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Germany-Pfalz, Baden Flashcards

1
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Which region of GR is 2nd most planted?

A

Pfalz

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2
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Which region of GR has the largest acreage of Riesling in the world?

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Pfalz

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Which varietals are auth. for VDP bottlings in Pfalz?

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Riesling, Spät, Weiss

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4
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What are the Vosges Mtns called in Pfalz? Which direction do they face?

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East facing Haardt Hills

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5
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What forest is associated w/ Pfalz and is N of the Haardt Hills?

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Palantinate Forest

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6
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What is the major wine route through Pfalz? When and why was it built?

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Weinstrasse

Opened in 1935 to link villages and increase tourism

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7
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What is the soil structure of Pfalz?

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Well, how much time do you have?…

Highly complex and varied, like Alsace:

  • Alluvial deposits colored by iron oxide=foundation of red sandstone of Palatinate forest and Haardt Hills
  • Volcanic activity brought in basalt
  • Formation of Alps flooded Rhine Basin w/ seawater then dried, leaving calcareous limestone deposits (Kalkstein=limestone, Muschelkalk=shell limestone)
  • Winds brought in youngest loess, sand, and gravel
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8
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What is the difference between Kalkstein and Muschelkalk?

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kalk=limestone

muschel=”shell” limestone

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9
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Where do the best vineyards of the Pfalz sit?

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mid-slope of Haardt hills

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10
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What are 2 Bereiche of the Pfalz?

A

Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse (North)

Südliche Weinstrasse (South)

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11
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What are important villages of Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse?

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Kallstadt
Forst
Deidesheim
Ruppertsberg

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12
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What is most important village of Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse

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Forst

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13
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Which vineyard is the best site N of Forst in Pfalz? Which village? Major producer?

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Kallstadter Saumagen (ampitheater shaped)

by Koehler-Ruprecht

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14
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What are best vineyard sites of Forst?

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a. Freundstück
b. Kirchenstück
c. Jesuitengarten
d. Ungeheur

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15
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Which einzellage is historically considered the best of Pfalz? Why?

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Kirchenstück

3.37 ha, warmest site, clos, top producers have a piece

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16
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How many owners are there of Kirchenstück? Name 4

A

8

Eugen Muller

Basserman-Jordan
von Buhl
Bürklin-Wolf

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17
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What does Kirchenstück translate to?

A

church parcel

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18
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What are 3 vineyards of Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse that are under 5ha?

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  • Forster Freundstück
  • Forster Kirchenstück
  • Deidesheimer Hohenmorgen
19
Q

What are best vineyards of Ruppertsberg?

A

Reiterpfad

Gaisböhl

20
Q

Who is the alleinbesitz owner of Gaisböhl?

A

Bürklin-Wolf

21
Q

Who are best producers of Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse?

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Three-B’s” (Reichsrat von Buhl, Bürklin-Wolf, Basserman Jordan), von Winning, Koehler-Ruprecht

22
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Which region of the Pfalz is considered up and coming?

A

Südliche Weinstrasse since early 2000s

23
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Where will you find the best Spät and Weiss produced in the Pfalz?

A

Südliche Weinstrasse

24
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What is the main difference in the way the vineyards of the Südliche are situated versus the Mittelhaardt?

A

Most vineyards are steeper and further tucked into the Haardt Hills than in Mittelhaardt

25
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What are the primary villages and associated vineyards of the Südliche Weinstrasse?

A

Siebeldingen (Im Sonnenschein)

Schweigen (Kammerberg)

26
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Which vineyard of Pfalz straddles the border of Alsace? Which varietal is cultivated there? By whom?

A

Kammerberg (in Schweigen of Südliche)

Spätburgunder by Friedriech Becker

27
Q

Who are primary producers of Südliche Weinstrasse?

A

Rebholz (Siebeldigen)

Friedriech Becker (Schweigen)

28
Q

what legal classification of Pfalz was introduced in 2005? For what styles?

A

Pfalz DC (a la Austrian DAC)

For trocken styles of Riesling, Grau, Weiss, Spät, and Dornfelder

29
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Who has adopted the Pfalz DC system?

A

no friends of mine

30
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Which region of GR has the most PN planted?

A

Baden

31
Q

Which varietals are permitted in VDP Grosse Lage bottlings of Baden?

A

Spät, Weiss, Grau, Riesling, Chard all permitted in VDP Grosse Lage

32
Q

Which region of GR has the longest history of PN production? Who introduced and when?

A

Baden

by Carolingian Emperor Charles the Fat in 884

33
Q

What region of GR is most associated w/ the Black Forest?

A

Southern Baden?

34
Q

Which body of water is on the border of Germany and Switzerland? Which region of GR does it inform?

A

Lake Constance

Baden

35
Q

What is general soil structure of Baden?

A

like Alsace, a mosaic of granite, volcanic, calcareous, loess

36
Q

Which Bereich of Baden is best for Riesling? primary village?

A

Ortenau

Baden-Baden

37
Q

Which Bereiche of Baden are most associated w/ PN production? Which is best?

A

Ortenau
Breisgau
Kaiserstuhl** (best)
Tuniberg

38
Q

Which Bereich of Baden has the warmest and sunniest climate in GR?

A

Kaiserstuhl

39
Q

What are primary villages of Kaiserstuhl?

A

Achkarren

Ihringen**

40
Q

What is best vineyard in village of Ihringen? What is unique here?

A

Winklerberg (hottest vineyard in GR)

Baden (anbaug)
Kaiserstuhl (Bereich)
Ihringen (Gemeinde)
Winklerberg (Einzellage)

41
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What is the Bereich of Baden for Lake Constance?

A

Bodensee (GR trans)

42
Q

What is on the Swiss side of Lake Constance?

A

Village of Thurgau, where grape breeder of M-T Hermann Müller was born

43
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What is the southernmost point of Baden? Connected to which Swiss city? Which grape is grown here but no where else in the region?

A

Markgräferland

Swiss city of Basel and French border

Swiss Chasselas grows here

44
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Who are primary producers of Baden?

A

Bernhard Huber
Andreas Laible
Salwey

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