Mosel

Question 1

What was the Moselknown as untin August 1, 2007?

Answer 1

Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

Question 2

What is a goldkapsel?

Answer 2

a gold colored capsule that many producers use on their reserve bottlings

Question 3

The Mosel River emerges from what mountain range?

Answer 3

The Vosges Mountains in France

• flows eastward, merges with its 2 tributaries: Saar, Ruwer
• Merges with the Rhine River at Kolbenz

Question 4

Name the 6 bereiche of the Mosel.

Answer 4

Bernkastel
Burg
Cochem
Saar
Ruwertal
Obermosel
Moseltor

Question 5

What is the largest bereich of the Mosel?

Answer 5

Bernkastel

Question 6

Name the 9 gemeinden of Bernkastel.

Known as the Mittelmosel

Answer 6

Trittenheim
Piesport
Brauneberg
Bernkastel-Kues
Graach-an-der-Mosel
Wehlen
Zeltingen
Ürzig
Erden

Question 7

What is the main soil type of the Mittelmosel?

Answer 7

dark blue Devonian Slate

-retains heat ad reflects warmth onto the vine

Question 8

Name 2 commonly encountered grosslagen within the Bernkastel Bereich.

Answer 8

Badstube in Bernkastekues

Michelsburg in Piesport

Question 9

What is Piesport’s greatest vineyard?

Answer 9

Goldtröpfchen

“droplets of Gold”

Question 10

Name 3 notable producers of the Goldtröpfchen vineyard.

Answer 10

Reinhold Haart
Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt
Reuscher-Haart

Question 11

Name the 3 “Sundial Vineyards”.

Answer 11

Brauneberg Juffer-Sonnenuhr
Wehlener Sonnenuhr
Zeltinger Sonnenuhr

Question 12

Where can you find the famous Doctor Vineyards?

Answer 12

Bernkasel-Kues

Question 13

What can the growers east of the Doctor Vineyard whose vines were excluded label their wines as?

Answer 13

Alte Badstube am Doktorberg

Question 14

Who owns the alleinbesitz Josephsöfer and where is it located?

Answer 14

Riechsgraff von Kesselstatt

-located in Graach-an-der-Mosel

Question 15

Name 2 great vineyards of Graach-an-der-Mosel.

Answer 15

Josephsöfer

Domprobst

Question 16

What is the most improtant einzellagen of Ürzig?

Answer 16

Würzgarten

“spice garden”

Question 17

Name the 2 great einzellagen of Erden.

Answer 17

Prälat

Treppchen

Question 18

What is the main soil type of Erden?

Answer 18

Red slate

Question 19

What einzellagen of Erden is one of the Mosel’s warmest sites and who is a premier producer?

Answer 19

Prälat

Dr. Loosen

Question 20

Is the Saar Valley warmer or cooler than the Mosel?

Answer 20

cooler due to its higher altitude

Question 21

What is Scharzhofberger?

Answer 21

an ortsteil within the gemeinde of Wiltingen

-highly regarded as one of the Mosel’s finest sites.

Question 22

Who is the greatest grower of Scharzhofberger

Answer 22

Egon Müller

Question 23

What are 2 exemplary monopole vineyards of the Ruwer?

Answer 23

Maximin Grünhauser Abstberg

Eitestbacher Karthäuserhofberg

Question 24

Who owns Maximin Grünhauser Abstberg?

Answer 24

Schubert Grünhaus

Question 25

Who owns Eitestbacher Karthäuserhofberg?

Answer 25

Karthäuserhof

Question 26

What area is often referred to as the Terrassenmosel?

Answer 26

Burg Cochem (formerly the Zell bereiche) - includes the lower Mosel Valley from the village of Zell north to Koblenz - intensely steep slopes make terraced vineyards necessary...reaching gradients of 65%

Question 27

What is the dominant grape of the Obermosel and Moseltor?

Answer 27

Elbing

Question 28

Name an important einzellagen of Trittenheim.

Answer 28

Apotheke

Question 29

Name 2 important einzellagen of Piesport.

Answer 29

Goldtröpfchen | Domherr

Question 30

Name 2 important einzellagen of Brauneberg.

Answer 30

Juffer | Juffer Sonnenuhr

Question 31

Name 2 important einzellagen of Bernkastel-Kues.

Answer 31

Doctor | Lay

Question 32

Name 2 important einzellagen of Graach-an-der-Mosel.

Answer 32

Domprobst | Josephsöfer

Question 33

Name an important einzellagen of Wehlen

Answer 33

Wehlener Sonnenuhr

Question 34

Name an important einzellagen of Zeltingen.

Answer 34

Zeltinger Sonnsnuhr

Question 35

Name an important einzellagen of Ürzig.

Answer 35

Würzgarten

Question 36

Name 2 important einzellagen of Erden.

Answer 36

Prälat | Treppchen

Question 37

Name 2 important gemeinden of Ruwer.

Answer 37

Eitesbach | Mertesdorf

Question 38

Name an important einzellagen of Eitesbach.

Answer 38

Karthäuserhofberg

Question 39

Name 3 important einzellagen of Mertesdorf.

Answer 39

Abstberg Herrenberg Bruderberg

Question 40

Name 2 gemeinden of Saar.

Answer 40

Wiltingen | Saarburg

Question 41

Name an important einzellagen of Wiltingen.

Answer 41

Scharzhofberger

Question 42

Name an important einzellagen of Saarburg:

Answer 42

Rausch