Pfalz

Question 1

The Pfalz is a natural continuation of what region in France?

Answer 1

Alsace

Question 2

What is the climate like in the Pfalz?

Answer 2

Warm and sunny

Question 3

What are the Vosges Mountains referred to in the Pfalz?

Answer 3

The Haardt hills.

Barely over 500-600m on the German side

Question 4

What does Südliche Weinstrasse mean?

Answer 4

Southern Pfalz

Question 5

What producers helped make a name for the Southern Pfalz’s quality? By when?

Answer 5

Becker
Ökonomierat (Hans-jörg) Rebholz
Dr. Wehrheim

by mid 2000s

Question 6

Historically, where do the best vineyards lie and on what aspect?

Answer 6

In the Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse
(Northern Pfalz)
East facing slopes of the Haardt hills

Question 7

Premier wine villages of Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse

Answer 7

Kallstadt
Ungstein
Bad Dürkheim
Wachenheim
Forst
Deidesheim
Ruppertsberg

N to S

Question 8

What and where is the Pfalz’s warmest and most exceptional vineyard site?

Answer 8

Grosse Lage Kirchenstück, in the village Forst

Question 9

Most recognized producers in Mittelhaardt

Answer 9

the “3 Bs” + MC

-Bassermann-Jordan,
-von Buhl
-Bürklin-Wolf
+
Müller-Catoir

Question 10

Soil types in Pfalz

Answer 10

red sandstone, calcium-based limestone, loess, red slate, basalt, igneous granite and alluvial gravel

Question 11

Why is there such variation of quality among vineyard sites even if they are close in proximity?

Answer 11

Varied soil types in Pfalz

Question 12

What is Palatinate

Answer 12

The Pfalz, to English speakers

Question 13

Other grapes of up and coming importance in the Pfalz

Answer 13

Pinot varieties
Scheurebe for sweet wines (since 40s)
Sauvignon Blanc
Sangiovese (it’s warm!!)

Question 14

Minimum Prädikat Ripeness for Riesling and Müller Thurgau

Answer 14

Kabinett       73°	
Spätlese      90°	
Auslese       100°	
BA/Eiswein  120°	
TBA              150°

Question 15

Important Einzellagen in Forst

Answer 15

Kirchenstück !!!
Freundstück
Pechstein
Ungeheuer
Jesuitengarten

Question 16

Important Einzellagen in Kallstadt

Answer 16

Saumagen

Question 17

Important Einzellagen in Deidesheim

Answer 17

Langenmorgen, Hohenmorgen, Kieselberg

Question 18

Important Einzellagen in Ruppertsberg

Answer 18

Reiterpfad, Gaisböhl (Bürklin-Wolf monopole)

Question 19

Important Einzellagen in Königsbach

Answer 19

Idig

Question 20

Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen in Südliche-Weinstrasse

Answer 20

Siebeldingen: Im Sonnenschein
Birkweiler: Kastanienbusch
Schweigen: Kammerberg

Question 21

Two bereichen of Pfalz

Answer 21

Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse

Südliche Weinstrasse

Question 22

Until when was the Pfalz known as the Rheinpfalz

Answer 22

1992

Question 23

Where does the Pfalz fall in terms of production among the anbaugebiete?

Answer 23

2nd, after Rheinhessen

nearly a quarter of Germany’s vines

Worlds largest acreage of Riesling

Question 24

What grapes follow Riesling in terms of sheer quantities?

Answer 24

Dornfelder
Müller-Thurgau
Portugieser

Question 25

What grapes are authorized for VDP Grosse Lage bottlings in the Pfalz?

Answer 25

Riesling Spätburgunder Weissburgunder

Question 26

Where does the name weinstrasse come from in the bereichen of the Pfalz?

Answer 26

"Wine route" road opened in 1935 to link picturesque villages and boost tourism

Question 27

Where does the Mittelhaardt begin/end?

Answer 27

about 20 kilometers south of Worms, until about Neustadt

Question 28

Where does Südliche begin/end?

Answer 28

just south of Neustadt, through Schweigen at Alsation border

Question 29

What famous wine region is the Mittelhaardt reminiscent of?

Answer 29

Côte d'Or small medieval villages, crowned by church steeples

Question 30

Where do the best vineyards sit in the Mittelhaardt?

Answer 30

Mid-slope on the plain below the Haardt hills, eastern facing

Question 31

What forest lines the haardt hills

Answer 31

Palatinate Forest

Question 32

What three Grosse Lage vineyards in Deidesheim and Forst are under 5 ha, maintaining their tiny boundaries despite the Flurbereinigung campaign and 1971 wine law?

Answer 32

Deidesheimer Hohenmorgen (high morning) Forster Freundstück (friend parcel) Forster Kirchenstück - 3.7 ha (church parcel)

Question 33

What is the finest site north of Forst?

Answer 33

Kallstadter Saumagen (Pig's stomach) amphitheater- like suntrap

Question 34

How many producers make Kirchenstück?

Answer 34

8 | (only vineyard were the "3Bs" all make wine

Question 35

What producer single-handedly manufactured the reputation of Saumagen?

Answer 35

Koehler-Ruprecht

Question 36

What producer in the village of Haardt is known for proving classically sweet wines have their place in the Pfalz?

Answer 36

Müller-Catoir | Riesling, scheurebe, Rieslaner

Question 37

What producer in the Pfalz is criticized for adding new barriques and tonneaux to a riesling cellar?

Answer 37

Weingut von Winning

Question 38

What two vineyards in the Südliche Weinstrasse are home to some of Germany's best examples of Weissburguner and Spätburgunder

Answer 38

im Sonnenschein - Siebelding | Kammerberg - Schweig

Question 39

Are the exposures typically steeper in Northern of Southern Pfalz?

Answer 39

Southern

Question 40

What is DC Pfalz?

Answer 40

- Introduced by growers in the Pfalz in 2005 - Modeled off Austrian DAC - Trocken only - Riesling, Grauburgunder, Weissburgunder, Spätburgunder, Dornfelder -Short lived and forgotten! no major producers adopted designation