Germany - Ahr, Mosel, Mittelrhein

Question 1

What’s the majority of the production in the Ahr?

Answer 1

Red wines

Question 2

What’s iconic about the Ahr as a red wine focused region?

Answer 2

It’s the northernmost wine region dedicated to the production of red wines

Question 3

What’s the dominant grape in the Ahr?

Answer 3

Spatburgunder

Question 4

What is the name of the river that goes through the Ahr?

Answer 4

Ahr river

Question 5

What’s the name of the mountains in the Ahr?

Answer 5

Eifel Mountains

Question 6

Where are the vineyards in the Ahr?

Answer 6

On terraces

Question 7

What’s the soil profile in the Ahr?

Answer 7

rocky, volcanic slate

Question 8

What’s the climate in the Ahr?

Answer 8

Mediterranen

Question 9

How many Bereich in the Ahr?

Answer 9

only one, Walporzheim-Ahrtal

Question 10

How many GrossLage in the Ahr?

Answer 10

1) Klosterberg

Question 11

Name two top producers in the Ahr?

Answer 11

Meyer-Näkel (Dernau),
 Kreuzberg (Dernau), 
Nelles (Bad Neuenahr)
 Jean Stodden (Rech), 
Weingut Deutzerhof - Cossmann-Hehle (Mayschoss), J.J. Adeneuer (Ahrweiler)

Question 12

Name 3 villages in Ahr

Answer 12

Altenahr, Mayschoss, Rech, Dernau, Marienthal, Walporzheim, Ahrweiler, Bad-Neuenahr, Heppingen, Heimersheim

Question 13

Which varietals are approved for einzellage in the Ahr?

Answer 13

Frühburgunder (R), Spätburgunder and Riesling

Question 14

Name a synonym of Frühburgunder?

Answer 14

Pinot Noir Precoce.

It’s an early ripening PN

Question 15

Name 4 notable Einzellage in the Ahr with Gemeinde (Local community or village. Peisport, for example.)?

Answer 15

(Altenahr) Eck
(Ahrweiler) Rosenthal
(Walporzheim) Alte Lay
(Walporzheim) Gärkammer

Question 16

Who’s Alleinbesitz(monopole) belongs to JJ Adenauer?

Answer 16

Gärkammer (Walporzheim)

Question 17

What’s the soil in the Ahr?

Answer 17

Greywack (argillous shale)

Question 18

What was the name of the Mosel until 2007?

Answer 18

Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

Question 19

What’s essentially represents the Goldkapsel or the Lange Goldkapsel?

Answer 19

Reserve, Usually it represents a higher must weight.

*A golden capsule or foil on the bottle. Denotes a wine considered better by the producer. Usually means a Prädikatswein that is sweeter or more intense, or indicates an auction wine made in a very small lot.

Question 20

Where is the Goldkapsel encountered?

Answer 20

Almost exclusively from Mosel producers

Question 21

What was the reason for producers to start to use the Goldkapsel?

Answer 21

1971 law ruled that any additional qualification to the prädikat could not be listed on labels

Question 22

Which is German’s oldest winemaking region?

Answer 22

Mosel

Question 23

What’s the soil in the Mosel?

Answer 23

Blue Devonian Slate, and red Devonian slate( iron rich)

Question 24

Where would you find the majority of the red slate in the Mosel?

Answer 24

In the villages of Erden and Urzig

Question 25

How many Bereich in the Mosel?

Answer 25

6

Question 26

Name the Bereich

Answer 26

Burg Cochem, Bernkastel, Ruwertal, Saar, Obernmosel, Moseltor

Question 27

What's an other name for Burg Cochem?

Answer 27

Terrassenmosel

Question 28

What's an other name for the Bernkastel bereich?

Answer 28

Mittelmosel

Question 29

Which is the largest Bereich in the Mosel?

Answer 29

Bernkastel

Question 30

Name 2 notable Grosslage in the Mittelmosel (Bernkastel)

Answer 30

10 total, * Mittelsberg and Badstube

Question 31

Burg Cochem main gemeinden

Answer 31

Winningen, Hetzenport, Cochem, Zell

Question 32

Bernkastel main Gemeinden N to S

Answer 32

Pünderich, Enkirch, Traben-Trarbach, Erden, Urzig, Zeltingen, Wehlen, Graach an der Mosel, Bernkastel-Kues, Braunenberg, Piesport, Drhon, Neumagen, Trittenheim, Leiwen

Question 33

Main Gemeinden of Ruwertal

Answer 33

Ruwer, Eitelsbach, Mertesdorf

Question 34

Main Gemeinden in the Saar

Answer 34

Serrig, Saarburg, Wiltingen, Ockfen, Kanzem

Question 35

What's the most planted varietal in the Ruwer?

Answer 35

90% Riesling

Question 36

What's the most planted varietal in the Obernmosel and Moseltor?

Answer 36

Elbling (W)

Question 37

How's the elevation of the Saar compared to the rest of the Mosel?

Answer 37

Higher, 50- 100 m higher

Question 38

What's the most planted varietal in the Saar?

Answer 38

Riesling 78%

Question 39

What's a climatic risk in the Saar?

Answer 39

Late Frost and achieving Ripeness

Question 40

Why is it harder in the Saar to achieve ripeness?

Answer 40

The river is smaller, and the slate soil is lesser uniform, creating a lesser even effect

Question 41

Which iconic producer is based in the Burg Cochem?

Answer 41

Heymann Lowenstein

Question 42

Name an iconic Einzellage in Winningen (Burg Cochem)

Answer 42

Uhlen *the VDP has further subdivided the site in 4, because of the 4 different soil profiles

Question 43

Where are the steepest vineyard in the Mosel?

Answer 43

In the Burg Cochem. | Particularly in Uhlen (Winningen) the vineyards sit at 100-170 degrees gradient

Question 44

In which Gemeinden is the 'Marienburg' Einzellage? | Name the Lieu-dits

Answer 44

Pünderich, Bernkastel Bereich *Rothenpfad, Fahrlay, Falkenlay

Question 45

Name 2 Einzellage in Pünderich

Answer 45

Marienburg, Nonnengarten

Question 46

Where is the Prälat vineyard?

Answer 46

In Erden

Question 47

Name 2 iconic Einzellage in Erden

Answer 47

Prälat, Treppchen

Question 48

What is one of the warmest site in the Mosel?

Answer 48

The Prälat vineyard

Question 49

Name 2 iconic producers making wines from Erden's vineyards

Answer 49

Dr Loosen, Molitor

Question 50

Name the iconic einzellage in Urzig

Answer 50

Würzgarten (The spice garden of Urzig)

Question 51

Name the iconic Vineyard of Wehlen and Zeltingen

Answer 51

Sonnenhur (Bernkastel)

Question 52

Where are the einzellagen of Joserfshöfer, Himmelreich, and Domprobst?

Answer 52

Graach an der Mosel

Question 53

In which Gemeinde are the vineyards 'Doctor' and 'Lay' located?

Answer 53

Bernkastel

Question 54

What's the name of the vineyard located east of the 'Doctor' einzellage?

Answer 54

Alte Badstube am Doctorberg. | It is not a classified vineyard

Question 55

Name 4 iconic Einzellage within Bernkastel

Answer 55

Lay, Doctor, Alte Badstube am Doctorberg, Badstube, Johannisbrünnchen

Question 56

Where is the Juffer Sonnenhur einzellage located?

Answer 56

In Brauneneberg

Question 57

Name 2 iconic Einzellage in Braunenberg

Answer 57

Juffer, Juffer Sonnenhur

Question 58

Where is Goltropfchen?

Answer 58

In Piesport

Question 59

Where is the Apotheke vineyard located?

Answer 59

In Trittenheim

Question 60

Where is the Karthäuserhofberg einzellage? | Who owns it?

Answer 60

It's in Eitelsbach (Ruwertal) - Karthäuserhof

Question 61

Name the 3 Monopole of Maximin Grünhaus

Answer 61

Abtsberg, Brundeberg, Herrenberg *Maximin Grünhaus is the son. Von Schubert Monopole

Question 62

Who owns the Braune Kupp monopole? | Where is it?

Answer 62

``` Egon Muller in Wiltingen (Saar) ```

Question 63

Where is the Sharfzofberger einzellage?

Answer 63

In Wiltingen (Saar)

Question 64

In which Bereich are the Hütte, Rausch, Bockstein vineyards located?

Answer 64

In the Saar

Question 65

What are the northernmost, middle and southernmost towns/villages in the Mittelrhein?

Answer 65

Bonn (N) Koblenz (middle) Lorch (S)

Question 66

Which are the 2 Bereich of the Mittelrhein?

Answer 66

Loreley , Siebengebirge

Question 67

What's the sole Grosslage of Siebengebirge?

Answer 67

Petersberg

Question 68

What' s the most planted varietal in the MittelRhein?

Answer 68

80% Riesling, 15% Spatburgunder

Question 69

Which Anbaugebiete has been declared World Heritage by the Unesco in 2003?

Answer 69

MittelRhein

Question 70

What's the soil profile in the Mittelrhein?

Answer 70

Slate Greywacke

Question 71

How are the vineyards in the Mittelrhein?

Answer 71

On steep terraces | 60% of Vineyards are growing at more than 30degrees gradient

Question 72

What are some climatic and technical issues in the Mittelrhein?

Answer 72

Frost, Rain, Drought | Also, the labour is extremely expensive while the wines don't command high prices

Question 73

Where are the best vineyards in the mittelrhein?

Answer 73

South of Koblenz

Question 74

Name 3 vineyards South of Koblenz?

Answer 74

Spay, Boppard, Bacharach

Question 75

Where is the Einzellage Im Hahn? | Who owns it?

Answer 75

Bacharach, in the Mittelrhein. | Alleinbeseitz of Toni Jost

Question 76

What is the Mittelrhein Riesling Character?

Answer 76

(MRC) Est in 2011, with 38 members It's a classification based on the Vinea Wachau one

Question 77

Name the 3 level of the MRC | Max/min abv and Oechsle

Answer 77

Handstreich max 11% (max 89 Oechsle) Felsenspiel max 12.5% (max 95 Oechsle) Meisterstück min 12.5% (min 95 Oechsle)

Question 78

What are some of the conditions of the MRC?

Answer 78

Riesling Only Min 3 out of 5 on a tasting Panel for tipicity Interaction of elements (wind-fire-earth-water ) Hand Harvest, No Adulteration Only from Grapes and Producer based in the Mittelrheine