Hessische-Bergstrasse and Baden

Question 1

What geological features lie on either side of the Baden?

Answer 1

Rhine river to the West
The Black Forest to the East
Lake Constance to the South at the border with Switzerland
Tauber river valley in the North at the border with Franken

Question 2

What are the main grape varieties of Baden?

Answer 2

Weissburgunder, Grauburgunder, Spätburgunder, and Müller-Thurgau

Question 3

What is Germany’s name for Lake Constance?

Answer 3

Bodensee

Question 4

What is the Baden’s most celebrated zone for Spätburgunder?

Answer 4

The Kaiserstuhl- the hills crown an extinct volcano along the Rhine river and are warm and sunny

Question 5

What bereiche is effectively a subregion of the Kaiserstuhl?

Answer 5

Tuniberg

Question 6

What bereiche is known for producing Burgundy-like examples of spätburgunder?

Answer 6

Breisgau

Question 7

What forest lies across the border from the Black Forest?

Answer 7

The Vosges forest. So Baden oak is essentially the same as Vosges oak

Question 8

What are sweet styles of Grauburgunder made in Baden usually labelled as?

Answer 8

Ruländer

Question 9

List 3 quality producers of Spätburgunder in Baden

Answer 9

Enderle & Moll
Bernhard Huber
Shelter

Question 10

What other anbaugebeite was hessische-bergstrasse formerly a satellite of?

Answer 10

The Rheingau, it’s vineyards were tended to by the Kloster Eberbach monks