Germany Flashcards
1
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Where does the Nahe get its name?
A
From the tributary of the Rhine that flows through the region.
2
Q
What is the minimum size of a vineyard according to the Wine Law of 1971? What are the exceptions? (4 vineyards and their towns)
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5ha
Doctor (Bernkastel)
Kirchenstück and Freunstüch (Forst)
Schloss Vollrads (Winkel)
3
Q
What is the top vineyard of Trittenheim?
A
Apotheke
4
Q
Who are the top two producers in Piesport?
A
Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt
Reinhold Haart
5
Q
What town marks the northern limit of Rheinhessen? What famous institute is here? What town marks the southern limit?
A
Mainz marks the northern limit and the Geisenheim Institute is here. Worms marks the southern limit.
6
Q
In what style is Riesling from the Rheinhessen usually produced?
A
Usually produced in halbrocken or sweeter styles
7
Q
What is the top vineyard site Eltville?
A
Sonnenberg
8
Q
What is the name of the top vineyard in Brauneberg?
A
Juffer-Sonnenuhr
9
Q
What is the famous producer for first harnessing botrytis in the late 18th century?
A
Schloss Johannisberg
10
Q
Who is the first producer credited for using the term Spotless in Germany? When was this?
A
Schloss Johannisberg; 1775
11
Q
What are the top three vineyards of Rüdesheim? Hint: “BERG”
A
Berg Rottland
Berg Schlossberg
Berg Roseneck
12
Q
What style of Riesling is produced in the Pfalz?
A
Among Germany’s most full-bodied, and the wines are almost invariably dry.
13
Q
T/F producers in the Mosel may produce Grosse Lage wines at every Prädikat level. What’s the exception in the Pfalz?
A
Pfalz does not allow for the Grosse Lage production at Kabinett level.
14
Q
Name 5 producers from the Pfalz
A
Friedrich Becker Hanz Rebholz Bassermann-Jordan Müller-Catoir Von Buhl
15
Q
Who brought Vitis vinifera vines to Germany?
A
the Romans
16
Q
Which winemaking region in Germany has more Erst Lage sites listed by the VDP than any other anbaugebiete in the country?
A
Rheingau
17
Q
What is the Germany synonym for Pinot Gris? Pinot Blanc? Pinot Noir? Pinot Meaner?
A
Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris)
Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc)
Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir)
Schwarzriesling (Pinot Meunier)
18
Q
In regards to VDP vs German wine law, what is different about vineyard perception between the two? (size)
A
The VDPs recognition of vineyard boundaries refer to the pre 1971 boundaries which were generally smaller.
19
Q
What does VDP stand for? When was it founded? What is its purpose?
A
Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter
1910
its purpose is to promote unchaptalized wines and dry Riesling with a renewed emphasis on terroir and vineyard site as a measure of quality
20
Q
From what vineyard did the most expensive wine on the Titanic’s wine list come from?
A
The Pettenthal vineyard in Niersteiner.
21
Q
What Anbaugebiete in Germany commands significant plantings of Sangiovese?
A
Pfalz
22
Q
What is the source requirements for the grapes (vineyard/village/anbaugebiete) for each category drawn up by the German Wine Institute?
A
Classic Single variety wines that list the producer and region of production but not the vineyard.
Selection Single variety and single vineyard wine that lists the producer, anbaugebiete, varietal, and also may list the vineyard as well as village.
23
Q
What is the name of Germany’s warmest wine growing area located in Baden?
A
Kaiserstuhl
24
Q
What direction do the best vineyards in Germany face?
A
south and southwest
25
What is the name of the top vineyad site in Assmannshausen? Best Producer
Höllenberg
| August Kessler
26
What are the two categories drawn up by the German Wine Institute? What are the max RS values for each? Minimum alcohol for Classic? Min must weight for Selection? Which is allowed to list the vineyard and must be produced from a single vineyard?
Classic (harmoniously dry)
15g/L and min 12% (11.5% in the Mosel)
Selection (superior dry)
9 g/L (12 g/L for Riesling) Must weight must be equivalent to Auslese Selection is the only one allowed to list a vineyard as it is sourced form only a single vineyard. Vineyard name is omitted from Classic wines, but producer and anbaugebiet may be listed.
27
What is the name of Toni Jost's Grosse Lage monopole vineyard in Bacharach?
Hahn
28
What quality level does most Sekt fall under?
Deutscher Wein
29
What is the German name for vineyard?
Einzellage
30
What is the name of the strain of early-ripening Pinot Noir found in Franken?
Frühburgunder
31
What style of Riesling is produced in the Mittelrhein compared to the Mosel?
Unlike the Mosel these wines are almost invariably either trocken or halbtrocken
32
What is the name of the traditional squat, flask-shaped bottle of Franken?
Bocksbeutel
33
What is Estes Gewächs? How is it different from Grosses Gewächs?
Dry wine of great quality from the Rheingau and a designation drawn up by Charta.
Grosses Gewächs represents a wine of Grosse Lage quality according to the VDP that is dry and of the highest quality.
34
What soil types are found in the Pfalz?
Red sandstone, calcium-based limestone, loess, red slate, basalt, igneous granite and alluvial gravel
35
What are the top two vineyard in Westhofen?
Morstein
| Kirchspiel
36
What is the old nickname for Frankish wine? From what vineyard does it get its name? In what village is this vineyard located?
"Steinwein"
The vineyard Stein
The village of Wurzberg
37
What is the name of the greatest vineyard in Piesport?
Goldtröpfchen
38
What is the most planted grape in Sachsen? What is the name of the aromatic crossing specialty here?
Müller-Thurgau is the most planted
| Goldriesling is the crossing
39
For Selection wines, what pradikat level must the must weight be equal to or greater than?
Auslese
40
What were the VDP's quality designations prior to 2012? What do these quality designations represent in the wine, prestige-wise and stylistically? How were wines labeled for each?
Erste Lage: Represented the top tier of quality to the VDP. Reserved for Germany's finest single vineyard sites. These wines carry a specialized logo "1" followed by a cluster of grapes. If wines were dry they were denoted by the initials "GG" which stands for Grosses Gewäches. If lusciously sweet, the wine was labeled by traditional pradikat levels. The einzellage (vineyard) must have been listed on the label in the style of the grands crus of Burgundy, the village name is dropped.
41
What is the name of the Nahe's top vineyard? Where is it? What is the other top vineyard site here?
Hermannshöhle in Niederhausen is considered the best.
Hermannsberg
42
Name five rivers that have the best vineyard sites in Germany along them.
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Mosel
Rhine
Main
Nahe
Elbe
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43
What crossing led to the creation of the Scheurebe grape?
Buckettrebe x Riesling
44
What are the 9 villages of the Bernkastel district in order from upstream to downstream?
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Trittenheim
Piesport
Brauneberg
Berkastel-Kues
Graach-an-der-Mosel
Wehlen
Zeltingen
Ürzig
Erden
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45
What institute is credited for the creation of Muller-Thurgau?
Geisenheim Wine Institute in the Rheingau
46
What is the top vineyard site of Kallstadt?
Saumagen
47
The heart of the Rheingau is one long slope facing what direction?
southeast
48
What was the name for the best wines produced along the Rhine during the 19th century?
Hock
49
What is the name of the top vineyard in Kiedrich? Who is the best producer here?
Gräfenberg
| Robert Weil
50
What is the German word for monopole?
alleinbesitz
51
What is the name of the top vineyard in Hochheim?
Kirchenstück
52
What are the top two vineyard sites in Hattenheim?
Pfaffenberg
| Mannberg
53
Where is Wiltingen? What is the name of the best vineyard here? Top Producer?
Saar
Sharzhofberger
Egon Müller
54
What are the names of the top two vineyards in Bernkastel-Kues?
Doctor
| Lay
55
Who is producing the most well-known, expensive wines of the Nahe and has a monopole in Oberhausen? What is the name of this monopole?
Dönhoff
| Brücke
56
What was the former name of the Mosel and when did it change?
Mosel-Saar-Ruwer Changed August 1, 2007
57
Name 4 other red grapes than Spätburgunder that command significant acreage in Germany?
Dornfelder
Blauer Portugieser
Trollinger
Schwarzriesling
58
What are the two most common grosslagen within Bernkastel?
Badstube
| Michelsberg
59
What is the world's most northerly wine region dedicated to red wine production? On what parallel is this region located? What is the major grape planted here?
Ahr
North of the 50th parallel
Spätburgunder
60
What are the top two vineyard sites in Würzburg?
Stein
| Leiste
61
What are the top two vineyards in Oppenheim?
Schützenhütte
| Sackträger
62
What is the name of the scale used for determining must weights info Pradikatswein?
Öchsle
63
What are the tiers of Quality for German wine recognized by the national government? What were their former names?
Prädikatswein
(formerly Qualitätswein mit Prädikat)
Qualitätswein
(formerly Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete)
Landwein
Equivalent to PGI and originates form one of 26 broad regions. Must be trocken and halbtrocken in style.
Deutscher Wein
wine without geographic indication
64
What is the name of the monopole of Kloster Eberbach and in what commune is it located?
Sternberg located in the commune of Hattenheim
65
What is the name of the rosé produced in Baden? How is it made? Which rosé specialty of Württemburg and is made by cofermenting red and white grapes?
Weissherbst (saignée) from Baden (Pinot Noir)
Schillerwein (cofermentation of red and white grapes), common in Württemberg
66
What is the main soil type of the Mosel?
Dark Blue Devonian Slate
67
Who is the marquee producer within the Roter Hang who owns over three-quarters of Rothenberg?
Gunderloch
68
What is the name of the top vineyard in Ürzig?
Würzgarten
69
What legal quality tier are many of Germany's best Grosses-Gewächs wines released under?
Qualitätswein (QbA)
70
Name two top producers of Spätburgunder in the Ahr
Meyer-Näkel
Kreuzberg
Jean Stodden
J.J. Adeneuer
71
The Reheinhessen has more acreage devoted to what grape than any other in the world?
Silvaner
72
If a wine was designated Erst Lage prior to 2012, what were the maximum yields and minimum must weights they have received prior to release?
Maximum yields were 50hl/ha and the minimum must weight had to be equivalent to Spätlese.
73
What is the name of Burklin-Wolf's monopole in Ruppertsberg?
Gaisböhl
74
What is the name of the most famous wine institute that is located in the Rheingau?
Geisenheim
75
What are the top two vineyard in Erden?
Prälat
| Treppchen
76
What are the three top sites in Deidesheim?
Langenmorgen
Hohenmorgen
Kieselberg
77
Between what two villages are the best vineyards of the Rheingau located?
Wiesbaden and Rüdesheim
78
What is the top vineyard site in Escherndorf?
Lump
79
What are the top vineyard sites in Schlossböckelheim?
Kupfergrube
| Felsenberg
80
Which two regions have separate zones along the Swiss border to the south? Along the shores of what lake?
Baden & Württemberg
Lake Constance
81
What is the name of the PGI equivalent designation in Germany? What style must the wines be produced in?
Landwein
trocken and halbrocken
82
What is "Message in a Bottle"?
An association of over two dozen young and dynamic winemakers in the Rheinhessen committed to raising quality throughout the region.
83
What are the major villages along the Nahe from west to east starting with Schloßböckelheim? (6)
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Schlössbockelheim
Oberhausen
Niederhausen
Norheim
Bad Münster
Bad Kreuznach
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84
What Bereich is often referred to as the Terrassenmosel? What is the top vineyard here? What gemeiden is it located in?
Burg Cochem
Uhlen is the best
It's located with in Winningen
85
What is the must weight range for Kabinett? Spätlese? Auslese? Beerenauslese? Trockenbeerenauslese? Eiswein?
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Kabinett (70-85)
Spätlese (80-95)
Auslese (88-105)
Beerenauslese (110-128)
Trockenbeerenauslese (150-154)
Eiswein (110-128)
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86
What are the major villages of the Pfalz from north to south starting with Kallstadt?
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Kallstadt
Ungstein
Bad Dürkheim
Wachenheim
Forst
Deidesheim
Ruppertsberg
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87
What is the German synonym for Botrytis?
Edelfäule
88
The German Wine Institute also drew up a hierarchy of drier styles of wine. It is legally recognized and was designed to replace what terms on German wine labels?
halbtocken and trocken
89
When was the term Auslese first seen in Germany?
1787
90
What are the top three vineyards in Mertesdorf?
Abtsberg
Herrenberg
Bruderberg
91
What major white variety other than Riesling can be found in the Pfalz?
Sauvignon Blanc
92
How many dry wines may be produced in each of the top vineyards (Grosse Lage) according to the VDP? Sweet?
One dry wine may be produced from each top vineyard by a producer. Numerous sweet wines can be produced across the pradikats from a single vineyard.
93
What is the name of the top vineyard that is shared between Wehlen and Zeltingen?
Sonnenuhr
94
What is the name of the river valley where Sachsen is located?
Elbe River Valley
95
What are the top two vineyard sites in Nierstein?
Hipping
| Pettenthal
96
What wine dominated the wine export market of Germany in the 1980s?
Liebfraumilch
97
What is Pfalz also known as in German? What is it known as to English-speakers? What was its official name prior to renaming in 1992?
Südliche Weinstrasse
Known to English-speakers as the Palatinate
Was named the Rheinpfalz
98
What did the German Wine Law of 1971 effectively do in regards to vineyard numbers?
condensed the number of vineyards in Germany to around 2,600 from 30,000 prior to
99
What is Charta, when was it formed and for what purpose?
Charta is an organization that was formed in 1984 in the Rheingau for the purpose of advancing the classic, dry style of Rheingau Riesling.
100
Wines without geographic indication in Germany fall under what quality category according to German wine law?
Deutscher Wein
101
What is the Roter Hang? Between what villages is it located?
The Roter Hang is the most prestigious sector of the Rheinterrasse, a slope of red clay and slate between Nierstein and Nackenheim.
102
According to Charta, what is the name for the top dry wines of the Rheingau?
Erstes Gewächs
103
On what river is the Franken located?
Main River
104
What must be listed on the bottle if the wine is of QbA or QmP quality?
Anbaugebiete
105
What is the top vineyard site in Dalsheim?
Hubacker
106
What are the names of the top three vineyards in Graach?
Josephshöfer
Domprobst
Himmelreich
107
What is the name of the mountains that shelter the terraced vineyards of the Ahr region?
Eifel Mountains
108
What are the Vosges Mountains called in the Pfalz?
Haardt Hills
109
What is a goldkapsel and what does it indicate? Where is it used almost exclusively? What is the name of the longer goldkapsel? What does it indicate? What kind of bottlings is a goldkapsel most frequently found on?
A goldkapsel is a gold-colored capsule used almost exclusively by producers in the Mosel as a means of subverting the 1971 Wine Law, which ruled that additional qualifications of prädikat level could not be listed on the bottle. It typically indicates a "reserve" section of that producer. Lange Goldkapsel Most frequently found on Auslese bottlings.
110
What style of Riesling is produced in the Nahe? (compare to Mosel and Rheingau)
generally sweet falling between Mosel and Rheingau in style
111
If a wine was lusciously sweet prior to 2012 and it was VDP, how was this indicated on the label?
By traditional prädikat.
112
Which Anbaugebiete has moe land under vine than any other in Germany?
Rheinhessen
113
What mountain range does the Mosel River flow from? In what direction? What are its two main tributaries? What river does it flow into? Where does this happen? What anbaugebiete borders the Mosel here?
Flows eastward from the Vosges Mountains and merges with the Rhine at Koblenz marking the end of the Mosel Valley and the start of the Mittelrhein. Two main tributaries are the Saar and Ruwer.
114
What anbaugebiet borders the Rheinhessen to the north? West? South?
Rheingau (north)
Nahe (west)
Pfalz (south)
115
What are the top two vineyards of Hallgarten?
Jungfer
| Schönhell
116
T/F All VDP producers must estate-bottle.
True; it's mandatory
117
What does "Alte Reben" mean?
Old Vines (equivalent to Vieilles Vignes in France)
118
What was seen on the wine labels of Charta producers indicating their affiliation with the organization?
Three Roman arches
119
There are five sets of numbers within an Amtliche Prüfungsnummer. Describe what each stands for.
1st set: region where the wine was tested
2nd set: the commune in which the wine was bottled
3rd set: the bottler's code
4th set: unique code for bottling
5th set: the year in which the application was filled
120
Name 7 white grapes other than Riesling that command significant acreage in Germany.
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Müller-Thurgau
Silvaner
Grauburgunder
Weissburgunder
Kerner
Bacchus
Scheurebe
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121
If an Erste Lage wine is dry, how will this be indicated on the label? Instead of what?
Qualitätswein trocken instead of "GG"
122
What is the top vineyard site in Nackenheim?
Rothenberg
123
Name the top vineyard in Eitelsbach, Ruwer.
Karthäuserhofberg
124
What are two main soil types of the Rheingau? How is the style of Riesling here different than that of the Mosel?
Slate (upper slopes)
Mixture of clay, loess, alluvial sand, and red slate located near the river.
Style is typically fuller in body and more concentrated yet acidity can be bracing.
125
Where is the famous monastery founded by the Cistercian monks in 1136? What is its name?
The Rheingau
| Kloster Eberbach
126
What are the six bereichs of the Mosel? Which contains most of the Mosel's best vineyards?
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Bernkastel
Burg Cochem
Saar
Ruwertal (Middle Mosel)
Obermosel
Moseltor
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Bernkastel contains most of the Mosel's best vineyard sites.
127
When is the term Eiswein first used?
1858
128
What are the five top vineyards in Forst?
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Kirchenstück
Freundstück
Pechstein
Ungeheuer
Jesuitengarten
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129
What is Germany's oldest winemaking region and also where modern winemaking first appeared?
Rheingau
130
What is the name of the top vineyard in Erbach?
Marcobrunn
131
What parallel does the winemaking region of Germany straddle?
50th Parallel, which among the world's coolest vineyards
132
What are the top two vineyard sites in Winkel?
Jesuitengarten
| Hasensprung
133
What is the dominant grape of Obermosel and Moseltor?
Elbing
134
What is the name of the famous orsteil located in Winkel?
Schloss Vollrads
135
Name the tiers of quality of the VDP that were drawn up in 2012 and are the current today? Draw parallels to Burgundy. Discuss how styles are indicated at each level.
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Grosse Lage (Grand Cru)
If dry, labeled "GG". If sweet, labeled by Pradikat. Former logo for Erste Lage is on Grosse Lage bottlings.
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Erste Lage (Premier Cru)
If dry, labeled as "Qualitatswein trocken" (only Grosse Lage wines may use the "GG" notation. Sweet wines are labeled by pradikat.
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Ortswein (Village)
May be produced from grape varieties sourced form multiple vineyards within a single village. Dry is "Qualitatswein trocken". Sweet by Pradikat
Gutswein (Regional)
May be sourced form an estate's holding anywhere within a single anbaugebiete. Dry wines are "Qualitatswein trocken" and sweet are labeled by Pradikat
136
What producer is located Florsheim-Dalsheim and is making some of Germany's greatest dry Riesling including the elusive G-Max? WHat's peculiar in regards to the grape source for this wine?
Keller
The grapes come from an undisclosed vineyard site in Keller's portfolio.
137
If a wine is Erst Lage what would be found on the label that is similar to Grand Cru Labels in Burgundy?
The vineyard name with the village dropped.
138
If a wine is labeled varietally in Germany, what % of the grape listed must be used in the wine?
85%
139
Which wine region in France does the Pfalz border at its southern edge?
Alsace
140
What is the max yield for each level of quality according to VDP standards?
Grosse Lage (50hl/ha)
Erste Lage (60hl/ha)
Ortswein (75hl/ha)
Gutswein (75hl/ha)
141
What is the name of the area along the western banks of the Rhine where the highest quality wine is being produced in Rheinhessen?
Rheinterrasse
