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1
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what is pinot noir called in germany

A

spatburgunder

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2
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german wine law introduced in which year

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1971

most recent adjustment in 1994

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3
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what are the 4 categories of wines in germany

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  • Deutscher Wein
  • Landwein OR Wein mit geschuzter geographischer Angabe
  • Qualitatswein OR Wein mit geschutzte Ursprungsbezeichnung
  • Pradikatswein
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4
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what is deutscher wine?

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lowest category
made from germany grown grapes
bottled in germany

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5
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what is oeschsle?

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min sugar content of grapes at harvest

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6
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what is landwein ?

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basic wine with geographic identification.

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7
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what is trocken

A

dry

4 g/L sugar

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8
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what is halbtrocken

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medium dry

12 g/L

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9
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what is qualitatswein QbA

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  • german quality wines from oneof the designation wine growing areas
  • can be chaptalised and unfermented grape juice can be added.
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10
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what is Anbaugebiete?

A

wine growing areas in germany

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11
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what is sussreserve

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unfermented grape juice

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12
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what is bereiche?

A

district

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13
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what is grosslage ?

A

collection of vineyards

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14
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what is einzellage?

A

vineyard

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15
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what is amtliche prufungsnummer ?

A 
control number.
has 5 sets , ex :11 22 33 44 55
1st = examining panel
2nd = where wine was bottled
3rd = official no. of bottler.
4th = the no. of bottle that year, ex = 4 is 4, 5 is 5
5th = year in which wine was tested.
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16
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pradikatswein QmP

A

superior quality wine
6 pradikats
chaptalisation not allowed
sugar content measured in oeschle

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17
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name the 6 pradikats

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  • KABINETT = 70-85, fine, light, elegant, low abv
  • SPATLESE = 80-95 , grapes left to ripen on vine.
  • AUSLESE = 88-105, selected bunch of over ripe grapes, botrytis maybe
  • BEERENAUSLESE = 110-128, botrytis
  • EISWEIN = 110-128, over ripe, frost, picked at -8c or 18f
  • TROCKENBEERENAUSLESE = 150-154, dried up grapes, botrutis, dessert wine.
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18
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what is VDP? their aim, purpose?

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VDP = The Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter
1910
produces non chaptalised wines and sold at auction
200 member estates
VDP logo = black eagle with cluster of grapes.

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19
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name the 13 angbaugebiete for qualitatswein and pradikatswein.

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Ahr
mosel
nahe
rheingau
rheinhessen
pfalz
franken
wurttemberg
baden
hessiche bergstrasse
mittelrhein
saale-unstrut
sachsen.
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20
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what is a bereiche?

A

district within an anbaugebiete that grows wines of similar characteristics

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21
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What is grosslage?

A

collection of great vineyards

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22
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what is einzellage?

A

individual vineyard site

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23
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white grapes of germany?

A 
riesling
muller thurgau
silvaner
grauburgunder
weissburgunder
kerner
bacchus
scheurebe
chardonnay
gutedel
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24
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red grapes of germany?

A

spatburgunder
dornfelder
blauer portugieser

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25
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muller thurgau is a cross bw which two grapes

A

riesling

madeleine royal

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26
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grauburgunder is also known as?

A

rulander
pinot gris
pinot grigio

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27
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what is pinot blanc called in germany

A

weissburgunder

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28
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what is pinot noir called in germany

A

spatburgunder

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29
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when can a wine be labelled single grape varietal in germany?

A

if it has 85% of the said grape

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30
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soils of germany?

A

red/ blue slate soils of mosel & rheingau

loess, quatzite, clay

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31
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what is botrytis cinerea or noble rot called in germany?

A

edelfaule

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32
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what does feinherb mean?

A

off dry

slightly sweeter than halbtrocken

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33
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what is the main grape variety of rheingau?

34
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soil of rhreingau

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slate
clay
clay-loess

35
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name the only bereiche in rheingau

A

bereiche johannisberg

36
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name 2 single vineyards of rheingau

A

schloss johannisberg

schloss vollards

37
Q

eberbach inn rheingau is known for what

A

kloster eberbach

38
Q

assmannshausen in rheingau uses which grapes

A

more reds than white wine
spatburgunder
riesling

39
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wines of rheingau are sold in which bottles

A

traditional elongated brown bottles

40
Q

name the 3 bereichs of rheinhessen

A

bingen - north
nierstein - s
wonnegau - s

41
Q

grapes of rheinhessen

A

muller thurgau
riesling
spatburgunder

42
Q

what is liebfraumilch

A

qualitatswein
white wine
blended wine from rheingau, rheinhessen, pfals or nahe.
min 70 riesling, muller thurgau, silvaner, kerner
semi sweet.

43
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what is deutsche weintrass

A

german wine road

44
Q

hill in pfalz

A

haardt hills

45
Q

name the 2 bereiches of pfalz

A

bereiche mittelhaardt

bereiche sudliche

46
Q

which is the worlds largest riesling area

47
Q

grapes of pfalz

A

riesling
muller thurgau
spatburgunder

48
Q

spatburgunder wines of pfalz in which bottle?

A

bordeaux style bottle

49
Q

river in nahe?

A

nahe river

50
Q

grapes of nahe?

A

riesling
dornfelder
muller thurgau
spatburgunder

51
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name the single bereiche of nahe

52
Q

name the grosslage in nahe which is also an einzellage name in rheingau

A

rudesheimer rosengarten

53
Q

name the bereiches of franken

A

maindreieck
mainviereck
steigerwald

54
Q

grape variety of franken

A

muller thurgau
silvaner
bacchus
spatburgunder

55
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name the best vineyards of wurzberg village of franken

A

stein

leiste

56
Q

what is steinwein

A

wines produced from the wurzburger stein vineyards are called steinwein

57
Q

franken wines are sold in which bottles

A

flt sided flasks called

bocksbeutel

58
Q

what was mosel called before

A

mosel saar ruwer

59
Q

which 2 rivers meet at koblenz

A

mosel and rhine

60
Q

name the 6 bereiches of mosel

A 
bernkastel
burg cochem
moseltor
obermosel
ruwertal
saar
61
Q

soil in mosel

A

red and blue slate

radiates heat onto grapes, help ripen

62
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grapes of mosel

A

riesling

muller thurgau

63
Q

where are the best villages of mosel located

A

bereiche bernkastel ( mittlemosel)

64
Q

what is spritzig

A

slight prickle in wine caused due to presence of co2 when wine is being bottled

65
Q

mosel wines are sold in which bottles

A

elongated green bottles

66
Q

name the single bereiche of Ahr

A

walporzheim-ahrtal

grapes - spatburgunder, riesling, muller thurgau

67
Q

name the 9 bereiches of baden

A 
badische bergstrasse
kraichgau
bodensee
breisgau
kaiserstuhl
tuniberg
tauberfranken
markgraflerland
ortenau
68
Q

grapes of baden

A 
spatburgunder
muller thurgau
grauburgunder
weissburgunder
riesling
69
Q

name the 2 bereiches of mittelrhein

A

loreley

siebengebirge

70
Q

grapes of mittelrerhein

A

riesling
muller thurgau
spatburgunder

71
Q

bereiches of hessische bergstrasse

A

starkenburg
umstadt
Grapes - riesling, spatburgunder, grauburgunder.

72
Q

name the 3 bereiches of saale unstrut

A

schloss neuenburg
thuringen
mansfelder seen
** grapes - muller thurgau, weissburgunder, rieslinh, silvaner, dornfelder

73
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name the 2 bereiches of sachsen

A

elstertal
meissen
** grapes - muller thurgau, riesling, weissburgundr, grauburgunder

74
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name the bereiches of wurttemberg

A 
wurttemberg unterland
remstal stuttgart
bayerischer bodensee
kocher jagst tauber
oberere neckar
wurttemberg bodensee
75
Q

name the grapes of wurttemberg

A 
trollinger
lemberger ( blaufrankisch)
schwarzriesling (meunier)
spatburgunder
muller thurgau
riesling
kerner
grauburgunder 
sauvignon blanc
76
Q

other name for lemberger

A

blaufrankisch

77
Q

other name for schwarzriesling

78
Q

what is schillerwein

A

a pink wine blend = white + red

from wurttemberg in germany

79
Q

what is sekt

A

sparkling wein in germany

80
Q

what are the 3 types of sekt

A

deutscher sekt = german grapes, charmat process
sekt = any european grape
premium sekt = grapes from 13 anbaugeiete, lees maturing 9 mnths

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