Overview

Question 1

Name the (13) Anbaugebiete

Answer 1

Ahr,

Baden,

Franken,

Hessiche-Bertrasse,

Mittelrhein,

Mosel,

Nahe,

Pfalz,

Rheingau,

Rheinhessen,

Saale-Unstrut,

Sachsen,

Württemberg

Question 2

What is the German name for vineyards?

Answer 2

Einzallagen

Question 3

What is the German name for noble rot?

Answer 3

Edelfäule

Question 4

Name the largest walled vineyard (Clos) in Germany?

Where is located and who owns the vineyard?

Answer 4

Steinberg

Rheingau

Kloster Eberback

Question 5

Define “ortsteil”

Answer 5

Similar to a district within a town; however, in this case it is a vineyard that supersedes a town name.

Examples: Schloss Vollrads (Rheingau), Schloss Johannisberg (Rheingau), Scharzhofberg (Mosel)

Question 6

What is the German name for monopole?

Answer 6

Alleinbesitz

Question 7

What is the Geisenheim institute? Where is it located? When was it established?

Answer 7

Similiar the the UC Davis of Germany

Rheingau

1872

Question 8

What is the crossing of Müller-Thurgau

Answer 8

Riesling x Madeleine Royale

Question 9

Name exceptions to the minimum vineyard size of 5ha per the German Wine Law of 1971

Answer 9

Doctor vineyard - Mosel - (shrank to 3ha) in 1984

Forster Kirchenstück - Pfalz

Forster Freundstück - Pfalz

Schloss Volrads - Rheingau

Question 10

What is the crossing of Scheurebe

Answer 10

Buckettrebe x Riesling

Question 11

What are the top two most planted red grapes in Germany?

Answer 11

Spätburgunder

Dornfelder

Question 12

What is Anbaugebiete?

Answer 12

German for wine region

Question 13

Liebfraumilch can be blended from what anbaugebiete?

Answer 13

Rheinhessen, Nahe, Rheingau, and the Pfalz

Question 14

Liebfraumilch can carry a grape name on the label (T/F)

Answer 14

False

Question 15

What is Grauburgunder?

Answer 15

Pinot Gris

Question 16

What is Weissburgunder

Answer 16

Pinot Blanc

Question 17

What is Schwarzriesling?

Answer 17

Pinot Meunier

Question 18

What is Weissherbst and where is it popular?

Answer 18

(1) A saignée rosé wine made from a single varietal and of at least QbA quality
(2) Weissherbst is locally popular in Baden

Question 19

The varietal wines in Germany must contain what % of the stated varietal?

Answer 19

85%

Question 20

Is chaptalization legal in Prädikatswein

Answer 20

No, it is illegal

Question 21

What is the minimum Alc. level allowed for Prädikatswein?

Answer 21

7% - Kabinett, Spätlese, Auslese

5.5% - Beerenauslese, TBA, Eiswein

Question 22

Per Prädikat levels what is the minimum Öchsle range

Answer 22

Kabinett: 70-85°

Spätlese: 80-95°

Auslese: 88-105°

Beerenauslese: 110-128°

Trockenbeerenauslese: 150-154°

Eiswein: 110-128°

Question 23

What are the terms goldkapsel and lange goldkapsel used for?

Answer 23

Goldkapsel and lange goldkapsel are terms used to notate higher sweetness according to must weight - generally found in the Auslese category

Note: almost exclusively used by Mosel producers

Question 24

What is the AP number?

Answer 24

(Amtliche Prüfungsnummer)

1. Region (Anbaugebiete)
2. Commune
3. Bottler’s Code
4. Unique code for bottling
5. Year in which application was filed

Question 25

Describe the terms "Classic" & "Selection"

Answer 25

Classic - harmoniously dry, 15g/l, single varietal w/ no vineyard designation, 12% Alc (11.5% Alc - Mosel) Selection - superior dry, 9g/l (12g/l for Riesling), single varietal & single vineyard, Must weight equivalent to Auslese, hand harvested at yields 60hl/ha - released Sept. 1st after harvest.

Question 26

What is the VDP

Answer 26

(1) Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter (2) Approx. 200 members (3) Founded in 1910

Question 27

Name the VDP classification from the 2012 vintage forward

Answer 27

Grosse Lage (labeled GG or Prädikat) - 50hl/ha Erste Lage (labeled as trocken, if dry) - 60hl/ha Ortswein - village (i.e. Forst) - 75hl/ha Gutswein - regional (anbaugebiet) - 75hl/ha

Question 28

Erste Lage wines released via Prädikat may be released as soon as May 1st of the year following harvest?

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Name the (6) bereich of the Mosel

Answer 29

(1) Burg Cochem (2) Bernkastel (3) Ruwertal (4) Saar (5) Moseltor (6) Obermosel

Question 30

When was the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer anbaugebiete changed to simply Mosel?

Answer 30

August 1, 2007

Question 31

What is Grosslage

Answer 31

Collection of vineyards

Question 32

Name two commonly encountered grosslagen within the Bernkastel bereich

Answer 32

Badstube (Berkastel-Kues) Michelsburg (Piesport)

Question 33

In what village is Apotheke?

Answer 33

Trittenheim in the Mosel.

Question 34

(1) Where is the Goldtröpfchen vineyard located? (2) Name two producers from this site

Answer 34

(1) Piesport (Bernkastel) (2) Reinhold Haart & Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt