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Mosel Flashcards

1
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What bottle attribute indicates higher must weight in the Mosel? What Pradikat level will these usually be applied to?

A

Goldkapsel, a longer golden capsule around the cork. These are usually found in Auslese bottlings.

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Where does the Mosel river flow?

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It flows eastward from the Vosges Mountains into Germany, until it merges with the Rhine at Koblenz.

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What is the main soil type of the Mosel?

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Devonian Slate

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4
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How big is the Mosel?

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8,871ha planted to vine

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5
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What’s confusing about the mosel regions?

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The “upper mosel” is actually the southern part of the Mosel river, and vice-versa. The names refer to the direction that the river flows (i.e. “Upper” would be closer to the beginning, near France)

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What’s the climate of the Mosel like? Why?

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One of the warmest in Germany, the river and slate combine to reflect/retain heat.

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Where is the Burg Cochem bereiche located?

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The Lower Mosel, from Koblenz to Zell

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8
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Where is Bernkastel located?

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Mittelmosel, from Briedel to Trier

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Where is Obermosel located?

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Mittelmosel, from Trier to the boundary of Rheinland-Pfalz and the Saarland

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10
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Where is Moseltor located?

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Saarland, to the French-German border

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What is Burg Cochem also known as, how did it get this name?

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Terrassenmosel, or Terraced Mosel, due to its dizzyingly steep slopes requiring grapes to be grown on terraced vineyards

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12
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What are the famous villages of Burg Cochem?

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Cochem, Zell, Beilstein and Winningen

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What is the steepest vineyard in Europe?

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the Calmont, located between the villages of Bremm and Ediger-Eller in Burg Cochem

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14
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Who is the most famous winegrower in Burg Cochem?

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Reinhard Lowenstein

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How big is Bernkastel?

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It’s a stretch about 50km long, with almost 6,000 ha of vines

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What is the soil type of Bernkastel?

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Blue Devonian slate, throughout the entire region save for Urzig

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17
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What soil defines the vineyards of Urzig?

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Rotliegend, a reddish-colored volcanic rock

18
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Which famous vineyard in Bernkastel is an amphitheater?

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Piesport Goltropfchen

19
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What are the most famous vineyards in Bernkastel?

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Trittenheim, Piesport, Brauneberg, Bernkastel-Kues, Graach an der Mosel, Wehlen, Zeltingen, Urzig, and Erden

20
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What are some of the most famous vineyard sites in Bernkastel?

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Trittenheim: Apotheke
Piesport: Goldtropfchen, Domherr
Brauneberg: Juffer, Juffer Sonnenuhr
Bernkastel-Kues: Doctor, Lay
Graach an der Mosel: Domprobst, Josephshofer
Wehlen: Sonnenuhr
Zeltingen: Sonnenuhr
Urzig: Wurzgarten
21
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What are the VDP-classified einzellagen of Burg Cochem?

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Winninger Uhlen, Winninger Rottgen, Hatzenport Stolzenberg, Hatzenport Kirchberg,

22
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What are the VDP-classified einzellagen of Punderich?

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Marienburg, Nonnengarten

23
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What are the VDP-classified einzellagen of Erden?

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Treppchen, Pralat

24
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What is the VDP-classified einzellage of Urzig?

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Wurzgarten

25
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What are the VDP-classified einzellagen of Zeltingen and Wehlen? What does that name translate to?

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They are both called Sonnenuhr, it means “sundial,” refers to the sundials located in the vineyard which helps workers know the time

26
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What are the VDP-classified einzellagen of Graach an der Mosel?

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Josephshofer, Himmelreich, Domprobst

27
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What are the VDP-classified einzellagen of Bernkastel-Kues?

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Lay, Graben, Alte Badstube am Doktorberg, Doctor, Johannisbrunnchen

28
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What is the VDP-classified einzellage of Lieser?

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Niederberg Helden

29
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What are the VDP-classified einzellagen of Brauneberg?

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Juffer, Juffer Sonnenuhr

30
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What is the VDP-classified einzellage of Wintrich?

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Ohligsberg

31
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What are the VDP-classified einzellagen of Piesport?

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Domherr, Kreuzwingert, Goldtropfchen, Schubertslay, Grafenberg

32
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What is the VDP-classified einzellage of Neumagen-Dhron?

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Hofberger

33
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What are the VDP-classified einzellagen of Trittenheim?

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Apotheke, Leiterchen and Felsenkopf

34
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What is the VDP-classified einzellage of Leiwen?

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Laurentiuslay

35
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What is the VDP-classified einzellage of Trier?

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Augenscheiner

36
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What are the most important einzellagen of Ruwertal?

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Karthauserhofberg in Eitelsbach, and Abtsberg in Mertesdorf

37
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Riesling dominates the landscape of the Mosel, excepting which Bereiche? What is planted here instead?

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Obermosel, Elbling is planted here.

38
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What is the most famous vineyard site in the Mosel? Where is it located and who is its most famous producer?

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Scharzhofberg, in the Saar bereich, Egon Muller is its most famous producer

39
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What are two commonly encountered Grosslagen within Bernkastel?

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Badstube and Michelsberg

40
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What are the minimum Oechsle levels for Riesling from the Mosel?

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Kabinett: 73
Spatlese: 80
Auslese: 88
BA/Eiswein: 110
TBA: 150
41
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Which vineyard in the Mosel got around the 1971 wine law for einzellagen? What was this law?

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The Bernkasteler Doctor einzellage got around the rule mandating a minimum of 5 hectares for an einzellage.

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