Germany Flashcards
World’s largest Riesling area
Pfalz
5,500 ha
Largest plantings of Silvaner in the world
Rheinhessen
Anbaugebiete in Germany
Saale-Unstrut Sachsen Mittelrhein Ahr Mosel Rheinghau Nahe Rheinhessen Hessiche Bergstrasse Franken Pfalz Baden Wurttenberg
Bereiche within Nahe
Nahetal
Germany’s northernmost wine region
Saale-Unstrut
Oldest sparkling wine purposefully made in France
Blanquette de Limoux
Easternmost Anbaugebiet
Sachsen
Largest Bereich in the Mosel
Bernkastel
Oldest winemaking region in Germany
Mosel
Bereiche within Mosel
Bernkastel Burg Cochem Moseltor Obermosel Ruwertal Saar
Meaning of Sonnenuhr
Sun dial
Location of Hahn Groose Lage
Producer
Bacharach, Mittelrhein
Toni Jost
Location of German Wine Institute
Mainz, Rheinhessen
When did the VDP system changed to a 4-tiered one?
2012
4 tiers of VDP
Grosse Lage
Erste Lage
Ortswein
Gutswein
Classification created by the German Wine Institute
Year
Classic/Selection
2000’s vintage
Bereiche within Rheinghau
Johannisberg
Meaning of Feinherb
Off-Dry (unregulated)
Where was Spatlese/Auslese discovered?
Schloss Johannisberg
MPGV in Germany
Riesling Muller-Thurgau Spatburgunder Dornfelder Blaur Portugieser
Meaning of Alleinbesitz
Monopole
Meaning of Edelfaule
Noble rot
Best - Worst vintages in Germany
Best: 2019
Worst: 2014
Anbaugebiet with largest number of ha under vine
Rheinhessen, 26,500 ha
Scale used to measure must weight
Ochsle
Bereiche within Pfalz
Mittelhaardt Deusche Weinstrasse
Sudliche Weinstrasse
RS limit for Grosses Gewachs
9 g/l
Location of German Viticultural Research
Geinsenheim, Rheinghau
Bereiche within Rheinhessen
Bingen
Nierstein
Wonnegan
Location of Roter Hang
Rheinterrasse, Rheinhessen
Location of Niederhausen
Nahe
AP number
Series of 5 sets of numbers, mandatory for Pradikatswein
- Region of tasting
- Commune of bottling
- Bottler’s code
- Bottling code
- Year of application
Location of Scharzhofberger
Wiltingen, Saar
German name for Blaufrankisch
Lemberger (Baden)
What German wine regions have separate zones along the Swiss border?
Baden
Wurttenberg
German wine region where Scheurebe can be found
Pfalz
Most expensive bottle of dry German riesling
G-Max, by Weingut Keller in Florsheim-Dalsheim, Rheinhessen
Famous bottle from Franken
Bocksbeutel
Smallest wine region in Germany
Hessiche-Bergstrasse
English name for Pfalz
Palatinate
Style of Riesling in Pfalz
Full body, dry
Parent grapes of Muller-Thurgau
Riesling + Madeleine Royal
Main GV of Rheinhessen
Muller-Thurgau
Origin of Libfraulmmich
Rheinhessen
Describe Weissherbst
Saignee rose wine from Baden
Describe Schillerwein
Co-fermentation rose wine from Wurttenberg
“3 Bs” of Pfalz
Burklin Wolf
Basserman-Jordan
Von Buhl
Location of Wehlener Sonnenuhr
Bernkastel, Mosel
Southernmost bereiche in Mosel
Moseltor