Germany, Austria, Hungary, Greece

Question 1

Deutscher Sekt

Answer 1

Sparkling wine made from German grown grapes

Any method allowed

Question 2

VDP (Germany)

Answer 2

Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter

Association of quality wine producers

Question 3

Important varietals of Germany

Answer 3

White: Riesling, Müller-Thurgau, Weissburgunder, Grauburgunder, Silvaner

Red: Spätburgunder

Question 4

Mosel soil types

Answer 4

Slate on most of Mittlemosel

Quartzite soils on Terrassenmosel

Question 5

Deutscher Wein,
Lander in,
Qualitätswein

Answer 5

Deutscher: no land designation

Landed in: regional production

Qualitätswein: quality production from one of the 13 Anbaugebitte

Question 6

Anbaugebitte

Answer 6

13 major wine producing areas are f Germany (quality wine)

Question 7

Prädikatswein

Answer 7

Subset of Qualitätswein based on ripeness/sugar at harvest

1) Kabinett
2) Spätlese
3) Auslese
4) Beerenauslese (often botrytis)
5) Eiswein (grapes must be frozen)
6) Trockenbeerenauslese

Question 8

Grosses + Erstes Gewächs

Answer 8

Single vineyard (grand cru) wines

Premier cru (Erstes)

Question 9

Edelfäule

Answer 9

Noble rot / botrytis

Question 10

Gemeinde

Answer 10

Local community/commune/village

Question 11

Einzellage

Answer 11

Single vineyard in Germany

Question 12

Oechsle Scale

Answer 12

German scale to measure weight

Question 13

Bocksbeutel

Answer 13

Unique flattened ellipsoid wine bottle specific to Frankenstein Anbaugebiete

Question 14

Baden

Answer 14

Baden-Württemberg: warmest region (East of Alsace)

Kaiserstuhl: volcanic outcrop that has highest average temp in Germany

After Ahr, largest proportion of red wine production

Question 15

Pfalz

Answer 15

Continuation of Alsace along Rhein river

Haardt Mountains + Rhein moderate climate

One of the warmest growing regions in Germany

Question 16

Rheinhessen

Answer 16

Largest Anbaugebiete in size and production

Highest proportion of mediocre production (Liebfraumilch)

Roter Hang (Red slope), N of Nierstein special HQ production

Gunderloch important producer

Question 17

Nahe Anbaugebiete

Answer 17

Riesling focused

Nahe River runs parallel to Mosel (south of it) and into Rhine

Dry, cool and sunny

Hyper alive acidity

Donnhoff (Hermann)

Question 18

Mosel

Answer 18

France/Germany/Luxemberg intersection

Blue/Grey slate (helps with warming and countering erosion)

Some of the steepest vineyard sites in the world

Fritz Haag, Egön Müller, Dr. Loosen

Question 19

Important Villages of Mosel

Answer 19

Erden / Ürzig

Wehlen

Bernkastel-Kues

Piesport

Question 20

Ahr Anbaugebiete

Answer 20

One of the most northerly and small regions in germany

On the Ahr river (tributary to the Rhine)

Spätburgunder focused (65% of the production)

Question 21

Franken

Answer 21

Clustered around the Main River

Silvaner and Spätburgunder are key white and red

Tradition of dry wine making

Hans Wirsching

Question 22

Mittelrhein

Answer 22

Region in decline

Not easy to grow so abandon the vineyards

Riesling and sekt are two major production

Question 23

Rheingau

Answer 23

Warmer than Mosel so tend to have richer, warmer style Riesling

Mountains (Taunus) to the north protect and moderate

Riesling and Spätburgunder (Assmannshausen)

Johannisberg as major village to know

Question 24

Tradional system Germany wine law

Answer 24

Ripeness scale: Kabinett to Trockenbeerenauslese

Sweetness scale: Trocken, Halbtrocken, Mild or Lieblich, Süss

Question 25

Wachau wine categorization

Answer 25

Steinfeder: no more than 11.5% Federspiel: 11.5-12.5% Smaragd: 12.5% or more Indicating ripeness of grapes

Question 26

Leading grapes of Austria

Answer 26

Gruner Veltliner, Riesling, Furmint Blauburgunder (Pinot Noir), Blaufrankish, Zweigelt

Question 27

Wachau DAC

Answer 27

Westernmost region along Danube River Riesling and Gruner Wachau Codex = their classification system for ripeness

Question 28

Kremstal + Kamptal

Answer 28

Named for the Danube tributaries East of Wachau on both the north and south of Danube Riesling and Gruner Wachau Codex

Question 29

Banderole

Answer 29

Austrian wine cap that indicates Qualitätswein