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1
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Germany wine region divisions

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Anbaugebiete (13 Wine regions)
Bereiche (39 districts)
Grosslage (167 collections of vineyards)
Enzellage (individual vineyard sites. 2658 in 2013)

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VDP hierarchy

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Grosses Lage (grand Cru)
Erste Lage (1er Cru)
Ortswein (Village wine)
Gutswein (Basic wine from basic quality vineyard)

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Mosel Vineyards

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North limit of 49th parallel

All face south for sun

Mosel River reflects sun to help grapes

Some of the northernmost vineyards in the world, steepest too

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What is VDP

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Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter

German association of over 200 top producers. Emulates Grand cru model of Burgundy.

Founded in 1910

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5
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VDP logo

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Eagle bearing grape cluster

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6
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German Sweetness categories

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Trocken- Bone dry. less than .9% RS
Halbtrocken 1/2 dry. less than 1.8% RS
Lieblich mild up to 4.5% RS

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7
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Pfalz Grapes

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Riesling
Weissburgunder (Pinot blanc)
Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris)

Spatburgunder

Focus is on dry white wine
ripening is less challenging here

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8
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Pradikatswein

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Ripeness of the grapes at harvest

Trockenbeerenauslese “dry berry”
Eiswein “Ice wine”
Beerenauslese “berry” usually has botrytis
Auslese “Select” only best years, lush
Spatlese “Late” Richer more intense
Kabinett- picked at normal time, light

bottom three can be fermented dry, look at alcohol level to determine

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9
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What is Sekt?

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German sparkling wine

Riesling
Weissburgunder (Pinot blanc)
Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris)

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10
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GG

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Grosses Gewächs

Dry/trocken wine from top vineyard sites in VDP

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11
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Best German Soil

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Slate/basalt

Absorbs sun during day/retain at night

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12
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Rheinhessen

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Germany’s Largest region

Fertile farm land

Riesling
Muller Thurgau
Silvaner

Nahe to the west, Pfalz to the south, Rhine river to north east

Quality varies

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13
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Pfalz Climate/geography

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One of the warmest in Germany

Haardt Mountains provide protection

geographically contiguous with Alsace

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14
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Pfalz Soil

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Limestone*
loess
gravel
red sandstone

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15
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Rheingau

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On north banks of Rhine River, backdrop Tanus mountains

long south facing slope

*Rhine river reflects giving extra light for photosynthesis and warmth for ripening

Grapes: Riesling and Spatburgunder

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16
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Steepest Vineyard in the world

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Calmont- on mosel

60-70 degree incline

17
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Edelfaule

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German word for botrytis

18
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German Wine law

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Wein- no geographic indication

Landwein (PGI)- Regional, rarely exported

Qualitatswein (PDO)- Quality wine from 1 of 13 Anbaugebiete. This category includes top trocken wines.

Pradikatswein (PDO)- Subset of Qualitatswein, categorized by ripeness at harvest. Often, but not necessarily sweet

19
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Germany Climate

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Contental

Cool with strong moderating influences from rivers and mountain ranges

20
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13 Anbaugebiete

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Ahr
Baden*
Franken*
Hessische Bergstraße
Mittelrhein*
Mosel*
Nahe*
Phalz*
Rheingau*
Rheinhessen*
Saale-Unstrut
Sachsen
Wurttemberg

21
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What is Rotwein?

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German red wine

22
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What is Weisswein

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German White wine

23
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What is Weissherbst?

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German Rose

24
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What is Liebfraumilch?

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Typically a mass-produced, semisweet, soft white wine. Usually lower in quality

most production of muller-thurgau is used for this

“milk of our blessed lady”

25
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What is degrees Oechsle?

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German unit of measurement of sugar content of grape juice or must at harvest determined by density

26
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When were original Anbaugebiete established, how many then vs how many now?

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1971-11

1989-13

27
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2 tributaries that feed mosel

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Saar and Ruwer rivers

28
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What latitudes do germany’s wine regions lie between?

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49-51

29
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What is the german word for vineyard?

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Weinberg aka “wine hill”

30
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German soil, what is the benefit?

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Heat retaining soil and rocks: slate and Basalt

31
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Baden leading grape

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Muller Thurgau

32
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Franken leading grape/ bottle style

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Silvaner, little riesling plated here

“bocksbeutel” literally goat scrotum, squat plump flagon

33
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Mittelrhein

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“middle rhine” located where mosel flows into the rhine

34
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Germany top grapes

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Riesling
Gewurztraminer
Muller-Thurgau (riesling cross)
Spatburgunder

(other notable)
Silvaner (pretty neutral)
Scheurebe (Riesling/silvaner genetic cross)
Dornfelder (2nd most planted red)

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