Germany General

Question 1

What is Alleinbesitž

Answer 1

German word for monopole

Question 2

What is Edelfaule

Answer 2

Noble Rot

Question 3

What is Einzellage

Answer 3

Single vineyard

Question 4

Feinherb meaning

Answer 4

Half dry, not a legal term

Question 5

What is the Grosser Ring

Answer 5

Mosel Growers association

Question 6

What is Restzucker

Answer 6

Risidual Sugar

Question 7

What is Rotling

Answer 7

rose wine produced from a mixture of red and white varieties

Question 8

What world event gave space for Muller-Thurgau to gain popularity?

Answer 8

Phylloxera, right after WW1

Question 9

What was the Flurbereinigun campagin?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What did the1971 German wine law do?

Answer 10

-addressed rampant problems
-compacted 30,000 Einzellagen vineyards into 2700
-Created the QbA and the Pradikat
-Limited to 11 Anbaugebiete

Question 11

What is the IGP of Germany called

Answer 11

Landwein

Question 12

What is the Ochsle scale for Kabinett

Answer 12

70-85

Question 13

What is the Ochsle scale for Spatlese

Answer 13

76-95

Question 14

What is the Ochsle scale for Auslese

Answer 14

83-105

Question 15

What is the Ochsle scale for Beerenauslese

Answer 15

110-128

Question 16

What is the Ochsle scale for Eiswein

Answer 16

110-128

Question 17

What is the Ochsle scale for Trockenbeerenauslese

Answer 17

150-154

Question 18

Is chaptalization allowed in VDPs?

Answer 18

yes, these wines are technically Qualitatswein

Question 19

Rules for VDP wines

Question 20

What does a Goldkapsel signify

Answer 20

considered to be better quality by the producer

Question 21

What is the highest classification of wine in the eyes of German law?

Answer 21

Pradikatswein

Question 22

What is Schillerwein

Answer 22

a Rotling from Wurttemberg

Question 23

What did the 2012 reform with the VDP

Answer 23

Rolled out categories
-Gutswein
-Ortswein village
-Erste Lage PCru
-Grosse Lage GCru

Question 24

Yield Requirements for Gutswein and Ortswein

Answer 24

75hl/ha

Question 25

Yield requirements for Estre Lage

Answer 25

60hl/ha

Question 26

Yield requirements for Grosse Lage

Answer 26

50hl/ha

Question 27

Where do we not find VDP Erste Lage

Answer 27

Mosel, Ahr, Rheinhessen

Question 28

Can qualitatswein be chaptalized

Answer 28

yes

Question 29

Minimum ABV for Erstes Gewachs

Answer 29

12-13%

Question 30

Would you see the name of the village on a bottle of Grosse Lage wine

Answer 30

No, you will see the name of the vineyard. Youll see the village on a bottle of Erste lage wine

Question 31

What does Glaschengarung mean

Answer 31

bottle fermented

Question 32

What is the Muller Thurgau cross

Answer 32

Riesling X Madelein Royale

Question 33

Oeschle and alcohol for landwein in Germany

Answer 33

47-55 oeschle 8.5% ABV

Question 34

What term replaced Trocken in VDP Grosse Lage wine

Answer 34

Grosses Gewachs

Question 35

Aging requirement for GG wines (white)

Answer 35

May not be released until September 1 of year after harvest

Question 36

GG red wine aging requirement

Answer 36

Additional year of aging and 12 months in wood

Question 37

Would you see a village name on a bottle of Erste Gewachs?

Answer 37

No, just the Einzellage

Question 38

Donfelder grape crossings

Answer 38

helfensteiner x heroldrebe

Question 39

How many growers in the VDP

Answer 39

195

Question 40

Muller Thurgau Synonym

Answer 40

Rivaner