OW - Germany Flashcards
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What is an einzellagen?
Vineyard
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What is a walled vineyard called?
Ortsteil
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What is a monopole in German?
Alleinbesitz
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What was the influence of Napoleon in German wine?
Seizure of vineyards from the church and the Napoleonic Code of Succession
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How many different vineyard sites were in West Germany in the 1960’s?
Over 30,000 Major reason for vineyard reorganization and registration in German Wine Law of 1971
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What were the major effects of the German Wine Law of 1971?
Organizing 30,000+ vineyards into 2,600 registered vineyards with a min 5 hectares Only exception is Doctor vineyard in Bernkastel (three proprietors shrunk boundaries to 8 acres in 1984)
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What is the significance of Schloss Johannisberg?
Monastery in Rhiengau that discovered” Spatlese in 1775”
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What is Edelfaule?
Noble rot
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When was Auslese introduced?
1787 by Schloss Johannisberg
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Was the English market important for German wine?
Yes. In 19th century best wines from the Rhine were called Hock in English markets and sold often over the prices of first growth Bordeaux
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Why are German vineyards located so high up on slopes?
Demand for farmland in 1700’s pushed vineyards up slopes
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What is Muller-Thurgau?
Grape crossing created in Giesenheim in 1882 In late 1960’s displaced Silvaner to become Germany’s most planted grape Thought to be a cross between Riesling x Silvaner, but recent testing says Riesling x Madeline Royale
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What happened post-WWII in German wine?
Phylloxera, mildew, WWI, Great Depression and WWII shrunk domestic wine Focused on higher yields from crosses planted on flat land for mechanical harvesting
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What is Liebfraumilch?
Wine with 18th century origin In 1980s 60% of German wine exports had this on label Sweet, cheap, character-less wine usually from Muller Thurgau No varietal labeling and often blended from across the country
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What is the Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter?
Committee of top 200 producers, as voted on by their peers
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What are the top white grapes in Germany?
Riesling Muller Thurgau X Silvaner Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris) Weisburgunder (Pinot Blanc) Kerner X Bacchus X
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What are the top red grapes in Germany?
Spatburgunder Dornfelder X Blauer Portugeiser Trollinger Schwarzriesling (Pinot Munier)
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What are the four major German wine categories?
Deutscher Wein Landwein Qualitatswein bestimmter Anbaugebite Qualitatswein mit Pradikat
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What are the levels of QmP wine?
Determined by levels of sugar at harvest on the Oechsle scale Kabinett Spatlese (late harvest) Auslese (selection) Beerenauslese (BA - berries selection) Eiswein Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA - dry berries selection)
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What are some of the peculiarities of QmP wine?
Each anbaugebiete has its own minimum requirements for authorized grapes Winemakers can declassify their wines from a higher QmP level to a lower one
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What are the minimum alcohol levels for QmP wines?
7% (5.5% for BA, TBA and Eiswein)
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What is Amtliche Prufungsnummer (AP Number)?
Set of five sets of numbers indicating that the wine has been approved by a tasting panel. 1st set is region 2nd set is commune 3rd set is bottler’s code 4th set is unique code for the bottling 5th set is year in which the application was filed
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What is Grosses Gewachs?
Used to indicate top level dry wines from selected sites (except Mosel and Rheingau)
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What is trocken? Halbdtrocken?
Dry and off dry







