Mosel/Saar/Ruwer

Question 1

Last year Mosel-Saar-Ruwer was mentioned on labels

Answer 1

2007

Question 2

Lower Mosel topography

Answer 2

Dry mesoclimate, Steepest Mosel vineyards on old terraces

Question 3

Lower Mosel soils

Answer 3

Blue Devonian and Red Slate w quartzite

Question 4

Lower Mosel viti

Answer 4

Staked vines. High production cost due to difficulty cultivating vines. 5ish ha per grower

Question 5

Bereich Bernkastel

Answer 5

Highest concentration of Einzellagen. 523 in MSR River valleys

Question 6

Saar climate

Answer 6

Cooler than Mosel, due to higher altitude, smaller river, and less presence of slate

Question 7

Saar style

Answer 7

Higher in acid

Question 8

Saar sites

Answer 8

Scharzhofberger (Egon Muller)

Question 9

Ruwer climate

Answer 9

Cooler than Mittelmosel. Gentler slopes an smaller river

Question 10

Ruwer monopoles

Answer 10

Maximin Grunhauser Abtsberg, Eitelsbacher Karthauserhofberg

Question 11

Flurbereinigung

Answer 11

Wholesale restructuring of which most of Germany’s vineyards have been subject since 50s. Improved accessibility, grading, consolidation, replanting