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What is the river that flows through the Rheingau? What direction does it flow?

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Rhine River. Flows North from Switzerland to the North Sea.

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What is the elevation of vineyards in Rheingau along the Rhine between Mainz and Wiesbaden?

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75-300 meters
-75 meter’s at the water’s edge to over 300 meters in elevation

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Where does the Rhine river collide with the rise of the western Taunus range?

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Between the cities of Mainz and Wiesbaden.

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Where does the Rhine River deviate from its Northern path?

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Between Wiesbaden and Rudesheim.

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Which direction does the main part of the Rheingau face?

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South

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What are the main villages of the Rheingau from East to West.

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Walluf
Martinsthal
Rauenthal
Eltville
Kiedrich
Erbach
Hallgarten
Hattenheim
Oestrich
Winkel
Johannisberg

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What is the soil type from Walluf to Geisnheim? What is the difference in soil type between the lower slopes and the upper slopes of the Rheingau?

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Mixture of slate, quartzite and sandstone
Lower slopes are layers of loess and clay
Upper slopes are stonier, more eroded with more slate.

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Where is the steepest area in the Rheingau?

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Rüdesheim
The Grosse Lage site Berg Schlossberg reaches a 70% grade.

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What bank of the river are the villages of Assmannshausen to Lorchhausen.

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The right bank

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The Western part of the Rheingau extends between these two villages

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Assmannshausen northward to Lorchhausen

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What is the difference in climate between the western Rheingau and the Central Rheingau.

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The western Rheingau is colder and purer slate soils are common.

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Where is the Maingau?

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Eastern Rheingau, east of Wiesbaden in the valley of the Main River.
-This small enclave of vines is clustered wround the village of the Hocheim am Main

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What are the main differences between the Maingau and the rest of the Rheingau.

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Maingau is warmer climate
More loess and marl
Lower slopes
Lower elevation
-Rarely exceeding 120 meters above sea level

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What is the Bereiche of Rheingau?

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Johannisberg

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By whom and when was Kabinett defined?

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Kloster Eberbach
1712

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By whom and when was Spatlese defined?

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Schloss Johannisberg
1775

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Who were the first producers to introduce glass bottles in Germany and when?

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Schloss Johannisberg
Schloss Schonborn
early 1700s

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What is Hessen State Winery famous for?

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Owning Steinberg-famous walled vineyard
Largest wine producer in Germany
Owns Eberbach Abbey

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Where is botrytis common in the Rheingau?

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Broad Rhine, in vineyards nearest river
-Vineyards closest to riverside villages
-The buildings block the vineyards from the wind and encourage rot

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What are the three monopoles of the Rheingau

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Schloss Johannisberg
Hattenheimer Steinberg (owned by Kloster Eberbach)
Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg (owned by Schloss Schönborn)

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What is Schloss Schönborn’s monopole in the Rheingau?

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Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg

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What is Kloster Eberbach’s monopole in the Rheingau?

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Hattenheimer Steinberg

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What are the three main areas of the Rheingau?

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Maingau
Centrail Rheingau
Western Rheingau

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What is the geological transition going form the Central Rheingau to the Maingau?

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A transition from the Rhenish Massif into the Mainz Basin
-Loess-covered loams and marls replacing sandstone and slate.

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The 1971 German wine law identifies one Bereiche in Rheingau. What is that?
Johannisberg -Named for the small village at the heart of central Rheingau
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What is a Schloss?
A castle.
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What is a Kloster?
An abbey
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Who are considered the best in Rheingau today?
Peter Jakob Kuhn Josef Leitz Eva Fricke Georg Breuer Kunstler
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How many hectares of vine in the Rheingau are planted to riesling?
2,500 of the region's 3,160 total hectares
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At what latitude is the Rheingau?
50th parallel
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What percentage of Rheingau production is added to the Pradikatswein category?
40%
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What percentage of Rheingau riesling has 9g/l of residual sugar or less?
80%
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Why is their a shift in the Rheingau to drier rieslings? When did this shift happen?
Occurred with the founding of the Charta Association in 1984. -the association strove to promote more stringent quality guidelines than the 1971 wine law -to better define the Rheingau's great vineyard sites -to elevate dry riesling to its historical role as a top produc of the region prior to WWII
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What is the symbol for Charta Riesling?
An emblem of three Roman arches styled from the balcony of the historic Graue Haus hotel in Winkel.
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Who started the Charta Association's movement toward a focus on dry Riesling in the Rheingau?
Bernhard Breuer of Rudesheim's Georg Breuer estate.
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What does Erstes Gewachs refer to in the Rheingau?
-"First Growth" category -Permitted under German wine law for the 1999 vintage forward -Applies to dry Riesling and Spatburgunder bottlings from selected Rheingau vineyards -Represented the first site-based quality hierarchy accepted into law in the wake of the 1971 legislation -unlike the Charta deignation or Grosses Gewachs of the VDP, Erstes Gewachs is available to all producers who adhere to its requirements and have a share in the selected land
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Who introduced the vine in the Rheingau?
The Romans
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When did the Benedictine monks found a Kloster at Johannisber?
Early 12th Century
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When did the Cistercians arrive in Rheingau and from where?
1136 from Burgundy
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What did the Cistercians establish in the Rheingau?
Klostr Eberbach in 1136
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What is the earliest the monk's records indicate the cultivation of riesling?
1435
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When was Schloss Schönborn establised?
1349
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Who established Schloss Johannisberg and when?
Benedictine monks over 900 years ago
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What two monopoles in the Rheingau are of ecclesastical origin?
Schloss Johannisbergp -planted to riesling since 1720 Hattenheimer Steinberg vineyard -Kloster Eberbach -enclosed by a wall in 1760
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What are the trio of great vineyards in Rüdesheim?
Berg Rottland Berg Roseneck Berg Schlossber
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What is the top site of Assmannshausen?
Höllenberg
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Where is Höllenberg? What grape thrives there?
Assmannshausen, Rheingau Spätburgunder
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Who is the preeminent producer of Höllenberg in Assmannshausen?
August Kesseler
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What does Hölle translate to for Hochheimer Hölle and Johannisbergr Hölle?
Indicates a rocky hill
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What is a top site of Robert Weil?
Kiedricher Gräfenberg
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Major Villages of Rheingau (west to east).
Lorch, Assmannshausen, Rüdesheim, Geisenheim, Johannisberg, Winkel, Oestrich, Hallgarten, Hattenheim, Erbach, Kiedrich, Eltville, Rauenthal, Martinsthal, Walluf, Hochheim, Wicker
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This is a tributary of the Rhein River that runs between Oestrich and Mittelheim?
Pfingstbach
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How many miles does the Rheingau stretch?
20 miles from West to East
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Important GL of Wicker.
Nonnberg Fusshol Nonnberg Vier Morgen Hölle
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Important GL of Hochheim
Hölle Königin Viktoriaberg Kirchenstück Domdechaney Reichestal
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Important GL of Kostheim
Weiss Erd
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Important GL of Walluf
Walkenberg
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Important GL of Martinshtal
Langenberg
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Rothenberg is an EL of this village.
Rauenthal
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Gräfenberg is a GL of this village.
Kiedrich
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Hohenrain, Marcobrunn, Siegelsberg are GL of this village.
Eichberg
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Important GL of Hattenheim
Wisselbrunnen Nussbrunnen Hassel Steinberger
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What is Kloster Eberbach's monopole in the Rheingau?
Hattenheimer Steinberger
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Important GL of Hallgarten.
Jungfer Schönhell
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Important GL of Oestrich
Doosberg Lenchen
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Sankt Nikollaus is an EL or a GL? Where is it located?
GL located in the Mittelheim in Rheingau
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Why does Schloss Vollrads not require a village on the label?
It's historic stature means it is one of a handful of estates classed in German wine law as an officially designated vineyard, and so is not required to display a village name on the label.
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When was Schloss Vollrads founded?
-800-year-old estate in the Rheingau -Schloss Vollrads has sales records dating back to 1211
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Important GL of Winkel
Hasensprung Jesuitengarten Klaus
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Important GL of Johannisberg
Hölle
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Important GL of Geisenheim.
Kläuserweg Rothenberg Mäuerchen
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Important GL of Rüdesheim.
Kirchenpfad Berg Rottland Berg Roseneck Berg Schlossberg
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Important GL of Assmannshausen
Höllenberg
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Where is Kapellenberg located? What it its designation?
GL in Lorch
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Where is Seligmacher located? What is its designation?
GL in Lorchhausen

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