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1
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What is QmP

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Qualitätswein mit Prädikat

Prädikatswein, whit 6 ripening levels

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What it means Erstes Gëwachs

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Is a legal definition for wines that:

  • Are from Rheingau
  • DRY
  • Only Reisling and Spätburgunder
  • Best Vineyard sides
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Three classes of DRY wines with official status:

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Classic
Selection
Erstes Gewächs (Fist growth)

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What it means “Selection”

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Legal designation that:

  • Are DRY
  • Hand-picked
  • 12.5% ABV max.
  • 12 g/l residual sugar
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What it means “Classic”?

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Legal designation for wines that:

  • Are Dry/Dry-off
  • 15% g/l residual sugar
  • A typically wine from one Anbaugegebiet
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What is VDP?

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Verband Deutscher Prädikatswein

No- legal Classification based on QUALITY. With 4 quality levels

Chaptalization is not allowed

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4 leves of VDP classification

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Grose Lage(Grand Cru/Great state)
Erstes Lage (Premier Cru/First state)
Ortsweine (Place wine)
Gutsweine (State wine)

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What it means Feinherb?

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Is an unregulated term meaning off-dry

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Only Bereich in Rheingau:

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Johannisberg

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**2 of the best single vineyards in Rheingau? Producers

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  • Schloss Johannisberg (900 years making wine)

- Schloss Vollrads

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**What Village in Rheingau is different from the rest for produces more red wines than whites?

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Assmannshäusen Höllenberg

From Spätburgunder grape

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12
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Rheingau traditional wine bottle?

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Elongated brown bottles

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Best known villages of Rheingau

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Lorchhausen…

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***Schloss Vollrads

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Single Vineyard

Recognized for Troken wine with Erstes Gëwach

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Bets know Villages in Rheingau:

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*Rüdesheim
*Johannisberg
*Oestrich
*Erbach
*Hattenheim
*Eberbach
*Hochheim
*Assmannshäusen
Lorchhausen
Winkel
Rauenthal
Kiedeich
Eltville

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Witch Region has more acreage devoted to Silvaner in the world?

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Rheinhessen

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*** What is Liebfraumilch?

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Is blended wine from Rheingau, Rheinhessen, Pfalz or Nahe.

  • Must be Qualitätswein.
  • Min 70% Riesling, Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner or Kerner.
  • Semi-sweet
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18
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**Important Einzellagen in Rheinhessen:

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Nackenheim & Ingelheim (for red wines)

Nierstein, Oppenheim, Westhofen, Dalsheim

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World’s largest Riesling are

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Pfalz main grapes

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Riesling
Dornfelder
Müller-Thurgau

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Pfalz red wine production

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40% of red production based on Spätburgunder

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**Most exceptional Vineyard site in Pfalz

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Kitchenstück (Grosse Lage)

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Premier village in Pfalz

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Kallstadt
Ungstein
Bad Dürkhenim
Wachenheim
Fort
Deidesheim
Ruppertsberg
*Jesuitengarten
*Pechstein
*Ungeheuer
24
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Pfalz Riesling profile

A

Most German’s Full-Bodied wines

More DRY

25
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Most well Known wines of Nahe

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Sweet Prädikat of Dönnhoff

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**Riesling main regions

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Mosel
Rheingau
Pfalz
Rheinhessen 
Nahe
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Favorite variety in Franken

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Weissburgunder

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Pinot Blanc

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Grauburgunder

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Pinot Gris

30
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Important grapes for Pfalz and why

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Weissburgunder and Grauburgunder.

Pflaz is the northern continuation for France’s Alsace.

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Top Anbaugebiete for Spätburgunder

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Ahr
Pfalz
Baden
Rheingau

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Type of Riesling in Mosel, Rheingau and Pfalz

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Mosel- + fruity/ sweet
Rheingau- off dry
Pfalz- Dry

33
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Where can you find the Pinot family?

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In Pflaz

As well Gewurztraminer and Muscat

(like Alsace)

34
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Important Villages in MOSEL

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*-SAAR
Wiltingen: **Scharzhofberger

-RUWER
Eitelsbach: Karthäuserhofberg
Mertesdorf: Abtsberg, Herrenberg, Bruderberg

-MOSEL
Piesport: Goldtröpfchen, Domherr
Brauneberg: Juffer, Juffer Sonnenuhr
Bernkastel-Kues: **Doctor, *Lay
Graach an der Mosel: Domprobst, *Josephshöfer (monopole of Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt)
Wehlen: Sonnenuhr
Zeltingen: Sonnenuhr
**Ürzig: Würzgarten
**Erden: **Prälat, **Treppchen
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Important Villages in Rheingau

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**Assmannshausen: Höllenberg
Rüdesheim: *Berg Roseneck, Berg Rottland, *Berg Schlossberg
Geisenheim: Schloss Johannisberg
Johannisberg: Hölle
Winkel: **Schloss Vollrads, *Jesuitengarten, *Hasensprung
Hattenheim: Pfaffenberg (monopole of Schloss Schonborn),
Hallgarten: *Schönhell, Jungfer
Eltville: Sonnenberg
Hochheim am Main: Hölle, Kirchenstück

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Important Gemeinden and Einzellege in Rheinhessen

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**Nackenheim: **Rothenberg
**Nierstein: Hipping, Pettenthal
**Oppenheim: Schützenhütte, Sackträger
Westhofen: Morstein, Kirchspiel
Dalsheim: Hubacker

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Important Gemeinden and Einzellege in Pfalz

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  • Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse:
  • *Ungstein, *Bad Dürkheim,**Forst: ** Kirchenstück (Grose Lage) **Deidesheim, **Ruppertsberg

Südliche-Weinstrasse:
Siebeldingen: Im Sonnenschein
Birkweiler: Kastanienbusch
Schweigen: Kammerberg

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Important Gemeinden and Einzellege in Nahe

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  • *-Bad Kreuznach
  • Bad Münster
  • Norheim
  • Niederhausen: Hermannshöhle, Hermannsberg
  • Oberhausen: Brücke
  • *-Schlossböckelheim: Kupfergrube, Felsenberg
39
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Region in Germany that produce 88% red wines, Portuguese and Spätburgunder as main grapes?

40
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Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen in Franken

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Würzburg: Stein, Leiste
Escherndorf: Lump
Iphofen: Julius Echter Berg
Bürgstadt: Centgrafenberg

41
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Well-Known, expensive wines in Nahe

42
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Single Bereiche in Nahe

43
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Germany warmest winegrowing Region

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Kaiserstuhl in Baden

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