Germany Trade/General

Question 1

AP Number

Answer 1

Amtliche Prüfungsnummer. 10-12 digits. All qualitätswein.

Question 2

Grosses Gewächs

Answer 2

VDP wines from traditional grapes and vineyard sites (einzellagen). Max 50 hl/ha, hand harvest, min Spätlese level must weight. Subject to sensory review. Labeled GG and w grape cluster and number 1. Encompasses wines formerly labeled Erstes Gewächs

Question 3

Einzellagen

Answer 3

Individual site. 2,600 sites. Avg size 38 ha. Qualitätswein only

Question 4

Grosslagen

Answer 4

Collection of vineyard sites. Covers vineyards in far less prestiges villages

Question 5

Feinherb

Answer 5

Allowed since 2000. Not legally defined. Substitute for Halbtrocken

Question 6

Halbtrocken

Answer 6

5-18 g/l rs

Question 7

Classic

Answer 7

Official designation since 2000. Dry tasting wines vinified from traditional varieties, max 15 g/l rs

Question 8

Selection

Answer 8

Since 2000. Class of estate-bottled dry-tasting wine hand harvested at min 12.2%abv. Must be declared by May 1 before harvest. Failed to catch on

Question 9

Deutscher Wein

Answer 9

Wine with out geographical indication, previously Tafelwein

Question 10

Landwein

Answer 10

PGI category of dry Austrian or German wine. Must have .5% more abv than tafelwein

Question 11

Qualitätswein

Answer 11

PDO wines. Largest category, includes wines previously known as QBA. Requires min must weights, abv, viti, vini

Question 12

Prädikat

Answer 12

Formerly QMP. Distinction awarded to PDO wines on basis of increasing grape must weight

Question 13

Kabinet Oe

Answer 13

70-82 °Oe / 9.1-10.9%

Question 14

Spätlese Oe

Answer 14

76-90 °Oe / 10-12.2%

Question 15

Auslese Oe

Answer 15

83-100 °Oe / 11.1-13.8%

Question 16

Beerenauslese/Eiswein

Answer 16

110-128 °Oe / 15.3-18.1%

Question 17

Trockenbeerenauslese

Answer 17

150-154 °Oe / 21.5-21.9%

Question 18

Can you chaptalize Prädikat

Answer 18

No

Question 19

Can you chaptalize Qualitästwein

Answer 19

Yes

Question 20

VDP

Answer 20

Most influential and prestigious growers’ association. 202 of best estates. 3.5% of vineyard area. Strict laws on yields, varieties (associated w region), min must weights

Question 21

Kloster Eberbach

Answer 21

Founded 1135 Bernard of Clairvaux. Now lends name to vast Hessian State Domaine or Hessische Staatsweingüter

Question 22

Schoss Johannisberg

Answer 22

Important in discovery and harnessing of botrytis. Owned by Oetker family

Question 23

Liebfraumilch

Answer 23

Mild, slightly sweet white from Rheinhessen, Pfalz, Nahe, or (rarely) Rheingau. 80% of exports in 1980s. Blens of Silvaner, Müller-Thurgau, Kerner

Question 24

VDP levels

Answer 24

Grosse Lage, Erste Lage, Ortsweine, Gutswein

Question 25

Grosse Gewechs/Erste Gewechs

Answer 25

Less than 9 g/l rs. Yields 50 hl/ha GG, 60 hl/ha Erste Lage, 75 hl/ha Ortswein