Germany Flashcards
Mosel
Bernkastel
Wehlen
Piesport
Rheingau
Rudesheim
Johannisberg
Nahe
Sclossböckelheim
Rheinessen
Nierstein
Pfalz
Forst
Deidesheim
What are the categories of pradikatswein and wine styles
Kabinet - dry to medium sweet
Spätlese - more concentrated grapes - Dry to medium sweet
Auslese - selected extra ripe bunches of grape - Dry to sweet
Beerenauslese BA selected picking grapes with effectted noble rot - Sweet only
Eiswein frozen grape sweet only
Trockenbeerenauslese TBA selected dried noble infected grapes- Sweet only
If written GG on the neck of the German wine bottle, what does that mean
It means Grosses Gewächs which is always dry
It is from wine group of VDP (Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter)
What are the key grapes of germany
Riesling
Spätburgunder (pinot noir)
What are the wine regions of Germany
Mosel Nahe Rheingau Rheinessen Pfalz Baden Franken