
Q

What was the term for a bottle from the Rheingau

A

Rheingauer Flute, always brown

71
Q

List the eleven gemieden of the Rheingau west to east

A 
Assmanshausen
Rudesheim
Geisenheim
Johannisberg
Winkel
Hattanheim
Hallgarten
Erbach
Kiedrich
Eltville
Hockheim am Main
72
Q

What is the best einzellage for spatburguner in the Rhiengau

A

Hollenberg in Assmanshausen

73
Q

What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Rudesheim

A

Berg Rottland
Berg Schlossberg
Berg Roseneck

74
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What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Geisenheim

A

Schloss Johannisberg

Holle

75
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What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Winkel

A

Schloss Vollrads
Jesuitengarten
Hasensprung

76
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What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Hattanheim

A

Pfaffenberg (schloss schonborn)
Mannberg (mostly Von Simmeran
Erb

77
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What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Hallgarten

A

Junger
Schonell
Kloster Erbacher

78
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What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Kiedrich

A

Grafenberg (Weil)

79
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What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Hockheim am Main

A

Kirchenstuck

Holle

80
Q

What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Erbach

A

Macrobrunn

81
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What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Eltville

A

Sonnenberg

82
Q

What are the requirements to be considered a Charta wine

A 
Rheingau only
100% Riesling
100% own-estate production
50hl/ha
Max 12g/L
No Pradikat mentioned
83
Q

What is the largest einzellage in the Rheinhessen

A

Roter Haug

84
Q

What is the most important producer in the Rheinhessen

A

Gunderloch

85
Q

What gemeiden is famous in the Rheinhessen for Liebfraumilch

A

Worms

86
Q

What are the five most important gemeiden of the Rheinhessen

A 
Nackerheim
Nierstien
Oppenheim
Westhofen
Dalsheim
87
Q

What is the main soil composition of Roter Haug

A

Red clay and slate

88
Q

What is grape is considered a regional specialty for Rhienhessen

A

Sylvaner- most acreage planted in the world

89
Q

What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Nierstien

A

Hipping

Perrenthal

90
Q

What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Nackerheim

A

Rothenberg

91
Q

What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Oppenheim

A

Schutzenhutte

Sacktrager

92
Q

What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Westhofen

A

Morstein

Kirchspeil

93
Q

What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Dalsheim

A

Hubacker

94
Q

What are the name of the mountains found in the Pfalz, what are they a natural extension of

A

Haardt Mountains, Voges Mountains

95
Q

What einzellage of the Pfalz can only be accessed by entering France

A

Friedrich Becker, In Schweigen the Sonnenberg vineyard and its lieux-dits are Kammerberg, Radling & St. Paul. Grows mainly spatburgunder.

96
Q

Where are the majority of important einzellage concentrated in the Pflaz

A

Mostly in the northern areas (Mittelhaardt bereiche) with eastern facing slopes

97
Q

What are five of the best producers found in the Pfalz

A 
Basserman Jordan
Bruklinwolf
von Buhl
Von Winning
Muller Caitor
98
Q

What is another name that the Pfalz can go by

A

Palatinate

99
Q

What are the three most important red varieties found in the Rhienhessen

A

Dornfelder
Portugieser
Spätburgunder

100
Q

What are the four most important white varieties found in the Rhienhessen

A

Riesling
Müller-Thurgau (Rivaner)
Silvaner
Grauburgunder

101
Q

Define Districtus Controllatus as it pertains to the Pfalz

A

Riesling, Grauburgunder, Spätburgunder, Weissburgunder, Dornfelder may be produced as varietal wines under the Pfalz Districtus Controllatus - a system introduced in 2004 that mirrors Austria’s DAC. Wines must be dry and reach 12% abv.

102
Q

What are the Grosse Lage sites found in Frost in the Pfalz

A 
Pechstein
Kirchenstuck
Jesuitengarten
Freundstuck
Ungeheuer
103
Q

What Erste Lage site can be found in Bad Durkhiem

A

Michelsburg

104
Q

Name the gemeinde of Mittelhardt bereiche

A 
Kallstadt
Ungstein
Bad Durkheim
Wachenheim
Forst
Deidesheim
Ruppertsberg
105
Q

What is the best einzellage found in Deidsheim, Pfalz

A

Langanmorogen

106
Q

What is the best einzellages (Erste Lage) found in Ruppertsberg, Pfalz

A

Reiterpfad
Spiess
Gaisbohl - monopole of Dr. Burklin-Wolf

107
Q

What is the Southern bereiche within the Pfalz region

A

Südliche Weinstrasse

108
Q

What is the best einzellage in the Pfalz

A

Kirchenstuck in Forst - “church parcel” 3.7ha. warmest and most uniform site. 8 owners. all Riesling.

109
Q

What are the two most important red grapes of the Nahe, what about white

A

Dornfelder
Spätburgunder
Riesling
Muller Thurgau

110
Q

What are the six gemeiden of the Nahe

A 
Bad Kreuznach
Bad Munster
Norheim
Niederhausen
Oberhausen
Schlossbockelheim
111
Q

What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Schlossbockelheim

A

Kupfergrube

Felsenberg

112
Q

What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Oberhausen

A

Bruke

113
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What are the most important einzellage found in the gemeinden of Niederhausen

A

Hermannshohle

Hermannsberg

114
Q

What mountain range protects the Ahr from wind

A

Eifel Mountains

115
Q

What type of wine is the Ahr most known for

A

Red wine producation, 88% is Spatburgunder

116
Q

What is the only bereiche found in the Ahr

A

Walporzheim-Ahrtal

117
Q

What is the only grosse lage found in the Ahr

A

Klosterberg

118
Q

Is the Ahr warmer or cooler than the mosel

A

Warmer- hence why spatburgunder is such large production

119
Q

What river cuts through the Franken region

A

Main River

120
Q

What was the traditional bottle of Franken called

A

Bocksbeutal

121
Q

What is the main grape found in Franken

A

Sylvaner

122
Q

What are the four gemeiden of Franken

A

Iphofen
Escherndorf
Wurzberg
Burgstadt

123
Q

What are the best einzellage of Iphofen

A

Julusechtnerberg

124
Q

What is the best producer of Iphofen wines from Franken

A

Hans Wirsching

125
Q

What are the best einzellage of Escherndorf, what producer would you most likely find there

A

Lump; Horst Sauer

126
Q

What is the central gemienden and its einzellage of Franken

A

Wurzberg, Stein (wine from stein refered locally as steinwein)

127
Q

What are the best einzellage of Burgstadt

A

Centgrafenberg

128
Q

What is the warmest anbaugebietein Germany- what is it’s warmest einzellage

A

Baden, Kaiserstuhl

129
Q

What grosse lage can be found in the Mittlerhien

A

Hahn- a alleinbesitz of Toni Jost

130
Q

What is the smallest anbaugebiete

A

Hessische-Bergstrasse

131
Q

What bereich produces the best wines in Hessische-Bergstrasse

A

Starkenburg

132
Q

What are the major villages of Starkenburg (North to South)

A

Zwingenberg
Auerbach
Bensheim
Heppenheim

133
Q

Which anbaugebiete touch Switzerland

A

Baden and Wurttemberg (Lake Boden)

134
Q

Where is Schwartriesling king

A

Wurttemberg

135
Q

What river is associated with Sachsen

A

Elbing River

136
Q

What hybrid grape is a specialty of Sachsen

A

Goldreisling

137
Q

What is the northern most anaugebiete

A

Saale-Unstrut

138
Q

What grapes are found in the northern Saale-Unstrut

A

Muller-Thurgau

Wiessburgunder

139
Q

Where is the Ebling grape a speciality of

A

Obermosel and Moseltor

140
Q

Where can you find Fruhburgunder a speciality

A

Ahr and Franken

141
Q

Where is Lake Constance

A

Baden

142
Q

What is the approximate ratio of Oechsle to KMW

A

~5

143
Q

What is the Oechsle range for wines from Hessische Bergstrasse and the Nahe

A 
Kabinett: 67-73
Spatlese: 76-85
Auslese: 83-88
Beeranauslese: 110
Trockenbeeranausles: 150
144
Q

What is the most Southern anbaugebeit

A

Wurttemberg

145
Q

What is Kerner a cross of

A

Trollinger and Riesling (from Wurttemberg)

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