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Anbaugebiete, Wine Law

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What are the bereiche of Mosel?

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"Bernkastel (Middle Mosel)
Burg Cochem (Terrassenmosel)
Obermosel (Upper Mosel)
Ruwertal
Saar
Moseltor (Saarland near Obermosel)"
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What are the geographic features that envelope the Mosel River?

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The Hunsruck Hills and Eifel Mountains

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What are the communes of the Terrassen Mosel?

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Winningen
Kobern-Gondorf
Hatzenport
Cochem
Brem
Zell
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What are the important Grosse Lage vineyards of Graach an der Mosel?

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Domprobst

Josephshofer, monopole of Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt

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What are the important villages and their vineyards in the Mosel proper?

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(south to north)
Trittenheim: Apotheke
Piesport: Goldtropfchen, Domherr
Brauneberg: Juffer, Juffer-Sonnenuhr
Bernkastel-Kues: Doctor, Lay
Graach an der Mosel: Domprobst, Josephshofer
Wehlen: Sonnenuhr
Zeltingen: Sonnenuhr
Urzig: Wurzgarten
Erden: Pralat, Treppchen"
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What is the bereich in the Rheingau?

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Johannisberg

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When was the first planned spatlese harvest? Where?

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1775, Schloss Johannisberg

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What does the Erstes Gewaches category apply to and where?

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Dry Riesling, Spatburgunder

Rheingau

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What is the monopole of Kloster Eberbach?

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Hattenheimer Steinberg

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What are the grosse lage in Johannisberg?

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  • Holle
  • Klaus
  • Mitteholle
  • Schloss Johannisberger (monopole)
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What are the important grosse lage of Rudesheim?

Hint: Bergs

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Berg Rottland
Berg Schlossberg
Berg Roseneck

Bonus points for knowing Berg Schlossberg is the steepest vineyard in the Rheingau.

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What is the grosse lage vineyard in Assmannhausen? What varietal is it best known for?

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Hollenberg

Spatburgunder

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Name a producer of Rudesheim.

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Georg Breuer

Josef Leitz

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Where is Schloss Schonborn located?

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Hattenheim

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15
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Where is Franz Kunstler based?

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Hoccheim

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Where would you find Schloss Vollrads?

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Rheingau

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What fermentation vessel is used predominantly in the Mosel? Rheingau?

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Mosel- Fuder, 1,000-Liter cask

Rheingau- Stuck, 1,200-Liter cask

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What is feinherb?

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half dry, no legal definition

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What is the German word for Noble Rot?

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Edelfaule

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What is weissherbst?

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rose from a single variety of red grapes

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What is badisch rotgold?

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Rotling from Baden, min 51% Grauburgunder and Spatburgunder

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What is Grosselage?

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Collection of vineyards, misleading term for inexpensive wines

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What is alte reben?

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Old Vines

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In what anbaugebiete does erste lage not exist?

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Erste Lage does not exist in the Mosel, Ahr and Rheinhessen

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When was the Landwein category added?
1982
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What is the ripeness level for Grosses Gewachs equivalent to?
Spatlese
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What is Ortswein and what is allowed on the label?
Single village, statement of soil is allowed 75 hl/ha
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What terms did Classic and Selection replace?
Trocken and Halbtrocken
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Under 1971 reforms of German wine law, single vineyards have a 5ha minimum mandate which vineyards are an exception to that rule?
``` Erdener Pralat, Mosel Bernkasteler Doktor, Mosel Schloss Vollrads, Rheingau Freundstuck, Forst Kirchenstuck, Forst ```
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What is the Grosselage for Berkastel-Kues?
Alte Badstube am Doktorberg
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What is the Grosslage for Piesport wines?
Piesporter Michelsberg
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What does each number of the AP mean? | Afhtliche Prufungsnummer
1. Region where tested 2. commune where bottled 3. bottler's code 4. code for bottling 5. last two digits are year application was filed
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What is the traubenadler?
VDP logo of stylized eagle with bunch of grapes
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What anbaugebiet has more land under vine than the others?
The Rheinhessen
35
What cities serve as the southern and northern limit for the Rheinhessen?
Worms marks the southern boundary (bonus points for knowing the historical significance of the city: Edict of Worms 1521) Northern boundary is city of Mainz right across Rhein River from Weisbaden
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What is the most expensive Riesling bottling of the Rheinhessen?
G-Max by Keller
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What is the regional specialty of the Rheinhessen?
dry Sylvaner
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In Pfalz, where is the greatest concentration of vineyards?
between Forst and Deidsheim
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Name five producers of Pfalz
``` Burklin-Wolf Muller-Catoir von Basserman-Jordan von Buhl Okonomierat Rebholz von Winning Koehler-Ruprecht ```
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Where are Kirchenstuck and Freundstuck?
Forst, Pfalz
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Name three "Schloss" producers of the Rheingau.
Schloss Vollrads Schloss Schonborn Schloss Johannisberg
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What anbaugebiet is the southernmost (and warmest) of Germany's thirteen?
Baden
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What is Bodensee?
Lake Constance, second largest lake in EU
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What is the German synonym for Chasselas?
Gutedel
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Where are the Kaiserstuhl Hills?
Kaiserstuhl Hills are in Baden - very warm area for Pinot Noir - area characterized by rich, dark volcanic soils
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What are the bereiche of Baden?
``` Bodensee Markgrafterland Kraichgau Ortenay Tauberfranken ```
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What varietals dominate the red blends of Wurttemberg?
Trollinger Schwarzriesling (Pinot Meunier) Lemberger (Blaufrankisch)
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What river is the location for main Wurttemberg viticulture areas?
Neckar River
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What river flows through the anbaugebiet of Sachsen?
Elbe River
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What are the three bereiche of Sachsen?
Dresden Elstertal Meissen
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What is the northernmost of Germany's wine-growing regions?
Saal-Unstrut
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What are the two bereiche of Pfalz?
Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse | Sudliche Weinstrasse
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What are important geminden of the Pfalz?
``` Kallstadt: Saumagen Ungstein Bad Durkheim Wachenheim Forst: Kirchenstuck, Freundstuck, Pechstein, Ungeheuer, Jesuitgarten Deidesheim: Langenmorgen, Hohenmorgen, Kieselberg Ruppertsberg: Reiterpfad, Gaisbohl* Konigsbach: Idig ``` *monopole of Burklin-Wolf
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What is Drachenfels?
a hill created by rising magma; Pfalz
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What are the authorized grapes for VDP Grosse Lage bottlings in Pfalz?
Riesling, Spatburgunder, Weissburgunder
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What is Flurbereinigung?
land reforms due to changes in 1971 wine law
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Name Grosse Lage under 5ha in the Pfalz/
Deidesheim Hohenmorgen Forst Freundstuck Forst Kirchenstuck
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What is the traditional blend of Frankenwein. What is the traditional bottle?
Muller Thurgau, Kerner, Bacchus, etc bocksbeutel
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Where would you find Mainviereck, Maindreieck and Steigerwald?
Franken
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What tributary of the Rhine runs through Franken?
Main River
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What is the climate of Franken?
Continental Climate
62
What anbaugebiete are known for their Pinot Noir?
Ahr and Baden
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What two varietals make up 70% of the vineyard acreage in the Ahr?
Spatburgunder and Fruhburgunder
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Name three producers of the Ahr.
Jean Stodden Meyer-Nakel JJ Adeneuer
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What geminde demarcates the Upper Ahr from the Lower Ahr?
Walporzheim
66
What is the Grosse Lage of Trittenheim?
Apotheke
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What geminden are the Sonnenuhr einzellagen located?
Brauneberg Zeltlingen Wehlen
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Who is a prominent producer of Scharzhofberger?
Egon Muller
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Where are the Abstberg, Herrenberg and Bruderberg einzellagen?
Ruwer Maxmin Grunhaus is producer
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Where is the Hubacker einzellagen?
Dalsheim, Rheinhessen
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Where are the Morstein, Kirchspiel einzellage?
Westhofen, Rheinhessen
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Where is the Hipping einzellagen?
Nierstein, Rheinhessen
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``` What is the parentage of: Kerner? Bacchus? Scheurebe? Portugieser? Erhenfelser? Dornfelder? ```
``` Kerner (Trollinger x Riesling) Bacchus (Silvaner x Riesling) Scheurebe (Bukettrebe x Riesling) Portugieser Erhenfelser (Riesling x Silvaner) Dornfelder (Helfensteiner x Heroldrebe) ```
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What Anbaugebiete in Germany has a significant acreage of Sangiovese?
Pfalz
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What are the two categories/terms produced by the German Wine Institute to replace Trocken and Halbtrocken? What are the max RS values? Which is allowed to list the vineyard and must be produced from a single vineyard?
Classic 15 g/L RS and min 12% alc (11.5% in Mosel) Producer and anbaugebiet may be listed Selection (superior dry) 9 g/L RS (12 g/L for Riesling) Must weight must be equivalent to Auslese Selection is allowed to list vineyard as it is sourced from a single vineyard
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Geologically, what is the Nahe an intersection of?
The Rhenish Massif, slate from the Hunsruck Hills of the Mosel and Taunus and Eifel Mountains of Rheingau and Ahr
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What are the tributaries of the Nahe River?
Grafenbach and Trollbach
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What is the only variety permitted by VDP in the Nahe?
Riesling
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What is the bereich of the Nahe?
Nahetal
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Name two producers of the Upper Nahe.
Emirch-Schonleber | Shafer-Frohlich

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