Germany Mosel Flashcards by Christian Shaum

What is the main river of the Mosel and it’s tributaries:

Mosel River

Sarr and Ruwer

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What are the 6 Bereiche of the Mosel

Burg Cochem
Bernkastel
Saar
Ruwertal
Obermosel
Moseltor

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Name the famous gemeinden of Bernkastel and their most famous einzellage.

Punderich - Marienberg
Erden - Treppchen
Urzig - Wurzgarten 
Zeltingen - Sonnenuhr
Wehlen -  Sonnenuhr
Graachh-an-der-Mosel - Himmelreich
Bernkastel-Kues - Doktor
Brauneberg - Juffer/Juffer Sonnenuhr
Piesport - Goldtrpfchen
Trittenheim - Apotheke

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What is the aspect of the best einzellagen in the Mosel?

South Facing

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What is the greatest einzellagen of Piesport?

Who are the producer?

Goldtropfchen Vineyard

Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt

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Name a famous einzellagen of Brauneberg

Juffer Sonnenuhr

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Name the 2 the most famous einzellagen of Bernkastel-Kues?

The Doctor

Lay

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What is the name of the alleinbesitz of Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt located in Graach?

Josephshöfer

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What is the soil type in Erden.

Red slate

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Name 2 prestigious einzellagen of Erden

Prälat and Treppchen

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What gemeinden is Schartzhofberg located in ?

Wiltingen

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Name 2 famous einzellagen in the Saar Beriech

Schartzhofberg

Rausch

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Name the 2 best einzellagen in the Ruwertal Bereich

Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg (part of a trio of monopoles owned by the von Schubert-Grünhaus estate) and Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg, owned by Karthäuserhof.

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What is the most prestigious einzellagen in the Berg Cochem Beireich?

Uhlen in the gemeinden of Winningen

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What grape is commonly grown in the Bereich of Obermosel and Moseltor

Elbling

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What is the name of the grosslagen within the Bernkastel bereich that produces commercially made wines that have had a detrimental effect on Piesport?

Piesporter-Michelsberg

Which berieich of the Mosel is cooler Berkastel or The Saar?

The Saar Valley is cooler due to its higher altitude. The Saar river is smaller than the Mosel, and the Saar’s slate soils are less uniform, creating less warming effect.

Who is the greatest producer of the Schartzhofberger?

Egon Muller

Burg Cochem includes the lower Mosel Valley, from the village of Zell north to Koblenz. What is this area often referred to as?

Terrassenmosel

Name the 2 southermost Bereich of the Mosel

Obermosel and Moseltor

The Eifel Mountains are located in which Anbaugebiete?

Mosel

Where is the Apotheke einzellagen?

Trittenheim

Name three producers of the Bernkastel Doktor vineyard?

Dr. Thanisch
Wegeler
Dr. Loosen
Markus Molitor

What wines does Loosen produce as a ‘GG RÉSERVE ‘

Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Ürziger Würzgarten (red slate) and Erdener Prälat (red slate)

Mountain chain of the mosel?

Eifel Mountains & Hunsrück range

What is the Rhein river's longest tributary?

Mosel

Where does the Mosel start?

Vosges mountains

what bereich contains 2/3 of the vines planted in the mosel?

Bernkastel

What is the name of the traditional single post training system used in the Mosel?

Einzephalerziehung/Moselfalerziehung

Name the three Mosel single vineyard PDOs and their 'bereiche,' 'gemeinde,' 'einzellage?' Min degrees Öchsle for Qualitätswein? What Prädikats may you produce?

Mosel -- Bur Cochem/Terrassenmosel -- Winnigen Uhlen Blaufüsser Lay gU Uhlen Laubach gU Uhlen Roth Lay gU (also partially in Kobern) - red slate 88° Oechsle Only Auslese or higher gU est 2018

What's gU mean in Germany on a label?

geschützte Ursprungsbezeichnung = PDO

What's einzellage used to be part of the 'Doctor' until 1984?

Alte Badstube am Doktorberg, Pauly-Bergweiler alleinbesitz

Name three alleinbesitz of the Mosel (one in each area i.e Mosel, Saar, Ruwer)

Mosel Piesport Kreuzwingert - Reinhold Haart Bernkastel Alte Badstube am Doktorberg - Pauly-Bergweiler Graach Josefshöfer - Reichsgraf von Kesselstadt Ruwer Eitelsbach Karthäuserhofberg - Karthäuserhof Mertesdorf Abtsberg/Bruderberg/Herrenberg - Von Schubert (maximim grunhaus) Saar Kanzem Hörecker - Von Hövel Oberemmel Hütte - Von Hövel Wiltingen-Braune Kupp - Egon Müller

``` Bernkastel-Kues Brauneberg Urzig Wehlen Piesport Zeltingen Graach Erden organize these Gemeinde from N - S ```

``` Erden Urzig Zeltingen Wehlen Graach Bernkastel-Kues Brauneberg Piesport ```

What is the Gemeinde of 'Apotheke?'

Trittenheim

``` Uhlen Roth Lay Prälat Würzgarten Doctor Juffer Sonnenhur Apotheke ``` name the gemeinde of the einzellage

``` Winnigen - Uhlen Roth Lay Erden Prälat Urzig Würzgarten Bernkastel-Kues Doctor Brauneberg Juffer Sonnenhur Trittenheim Apotheke ```

Scharzhofberg Altenburg Rausch Bockstein name the gemeinde of the einzellage

Wiltingen Kanzem Saarburg Ockfen

Karthauserhofberg Abtsberg Nies'chen name the gemeinde of the einzellage

Eietelsbach Mertesdorf Kasel

what's Qualitätsperlwein?

'Quality sparkling wine