Germany & Austria

Question 1

Define edelfäule

Answer 1

Noble rot

Question 2

What is Grauburgunder?

Answer 2

Pinot Gris

Question 3

What is Weissburgunder?

Answer 3

Pinot Blanc

Question 4

What is an anbaugebiete? (an-bau-ge-bee-te)

Answer 4

“growing areas”

Question 5

How many anbaugebiete’s are there?

Answer 5

13

Question 6

what is Prädikatswein?

Answer 6

A German wine designation of quality recognizing sugar levels at harvest.

Question 7

What is Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete or QbA?

Answer 7

Germany’s general wine law or quality wine from a specified region. There are 13 wine regions in QbA

Question 8

Name the Pradikats levels from ripe to rippest and Ochsle levels.

Answer 8

Kabinett	70-85°
Spätlese	80-95°
Auslese	88-105°
Beerenauslese	110-128°
Trockenbeerenauslese	150-154°
Eiswein	110-128°

Question 9

True or false, QbA and Prädikatsweine must state the anbaugebiete on the label?

Answer 9

True, both wines must state the region of origin

Question 10

At what Pradikats level must Grosse Grewachs be harvested?

Answer 10

Spatlese 80-95

Question 11

What is Öchsle?

Answer 11

Scales measuring grape must density, indicating grape ripeness and sugar levels

Question 12

What is Einzellage?

Answer 12

Single Vineyard

Question 13

What does Beerenauslese mean for the wine?

Answer 13

It will be sweet wine made from botrytised grapes.

Question 14

What are the two anbaugebietes far north east away from the rest of the growing regions?

Answer 14

Saale-unstrut and Sachsen (Saxony)

Question 15

What is the region of Mosel named after?

Answer 15

the River that runs through all of mosel starting in the vosges mountains and ending at the rhine river.

Question 16

Define Weingut

Answer 16

Wine estate

Question 17

define Weinkellerei

Answer 17

Wine company

Question 18

Trocken and halbtrocken

Answer 18

Dry and medium dry

Question 19

Pyramid of the VdP from top to bottom

Answer 19

VdP. Grosse Lage
Vdp. Erste Lage
VdP. Ortswein
VdP. Gutswein

Question 20

When did the VdP’s Burgundy-like tier system begin?

Answer 20

2012

Question 21

What is the soil in the Mosel?

Answer 21

Slate

Question 22

What is Gemeinden?

Answer 22

Communities

Question 23

Name the gemeinden that make of the Mosel

Answer 23

Moseltor
Obermosel
Saar
Ruwer
Mittelmosel
Terrassenmosel

Question 24

What is the Ahr known for

Answer 24

88% of red wine production. mainly Spatburgunder

Question 25

What are the two gemeinden south of the Saar in the Mosel and what are they know for?

Answer 25

Moseltor Obelmosel Limestone soils planted with the white Elbling grape

Question 26

Which anbaugebiet has more dramatic slopes the mosel or rheingau?

Answer 26

Mosel getting up to a 65 degree gradiant

Question 27

What does the Rhine river do for the vineyards situated nearby such as the Mosel and Rheingau?

Answer 27

reflects warmth

Question 28

What is the soil variations of the Rheingau?

Answer 28

Upper terraces are dominated but slate while the lower vineyards closer to the river are a mix of clay, louse and alluvial sand.

Question 29

which style of riesling is typically stronger, Rheingau or Mosel?

Answer 29

Rheingau tends to be more powerful and with higher concentration.

Question 30

Which abaugetbiete has the highest concentraion of riesling plantings

Answer 30

Rheingau (88%)

Question 31

What part of the Rheingau is known for spatburgunder?

Answer 31

Assmannshausen (west Rheingau)

Question 32

Which anbougebiete has the most acreage under vines?

Answer 32

Rheinhessen 26,500 Hect (65,400 acres)

Question 33

What is the minimum alcohol required in German spatlese?

Answer 33

7%

Question 34

Required minimum must weights for Eiswein are equivalent to which Pradikat level?

Answer 34

Beerennauslese

Question 35

When did the new German wine law take effect?

Answer 35

1971

Question 36

Where is Donnhoff located?

Answer 36

Nahe

Question 37

Where is Schafer-Frohlich located?

Answer 37

Nahe

Question 38

Where is Egon Muller located?

Answer 38

Saar-Mosel

Question 39

Where is Joh. Jos. Prum located?

Answer 39

Mosel town of Wehlen

Question 40

Where is Schloss Johannisberg located?

Answer 40

Rheingau