Germany & Austria

Question 1

Define anbaugebiet & identify common ones found in the market.

Answer 1

Anbaugebiet means area, there are 13 in total. Mosel, Rheingau, Rheinhessen, nahe, pfatlz.

Question 2

State the 4 historic quality levels of German wine

Answer 2

Deutscher wine (formerly tafelwein), landwein, Qualitatswein bestimmer Anbaugebite (QbA), and Qualitatswein mit Pradikat (QmP).

Question 3

State the 6 Prädikat levels for QmP wines from lowest to highest sugar levels

Answer 3

Kabinett, Spatlese, Auslese, beerenauslese, eiswein, trockenbeerenauslese.

Question 4

Discuss the term Grosses Gewächs, Erstes Gewachs, and Erstes Lage.

Answer 4

Great growths, now used as a quality level of sorts for dry wines within the VDP classification. Must be trocken, spatlese level ripeness, unmanipulated, and hand harvested. Erstes Gewachs was used by the wines of the rheingau for wines of note and Erstes Lages was used to denote quality wines in the Mosel. Now all known as GG.

Question 5

Define the terms Halbtrocken & Trocken & Feinherb & Sekt.

Answer 5

Half dry, dry, Off dry, and sparkling.

Question 6

Identify the term for Estate Bottled in Germany.

Answer 6

Gutsabfullung.

Question 7

Define the term Süssreserve

Answer 7

Sterilized grape juice added to an already vinified wine for sweetness.

Question 8

State why wine can be made at 51° latitude & how they differ from Alsace.

Answer 8

Rainshadow effect from the haart mountains and valley hot pocket.

Question 9

Identify at least 1 major village & vineyard & in the Mosel & Rheingau respectively.

Answer 9

In the Mosel, Piesporter and Goldtropfchen, Rheinhold Haart makes a 2007 Riesling. In the Rheingau, Schloss Johannisburg.

Question 10

Name the grape for which Spätburgunder, Grauburgunder, Weissburgunder.

Answer 10

Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc.

Question 11

Tell your guests about the Silvaner grape and its best growing region, in Bocksbeutel.

Answer 11

Silvaner is grown in Franken, in the goat scrotum bottles.

Question 12

Tell your guests about the cross named Müller-Thurgau

Answer 12

Muller thurgau is a cross between riesling and madelein royale.

Question 13

Define Liebfraumilch & state where it is commonly found

Answer 13

Mother’s milk, bland blended wine with lots of muller thurgau, silvaner, and riesling.

Question 14

Explain the term edelfäule.

Answer 14

Botrytis.

Question 15

Name any 1 anbaugebiet that is important for red wine

Answer 15

Ahr. Franken.

Question 16

Explain the VDP system.

Answer 16

197 producers of quality, from grosse lage, erste lage, ortswein, gutswein.

Question 17

Define Grosselage, Einzellage, Bereich.

Answer 17

Collection of vineyards. Einzellage is a single vineyard. Bereich is a district of villages and vineyards.

Question 18

Name 2 white grapes and 2 red grapes of Austria.

Answer 18

Gruner Veltliner, Riesling. Zweigelt, Blaufrankish (lemburger), st. laurent.

Question 19

Name 2 major regions and 2 sub-regions of Austria.

Answer 19

In Niederosterich has Kampstal, Krempstal. Burgenland has mittelburgenland and sudburgenland.

Question 20

Define the terms Ausbruch and Strohwein.

Answer 20

Strohwein is the raisinated dried grapes. Ausbruch is when raisinated grape bunches are tight together and spatlese level juices break them up.

Question 21

Name 3 grapes of Tokaji.

Answer 21

Furmint, harslevelu, muskatolly.

Question 22

Explain the term puttonyos

Answer 22

Puttonyos are the small wood barrels where the grape must is kept. The number on a label of Tokaji dictates the sweetness.

Question 23

Define the term Aszú, Eszencia, Aszú Eszencia and True Eszencia.

Answer 23

Aszu is the hungarian word for botrytis. Eszencia is the free run juices. Aszu Eszencia is 7-9 puttonymos. True eszencia is the free run raisinated juice fermented.

Question 24

Describe the quality levels in Austria.

Answer 24

Districtus Austriae Controllatus, DAC, 9 in total in Austria.

Question 25

KMW levels.

Answer 25

Qualitatswein, kabinet, spatlese, auslese, beerenauslese, strohwein, eiswein, ausbruch, trockenbeerenauslese.

Question 26

Name 2 important red PDOs, the grapes of that region and location in Greece.

Answer 26

Xinomavro from Naussa. Agiorgitiko from Nemea, Peleponnese.

Question 27

Name 1 important white PDO, the grapes of that region and location in Greece.

Answer 27

Santorini, in the Aegeans for Assyrtiko.

Question 28

Discuss which Italian region borders Primorska in Slovenia.

Answer 28

Friuli Venezia Giulia.

Question 29

Identify the country of origin for wine produced from the Danubian Plain region.

Answer 29

Bordeaux blends from Bulgaria.

Question 30

Name the indigenous red grape of Romania showing potential in the world market.

Answer 30

Feteasca Neagra.

Question 31

Name the country where Chateau Musar is producing wine.

Answer 31

Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.