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1
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When was the German Wine Law introduced

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1971

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Four categories of wine by law

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Deutscher Wein (grown and bottled in Germany)

Landwein/Wein mit geschützter geographischer Angabe g.g.A.

Qualitatswein/geschutzte Ursprungsbezeichnung g.U.

Pradikatswein

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13 Anbaugebiete for Qualitatswein and Pradikatswein

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Ahr
Hessiche Bergstrasse
Mittelrhein
Mosel
Nahe
Rheingau
Rheinhessen
Pfalz
Franken
Wurttemberg
Saale-Unstrut
Sachsen
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Bereich

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District within an Anbaugebiet

example: Bereich Bernkastel and Bereich Nierstein

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Grosslage

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Collection of vineyard sites

example: Rosengarten (Rhudesheim)

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Einzellage

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Individual vineyard site

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German most important white grapes

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Riesling
Muller-Thurgau (Riesling x Madealine Royal)
Silvaner

Grauburgunder
Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc)
Kerner
Bacchus
Scheurebe
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German most important red grapes

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Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir)

Dornfelder
Blauer Portugieser

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To name a single grape varietal on the label the wine must contain a min of

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85% of that grape

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Soil Mosel

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Red en blue slate which radiates heat on the grapes during the day and at night, helping to ripen them.
Increase drainage and ads its own character to the wine

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Soil Rheingau

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Loess quatzite

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Trocken

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Dry style

No more than 4 g/L residual sugar
or
No more than 9 g/L if the acid content is not lower than 2 g/L

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Halbtrocken

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Semi-dry

No more than 18 g/L residual sugar if the acid content is not lower than 10 g/L

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Feinherb

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Off-dry, usually slightly sweeter than Halbtrocken

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Classic

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Category introduced in 2000

Must be dry or off-dry (max 15 g/L residual sugar)

Made from a traditional grape variety and from 1 anbaugebiet, which must be noted on the label along with the name of the producer

Meant to be a classic wine typical for the respective anbaugebiet

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Selection

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Category introduced in 2000

In addition to the criteria for ‘Classic’ wines the grapes must be hand-picked

Min of 12.2 alcohol
an max of 12 g/L of residual sugar

Not be released until 1st of September following the year of harvest

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Erste Gewächs

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Rheingau

Indicates dry wines with a max of 13 g/L of residual sugar

Riesling or Spatburgunder which reached spatlase level

Not be released until 1st of September following the year of harvest

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VDP

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Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter, 1910

To preserve Germany’s traditional viticultural heritage, producing terroir-oriented wines and to help dry wines to their previously renowned status

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Grosses Gewachs

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A dry white wine max 9 g/L of sugar from a Grosse Lage

Must be of Spatlase must weight but will be labeled qualiteitswein trocken and carry the GG on the logo

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VDP Hierarchy

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Grosses Gewachs
Erste Lage
Ortswein
Gutsweine

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Ortswein

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Applied to wines of superior quality from a village’s best vineyards which are planted with typical grape varieties of the region.

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Rheingau climate

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South facing vineyards, reflection form the Rhine and protected by the cold north winds by the hills

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Rheingau grapes

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Mainly Riesling 80%

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Bereich Johanisberg

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Only Bereich in the Rheingau

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Schloss Johannisberg and Schloss Vollrads

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Best known single vineyard sites in Rheingau

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Lorchhausen
Rudesheim
Winkel
Johannisberg
Oestrich
Erbach
Hattenheim
Rauenthal
Eberbach
Kiedrich
Eltville
Hochheim
Geisenheim
Assmannnshausen
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The villages of the Reheingau

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Assmannshausen

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Village in the Rheingau

Notable for the red wines 60% Spatburgunder

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Hocheim

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Where the name Hock was derived (riesling)

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Liebfraumilch

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Originally from the Rheinhessen

Blended wine from Rheingau, Rheinhessen, Pfalz or Nahe. Must be qualiteitswein from one of these regions and must contain a min of 70% Riesling, Muller Thurgau, Silvaner or Kerner

Semi-sweet min 18 g/L. max 45 g/L.

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Pfalz

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Germanys second largest wine producing region

The worlds largest Riesling area

31
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Pfalz Bereiche (2)

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North: Mittelhaardt Deutsche Weinstrasse
South: Südliche Weinstrasse

32
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Pfalz grape varieties

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Riesling comes first
Dornfelder
Muller Thurgau

Nearly 40% of the regions output is red, the best being made from Spatburgunder

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Pfalz Riesling

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Being more full bodied than the Rheingau and less soft than the Rheinhessen with a typical full bouquet. Best drunk with a meal

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Wachenheim
Forst
Deidesheim
Rupperstberg
Bad Durkheim
Haardt
Kallstadt
Koningsbach
Neustadt 
Ungstein
Siebeldingen
Birkweiler
Schweigen
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Villages of Pfalz

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Mosel

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Steep south facing slopes

36
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Mosel Bereiche

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Bernkastel
Burg
Cochem
Moseltor
Obermosel
Ruwertal
Saar
37
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Mosel grape varieties

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Most important, Riesling, accounts for 60% of the total area under vine

Muller Thurgau is the next most planted grape

38
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Mosel wine styles

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Traditionally low in alcohol, 8-10%

Trocken and Halbtrocken wines may have a higher level of alcohol

Fresh and fruity wines usually with high acidity

39
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Villages Bereich Benkastel (Mittelmosel)

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Trittenheim
Neumagen
Piespoort
Bernkastel
Brauneberg
Graach
Wehlen
Zeltingen
Urzig
Erden
40
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Villages Bereich Ruwertal

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Mertesdorf
Eitelsbach
Kasel

41
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Villages Bereich Saar

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Wiltingen
Oberemmel
Ockfen
Saarburg
Serrig
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Franken

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Main variety is Muller Thurgau, followed by Silvaner. Silvaner produces the best Franken wines around Wurzburg, the center of wine trade.

Mainly medium dry to dry and full bodied, suitable to accompany food

Sold in flat side flacks called Bocksbeutel

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Nahe

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Riesling is the most common followed by Muller Thurgau and Dornfelder

Riesling makes the best quality wines here

44
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Ahr

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Most northerly wine region

Spatburgunder accounts for 60% of the total production

45
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Baden

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Baden is dominated by the Pinot varieties

Spatburgunder is the most planted grape followed by Muller Thurgau, Grauburgunder and Weissburgunder

46
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Sekt

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Name for sparkling wine in Germany

47
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Sekt b.A

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Must originate from one of the 13 anbaugebieten en is usually produced by the traditional method

48
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Chaptalization is not permitted for Pradikatswein T/F

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True

49
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Six Pradikats

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Kabinett
Spatlase
Auslese
Beerenauslese
Eiswein
Trockenbeerenauslese
50
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Kabinett

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Fine, light and elegant usually not very high in alcohol

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Spatlase

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late picked grapes, the grapes are fully ripen and the wines are slightly sweeter

52
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Auslese

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elected grapes that have become overripe and may have been attack by edelfaule (noble rot)

53
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Beerenauslese

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Special selected berries that have been attacked by edelfaule (noble rot). Only made in outstanding years and a min of 5.5% alcohol is required and grapes must be hand picked

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Eiswein

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Made from overripe grapes, not affected by edelfaule, but caught by frost

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Trockenbeerenauslese

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Dried up selected berries, only in exceptional years when edelfaule has effected the grapes and they have been left on the vine to shrivel up

Hand picked an min of 5.5% alcohol

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