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Anbaugebiete, Wine Law

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1
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What are the bereiche of Mosel?

A 
"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?

A 
(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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6
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What is the bereich in the Rheingau?

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Johannisberg

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7
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When was the first planned spatlese harvest? Where?

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1775, Schloss Johannisberg

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8
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What does the Erstes Gewaches category apply to and where?

A

Dry Riesling, Spatburgunder

Rheingau

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9
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What is the monopole of Kloster Eberbach?

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Hattenheimer Steinberg

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10
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What are the grosse lage in Johannisberg?

A
  • Holle
  • Klaus
  • Mitteholle
  • Schloss Johannisberger (monopole)
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11
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What are the important grosse lage of Rudesheim?

Hint: Bergs

A

Berg Rottland
Berg Schlossberg
Berg Roseneck

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

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12
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What is the grosse lage vineyard in Assmannhausen? What varietal is it best known for?

A

Hollenberg

Spatburgunder

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13
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Name a producer of Rudesheim.

A

Georg Breuer

Josef Leitz

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14
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Where is Schloss Schonborn located?

A

Hattenheim

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15
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Where is Franz Kunstler based?

A

Hoccheim

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16
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Where would you find Schloss Vollrads?

A

Rheingau

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17
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What fermentation vessel is used predominantly in the Mosel? Rheingau?

A

Mosel- Fuder, 1,000-Liter cask

Rheingau- Stuck, 1,200-Liter cask

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18
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What is feinherb?

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half dry, no legal definition

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19
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What is the German word for Noble Rot?

A

Edelfaule

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20
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What is weissherbst?

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rose from a single variety of red grapes

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21
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What is badisch rotgold?

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Rotling from Baden, min 51% Grauburgunder and Spatburgunder

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22
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What is Grosselage?

A

Collection of vineyards, misleading term for inexpensive wines

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23
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What is alte reben?

A

Old Vines

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24
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In what anbaugebiete does erste lage not exist?

A

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

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25
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When was the Landwein category added?

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1982

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26
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What is the ripeness level for Grosses Gewachs equivalent to?

A

Spatlese

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27
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What is Ortswein and what is allowed on the label?

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Single village, statement of soil is allowed

75 hl/ha

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28
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What terms did Classic and Selection replace?

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Trocken and Halbtrocken

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29
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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?

A 
Erdener Pralat, Mosel
Bernkasteler Doktor, Mosel
Schloss Vollrads, Rheingau
Freundstuck, Forst
Kirchenstuck, Forst
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30
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What is the Grosselage for Berkastel-Kues?

A

Alte Badstube am Doktorberg

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31
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What is the Grosslage for Piesport wines?

A

Piesporter Michelsberg

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32
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What does each number of the AP mean?

Afhtliche Prufungsnummer

A
  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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33
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What is the traubenadler?

A

VDP logo of stylized eagle with bunch of grapes

34
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What anbaugebiet has more land under vine than the others?

A

The Rheinhessen

35
Q

What cities serve as the southern and northern limit for the Rheinhessen?

A

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

36
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What is the most expensive Riesling bottling of the Rheinhessen?

A

G-Max by Keller

37
Q

What is the regional specialty of the Rheinhessen?

A

dry Sylvaner

38
Q

In Pfalz, where is the greatest concentration of vineyards?

A

between Forst and Deidsheim

39
Q

Name five producers of Pfalz

A 
Burklin-Wolf
Muller-Catoir
von Basserman-Jordan
von Buhl
Okonomierat Rebholz
von Winning
Koehler-Ruprecht
40
Q

Where are Kirchenstuck and Freundstuck?

A

Forst, Pfalz

41
Q

Name three “Schloss” producers of the Rheingau.

A

Schloss Vollrads
Schloss Schonborn
Schloss Johannisberg

42
Q

What anbaugebiet is the southernmost (and warmest) of Germany’s thirteen?

A

Baden

43
Q

What is Bodensee?

A

Lake Constance, second largest lake in EU

44
Q

What is the German synonym for Chasselas?

A

Gutedel

45
Q

Where are the Kaiserstuhl Hills?

A

Kaiserstuhl Hills are in Baden

  • very warm area for Pinot Noir
  • area characterized by rich, dark volcanic soils
46
Q

What are the bereiche of Baden?

A 
Bodensee
Markgrafterland
Kraichgau
Ortenay
Tauberfranken
47
Q

What varietals dominate the red blends of Wurttemberg?

A

Trollinger
Schwarzriesling (Pinot Meunier)
Lemberger (Blaufrankisch)

48
Q

What river is the location for main Wurttemberg viticulture areas?

A

Neckar River

49
Q

What river flows through the anbaugebiet of Sachsen?

A

Elbe River

50
Q

What are the three bereiche of Sachsen?

A

Dresden
Elstertal
Meissen

51
Q

What is the northernmost of Germany’s wine-growing regions?

A

Saal-Unstrut

52
Q

What are the two bereiche of Pfalz?

A

Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse

Sudliche Weinstrasse

53
Q

What are important geminden of the Pfalz?

A 
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

54
Q

What is Drachenfels?

A

a hill created by rising magma; Pfalz

55
Q

What are the authorized grapes for VDP Grosse Lage bottlings in Pfalz?

A

Riesling, Spatburgunder, Weissburgunder

56
Q

What is Flurbereinigung?

A

land reforms due to changes in 1971 wine law

57
Q

Name Grosse Lage under 5ha in the Pfalz/

A

Deidesheim Hohenmorgen
Forst Freundstuck
Forst Kirchenstuck

58
Q

What is the traditional blend of Frankenwein.

What is the traditional bottle?

A

Muller Thurgau, Kerner, Bacchus, etc

bocksbeutel

59
Q

Where would you find Mainviereck, Maindreieck and Steigerwald?

A

Franken

60
Q

What tributary of the Rhine runs through Franken?

A

Main River

61
Q

What is the climate of Franken?

A

Continental Climate

62
Q

What anbaugebiete are known for their Pinot Noir?

A

Ahr and Baden

63
Q

What two varietals make up 70% of the vineyard acreage in the Ahr?

A

Spatburgunder and Fruhburgunder

64
Q

Name three producers of the Ahr.

A

Jean Stodden
Meyer-Nakel
JJ Adeneuer

65
Q

What geminde demarcates the Upper Ahr from the Lower Ahr?

A

Walporzheim

66
Q

What is the Grosse Lage of Trittenheim?

A

Apotheke

67
Q

What geminden are the Sonnenuhr einzellagen located?

A

Brauneberg
Zeltlingen
Wehlen

68
Q

Who is a prominent producer of Scharzhofberger?

A

Egon Muller

69
Q

Where are the Abstberg, Herrenberg and Bruderberg einzellagen?

A

Ruwer

Maxmin Grunhaus is producer

70
Q

Where is the Hubacker einzellagen?

A

Dalsheim, Rheinhessen

71
Q

Where are the Morstein, Kirchspiel einzellage?

A

Westhofen, Rheinhessen

72
Q

Where is the Hipping einzellagen?

A

Nierstein, Rheinhessen

73
Q 
What is the parentage of:
Kerner?
Bacchus?
Scheurebe?
Portugieser?
Erhenfelser?
Dornfelder?
A 
Kerner (Trollinger x Riesling)
Bacchus (Silvaner x Riesling)
Scheurebe (Bukettrebe x Riesling)
Portugieser 
Erhenfelser (Riesling x Silvaner)
Dornfelder (Helfensteiner x Heroldrebe)
74
Q

What Anbaugebiete in Germany has a significant acreage of Sangiovese?

A

Pfalz

75
Q

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?

A

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

76
Q

Geologically, what is the Nahe an intersection of?

A

The Rhenish Massif, slate from the Hunsruck Hills of the Mosel and Taunus and Eifel Mountains of Rheingau and Ahr

77
Q

What are the tributaries of the Nahe River?

A

Grafenbach and Trollbach

78
Q

What is the only variety permitted by VDP in the Nahe?

A

Riesling

79
Q

What is the bereich of the Nahe?

A

Nahetal

80
Q

Name two producers of the Upper Nahe.

A

Emirch-Schonleber

Shafer-Frohlich

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