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1
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Define edelfäule

A

Noble rot

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2
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What is Grauburgunder?

A

Pinot Gris

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3
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What is Weissburgunder?

A

Pinot Blanc

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4
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What is an anbaugebiete? (an-bau-ge-bee-te)

A

“growing areas”

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How many anbaugebiete’s are there?

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13

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6
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what is Prädikatswein?

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

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What is Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete or QbA?

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

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8
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Name the Pradikats levels from ripe to rippest and Ochsle levels.

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Kabinett	70-85°
Spätlese	80-95°
Auslese	88-105°
Beerenauslese	110-128°
Trockenbeerenauslese	150-154°
Eiswein	110-128°
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9
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True or false, QbA and Prädikatsweine must state the anbaugebiete on the label?

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True, both wines must state the region of origin

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10
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At what Pradikats level must Grosse Grewachs be harvested?

A

Spatlese 80-95

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11
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What is Öchsle?

A

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

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12
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What is Einzellage?

A

Single Vineyard

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13
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What does Beerenauslese mean for the wine?

A

It will be sweet wine made from botrytised grapes.

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14
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What are the two anbaugebietes far north east away from the rest of the growing regions?

A

Saale-unstrut and Sachsen (Saxony)

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What is the region of Mosel named after?

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

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16
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Define Weingut

A

Wine estate

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17
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define Weinkellerei

A

Wine company

18
Q

Trocken and halbtrocken

A

Dry and medium dry

19
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Pyramid of the VdP from top to bottom

A

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

20
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When did the VdP’s Burgundy-like tier system begin?

A

2012

21
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What is the soil in the Mosel?

A

Slate

22
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What is Gemeinden?

A

Communities

23
Q

Name the gemeinden that make of the Mosel

A 
Moseltor
Obermosel
Saar
Ruwer
Mittelmosel
Terrassenmosel
24
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What is the Ahr known for

A

88% of red wine production. mainly Spatburgunder

25
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What are the two gemeinden south of the Saar in the Mosel and what are they know for?

A

Moseltor
Obelmosel

Limestone soils planted with the white Elbling grape

26
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Which anbaugebiet has more dramatic slopes the mosel or rheingau?

A

Mosel getting up to a 65 degree gradiant

27
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What does the Rhine river do for the vineyards situated nearby such as the Mosel and Rheingau?

A

reflects warmth

28
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What is the soil variations of the Rheingau?

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

29
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which style of riesling is typically stronger, Rheingau or Mosel?

A

Rheingau tends to be more powerful and with higher concentration.

30
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Which abaugetbiete has the highest concentraion of riesling plantings

A

Rheingau (88%)

31
Q

What part of the Rheingau is known for spatburgunder?

A

Assmannshausen (west Rheingau)

32
Q

Which anbougebiete has the most acreage under vines?

A

Rheinhessen 26,500 Hect (65,400 acres)

33
Q

What is the minimum alcohol required in German spatlese?

A

7%

34
Q

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

A

Beerennauslese

35
Q

When did the new German wine law take effect?

A

1971

36
Q

Where is Donnhoff located?

A

Nahe

37
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Where is Schafer-Frohlich located?

A

Nahe

38
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Where is Egon Muller located?

A

Saar-Mosel

39
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Where is Joh. Jos. Prum located?

A

Mosel town of Wehlen

40
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Where is Schloss Johannisberg located?

A

Rheingau

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