Germany Vocabulary

Question 1

Define anbaugebiete

Answer 1

Quality wine region in Germany (13)

Question 2

Define bereiche

Answer 2

District within a wine region

Question 3

Define grosslage

Answer 3

Collection of vineyards within a district

Question 4

Define einzellage

Answer 4

Vineyard

Question 5

Define alte reben

Answer 5

“Old vines”

Question 6

Define sonnenuhr

Answer 6

A sundial, often very large on steep vineyard sites

Question 7

Define alleinbsitz

Answer 7

Monopole

Question 8

Define edelfäule

Answer 8

Noble rot

Question 9

Define Deutscher Sekt

Answer 9

Sparkling wine made by any method from grapes grown in Germany

Question 10

Define Einzelpfahlerziehung

Answer 10

A vine individually trained to a single stake. Used on very steep slopes such as the Mosel.

Question 11

Define Erzeugerabfüllung

Answer 11

Grown and produced by the same grower or cooperative

Question 12

Define feinherb

Answer 12

Half-dry, no legal definition

Question 13

Define flaschengärung

Answer 13

Bottle-fermented sekt

Question 14

Define füder

Answer 14

1000-liter cask common in the Mosel

Question 15

Define grosslage

Answer 15

A collection of vineyards; misleading term for inexpensive wines

Question 16

Define gutsabfüllung

Answer 16

Grown, produced and bottled by the same person/estate

Question 17

Define halbtrocken

Answer 17

Half-dry, generally less than 18 g/l residual sugar

Question 18

Define lieblich

Answer 18

Medium-sweet

Question 19

Define restzucker

Answer 19

Residual sugar

Question 20

Define stück

Answer 20

1200 liter cask commonly used in the Rheingau

Question 21

Define rotling

Answer 21

Rosé wine that is produced from a mixture of red and white varieties. A Rotling must have a pale red or clear red color

Question 22

Define schneewein

Answer 22

Snow wine; a term used to describe an ice wine made from grapes gathered when snow covered the vineyards

Question 23

Define Shillerwein

Answer 23

A rotling (rosé made from a mixture of red and white varieties) from Württemburg

Question 24

Define Schielerwein

Answer 24

A rotling (rosé made from a mixture of red and white varieties) from Sachsen

Question 25

Define schloss

Answer 25

German word for castle; on a wine label it is equivalent to the French word “château”

Question 26

Define steillage

Answer 26

Literally: steep site. A vineyard with an inclination of more than 30%

Question 27

Define weinkellerei

Answer 27

Wine cellar or winery

Question 28

Define weinberg

Answer 28

German for vineyard

Question 29

Define weissherbst

Answer 29

Rosé from a single variety of red grape

Question 30

What are the three most planted grapes in the Mosel?

Answer 30

1. Riesling
2. Müller-Thurgau
3. Elbing

Question 31

Tell me about the Elbing grape in Germany

Answer 31

Ancient, once ubiquitous, now unfashionable German variety used mainly as a base wine for fizz. White.