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1
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When and by who was the Kloster Eberbach monastery founded

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1136, in the Rheingau, by Cistercian Monks

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What and where is the Steinberg vineyard

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Walled vineyard, ortsteil (neighborhood) within commune of Hattenheim, monopole of Kloster Eberbach for over 800 years

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Doctor vineyard in Bernkastel, Kirchenstuck and Freundstuck vineyards in Forst and Schloss Vollrads ortsteil vineyard in Rheingau

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Exceptions to mandated minimum five hectare size requirement for einzellagen by 1971 German wine law

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Alleinbesitz

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Monopole

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grosslagen

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collective sites

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einzellagen

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vineyards

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Erstes Gewachs

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(first class growth), a designation used only in Rheingau for top-level dry wines from selected sites

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edelfaule

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noble rot

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Popular German made grape crossings

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Mulller- Thurgau (Reisling x Madeleine Royale), Ehrenfelser, Kerner, Bacchus, Faber, Scheurebe (Riesling x Silvaner), Dornfelder (second most planted red grape)

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Top white planted grapes of Germany

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Riesling, Muller-Thurgau, Silvaner, Grauburgunder, Weissburgunder, Kerner, Bacchus

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Top planted red grapes of Germany

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Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir), Dornfelder, Blauer Portugieser, Trollinger, Schwarzriesling (Pinot Meunier)

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What are the 13 Anbaugebiete of Germany

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Ahr, Mittelrhein, Mosel, Rheingau, Nahe, Rheinhessen, Pfalz, Baden, Wurttemberg, Franken, Hessiche-Bergstrasse, Sachsen, Saale-Unstrut. Germany’s Quality Wine Regions.

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Amtliche Prufungsnummer

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AP number, series of five sets of numbers Pradikatswein must carry showing that it has been approved by a tasting panel

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What are the Pradikat Levels from lowest to highest Ochsle Range (Erksleh)

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Kabinett (70-85), Spatlese (80-95), Auslese (88-105), Beerenauslese (110-128), Trockenbeerenauslese (150-154), Eiswein (110-128)

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15
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Charta

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Formed 1984 to advance classic, dry style of Rheingau Riesling

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Icon of Charta

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three Roman arches, styled from balcony of Graue Haus in Winkel

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Logo 1 followed by a cluster of grapes

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Erste Lage logo

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GG

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Grosses Gewachs, legally considered trocken, dry wines 9 g/l of RS or less, barred by German wine law from being spelled out on the label; Rheingau use Erstes Gewachs instead (Charta term)

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Erste Lage

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Until 2012, top tier of VDP wines (“first site”), from 2012 forward, known as Grosse Lage under new four tier VDP system, dry wines under Erste Lage now must be labeled trocken (GG for Grosse Lage only)

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Grosse Lage

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Top growth from 2012 oward, wines may be dry “GG” or sweet (labeled by pradikat level), only one dry wine can be produced by each top vineyard

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Four levels of VDP classification

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Gross Lage (Grand Cru wines), Erste Lage (Premier Cru wines), Ortswein (Village wines), Gutswein (Regional wines)

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22
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Who can now use the Grosses Gewach category

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Gross Lage only (Erste lage must label their wines as trocken)

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Ortswein

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Village wines, third level of VDP hierarchy, can be sourced from multiple vineyard sites in a single village

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Gutswein

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Regional wines, lowest of four levels of VDP hierarchy, can be produced from grapes sourced from estate’s holding anywhere in a single anbaugebiet

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What is the VDP logo

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Stylized eagle holding cluster of grapes

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Who uses GC for Grand Cru rather than GG for Grosses Gewach on his Grosse Lage wines

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Burklin-Wolf

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27
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Term meant to replace halbtrocken, “harmoniously dry” residual sugar content of 15 g/l. Single varietal, minimum alcholol content of 12%

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Classic

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Term meant to replace trocken, “superior dry”, residual sugar content of 9 g/l, single vineyard wines from a single varietal, must weight must be equivalent to Auslese

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Selection

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true or false: Classic and Selection are legally reconized terms

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True

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30
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Goldkapsel

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Gold colored capsule used in the Mosel to indicate reserve selections, usually sweeter wines, usally on Auslese bottlings

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What are the six bereiche of the Mosel

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Bernkastel, Burg Cochem, Saar, Ruwertal, Obermosel, Moseltor

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Where are most of the Mosel’s greatest einzellagen?

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Mittelmosel

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Main soil type of the Mosel

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Dark blue Devonian slate, Red slate near Erden

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34
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What is Piesport’s greatest vineyard and where is it

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Goldtropfchen “droplets of gold”, Mittelmosel in the Mosel

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What are the Mosel’s sundial vineyards

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Brauneberg’s Juffer-Sonnenuhr, Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Zeltinger Sonnenuhr

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36
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What famous vineyard is in Bernkastel-Kues

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Doctor

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37
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Pralat

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One of the Mosel’s warmest sites, Dr. Loosen is a premier producer

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38
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Scharzhofberger

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Orsteil (commune) in the gemeinde of Wiltingen, one of the Mosel’s finest sites; Egon Muller is it’s greatest grower

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39
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What are the two monopoles of the Ruwer

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Maximin Grunhauser Abtsbery and Eitelsbacher Karthauserhofberg

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40
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Terrassenmosel

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Farthest north, Burg Cochem bereich, some of Europe’s steepest vineyards

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41
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Where in the Mosel is Elbling rather than Riesling the dominant grape

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South of the Saar, Obermosel and Moseltor bereiche along the Luxembourg border

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Top einzellagen of Wiltingen in the Saar

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Scharzhofberger

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43
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Top Trittenheim einzellagen

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Apotheke

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44
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Goldtropfchen and Domherr

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Top einzellagen of Piesport gemeinden in the Mosel

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45
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Where are Kloster Eberbach and Schloss Johannisberg estates

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Rheingau

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46
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Where is the center of German viticultural research

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Geisenheim in the Rheingau

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47
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Bernhard Breuer

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Started Charta in the Rheingau to produce noble dry Rieslings

48
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True or False: The Rheingau has a higher proportion of Riesling than any other anbaugebiet

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True (80% of vineyard acreage)

49
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What is the Rheingau’s sole bereich

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Johannisberg

50
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Where are most of the Rheingau’s vineyards situated

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North side of the Rhine river on southeast facing slopes

51
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What does Assmanhausen produce

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Rheingau’s center for red wine production, Spatburgunder

52
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Where is the Hollenberg vineyard

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Assmanhausen, August Kesseler is finest grower

53
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Soil types of the Rheingau

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Slate in the upper vineyards, mix of clay, loess, alluvial sand and red slate lower vineyards, varied soils and warmer climate due to the river provide more powerful Rieslings than in the Mosel

54
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Where is the historic ortsteil Schloss Vollrads

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Winkel in the Rheingau

55
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Pfaffenberg Vineyard

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Monopole of Schloss Schonborn in the Rheingau village of Hattenheim

56
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Where is the monastery Kloster Eberbach

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Hallgarten, up the slope from Hattenheim in the Rheingau

57
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Mannberg, Steinberg

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Important einzellagen in Hattenheim village

58
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Where is Kirchenstuck

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Hochheim am Main village in the Rheingau

59
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Schloss Vollrads, Jesuitengarten, Hasensprung

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Main einzellagen in gemeiden of Winkel in the Rheingau

60
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What is the Rheinterrasse

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Eastern exposes along the Rhine in the Rheinhessen

61
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Roter Hang

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Most prestigious stretch of the Rheinterrasse in the Rheinhessen, slope of red clay and slate between Nierstein and Nackenheim

62
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Where is Silvaner a regional specialty

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Rheinhessen, more acreage planted to Silvaner than any other winegrowing region in the world, usually produced dry here

63
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,Rothenberg

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Top einzellage in Nackenheim in the Rheinhessen

64
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What anbaugebiete is a natural continuation of France’s Alsace

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Pfalz (Known as the Palatinate in English), one of the warmest wine regions in Germany`

65
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Forst

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Home to Pfalz’s warmest and best vineyard site, the Grosse Lage Kirchenstuck

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True or False: The Pfalz has a very complex soil makeup

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True: red sandstone, limestone, red slate, basalt, granite, gravel etc. makes many different types of Riesling, but generally dry and full bodied (among Germany’s most full-bodied)

67
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Hermanshohle

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The finest site in the Nahe, in Niederhausen, owned by Donnhoff (best in Nahe)

68
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Who makes the best and most expensive wines in the Nahe

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Donnhoff, (rich sweet Pradikat wines)

69
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Bad Kreuznach, Bad Munster, Norheim, Niederhausen, Oberhausen, Schlossbockelheim

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Top Gemeinden (villages in the Nahe)

70
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What is the main grape of the Ahr

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Spatburgunder

71
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What is the main grape of Franken

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Silvaner

72
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Steinwein

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Old Nickname for Frankish wine (comes from Stein vineyard in Wurzberg)

73
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Wine center of Franken

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Wurzberg

74
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Bocksbeutel

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Squat flask of Franken wines

75
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What two anbaugebeit have zones along the Swiss border in the south along Lake Boden (Bodensee)

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Baden and Wurttemberg

76
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Where is Germany’s warmest winegrowing region

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Kaiserstuhl, in Baden

77
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What is Weissherbst

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Rose that is locally popular in Baden

78
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What is schillerwein

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Style of rose produced by co-fermenting red and white grapes, common in Wurttemberg

79
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What two anbaugebiete are located in former East Germany

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Sachsen and Saale-Unstrut

80
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Goldriesling

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Local specialty in Sachsen (Saxony)

81
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What is Germany’s northernmost wine region

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Saale-Unstrut

82
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Diethylene Glycol

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Center of the Austrian “antifreeze scandal” in 1985

83
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What are the four weinbaugebiete of Austria

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Niederosterreich, Wien (Vienna), Burgenland and Styria (Steiermark),90% vineyards are in Niederosterreich and Burgenland

84
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What is the most cultivated white variety in Austria

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Gruner Veltliner

85
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Two Austrian synonyms for Chardonnay

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Morillon and Feinburgunder

86
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What is the most cultivated red variety in Austria

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Zweigelt

87
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Blaufrankisch, Blauer Portugieser and Blauburger

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Other main red grapes in Austria

88
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Three quality levels of Austrian wine

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Qualitatswein (top), Landwein and Wein

89
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Two subcategories of Qualitatswein in Austria

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Pradikatswein and Districtus Austriae Controllatus (DAC)

90
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Strohwein

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Dried grape wine of at least Beerenauslese ripeness, additional categoy in Austria’s Pradikatswein hierarchy

91
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Ausbruch

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Sweet specialty of Rust in Neusiedlersee-Hugelland

92
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Where are most of Austria’s very sweet wines produced

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Around the lake of Neusiedlersee in Burgenland

93
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DAC system in Austria

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Focuses on dry wines, 9 DAC regions, meant to align for consumer profiles in similar manner to France and Italy

94
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Weinvertel, Mittelburgenland, Traisental, Kremstal, Kamptal, Leithaberg, Eisenberg, Neusiedlersee, Wiener Gemischter Satz

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9 DACs of Austria

95
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Is Wachau a DAC

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No, but it is a subzone of Niederosterreich

96
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Weinvertel

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Niederosterreich’s largest subzone and the country’s first DAC

97
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Where is Langenlois

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Kamptal

98
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Reid

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“top site” , sometimes replaces the village name on label

99
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What two varieties are permitted to carry the Austrian Erste Lage logo

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Gruner Veltliner and Riesling

100
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Soil structure of the Wachau

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Narrow band of steep slopes on the Danube, loess and gfohler (gneiss), with alluvial sand in lower sites, continental climate, soil and aspect yield most ageworthy wines in Austria

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What are the three categories of classification in the Wachau (used instead of Pradikatswein hierarchy)

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Steinfelder, Federspiel, Smaragd

102
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Smaragd wine specifications

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Minimum alcohol of 12.5%, minimum must weight of 19 KMW (95 ochsle Spatlese ripeness), must be dry, display tones of botrytis

103
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Achleiten

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Top vineyard of the Wachau, in village of Weissenkirchen

104
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FX Pichler, Prager, Emmerich Knoll

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Finest estates of Wachau, members of the Vinea Wachau

105
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Roter Veltliner

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Red grape produced as a white wine, specialty of Wagram

106
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Where are Rotgipfler and Zierfandler cultivated

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Thermenregion (south of Vienna), produced varietally or as blended Spatrot-Rotglipfer

107
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Where do Austria’s best red and sweet white wines come from

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Burgenland on the Hungarian border

108
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Lemberger (Germany) and Kekfrankos (Hungary)

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Blaufrankisch (most planted red grape in Burgenland)

109
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Sturm

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half fermented sparkling grape juice in Wien (Vienna)

110
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Valais

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The most important wine region in Switzerland

111
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Fendant and Dole are most widely produced wines where

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Valais, Fendant is Chasselas and Dole is a blend of Pinot Noir and Gamay

112
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Vin des Glacier

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Valais specialty, maderized wine made by ancient Swiss grape Reze

113
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Vaud

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On shores of Lake Geneva, borders France’s Jura region

114
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What is Chassellas called in Vaud

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Dorin

115
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What are two Grand Crus of the Vaud

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Dezaley and Calamin

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