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1
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Germany has some of the ____most and ____est vineyards in the northern hemisphere.

A

Northernmost and coolest vineyards in the northern hemishere.

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What is the principal white grapes of Germany?

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Riesling

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What are the 2 main rivers in Germany and in what regions are they?

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Mosel River–runs through the Mosel region

Rhine River–runs through the Rheingau region

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4
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German wine regions are called _____.

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Anbaugebiete
(ahn-BAU-guh-beet)

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5
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Germany has 13 anbaugebiete.

Which 4 are important to know?

A
  1. Mosel
  2. Rheingau
  3. Rheinhessen
  4. Pfalz
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6
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In which quadrant of Germany are the bulk of Germany’s wine regions located?

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Southwestern quadrant, near France and Switzerland.

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7
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What is the general climate of Germany?

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Cool Continental

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8
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What are some features that help moderate the climate of Germany?

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Rivers (Mosel and Rhine)

Mountains (Tanus, Haardt)

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9
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Besides moderating climate, what other benefit do rivers provide?

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Reflect sunlight, which is vital to ripening grapes in cool growing regions like Germany.

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10
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Generally, where are grapes planted in Germany?

Valley floors face any direction?
hillsides facing south?

A

Hillsides facing south

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11
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What are the soils of Germany?

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blue slate (Mosel)
red slate (Rheingau)
Basalt (Baden)

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12
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What are the advantages of German vineyards being planted on slate and basalt?

A

absorb heat during the day

release that heat overnight in the very cool climate

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13
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What are the white grapes of Germany?

A

Riesling
Muller-Thurgau
Silvaner

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14
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What is Germany’s red grape?

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Pinot Noir (spatburgunder)

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15
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What percent of production in Germany is white wine?

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70%

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16
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What fermentation vessels are typically used in Germany?

A

stainless steel

large, old, neutral barrels

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17
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What is chaptalization?

A

The addition of sugar to the must (grapes juice)–not to make a sweeter wine, but a stronger one.

Chaptalization is mostly used in cool regions where grapes struggle to ripen (and have insufficient sugar)

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18
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Is Chaptalization allowed in Germany?

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Yes, but its really only used for low-quality level wines (not Pradikat wines)

19
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In Germany, wines can be fermented to:
*fully dry
*off-dry
*sweet
*all levels from dry to sweet

A

all levels from dry to sweet

20
Q

What does the term Trocken mean in English?

A

Dry

21
Q

In Germany, wines without geographic indication are called ________.

A

Wein

22
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In Germany, wines with geographic indication have 3 levels:

A
  1. Landwein (PGI)
  2. Qualitatswein (PDO)
  3. Pradikastwein (PDO)
23
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Landwein (PGI) wines are:
*Regional, acceptable quality and rarely exported
*Single site, high quality, always exported

A

Regional, acceptable quality, rarely exported

24
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What is a Qualitatswein?

A

A wine for one of the 13 anbaugebiete.

Wines of this level can be dry to sweet

25
Q

Pradikatswein is a subset of ______wines.

How many pradikat levels are there?

A

Subset of Qualitatswein

6 Pradikat levels

26
Q

What are the 6 pradikat levels from lowest price/ripeness to highest price/ripeness?

A
  1. Kabinett
  2. Spatlese
  3. Auslese
  4. Beerenauslese
  5. Eiswein
  6. Trockenbeerenauslese
27
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What 3 of the Pradikat levels are most used as table wines?

A
  1. Kabinett
  2. Spatlese
  3. Auslese
28
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What does Spatlese translate to in English?

What does Auslese translate to in English?

A

Spatlese–late harvest

Auslese–selected harvest

29
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What kind of grapes are Eisweins made from?

A

Frozen grapes

30
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Of the 3 highest price/ripeness Pradikat levels, which 2 will always be affected by botrytis?

A
  1. Beerenauslese (BA)
  2. Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA)
31
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When someone says, “all German wines are always sweet”, what do you know to be true?

A

Not all German wines are sweet.

The Pradikat levels do not meausre or indicate sweetness, or the residual sugar in wine–the Pradikat levels indicate the ripeness at which the grapes were picked.

how the wines are vinified–to complete dryness or medium-sweetness–is up to the winemaker.

32
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Which 3 pradikatswein levels can be fermented dry and have Trocken on the label?

A
  1. Kabinett
  2. Spatlese
  3. Auslese
33
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What does VDP stand for (what is it spelled out)?

A

Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter

34
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Who is in the VDP and what do they set out to do?

A

The VDP is an organization of >200 of Germany’s best winemakers committed to excellence who set out to make and promoted top-teir, top quality wines from the highest-quality terrior and vineyards based on the traditional German winemaking.

35
Q

What region outside of Germany does the VDP emulate and model their classification after?

A

Burgundy

36
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What are the typical wines made under the VDP classifications?

A

Dry Rieslings

37
Q

In what year was the VDP founded?

A

1910

38
Q

Grosses Gewachs:

what does it translate to in English?

these wines are always _______.

grapes come from ______.

A

translates to Great Growth

Wines are always dry

Grapes from top vineyards

39
Q

Is Grosses Gewachs a legal term?

A

No, its a term used by the VDP classifying a dry wine from a top site.

40
Q

What does the German term Gemeinde mean in English?

A

Village

EX: Urziger Wurzarten on a label—village of Urzig and the Wurzgarten vineyard

41
Q

On a German wine label, the first word (of the two words together) that ends in -er is the ______.

A

Village, or gemeinde

42
Q

What is an einzellage?

A

Single vineyard

43
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A

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