Germany Flashcards
Where does the Nahe get its name?
From the tributary of the Rhine that flows through the region.
What is the minimum size of a vineyard according to the Wine Law of 1971? What are the exceptions? (4 vineyards and their towns)
5ha
Doctor (Bernkastel)
Kirchenstück and Freunstüch (Forst)
Schloss Vollrads (Winkel)
What is the top vineyard of Trittenheim?
Apotheke
Who are the top two producers in Piesport?
Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt
Reinhold Haart
What town marks the northern limit of Rheinhessen? What famous institute is here? What town marks the southern limit?
Mainz marks the northern limit and the Geisenheim Institute is here. Worms marks the southern limit.
In what style is Riesling from the Rheinhessen usually produced?
Usually produced in halbrocken or sweeter styles
What is the top vineyard site Eltville?
Sonnenberg
What is the name of the top vineyard in Brauneberg?
Juffer-Sonnenuhr
What is the famous producer for first harnessing botrytis in the late 18th century?
Schloss Johannisberg
Who is the first producer credited for using the term Spotless in Germany? When was this?
Schloss Johannisberg; 1775
What are the top three vineyards of Rüdesheim? Hint: “BERG”
Berg Rottland
Berg Schlossberg
Berg Roseneck
What style of Riesling is produced in the Pfalz?
Among Germany’s most full-bodied, and the wines are almost invariably dry.
T/F producers in the Mosel may produce Grosse Lage wines at every Prädikat level. What’s the exception in the Pfalz?
Pfalz does not allow for the Grosse Lage production at Kabinett level.
Name 5 producers from the Pfalz
Friedrich Becker Hanz Rebholz Bassermann-Jordan Müller-Catoir Von Buhl
Who brought Vitis vinifera vines to Germany?
the Romans
Which winemaking region in Germany has more Erst Lage sites listed by the VDP than any other anbaugebiete in the country?
Rheingau
What is the Germany synonym for Pinot Gris? Pinot Blanc? Pinot Noir? Pinot Meaner?
Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris)
Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc)
Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir)
Schwarzriesling (Pinot Meunier)
In regards to VDP vs German wine law, what is different about vineyard perception between the two? (size)
The VDPs recognition of vineyard boundaries refer to the pre 1971 boundaries which were generally smaller.
What does VDP stand for? When was it founded? What is its purpose?
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
From what vineyard did the most expensive wine on the Titanic’s wine list come from?
The Pettenthal vineyard in Niersteiner.
What Anbaugebiete in Germany commands significant plantings of Sangiovese?
Pfalz
What is the source requirements for the grapes (vineyard/village/anbaugebiete) for each category drawn up by the German Wine Institute?
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.
What is the name of Germany’s warmest wine growing area located in Baden?
Kaiserstuhl
What direction do the best vineyards in Germany face?
south and southwest
What is the name of the top vineyad site in Assmannshausen? Best Producer
Höllenberg
August Kessler
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.
What is the name of Toni Jost’s Grosse Lage monopole vineyard in Bacharach?
Hahn
What quality level does most Sekt fall under?
Deutscher Wein
What is the German name for vineyard?
Einzellage
What is the name of the strain of early-ripening Pinot Noir found in Franken?
Frühburgunder
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
What is the name of the traditional squat, flask-shaped bottle of Franken?
Bocksbeutel
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.
What soil types are found in the Pfalz?
Red sandstone, calcium-based limestone, loess, red slate, basalt, igneous granite and alluvial gravel
What are the top two vineyard in Westhofen?
Morstein
Kirchspiel
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
What is the name of the greatest vineyard in Piesport?
Goldtröpfchen
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
For Selection wines, what pradikat level must the must weight be equal to or greater than?
Auslese
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.
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
Name five rivers that have the best vineyard sites in Germany along them.
Mosel Rhine Main Nahe Elbe
What crossing led to the creation of the Scheurebe grape?
Buckettrebe x Riesling
What are the 9 villages of the Bernkastel district in order from upstream to downstream?
Trittenheim Piesport Brauneberg Berkastel-Kues Graach-an-der-Mosel Wehlen Zeltingen Ürzig Erden
What institute is credited for the creation of Muller-Thurgau?
Geisenheim Wine Institute in the Rheingau
What is the top vineyard site of Kallstadt?
Saumagen
The heart of the Rheingau is one long slope facing what direction?
southeast
What was the name for the best wines produced along the Rhine during the 19th century?
Hock
What is the name of the top vineyard in Kiedrich? Who is the best producer here?
Gräfenberg
Robert Weil
What is the German word for monopole?
alleinbesitz
What is the name of the top vineyard in Hochheim?
Kirchenstück
What are the top two vineyard sites in Hattenheim?
Pfaffenberg
Mannberg
Where is Wiltingen? What is the name of the best vineyard here? Top Producer?
Saar
Sharzhofberger
Egon Müller
What are the names of the top two vineyards in Bernkastel-Kues?
Doctor
Lay
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
What was the former name of the Mosel and when did it change?
Mosel-Saar-Ruwer Changed August 1, 2007