Germany Flashcards
What is Flurbereinigung?
Re-allocation of vineyards to arrange them in neat blocks.
Name the 13 anbaugebiete of Germany.
- Mosel
- Ahr
- Mittelrhein
- Rheingau
- Rheinhessen
- Nahe
- Pfalz
- Hessische-Bergstrasse
- Baden
- Württemberg
- Franken
- Sachsen
- Saale-Unstrut
What is Bereich, Grosslage and Einzellage?
Bereich - District within an aubaugebiet.
Grosslage - Collection of vineyard sites
Einzellage - Single vineyard site
What is the other name for Pinot Gris in Germany?
Rulander and Grauburgunder.
What is the other name for Pinot Blanc in Germany?
Weissburgunder.
The grape Muller-Thurgau is a cross between which grapes?
Riesling x Madeline Royale.
What are the red grapes for Germany?
- Spatburgunder
- Dornfelder
- Blauer Portugieser
What is the soil profile of Mosel?
Red and Blue Slate.
What is the soil profile of Rheingau?
Loess, quatzite and clay.
What is the other name for Noble Rot in Germany?
Edelfaule aka botrytis cinerea.
What is Feinherb?
Unregulated term meaning off-dry but ususally slightly sweeter than halbtrocken.
Which river flows through Rheingau?
River Main.
Name the bereich of Rheingau.
Johannisberg.
Name the single vineyard estates of Rheingau.
- Schloss Johannisberg
- Schloss Vollard
Name the villages of Rheingau.
- Lorchhausen
- Rüdesheim
- Winkel
- Johannisberg
- Oestrich
- Erbach
- Hattenheim
- Eberbach
- Eltville
- Hochheim
Where is Kloster Eberbach located?
Eberbach in Rheingau.
Where does the German wine bottle get it’s name from?
Hock from the village of Hochheim in Rheingau.
Name the Bereich of the Rheinhessen.
- Bingen
- Wonnegau
- Nierstein
What is the main grape variety of Rheinhessen?
- Muller Thurgau
- Riesling
Name the villages of Rheinhessen
- Niersteiner Gutes Domtal
- Niersteiner Spiegelberg
- Nackenheim
- Ingelheim (red wines)
- Oppenheim
- Dienheim
- Florsheim-Dalsheim
- Westhofen
- Osthofen
Liebfraumilch is blended from which regions?
- Rheingau
- Rheinhessen
- Pfalz
- Nahe
What grapes are used for Liebfraumilch?
70% Riesling + Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner or Kerner.
What is the min. residual sugar for Liebfraumilch?
Min. 18gm/L to a max. 45gm/L.
Where are the best vineyards in Pfalz located?
Lower slopes of the Haardt hills along the Deutsche Weintrasse.
Name the bereich of Pfalz.
- Bereich Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weintrasse (Northern half)
- Bereich Südliche Weintrasse (Southern half)
What are the grapes for Pfalz?
Riesling, Dornfelder and Müller-Thurgau.
List the northern villages of Pfalz.
- Wachenheim
- Forst
- Deidesheim
- Ruppertsberg
- Bad Dürkheim mṣ
- Haardt
- Kallstadt
- Königsbach
- Neustadt
- Ungstein
List the southern villages of Pfalz.
- Siebeldingen
- Birkweiler
- Schweigen
Which river flows through Nahe?
River Nahe.
Name the bereich of Nahe.
Nahetal.
Name the important towns of Nahe.
- Bad Kreuznach
- Schloss Böckelheim
What is Rüdesheimer Rosengarten?
Grosslage in Nahe and Einzellage in Rheingau.
Name the bereiche of Franken aka Franconia.
- Maindreieck
- Mainviereck
- Steigerwald
What are the grapes for Franken?
Müller-Thurhgau, Sylvaner and Bacchus.
Name the important vineyards of Franken
- Stein and Leiste around Wurzburg.
- Casttell
- Iphofen
- Randersacker
- Volkach
- Escherndorf
What is Steinwein?
Wine produced from the vineyards of Wurzburg Stein.
What is the bottle of Franken wine called?
Bocksbeutel.
Which rivers flow through Mosel?
Mosel and its tributaries - Saar and Ruwer.
Name the bereiche of the Mosel.
- Bernkastel
- Berg Cochem (formerly Zell)
- Saar
- Ruwertal
- Obermosel
- Moseltor.
Name the best villages of Bereich Bernkastel.
- Trittenheim
- Neumagen
- Piesport
- Bernkastel
- Brauneberg
- Graach
- Wehlen
- Zeltingen
- Urzig
- Erden.
Name the best villages of Bereich Ruwertal.
- Mertesdorf
- Eitelsbach
- Kasel
Name the best villages of Bereich Saar.
- Wiltingen
- Oberemmel
- Ockfen
- Saarburg
- Serrig.
Name the bereich of Ahr.
- Bereich Walporzheim-Ahrtal.
Name the bereiche of Baden.
- Badische Bergstrasse
- Kraichgau
- Bodensee
- Breisgau
- Kaiserstuhl
- Tuniberg
- Tauberfranken
- Markgraglerland
- Ortenau.
What are the grapes for Baden?
Spatburgunder, Muller Thurgau, Grauburgunder and Weissburgunder.
Name the bereiche of the Mittelrhein.
- Siebengebirge
- Lorelei
Name the Bereiche of Hessiche-Bergstrasse.
- Starkenburg
- Umstradt
Name the bereiche of Saale-Unstrut.
- Schloss Neuenburg
- Thuringen
- Mansfelder Seen
Name the bereiche of Sachsen.
- Elstertal
- Meissen
Which river flows through Wurttemberg?
Neckar and its tributary.
Name the bereiche of Wurttemberg.
- Unterland
- Remstal-Stuttgart
- Bayerischer Bodonsee
- Kocher-Jaagst-Tauber
- Oberere Neckar
- Wurttembergisch Bondensee
Name the main grape varieties of Wuttemberg.
- Trollinger
- Lemberger (Blaufrankisch)
- Schwarzriesling (Meunier)
- Spatburgunder
