Germany General Flashcards
What is Alleinbesitž
German word for monopole
What is Edelfaule
Noble Rot
What is Einzellage
Single vineyard
Feinherb meaning
Half dry, not a legal term
What is the Grosser Ring
Mosel Growers association
What is Restzucker
Risidual Sugar
What is Rotling
rose wine produced from a mixture of red and white varieties
What world event gave space for Muller-Thurgau to gain popularity?
Phylloxera, right after WW1
What was the Flurbereinigun campagin?
1971 law enacted:
Eliminates centuries old terraces critical to wine growing (Post WWII a campaign to consolidate parcels of land divided by successive generations of inheritance to physically restructure vineyards)
vineyard cant be smaller than 5 ha, equalizing viticulturek
What did the1971 German wine law do?
-addressed rampant problems
-compacted 30,000 Einzellagen vineyards into 2700
-Created the QbA and the Pradikat
-Limited to 11 Anbaugebiete
What is the IGP of Germany called
Landwein
What is the Ochsle scale for Kabinett
70-85
What is the Ochsle scale for Spatlese
76-95
What is the Ochsle scale for Auslese
83-105
What is the Ochsle scale for Beerenauslese
110-128
What is the Ochsle scale for Eiswein
110-128