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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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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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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
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
Burklin-Wolf
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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%
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
Selection
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true or false: Classic and Selection are legally reconized terms
True
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Goldkapsel
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
Bernkastel, Burg Cochem, Saar, Ruwertal, Obermosel, Moseltor
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Where are most of the Mosel's greatest einzellagen?
Mittelmosel
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Main soil type of the Mosel
Dark blue Devonian slate, Red slate near Erden
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What is Piesport's greatest vineyard and where is it
Goldtropfchen "droplets of gold", Mittelmosel in the Mosel
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What are the Mosel's sundial vineyards
Brauneberg's Juffer-Sonnenuhr, Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Zeltinger Sonnenuhr
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What famous vineyard is in Bernkastel-Kues
Doctor
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Pralat
One of the Mosel's warmest sites, Dr. Loosen is a premier producer
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Scharzhofberger
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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What are the two monopoles of the Ruwer
Maximin Grunhauser Abtsbery and Eitelsbacher Karthauserhofberg
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Terrassenmosel
Farthest north, Burg Cochem bereich, some of Europe's steepest vineyards
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Where in the Mosel is Elbling rather than Riesling the dominant grape
South of the Saar, Obermosel and Moseltor bereiche along the Luxembourg border
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Top einzellagen of Wiltingen in the Saar
Scharzhofberger
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Top Trittenheim einzellagen
Apotheke
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Goldtropfchen and Domherr
Top einzellagen of Piesport gemeinden in the Mosel
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Where are Kloster Eberbach and Schloss Johannisberg estates
Rheingau
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Where is the center of German viticultural research
Geisenheim in the Rheingau
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Bernhard Breuer
Started Charta in the Rheingau to produce noble dry Rieslings
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True or False: The Rheingau has a higher proportion of Riesling than any other anbaugebiet
True (80% of vineyard acreage)
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What is the Rheingau's sole bereich
Johannisberg
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Where are most of the Rheingau's vineyards situated
North side of the Rhine river on southeast facing slopes
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What does Assmanhausen produce
Rheingau's center for red wine production, Spatburgunder
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Where is the Hollenberg vineyard
Assmanhausen, August Kesseler is finest grower
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Soil types of the Rheingau
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
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Where is the historic ortsteil Schloss Vollrads
Winkel in the Rheingau
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Pfaffenberg Vineyard
Monopole of Schloss Schonborn in the Rheingau village of Hattenheim
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Where is the monastery Kloster Eberbach
Hallgarten, up the slope from Hattenheim in the Rheingau
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Mannberg, Steinberg
Important einzellagen in Hattenheim village
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Where is Kirchenstuck
Hochheim am Main village in the Rheingau
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Schloss Vollrads, Jesuitengarten, Hasensprung
Main einzellagen in gemeiden of Winkel in the Rheingau
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What is the Rheinterrasse
Eastern exposes along the Rhine in the Rheinhessen
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Roter Hang
Most prestigious stretch of the Rheinterrasse in the Rheinhessen, slope of red clay and slate between Nierstein and Nackenheim
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Where is Silvaner a regional specialty
Rheinhessen, more acreage planted to Silvaner than any other winegrowing region in the world, usually produced dry here
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,Rothenberg
Top einzellage in Nackenheim in the Rheinhessen
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What anbaugebiete is a natural continuation of France's Alsace
Pfalz (Known as the Palatinate in English), one of the warmest wine regions in Germany`
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Forst
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
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)
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Hermanshohle
The finest site in the Nahe, in Niederhausen, owned by Donnhoff (best in Nahe)
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Who makes the best and most expensive wines in the Nahe
Donnhoff, (rich sweet Pradikat wines)
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Bad Kreuznach, Bad Munster, Norheim, Niederhausen, Oberhausen, Schlossbockelheim
Top Gemeinden (villages in the Nahe)
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What is the main grape of the Ahr
Spatburgunder
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What is the main grape of Franken
Silvaner
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Steinwein
Old Nickname for Frankish wine (comes from Stein vineyard in Wurzberg)
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Wine center of Franken
Wurzberg
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Bocksbeutel
Squat flask of Franken wines
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What two anbaugebeit have zones along the Swiss border in the south along Lake Boden (Bodensee)
Baden and Wurttemberg
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Where is Germany's warmest winegrowing region
Kaiserstuhl, in Baden
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What is Weissherbst
Rose that is locally popular in Baden
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What is schillerwein
Style of rose produced by co-fermenting red and white grapes, common in Wurttemberg
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What two anbaugebiete are located in former East Germany
Sachsen and Saale-Unstrut
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Goldriesling
Local specialty in Sachsen (Saxony)
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What is Germany's northernmost wine region
Saale-Unstrut
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Diethylene Glycol
Center of the Austrian "antifreeze scandal" in 1985
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What are the four weinbaugebiete of Austria
Niederosterreich, Wien (Vienna), Burgenland and Styria (Steiermark),90% vineyards are in Niederosterreich and Burgenland
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What is the most cultivated white variety in Austria
Gruner Veltliner
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Two Austrian synonyms for Chardonnay
Morillon and Feinburgunder
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What is the most cultivated red variety in Austria
Zweigelt
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Blaufrankisch, Blauer Portugieser and Blauburger
Other main red grapes in Austria
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Three quality levels of Austrian wine
Qualitatswein (top), Landwein and Wein
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Two subcategories of Qualitatswein in Austria
Pradikatswein and Districtus Austriae Controllatus (DAC)
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Strohwein
Dried grape wine of at least Beerenauslese ripeness, additional categoy in Austria's Pradikatswein hierarchy
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Ausbruch
Sweet specialty of Rust in Neusiedlersee-Hugelland
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Where are most of Austria's very sweet wines produced
Around the lake of Neusiedlersee in Burgenland
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DAC system in Austria
Focuses on dry wines, 9 DAC regions, meant to align for consumer profiles in similar manner to France and Italy
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Weinvertel, Mittelburgenland, Traisental, Kremstal, Kamptal, Leithaberg, Eisenberg, Neusiedlersee, Wiener Gemischter Satz
9 DACs of Austria
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Is Wachau a DAC
No, but it is a subzone of Niederosterreich
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Weinvertel
Niederosterreich's largest subzone and the country's first DAC
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Where is Langenlois
Kamptal
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Reid
"top site" , sometimes replaces the village name on label
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What two varieties are permitted to carry the Austrian Erste Lage logo
Gruner Veltliner and Riesling
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Soil structure of the Wachau
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)
Steinfelder, Federspiel, Smaragd
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Smaragd wine specifications
Minimum alcohol of 12.5%, minimum must weight of 19 KMW (95 ochsle Spatlese ripeness), must be dry, display tones of botrytis
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Achleiten
Top vineyard of the Wachau, in village of Weissenkirchen
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FX Pichler, Prager, Emmerich Knoll
Finest estates of Wachau, members of the Vinea Wachau
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Roter Veltliner
Red grape produced as a white wine, specialty of Wagram
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Where are Rotgipfler and Zierfandler cultivated
Thermenregion (south of Vienna), produced varietally or as blended Spatrot-Rotglipfer
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Where do Austria's best red and sweet white wines come from
Burgenland on the Hungarian border
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Lemberger (Germany) and Kekfrankos (Hungary)
Blaufrankisch (most planted red grape in Burgenland)
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Sturm
half fermented sparkling grape juice in Wien (Vienna)
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Valais
The most important wine region in Switzerland
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Fendant and Dole are most widely produced wines where
Valais, Fendant is Chasselas and Dole is a blend of Pinot Noir and Gamay
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Vin des Glacier
Valais specialty, maderized wine made by ancient Swiss grape Reze
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Vaud
On shores of Lake Geneva, borders France's Jura region
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What is Chassellas called in Vaud
Dorin
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What are two Grand Crus of the Vaud
Dezaley and Calamin

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