Germany- Ai Flashcards

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What are the grosslagen of the Ahr?

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Klosterberg and Garkammer

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What is the sole bereiche of the Ahr?

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Walporzheim-Ahrtal

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What are the major villages of the Ahr?

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West to east:

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

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What are the bereiche of Baden?

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Badische-Bergstrass
Kraichgau
Orteneau
Kaiserstuhl
Markgraflerland
Bodensee
Tauberfranken
Tune berg
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What are the major villages of Baden?

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Heidelberg
Leimen 
Ostringen 
Suizfeld
Tiefenbach
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If a wine is labeled “classic” in Germany what does this indicate?

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Dry tasting wines with a max of 15g/l from 1 grape variety

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What does “selection” indicate on a bottle of German wine?

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Superior dry tasting wines with a mix 12g/l from 1 single variety.

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8
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Which mountain range is near the Ahr?

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The Eifel Mountains

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9
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What are the top two grapes planted in Franken?

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Muller-Thurgau is #1 and Sylvaner is #2. 81% planted to white grapes here.

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10
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What are the three bereiche of Franken?

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Mainveireck
Maindreieck
Steigerwald

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11
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Where would you find the Tauber River?

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In Franken

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What are the important Erste Lage in Franken?

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There are 51 total in Franken. The most important ones are:
Schlossberg- Pinot Noir
Bischofsberg- Pinot Noir
Altenberg- Sylvaner and Scheurebe
Monchsof- Sylvaner
Karthauser- Sylvaner and Weisburgunder
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13
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Which Anbaugebeite has the highest minimum oeschlese for white and red grapes?

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Franken:
White: 78 degrees
Red: 85 degrees

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What are the bereiche of Hessische-Bergstrasse?

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Starkenburg

Umstadt

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15
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What does Hessische-Berstrasse mean in German?

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Spring Garden

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Which german anbaugebeite doesn’t have any Erste Lage?

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Baden

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17
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What are the bereiche of Mittlerhein?

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Loreley

Siebengebinge

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What grape is most planted in Mittlerhein?

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Riesling is #1 and Muller-Thurgau is #2

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What are the major Erste Lage of Mittlerhein?

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Feverlay
Mandelstein
Ohlenberg
Furstenberg
Schloss Furstenberg
Am Schlossberg
Kloster Furstenal
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Describe the Mittlerhein Riesling Charter

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Handstreich “coup”- max 11%, 89 degrees oeschlese
Felsenspiel “rock game”- max 12.5%, 95 degrees
Meiserstuck “masterpiece” max 12.5%, 95 degrees and 9g/l

This was copied from the Vinea Wachau for dry wines. Producers can bottle their wines under three designations, “Accomplished Riesling, Natural Rhine Wine, or Interaction of the Elements.” Wines must be hand harvested with no additions, 100% Riesling within the Mittlerhein

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21
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What is the name of the famous estate in Rheingau that is still an active monastery as well?

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Kloster Eberbach - founded in Eltville in 1136

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What is the most expensive Champagne now on the market?

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Boërl & Kroff
Founded in 1995 in the Aube in Urville. Launched in 2007 with the 1996 vintage. Bottled only in magnum and large format bottles. Aged 12 years Sur latte.

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23
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What is the most expensive Spanish wine?

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Teso La Monja by Sierra Cantabia- it is made from century old Tempranillo in Castilla y Leon in Toro. Sells for average $1,074 per bottle.

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Who makes the wine La Faraona?

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Descendientes de Palacios in Bierzo. This wine is made from Mencía and only 600 bottles produced each year.

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25
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Who is Peter Sisseck?

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Founded Dominio de Pingus in Ribera del Duero in Castilla y Leon. He was on his way to work at Ridge Vineyards when he started this winery instead.

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26
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Describe the blend and aging of Unico?

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It is a blend of Tempranillo and Cabernet. It is aged for 10 years in a combination of barrel and bottle. They use 225l barrels as well as 20,000 liter barrels.

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27
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In which DO would you find the winery Artadi? Or the top wine that they make Vina El Pison.

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In Rioja. This is made in Rioja Alavesa and aged in French oak.

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28
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What are the two DOCa regions of Argentina?

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San Rafael in 2007

Lujan de Cuyo in 2005

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What is the major viticultural hazard in Texas?

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Pierce’s disease which is caused by bacteria and spread by the glass wing sharp shooter.

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30
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What is the most famous vineyard in Franken?

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The Stein vineyard in Wurzburg. It’s 85 hectare, south facing. Juliusspital is the largest owner here.

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Top vintages of the 2000s in Germany

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2001
2006* botrytis year
2007
2009
2011
2015
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Worst vintages of the 2000s in Germany

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2000

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Best German vintages of the 1990s

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1999

1990* botrytis year

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34
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Worst 1990s vintages for Germany

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1993

1994

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35
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Best German vintages of the 1980s

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1985
1988
1989

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36
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Worst vintages in the 1980s in Germany?

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1980
1982
1984
1987

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Best vintages in Germany in the 1970s

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1971

1976* botrytis year

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38
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Worst German vintages in the 1970s

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1973

1974

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39
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Bingen, Wonnegau and Nierstein are all bereiche of which region?

A

Rheinhessen

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40
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Oppenheim, Florsheim-Dalsheim and Worms are all villages where?

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Rheinhessen

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41
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Where are these villages located? Siefersheim, Bingen, Westhofen

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Rheinhessen

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42
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What is the minimum oeschlese for Rheingau Kabinett? How about Mosel?

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Rheingau is 75

Mosel is 73

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43
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What is the minimum oeschlese for Mosel and Rheingau spatlese?

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Mosel 80
Rheingau 85
Rheinhessen 85

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44
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Which region has the highest max oeschlese for BA wines, Mosel, Rheingau or Rheinhessen?

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Mosel 110
Rheingau 125
Rheinhessen 120

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45
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Altenahr, Maychoss and Marienthal are all known for which grape?

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Pinot Noir, all are villages in the Ahr

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46
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Heppingen, Heimersheim and Bad-Neuenahr are all villages where?

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The Ahr

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Heppingen and Heimersheim, Rich and Dernau are all villages where?

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The Ahr

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48
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The villages of Ockfen, Kanzem, and Serrig are all located where?

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In the Saar in the Mosel

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49
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Mertesdorf, Waldrach and Kasel are all villages where?

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In the Ruwertal of the Mosel

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50
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Which bereiche has the most VDP sites?

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Rheinhessen has 419 named vineyard sites
Pfalz has 316
Rheingau has 128

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51
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What are the bereiche of Franken?

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Mainviereck, Mandreieck, Steigerwald

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52
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Nordheim, Fer, Frickenhausen and Sommerhausen are all villages where?

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In Franken

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53
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Wurzberg, Marktheidenfeld and Erlenbach are all villages where?

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Franken

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54
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Karlstadt and Miltenberg and Bürgstadt are all villages where?

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In Franken

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What grape would be most planted in Marienthal? Where is this village?

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In the Ahr- Pinot Noir

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Where would you find Bad-Neuenahr and which grapes is most common?

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Ahr- Pinot Noir

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Name three monopole vineyards of the Rheingau

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Hattenheimer Steinberg (Kloster Eberbach)
Schloss Johannisberg
Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg (Schloss Schönborn)
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58
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What are some of the Einzellagen that were left out of the 1971 reclassification of vineyards even though they are too small on their own?

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Bernkasteler Doctor
Kirchenstück in the Pfalz
Kiedricher Turnberg in Rheingau

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59
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What is orstwein?

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Multiple vineyards in a village all are used for the bottling- labeled with the village name and/or a soil statement.

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How long must GG red wines be aged in oak?

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Min. 12 months in oak.

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61
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Name two producers of German Sekt

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Raumland

Reichsrat von Buhl

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What grape is most planted in Assmannshausen? Where is this?

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Rheingau- Pinot Noir is most planted.

63
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Which is the steepest vineyard in the Rheingau?

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The Berg Schlossberg vineyard in Rudensheim is the steepest at 70% grade.

64
Q

Where are the villages of Hallgarten, Winkle and Martinsthal located?

A

The Rheingau

65
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When was the Erste Gewachs designation permitted legally?

A

1999

66
Q

Where would you find single post system training?

A

The Mosel, Hermitage, other steep German vineyards.

67
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Where would you find these vineyards? Berg Rottland, Berg Roseneck, Hochheimer Holle?

A

All are in Rheingau

68
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What is the most common grape planted in the Hollenberg vineyard?

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This is in the Rheingau- it is Pinot Noir.

69
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What are the most planted grapes in Baden?

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It is 57% white grapes planted.

70
Q

Where would you find the bereiche of Mainviereck, Mandreieck and Steigerwald

A

In Franken

71
Q

Where would you find the Marcobrunn vineyard?

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In Erbach in the Rheingau

72
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Name some of the top producers of the Rheingau

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Robert Weil
George Breuer
Schloss Johannisberg
August Kessler
Frantz Künstler
Josef Leitz
Schloss Schönborn
73
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Where would you find the vineyard Jesuitgarten?

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In Winkle in the Rheingau

74
Q

How was the 2011 vintage in Barossa?

A

2011 was the wettest vintage in Barossa with mildew.

75
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Describe the 2015 vintage in Barossa

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It was a great vintage—— there were fires in the Adelaide Plains area and some smoke taint..

76
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What does “spatlese” mean?

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Translates to late harvest

77
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Where would you find the villages of Maychoss, Rich and Heimersheim?

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They are all villages in the Ahr

78
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Where is the Heppingen village?

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In the Ahr

79
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Where would you find the bereiche of Markgraflerland?

A

In Baden

80
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Are there any Erste Lage vineyards in Baden?

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No

81
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Which two rivers run through the Franken region?

A

The Tauber River and the Main River

82
Q

The bereiche of Loreley and Siebengebinge are in which anbaugebeite?

A

The Mittelrhein

83
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Are there Erste Lage sites in the Mittelrhein?

A

Yes, only permitted for Riesling and Spätburgunder.

84
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What are the oeschlese levels for Riesling in the Mosel?

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73- Kabinett
80-spatlese
88-Auslese
110-BA
150-TBA
85
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What is the soil type in Erden and Ürzig?

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Iron rich Devonian Red Slate

86
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Which region of the Mosel sits within the Paris Basin?

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The Obermosel- there are calcareous soils here. Ebling is widely planted.

87
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Which is the largest growing region of Germany?

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The Rheinhessen. It is also has Moore Sylvaner than anywhere in the world.

88
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What is the preeminent growing region of the Rheinhessen?

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The Roter Hang- a red hill of clay between Nierstein and Nackenheim. The Pettenthal and Rothenberg vineyards are here. 70-80% grade.

89
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What is liebfraumilch?

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70% minimum Riesling, muller-Thurgau or Kerner or Silvaner. 18g/l min RS. Varietal labeling is not permitted.

90
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What are the bereiche of the Rheinhessen?

A

Nierstein
Bingen
Wonnegau

91
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Nierstein
Bingen
Wonnegau are all bereiche of what region?

A

The Rheinhessen

92
Q

Florsheim-Dalsheim
Oppenheim
Bingen are all villages where?

A

Rheinhessen

93
Q

Siefersheim, Appenheim and Nackenheim are all villages where?

A

The Rheinhessen

94
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Worms, Bodenheim and Dienheim are all villages where?

A

In the Rheinhessen

95
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Name some Grosse Lage sites of the Rheinhessen

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Kirchberg
Rothenberg
Hipping
Pettenthal

96
Q

The vineyards of Kirchenstück, Holle and Stein are all located where?

A

In the Rheingau

97
Q

The villages of Lorch, Rüdesheim and Eltville are all located where?

A

In the Rheingau

98
Q

Where is the Elbe river located?

A

In Sachsen

99
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Sachsen is planted to which grapes predominantly?

A

80% to white grapes- Müller-Thurgau is #1. There is also Goldreisling here which is a grape crossing developed in Alsace. It’s a local specialty.

100
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What is the primary grape planted in Saale-Unstrut?

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Müller-Thurgau is #1

101
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What is the major grape planted in Württemberg?

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Red grapes are 70% of planting’s. Trollinger is #1 and Blaufrankish is #2

102
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What are the geographic influences on the Nahe region?

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The Hunsrück Hills and the Nahe River

103
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Where would you find the village of Munster-Sarmsheim? What is the most planted variety?

A

In the Nahe- Riesling is most planted.

104
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Bad Kreuznach, Bad Munster am Stein, Niederhausen and Wallhausen are all located where?

A

In the Nahe.

105
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Burg Layen, Dorsheim and Windesheim are all located where?

A

In the Nahe.

106
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Name some producers in the Nahe

A

Donhoff
Emrich-Schonleber
Schlossgut Diel
Schafer-Frohlich

107
Q

The GG vineyards of Halenberg, Bruke, Felsenberg and Hermensberg are all where?

A

The Nahe.

108
Q

Which river is to the northern border of the Nahe?

A

The Rhine

109
Q

What are the bereiche of the Pfalz?

A

Mittlehaart-Deutsche Weinstrasse

Südliche Weinstrasse

110
Q

Where is the village of Forst located?

A

Pfalz

111
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What is the top two white grapes planted in Pfalz?

A

Riesling and Müller-Thurgau

112
Q

Where is the Kirchenstück vineyard?

A

There is a VDP site in both the Pfalz and in the Rheingau

113
Q

Who is August Herold?

A

A viticulturalist who created many grape crossings at Weinberg institute including Dornfelder, Hefensteiner and Heroldrebe

114
Q

in what year did Schloss Johannisberg produce the first spatlese?

A

The harvest of 1775

115
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What is the recorded year of the first Riesling planted in the Rheingau

A

Records from the Cistercian monks at Kloster Eberbach indicated that they planted Riesling in 1435

116
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Where would you find Schloss Volrads, Schloss Schönborn and Schloss Reinhartshausen?

A

The Rheingau

117
Q

What are the soils like in Hochheim am Main??

A

This region is east of Wiesbaden in the Rheingau. It is a small enclave of vines around Hochheim am Main, in the valley of the Main River. Soils are loess-covered loams and marls competed to the sandstone and slate of the central Rheingau

118
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What are the major regions within the Rheingau?

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Central Rheingau- includes most of the region’s vineyards and the most renowned wine growing villages. Soils are a mix of slate, quartzite, sandstone and loess and clay on the lower slopes.

Western Rheingau- extends from Assmannshausen northward to Lorchhausen on the right bank of the river. The entrance to the Rhine Gorge and the Mittlerhein are here. This is a colder site and has purer slate soils.

Maingau- is on the Main River, and offshoot of the Rhine. It is very warm here, and soils transition from the Rhenish Massif to the Mainz Basin. There are loess-covered loams and marls here. Lower elevation.

119
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What is the steepest vineyard in the Rheingau?

A

It is Berg Schlossberg at 70% grade.

120
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Who owns the monopole vineyard of Hattenheimer Steinberg? Where is this located?

A

Kloster Eberbach monopole- enclosed with a wall in 1760. Is located in the Rheingau.

121
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What is the name of the monopole vineyard of Schloss Schönborn?

A

1600s- this is called Pfaffenberg. It is located in the Rheingau

122
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Who owns the monopole vineyard of Hattenheimer Steinberg?

A

Kloster Eberbach has owned this since the 1760s.

123
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Where are the vineyards of Kiedricher Gräfenberg and Hochheimer Holle?

A

Rheingau

124
Q

What are the top three vineyards in Rüdesheim in the Rheingau?

A

Berg Rottland, Berg Roseneck and Berg Schlossberg?

125
Q

Where would you find the vineyard Berg Rottland?

A

Rheingau

126
Q

Where is Berg Schlossberg?

A

Rheingau- it is also the steepest vineyard in the Rheingau.

127
Q

Where would you find the producer August Kessler?

A

In the Rheingau based in Assmannshausen and he is known for his Hollenberg bottling.

128
Q

What are the names of the mountains in the Mosel Valley?

A

Hunsrück Hills and Eifel Mountains.

129
Q

When did Riesling become very important in the Mosel??

A

When Archbishop of Trier, Clemens Wenceslaus decreed a mandatory shift to Riesling in 1786.

130
Q

Where is the Uhlen vineyard?

A

Mosel- in the lower Mosel… Heymann-Lowenstein is the best producer here. He has applied for Germany’s first three single-vineyard PDOs within Uhlen.

131
Q

What is the soils type of the Obermosel?

A

Blue slate changes into the Paris Basin- calcareous soil here.

132
Q

Where is the Roter Hang?

A

Between Nierstein and Nackenheim in the Rheinhessen. It extends through the Rheinterrasse

133
Q

Where are the vineyards of Pettenthal and Rothenberg?

A

Within the Roter Hang in the Rheinhessen

134
Q

What is the soil like in Rheinhessen outside of the Roter Hang?

A

It is limestone plateaus and low valleys. Some of the best dry Riesling’s come from the limestone and loess soils in Wonnegau.

135
Q

In which village is Keller based?

A

Wonnegau in the the Rheinhessen.

136
Q

What is Message in a Bottle?

A

An organization of two dozen young producers in the Rheinhessen who are committed to raising the image of the region. Keller, Wittmann, Stempel are members.

137
Q

Where would you find the Gunderloch estate?

A

Rheinhessen

138
Q

Which region of Germany has the most Riesling?

A

The Pfalz

139
Q

Which region is #2 in plantings in Germany?

A

The Pfalz

140
Q

Which hills are closest to the Pfalz?

A

The Haardt Hills

141
Q

Where would you find the villages of Deidensheim, Ruppertsberg and Gimmeldingen?

A

The Pfalz

142
Q

Where wold you find the village of Kallstadt? Most planted grape?

A

Riesling from the Pfalz

143
Q

What is the name of the forest near the Pfalz?

A

The Palatinate Forest.

144
Q

Which top vineyard of the Pfalz is called the “Church Parcel”

A

Forster Kirchenstuck in Middelhaardt. 3.7 hectares, it is the finest and warmest and most uniform site in the region. Planted to Riesling, enclosed by a wall and owned by 8 owners.

145
Q

Describe what makes the soils in the Pfalz and the Palatinate forest so unique?

A

-volcanic. Activity
-under the ocean
Alps collapsed from tectonic activity
Glacial movement
Truly arable soils.

146
Q

What is the primary grape of Klingenberg and Bürgstadt?

A

These are known for red wine production and are in Franken. Spatburgunder.

147
Q

Describe two soil types found in Franken?

A

Black gypsum-laced kuper soils and red sandstone.

148
Q

Where is the Tauber River located?

A

Franken

149
Q

What are the geographic influences in the Nahe region?

A

Hochwald highland forest forms western edge
Mainz and Saar-Nahe basins
Rhenish Massif (Hunsrück hills of Mosel, Taunus and Eifel of the Rheingau and Ahr)

150
Q

Where is the village of Burg Layen?

A

Nahe

151
Q

Where is the Kaiserstuhl and what is the primary Grape?

A

This is in Baden and is a village that grows Pinot Noir. Named for the Kaiserstuhl Hills which are the site of an old volcano.

152
Q

What is the warmest region of Germany?

A

The Kaiserstuhl hills in Baden are the warmest and sunniest. Volcanic soils here.

153
Q

What is Germany’s hottest vineyard?

A

Ihringer Winklerberg in the Kaiserstuhl region of Baden.

Achkarrer Schlossberg is also right there.

154
Q

Where would you find the Neckar river?

A

The Württemberg region.