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1
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What is the most planted white grape in Germany?

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Riesling

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What is the most planted red grape in Germany?

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Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir)

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3
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Müller-Thurgau is a crossing of which two grapes?

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Riesling x Madeleine Royale

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4
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What is the most prominent German red grape crossing?

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Dornfelder

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5
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What is Weissherbst?

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A saignée rose wine made from a single varietal and of at least QbA quality

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6
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Varietal wines in Germany must contain what percentage of the stated grape?

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85%

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7
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What is an Amtliche Prüfungsnummer (AP Number)?

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A series of 5 sets of numbers indicating that the wine has been approved by a tasting panel.

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8
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What does each set of numbers in an AP Number stand for?

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  1. Region where the wine was tested
  2. Commune where the wine was bottled
  3. Bottler’s code
  4. Unique code for the bottling
  5. Year in which the application was filed
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9
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What is Deutscher Wein?

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Wine without a geographic indication

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10
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Öchsle range for Kabinett

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70-85°

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11
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Öchsle range for Spätlese

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80-95°

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12
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Öchsle range for Auslese

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88-105°

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13
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Öchsle range for Beerenauslese

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110-128°

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14
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Öchsle range for Trockenbeerenauslese

A

150-154°

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15
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Öchsle range for Eiswein

A

110-128°

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16
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Charta was formed to advance which style of wine? Where?

A

Dry Riesling wines in the Rheingau

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17
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The German Wine Law of 1971 requires vineyards to be a minimum of ____ hectares in size.

A

5 hectares

18
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Name two famous exceptions to the 5ha minimum vineyard size dictated by the German Wine Law of 1971.

A
  1. The Doctor vineyard (Bernkastel)
  2. Schloss Vollrads (Rheingau)
19
Q

Grosses Gewächs are _____ in style

A

Dry

20
Q

What is Erstes Gewächs?

A

A trademark term for dry wines established by Charta; seen in the Rheingau

21
Q

Can Grosses Gewächs appear on a German wine label?

A

No, hence the use of its initials, “GG”

22
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What does “Grosse Lage” mean?

A

A grand cru vineyard

23
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What does “Erste Lage” mean?

A

A premier cru vineyard

24
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May producers of Erste Lage (premier cru) dry wines list GG on the label?

A

No, GG is reserved for Gross Lage (grand cru) only

25
Q

What is Orstwein?

A

Village level wine; Orstwein may be produced from typical grape varieties sourced from multiple vineyard sites in a single village

26
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What is Gutswein?

A

Regional level wine; Gutswein may be produced from grapes sourced from an estate’s holdings anywhere within a single anbaugebiet

27
Q

List the 4 VDP classifications for German wine:

A
28
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What is this image?

A

VDP logo

29
Q

What is this image?

A

Indicates a wine of Grosses Lage (grand cru) quality

30
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What is this image?

A

Indicates a Grosses Gewächs wine (dry grand cru)

31
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What are the quality classifications for VDP?

A
  1. Grosse Lage (Grosses Gewächs)
  2. Erste Lage
  3. Orstwein
  4. Gutswein
32
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What are the German wine classifications?

A

(Lowest to Highest)

  1. Deutscher Wein (Wine Without a Geographical Designation)
  2. Landwein
  3. Qualitswein
  4. Prädikat
33
Q

Scheurebe is a crossing of which two grapes?

A

Bukettrebe x Riesling

34
Q

Grosses Gewächs wines must be what prädikat ripeness?

A

Spätlese

35
Q

May Qualitätswein in Germany be chaptalized?

A

Yes

36
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Is chaptalization allowed for Prädikat wines?

A

No

37
Q

At what temperature must Eiswein grapes be harvested?

A

Temperatures must be no higher than -7° C (19° F)

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39
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Beginning at midnight and working clockwise, what surrounds Germany?

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Denmark. Baltic Sea. Poland. Czech Republic. Austria. Switzerland. France. Luxemborg. Belgium. Netherlands. North Sea.

40
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Principal rivers in German wine regions, north to south.

A

Rhine River. Ahr. Mosel. Nahe. Main.

41
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Major villages in the Mosel, north to south

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  1. Wolf
  2. Erden
  3. Ürzig
  4. Zeltingen
  5. Wehlener
  6. Bernkastel
  7. Brauneberg
  8. Piesport
  9. Trittenheim
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