Mosel (Germany)

Question 1

The Mosel is divided into six bereiche (districts or subregions)

Answer 1

Bernkastel

Berg Cochem

Saar

Ruwertal

Obermosel

Moseltor

Question 2

The Bernkastel bereich

Answer 2

The largest bereich influenced by the Hunstruck Hills and the Eifel Mountains

Question 3

Soil of the Mosel

Answer 3

Dark blue Devonian slate (retains heat) and red slate

Question 4

Piesport (Bernkastel)

Answer 4

Greatest vineyard is Goldtropfchen - “droplets of gold”

Excellent terroir for Riesling and is one of the Mosel’s most pedigreed sites

Question 5

The famous Doctor Vineyard in Bernkastel-Kues

Answer 5

Reputedly the source of a miraculously curative wine in the 14th century and an exception to the 1971 German Wine Law

Question 6

Dr. Loosen

Answer 6

Provides the most compelling examples of wines in Bernkasteler Lay, Urziger Wurzgarten, and Pralat

Question 7

Erden

Answer 7

Red slate soil characterizing the great vineyards of Pralat and Treppchen. Pralat is one of the Mosel’s warmest sites

Question 8

Urziger Wurzgarten

Answer 8

Translates to the “spice garden” of Urzig

The Monchhof estate and Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben are based in Urzig

Question 9

The great alleinbesitz Josephshofer

Answer 9

In Graach, Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt owns this site

Good wines are also produced from the neighboring Domprobst

Question 10

The Saar bereich, the Saar Valley

Answer 10

Southerly location, cooler than the Mittelmosel due to its higher altitude

The marginal climate provides even higher acidity in the wines. In hotter years such as 2003 and 2005, Saar wines can be exceptional

Question 11

Scharzhofberger

Answer 11

Within Wiltingen, is one of the Mosel’s finest sites

Egon Muller is it’s greatest grower

Question 12

The Ruwertal bereich

Answer 12

Stretching from Waldrach to the village of Ruwer, where the Ruwer tributary joins the Mosel

Temperatures are cooler than Mittelmosel and make ripening difficult

Question 13

Two of the best vineyards along of Ruwer (both are monopoles)

Answer 13

Maximin Grunhauser Abtsberg (owned by the von Schubert-Grunhauser estate

Eitelsbacher Karthauserhofberg (owned by Karthauserhof)

Question 14

Terrassenmosel

Answer 14

Burg Cochem includes the lower Mosel, from the village of Zell north to Koblenz

Question 15

The vineyard of Uhlen in Winningen

Answer 15

Responsible for some of Burg Cochem’s best wines

Question 16

Elbling

Answer 16

The dominant grape in the Obermosel and Moseltor south of the Saar

Question 17

Leading producers of the Mosel

Answer 17

Fritz Haag (Brauneberg)

Dr. Loosen (Bernkastel)

Egon Muller (Wiltingen)

Joh. Jos. Prum (Wehlen)