Germany - Rheingau/Rheinhessen

Question 1

Lietz is associated with which German wine region?

Answer 1

Rheingau

Question 2

Rüdesheim is in which German wine region?

Answer 2

Rheingau

Question 3

Where are Assmannshausen, Rüdesheim, Geisenheim?

Answer 3

rheingau

Question 4

Which region are Robert Weil (Kiedrich), Georg Breuer (Rüdesheim), Schloss Johannisberg (Geisenheim), August Kesseler found in?

Answer 4

Rheingau

Question 5

Name three important producers of the Rheingau

Answer 5

Robert Weil (Kiedrich), Georg Breuer (Rüdesheim), Schloss Johannisberg (Geisenheim), August Kesseler

Question 6

What term may appear on labels for dry wines from specific sites in the Rheingau?

Answer 6

Erstes Gewächs

Question 7

Which two cities are found at the east end of the Rheingau?

Answer 7

Mainz and Wiesbaden

Question 8

Which river is central to the Rheingau? Which direction is it heading?

Answer 8

The Rhine. It is E-W in this section of Germany.

Question 9

What is an important Rheingau village for Pinot Noir?

Answer 9

Assmannshausen, esp. Hollenberg vineyard

Question 10

Name three monopoles of the Rheingau:

Answer 10

Schloss Johannisberg, planted to Riesling since 1720, and the Hattenheimer Steinberg vineyard of Kloster Eberbach, enclosed by a wall in 1760. There is also Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg, a monopole of Schloss Schönborn

Question 11

What are the three top Rüdesheim vineyards?

Answer 11

Berg Rottland, Berg Roseneck, and Berg Schlossberg

Question 12

What organization was founded in the Rheingau in the 1980s to promote quality, dry wines?

Answer 12

Charta Association - 1984

Question 13

What are the three sections of the Rheingau?

Answer 13

Central - on the E/W section of the Rhine west of Mainz; West Rheingau, where the river turns north again toward Lorch; and Maingau, off the river to the east around the important town of Hochheim

Question 14

What is the Roter Hang and where is it found?

Answer 14

In the Rheinhessen, it is a slim, east-facing slope reaching 70 to 80% grade

Question 15

Who is the most iconic producer in the Rheinhessen?

Answer 15

Keller

Question 16

What is Germany’s most expensive dry Riesling bottling?

Answer 16

“G-Max” from Keller in the Rheinhessen, an undisclosed parcel

Question 17

Name three Rheinhessen producers:

Answer 17

Keller, Gunderloch, Philipp Wittmann

Question 18

What is the most important Bereiche of the Rheingau?

Answer 18

Wonnegau

Question 19

What are the three Bereichen of the Rheingau?

Answer 19

Nierstein, Bingen, Wonnegau