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On what lattitude is the Rheingau?

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50th parallel runs directly through the region

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bereich of Rheingau?

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only one- Johannisberg

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grapes allowed for VDP GL in Rheingau?

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Riesling
Pinot Noir

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Schloss

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german for castle

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Kloster

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german for abbey

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What is the orientation of the vineyards in the Rheingau?

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Most vineyards are on northern bank of Rhine river, facing south, the river warms the slope.

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Rheingau soil types?

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slate, quartzite, sandstone

Northern slope: rockier, more slate
lower vineyards closer to river: mixture of clay, alluvial sand, red slate, loess

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Rheingau traditional bottle?

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brown glass Rheingauer Flöte. Mosel is green glass

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Where in the Rheingau is known for Spatburgunder? Vineyard? Producer?

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village of Assmannshausen, vineyard: Höllenberg

producer: August Kesseler

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Where is Assmannshausen? Vineyard and producer?

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Rheingau,

Hollenberg*, Hinterkirch, Frankenthal

August Kesseler. Pinot Noir

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Where is Rüdesheim? Vineyard and producer? Soil?

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Rheingau.

Berg Roseneck, Berg Rottland, Berg Schossberg

Georg Breuer, Kunstler, Kessler, Leitz

soil: slate, quartzite and gravel

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Where is Geisenheim? Producer and vineyard?

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Rheingau, Rothenberg (“red mountain”)

Schloss Johannisberg.

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Where is Kiedrich? Vineyard and producer?

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Rheingau, Gräfenberg, Robert Weil

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Where is Hochheim am Main? Vineyard and producer?

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Rheingau. Hölle, Kirchenstück. Franz Kunstler

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What is Germany’s top enological school? Where is it?

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Hochschule Geisenheim University
Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute

Rheingau

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Which mountains lie to the North of Rheingau?

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Taunus Mountains

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What are the soil types of the Rheingau?

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a mixture of slate, quartzite, and sandstone

Lower slopes: layers of loess and clay

Upper slopes: stonier, more eroded soils, with a higher proportion of slate

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Rheingau climate

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cool continental, average annual temperature of 10 C (50 F). low-ish rainfall at around 22 inches

western Rheingau (Assmannhausen up to Lorch) is cooler, has more slate

Maingau (near Hochheim am Main) is warmer, and more loess-covered loams and marls

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What is the steepest part of the Rheingau?

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Rüdesheim claims the region’s steepest slopes, which reach a 70% grade in the Grosse Lage site Berg Schlossberg

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What does Schloss translate to?

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Castle

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What does Kloster translate to?

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Monastery

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Where in Rheingau did the Benedictine monks found their monastery?

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Benedictine monks arrived to Johannisberg around 1100- named for John the Baptist, translates to ‘John’s Hill’

would become Schloss Johannisberg- first to make Spatlese in 1775. Made first Auslese in 1787. Now under corporate ownership

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Where in Rheingau did the Cistercian monks found their monastery?

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Cistercians arrived from burgundy in 1136 and founded Kloster Eberbach. records of them planting Riesling as early as 1400s. It is now owned by Hessen State Winery, the largest wine producer in Germany

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What is Charta? When was it founded?

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  1. The association founded by Bernhard Breuer strove to promote more stringent quality guidelines than the 1971 wine law, better define the Rheingau’s great vineyard sites, and elevate dry Riesling to its historical role as a top product of the region prior to the Second World War

Charta was absorbed into VDP Rheingau in 1999

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List 5 VDP Producers Rheingau

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August Kessler
Balthazar Ress
Kunstler
Prinz
Robert Weil
Schloss Johannisberg
Schloss Vollrads

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Rhingau producers NOT in the VDP?

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Georg Breuer- notable because that estate founded the Charta

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Rheingau- white wine Ochsle minimums?

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Kabinet 75
Spatlese 85
Auslese 100
BA/Eiswein 125
TBA 150

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Who owns the alleinbesitz (monopole) “Hattenheimer Steinberg”?

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Kloster Eberbach

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List Rheingau major villages west to east

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Lorch,
Assmannshausen,
Rudesheim,
Geisenheim,
Johannisberg,
Winkel,
Oestrich,
Hallgarten,
Hattenheim,
Erbach,
Kiedrich,
Rauenthal,
Eltville,
Hocheim,
Wicker

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What is the label for the Charta?

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The balcony of the Graues Haus in Winkel - two roman arches. One of the oldest stone houses in Germany, built sometime in the 900s.

Restaurant where we had a charcuterie board after Spreitzer!

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How many liters in a stuck? Doppelstuck?

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1200 L
2400 L

Traditional barrel of the Rheingau

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Where did the English term Hock come from?

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Hochheim - confluence of Rhine and Main, in the Rheingau. Used for German white wines

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Where in Rheingau is best for Spatburgunder? Producer?

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Assmannhausen

August Kessler
Kloster Eberbach

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Hocheim sits on the North bank of which River?

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Main- at the eastern end of the Rheingau. Main shoots off the Rhine and continues east. The Rhine turns south at Mainz.

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Alleinbesitz (monopoles) in the Rheingau?

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Schloss Johannisberg, soil is Taunus quartzite with a loam-loess topsoil

Schlossberg - Schloss Vollrads,

Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg - Schloss Schönborn

Hattenheimer Steinberg - Kloster Eberbach

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Assmannshausen - where is it? Vineyard? Producer?

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Rheingau. Hollenberg

August Kesseler
Kunstler
Balthazar Ress
Kloster Eberbach

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Bad Kreuznach- where is this?

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Village in Nahe

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Bad Münster- where is this?

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Village in Nahe

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Dorsheim- where? Producer?

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Village in Nahe
Producer: Schlossgut Diel

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Important villages in Nahe

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Norheim
Niederhausen
Oberhausen
Schlossböckelheim
Dorsheim
Meddersheim
Monzingen

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Niederhausen: vineyards and producer

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Village in Nahe.
Vineyards: Hermannshöhle, Hermannsberg
Producer: Donnhoff

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Meddersheim: where and 1 producer?

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Village in Nahe. Hexamer

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Monzingen: where and 1 producer?

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Village in Nahe. Emerich Schönleber

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Norheim: vineyards and 1 producer?

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Kirscheck, Dellchen
Donnhoff

(Nahe)

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Oberhausen: vineyards and 1 producer

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Brucke, Leistenberg
Donnhoff

(Nahe)

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Schlossböckelheim: where, vineyard?

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Nahe. Felsenberg, Kupfergrube

47
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Which german anbaugebiet has the most land under vine?

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Rheinhessen with 26,500 cultivated hectares

48
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What region within Rheinhessen produces higher quality wines?

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Rheinterrasse. Vineyards are along western banks of Rhine, eastern facing vineyards are protected from frost and wine.

The region stretches from Bodenheim south, ending near Mettenheim.

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What is the Roter Hang?

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a “red hill” of clay and weathered red sandstone (Rotliegendes) on the left bank of the Rhine between the villages of Nierstein and Nackenheim. It is within the Rheinterrasse, a larger area of eastern exposures which extends south of Nierstein through the village of Oppenheim.

180ha
east facing slope at 70-80% grade

vineyard site: Rothenberg, Pettenthal
producer: Gunderloch

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Rheinterrasse

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a large area of eastern exposures which extends south of Nierstein through the village of Oppenheim.

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Rheinhessen important grapes?

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Riesling surpassed Muller Thurgau in plantings in 2013, Silvaner is also important.

Riesling is usually halbtrocken (sweeter), and Silvaner is usually dry

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What is “Message in a Bottle?”

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An association of over 2 dozen young winemakers in Rheinhessen committed to raising quality throughout the region. promote spontaneous fermentation as a stylistic choice.

Keller
Wittman
Wagner-Stempel
Kühling-Gillot

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Nackenheim- where is it? Name a vineyard and a producer

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Village in Rheinhessen, Rothenberg, Gunderloch

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Nierstein - where is it? Name a vineyard and a producer

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Village in Rheinhessen, Hipping, Pettenthal

producers: Keller, Strub

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Oppenheim - where is it? Name a vineyard

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Village in Rheinhessen. Schützenhütte, Sackträger

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Westhofen - where is it? Name a vineyard and a producer

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Village in Rheinhessen. Kirchspiel, Morstein

Keller, Wittman. Wittman is based here

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Dalsheim - where is it? Name a vineyard and a producer

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Village in Rheinhessen. Hubacker.

Keller is based in Flörsheim-Dalsheim

58
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Name 3 producers Rheinhessen

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Weingut Keller
Wittman
Gunderloch
Strub

59
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Keller G Max- inaugural vintage? Average price?

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  1. Average 750ml on winesearcher.com is $2297

G-Max – named after Klaus Peter Keller’s great grandfather George and his son Maximillian – is made from old vines on predominantly limestone soils with ideal solar exposure in Dalsheim (Rheinhessen), from low yields of 25-30 hectolitres per hectare. Incredibly small production, site is undisclosed.

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Erbach - where is it? important vineyards? Producer

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Rheingau

Marcobrunn, Hohenrain, Siegelsberg

Kloster Eberbach, Graf von Schonborn

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What is the sweetness level of Schloss Johannisberg’s Rotlack wine?

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(red seal) Kabinett

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What is the sweetness level of Schloss Johannisberg’s Grünlack wine?

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(green seal) Spatlese

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What is the sweetness level of Schloss Johannisberg’s Rosalack wine?

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(pink seal) Auslese

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What is the sweetness level of Schloss Johannisberg’s Rosa-Goldlack wine?

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(pink gold seal) BA

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What is the sweetness level of Schloss Johannisberg’s Goldlack wine?

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(gold seal) TBA

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What is the sweetness level of Schloss Johannisberg’s Blaulack wine?

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(blue seal) Eiswein

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Who was the first producer of German Spatlese? Eiswein?

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Schloss Johanissberg was first to make both. Spatlese in 1775. Eiswein in 1858

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What is the vineyard orientation in Assmannshausen? Soil type?

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Vineyards are on west facing slopes- this is the first village the Rhine passes after shifting back north.

Quartzite rich soils

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classic and selection (germany)

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Classic wines are considered “harmoniously dry,” with a maximum residual sugar content of 15 g/l, and single varietal. no mention of vineyard.
min 12% (11.5% in the Mosel).

Selection wines are “superior dry” with a maximum residual sugar content of 9 g/l (12 g/l allowed for Riesling). single vineyard. single variety.
Yields are restricted to 60 hl/ha. Must weight for Selection wines must be equivalent to Auslese, and vineyards are hand-harvested. The wines may not be released prior to September 1 of the year following harvest.

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purpose of the VDP? tenets?

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founded in 1910 for the promotion of quality wine from traditional grapes

All wines must be estate grown. Hand-harvesting is required for all single vineyard wines and for any Prädikat wines of Auslese level or above. In their vineyards, members must cultivate a minimum 80% of traditional grape varieties

2012 regulations established:a regional tier (Gutswein), a village tier (Ortswein), premier cru vineyards (Erste Lage), and grand cru vineyards (Grosse Lage)

the wines may be dry or one of the pradikat styles.
note dry wines are considered Qualitatswein legally, so chaptalization is allowed for these (and is used frequently for spatburgunder)

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Flurbereinigung

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campaign geared up to consolidate parcels of land divided by successive generations of inheritance and to physically restructure vineyards. By rearranging steep and otherwise inaccessible vineyards, workers could employ machines and increase production. Flurbereinigung eliminated many of the centuries-old terraces critical to winegrowing on some of Germany’s most vertical slopes.

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Kalkstein

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german for limestone

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Blauen Schiefer

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blue slate

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Buntsandstein

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red sandstone

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Grosses Gewachs

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“great growth” = a dry wine from a Grosse Lage vineyard, identified by the appearance of the trademarked acronym “GG” on the label.

Grosses Gewächs white wines may not be released until September 1 of the year after harvest.

For red wines, the category requires an additional year of aging and at least 12 months in wood

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Erstes Gewachs

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applies to dry Riesling and Spätburgunder bottlings from selected Rheingau vineyards. it is legally sanctioned, so it can appear in full on labels.

around 1/3 of Rheingau vineyard area is designated for this

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VDP max yields

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Gutswein: 75 hl/ha
Ortswein: 75 hl/ha
Erste Lage: 60 hl/ha
Grosse Lage: 50 hl/ha

78
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what is the German sekt tax?

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enacted in 1901, it is 1.02 euro / bottle

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Largest german wine area?

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Rheinhessen, with a quarter of all land under vine

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Bereich of the Rheinhessen?

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Nierstein - east. Roter Hang is here

Bingen- in the NW

Wonnegau (Keller, Wittman are here)- limestone and loess

81
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What river runs through Rheinhessen

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the Rhine is to the north and east- does not impact the area as much as it does the Rheingau

the River Selz runs through the anbaugebiet

82
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liebfraumilch

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low quality, sweet blends

The 1971 wine law allowed Nahe, Pfalz, Rheingau, and Rheinhessen to produce it, requiring it to contain at least 70% of the following varieties: Riesling, Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner, and Kerner. The wines must contain at least 18 grams per liter of residual sugar, and varietal labeling is not allowed.

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Average elevation of Rheingau GL vineyards?

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higher up the slope- from 110-200 meters

84
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Rheinhessen GL vineyard elevation?

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wide range- from 100 up to 260

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Rheinhessen- grapes allowed for VDP GL production?

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Riesling
Spatburgunder

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Nahe grapes allowed for VDP GL?

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Riesling

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Bereich of Nahe

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Nahetal

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Upper Nahe

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section of the region that extends from the villages of Monzingen and Martinstein at the far western end of the Anbaugebiet to the small town of Schlossböckelheim

Emrich-Schönleber is the prominent producer here

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Middle Nahe

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follows the course of the river eastward for 15 kilometers from Schlossböckelheim to Bad Kreuznach, the Nahe’s largest town and the commercial center of the region’s wine trade.

Alsenz River meets the Nahe here

this is where the most important winemaking villages are

weathered volcanic soils, slate, limestone, and schist

Dönnhoff and state winery Niederhausen-Schlossböckelheim are here

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Lower Nahe

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stretches from the Bad Kreuznach’s northern limits to the Nahe’s confluence with the Rhine at Bingen

soil is heavier with more clay and loess

warmer than the upper and middle Nahe

villages: Münster-Sarmsheim, Dorsheim, and Laubenheim

Schlossgut Diel

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Traisen- where is it? Vineyard?

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middle Nahe

vineyard: Bastei

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