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Grosses Gewächs

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Trocken wines from the top vineyard sites in the VDP classification. Must not contain more than 9g residual sugar.

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edelfäule

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German for noble rot

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Anbaugebiete

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13 wine regions of Germany
Mosel
Rheingau
Rheinhessen
Pfalz
Nahe
Ahr
Baden
Wüttemberg
Franconia
Mittelrhein
Saale-Unstrut
Saxony
Hessische-Bergstraße
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What are the levels of VDP classification and corresponding maximum yields?

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  1. Grosse Lage (Grand Cru) Max. 50hl/ha
  2. Erste Lage (Premier Cru) 60 hl/ha
  3. Ortswein (Village wine) 75 hl/ha
  4. Gutswein (Regional wine) 75 hl/ha
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What are the white grapes Germany?

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Riesling
Gewürztraminer
Müller-Thurgau
Silvaner
Scheurebe
Pinot Gris (Grauburgunder)
Pinot Blanc (Weissburgunder)
Kerner
Bacchus
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What are the red grapes of Germany?

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Pinot Noir (Spatburgunder)
Dornfelder
Blauer Portugieser
Trollinger

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Süssreserve

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Sweet, sterilized unfermented grapemust added just before bottling to combat high acidity in German wines.
Must not be more than 15% of the total volume of the wine

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What is the must weight for Prädikat wine?

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Kabinett 70-85 oeschle
Spätlese 80-95
Auslese 88-105
Beerenauslese 110-128
Trockenbeerenauslese 128-150
Eiswein 110-128
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What are the 6 bereiche of the Mosel?

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Bernkastel
Burg Cochem
Saar
Ruwertal
OberMosel
Moseltor
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VDP

Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter

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German association of more than 200 top producers. founded in 1910, this association is committed to quality by making dry Riesling from the best territory and vineyard sites. Quality levels are designed to emulate the grand cru model of Burgundy.

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Where is the monastery of Kloster Eberbach?

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Hallgarten (Rheingau)

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Where is Schloss Johannisberg located?

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Rheingau

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13
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Where is Sangiovese planted in Germany?

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Pfalz

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Where is Rüdesheim located?

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Rheingau

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Where is most of Germany’s Schwarzriesling planted?

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Württemberg

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When did the Cistercians of Burgundy found Kloster Eberbach monastery?

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1136

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What two anbaugebiete are located in former East Germany?

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Sachsen

Saale-Unstrut

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What style is Landwein produced as?

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trocken or halbtrocken

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What slate characterizes the Mosel?

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Devonian slate

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What river is Franken located on?

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The Main river

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What river is the Nahe situated along?

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The Nahe River, a tributary of the Rhine

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22
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What regions can Liebfraumilch be blended from?

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Rheinhessen
Nahe
Rheingau
Pfalz

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23
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What region uses “Erstes Gewächs” instead of “Grosses Gewächs”?

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Rheingau - is a legally authorized term and may be spelled out in full

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24
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What portion of the Ahr is red wine?

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84.4%

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What mountain range is in the Pfalz?

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Haardt Hills (Vosges Mountains)

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What is Weissherbst? Where is it popular?

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A saignée rosé made from a single variety and of at least QbA quality popular in Baden

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What is the sole bereiche of the Rheingau?

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Johannisberg

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What is the rosé popular in Württemberg?

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Schillerwein

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What is the most planted red grape of the Rheingau?

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Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir)

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30
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What is the German term for monopole?

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Alleinbesitz

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31
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What is the finest estate in the Mittelrhein?

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Toni Jost’s alleinbesitz Bacharacher Hahn

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32
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What is Piesport’s greatest vineyard?

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Goldtröpfchen

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33
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What is Goldriesling? Where is it a local specialty in Germany?

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An aromatic crossing developed in Alsace, is the local specialty of Sachsen

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What is Germany’s warmest wine growing region?

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Kaiserstuhl, Baden

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What is Germany’s northernmost wine-growing region?

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Saale-Unstrut

36
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What are the Prädikat levels and corresponding öchsle ranges

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Kabinett	70-85°
Spätlese	76-95°
Auslese	83-105°
Beerenauslese	110-128°
Trockenbeerenauslese	150-154°
Eiswein	110-128°
37
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Who are some prominent members of the VDP?

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Robert Weil
Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt
Dr. Loosen
Egon Müller
Joh. Jos. Prüm
Dönnhoff
Keller
Bürklin-Wolf
Toni Jost
38
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Gemeinden

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A municipality/village, smaller than a bereiche, larger than a einnzellage

39
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What are the most important gemeinden and einzenllage of the Saar?

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Wiltingen: Scharzhofberger
Saarburg: Rausch

40
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What are the most important gemeinden and einzenllage of the Ruwer?

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Eitelsbach: Karthäuserhofberg
Mertesdorf: Abtsberg, Herrenberg, Bruderberg

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What are the most important gemeinden and einzenllage of the Mosel?

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Trittenheim: Apotheke
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
42
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What are the most important gemeinden and einzenllage of the 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), Mannberg, Steinberg
Hallgarten: Schönhell, Jungfer
Erbach: Marcobrunn
Kiedrich: Gräfenberg
Eltville: Sonnenberg
Hochheim am Main: Hölle, Kirchenstück

43
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Which gemeinden of the Rheingau produces the most red wine from Späburgunder?

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Assmannshausen, the best is from the Höllenberg vineyard. August Kesseler is a top producer.

44
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Rheingauer Flöte

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flute-shaped brown bottle sometimes used to bottle Riesling in the Rheingau

45
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What percent of the Rheingau is planted to Riesling?

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80%

46
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Roter Hang

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The most prestigious sector of the Rheinterrasse, a slope of red clay and slate spanning 180 ha between Nierstein and Nackenheim

47
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Rheinterrasse

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Located on the western banks of the Rhine, historically produces the best wines of the Rheinhessen. It is an extended reach of eastern exposures protected from frost and the winds that sweep through much of the rolling, unwooded expanse of the Rheinhessen.

48
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Where is Silvaner considered a regional specialty?

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Rheinhessen, it has a more acreage devoted to Silvaner than any other winegrowing region in the world, including Franken.

49
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Message in a Bottle

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An association of over two dozen young and dynamic winemakers in Rheinhessen committed to raising quality throughout the region.

50
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Name some prominent producers from the Rheinhessen

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Weingut Keller in Flörsheim-Dalsheim and Wittmann in neighboring Westhofen. Both are members of Message in a Bottle

51
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What are the most important gemeinden and einzenllage of the Rheinhessen?

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Nackenheim: Rothenberg
Nierstein: Hipping, Pettenthal
Oppenheim: Schützenhütte, Sackträger
Westhofen: Morstein, Kirchspiel
Dalsheim: Hubacker
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What commonalities are shared between Pfalz and Alsace?

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Complex soil makeup–layers of red sandstone, calcium-based limestone, loess, red slate, basalt, igneous granite and alluvial gravel
Vosges Mountains become Haardt Hills (500-600meters)

53
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What is the most famous section of Pfalz?

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The east-facing slopes of the Haardt hills in the Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse

54
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Name some prominent producers of the Mittelhaardt

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Bassermann-Jordan
von Buhl
Bürklin-Wolf
Müller-Catoir

55
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What are the most important gemeinden and einzenllage of Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse?

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Kallstadt: Saumagen
Ungstein
Bad Dürkheim
Wachenheim
Forst: Kirchenstück, Freundstück, Pechstein, Ungeheuer, Jesuitengarten
Deidesheim: Langenmorgen, Hohenmorgen, Kieselberg
Ruppertsberg: Reiterpfad, Gaisböhl (Bürklin-Wolf monopole)
Königsbach: Idig

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What are the most important gemeinden and einzenllage of Südliche-Weinstrasse?

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Siebeldingen: Im Sonnenschein
Birkweiler: Kastanienbusch
Schweigen: Kammerberg

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What are the most important gemeinden and einzenllage of the Nahe?

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Bad Kreuznach
Bad Münster
Norheim
Niederhausen: Hermannshöhle, Hermannsberg
Oberhausen: Brücke
Schlossböckelheim: Kupfergrube, Felsenberg

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What river flows through Ahr?

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The Ahr River, a tributary of the Rhine

59
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What is the single bereiche of the Ahr?

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Walporzheim-Ahrtal

60
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What is the single grosse lage of the Ahr?

A

Klosterberg

61
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Who are some top producers of Spätburgunder in the Ahr?

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Meyer-Näkel
Kreuzberg
*Known to use barriques in their high-end cuvees.

62
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What percent of the Ahr is planted to Spätburgunder?

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over 80%

364 ha

63
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Geographical features of the Ahr

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The Ahr sits north of the 50th parallel, its terraced vineyards are sheltered from cold winds by the Eifel Mountains.

64
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Frühburgunder

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An early-ripening strain of Pinot Noir found in Franken

Also a specialty found in Ahr.

65
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What is the most planted grape of Franken?

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Müller Thurgau

66
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Bocksbeutel

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Squat, flask-shaped bottles used in Franken

67
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What are the most important gemeinden and einzenllage of Franken?

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

68
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Hahn Grosse Lage vineyard

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A monopole of Toni Jost in Bacharach, Mittelrhein

69
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Which region in Germany has the most Spätburgunder planted?

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Baden, 5,592 ha

70
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What is the second most-planted red grape in Germany

A

Dornfelder

71
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What term indicates an estate-bottled wine?

A

Gutsabfüllung

72
Q

The Taunus Mountains are a defining geographical feature in which Anbaugebiet?

A

Rheingau

73
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A white wine bearing the initials “GG” must have been harvested at yields of _____ hl/ha or less.

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50 hl/ha

74
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What did the 1971 wine law do to einzellage?

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Reduced number from 30,000 to around 2,700
Set a minimum five-hectare size for single vineyards Created a new category, Grosslagen, to identify “collective” vineyard sites.

75
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What did the 1971 wine law do to labeling laws?

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The law banned the use of familiar terms like feine, feinste, and hochfeine, historically added to indicate reserve wines within a larger category

76
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Goldkapsule

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In response to 1971, to indicate a higher level of sweetness and distinction beyond a wine’s labeled Prädikat, vintners added a golden capsule.

77
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The Star System

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In the Mosel, producers developed a second code to distinguish among different tiers of wine within a Prädikat and from the same vineyard: the star system. To indicate reserve bottlings, producers may apply one to three stars (, **, **), sometimes in conjunction with a Goldkapsule.

78
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Amtliche Prüfungsnummer

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The “official exam number,” or A.P. number, a new certification that debuted with the 1971 wine law. Each A.P. number consists of five sets of digits. The digits, in order, indicate the following: (1) the location of the examination board, (2) the village in which the wine was produced, (3) the producer, (4) the unique number of the bottling, and (5) the year in which the wine was tested, typically one calendar year after the vintage. All Qualitätswein and Prädikatswein must carry an A.P. number, theoretically ensuring that quality remains strict.

79
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What are the sizes of German barriques?

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Stück-1,200-liter oval cask
Doppelstück-2,400 liters
Halbstück-600 liters

80
Q

What is the parentage for Dornfelder?

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Helfensteiner x Heroldrebe

81
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Where are vines traditionally trained in the single-post system

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Mosel

82
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Which vineyard in the Mosel is an exception to the less than 5ha Wine Law of 1971

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The Doctor vineyard in Bernkastel-Kues

83
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What is the dominant grape of the Obermosel and Moseltor?

A

Elbing

84
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Charta

A

An effort by growers of the Rhgeingau, spearheaded by the Bernhard Breuer (of the Georg Breuer estate) in Rüdesheim, to produce noble dry riesling from Erstes Gewächs.

85
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Which village of the Rheingau is committed to Spatburgunder?

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Assmannshaussen. The Höllenberg vineyard is its greatest example and August Kesseler is amongst its finest growers

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