Germany Flashcards
What are the leading red grape varieties of Germany ?
Spätburgunder (Pinot noir) Dornfelder Blauer Portugieser Trollinger Blaufränkisch St. Laurent
What are the leading white grape varieties of Germany ?
Riesling Müller-Thurgau Silvaner Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris) Weissburgunder (Pinot blanc) Kerner Gewürztraminer
Anbaugebiete pronunciation
Ahn-bow-guh-beetuh
A traditional green or brown ellipsoid bottle of flask
Bocksbeutel
Important water bodies in Germany include
Lake Constance (Bodensee)
The Rhine River
The Mosel River
Germany’s wine growing regions are primarily in what states
Baden-württemberg
Hesse
Rhineland-palatinate
German wine categories in ascending order
- Wein
- ggA geschützte geographische Anagabe
- gU geschützte Ursprungsbezeichnung, includes what used to be QbA and QmP categories
What are the sub categories of gU geschützte Ursprungsbezeichnung?
Qualitätswein
Prädikatswein
What are the subcategories of Prädikatswein in ascending grape ripeness
Kabinett Spätlese Auslese Beerenauslese Eiswein Trockenbeerenauslese TBA
Oechsle calculation
(Density-1)x 1000
Range usually 40-150
What is an abfüller?
Wine produced at a commercial winery that buys grapes from other sources
What is amtliche prüfungsnummer?
German AP number isn’t a government label identifying the wine and the testing center where it was approved, village and winery of origin
What does VDP mean
Verband deutscher Prädikatswein an organization of Germany’s leading wine estates , terroir driven
What are the classification levels in the VDP system
Grosse lage
Erste lage
Ortswein
Gutswein
Name the one bereich of Rheingau
Johannisberg
