Pfalz

Question 1

When did the name Rheinpfalz go out of use?

Answer 1

1992

Question 2

What are the Vosges Mountains called once they cross into the Pfalz?

Answer 2

The Haardt Hills

Question 3

What are the bereiche of the Pfalz?

Answer 3

Südliche Weinstrasse

Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse

Question 4

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Kallstadt

Answer 4

Saumagen (pig’s stomach): Koehler-Ruprecht

Question 5

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Ungstein

Answer 5

Herrenberg - Kanzel (pulpit), Mardelskopf, Vogelsang (singing bird): Pfeffingen, Darting

Question 6

Pfeffingen in Ungstein is famous for what grape variety?

Answer 6

Scheurebe

Question 7

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Bad Dürckheim

Answer 7

Michelsberg: Karl Schaefer

Spielberg (Play/Game Mountain): Karl Schaefer

Question 8

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Wachenheim

Answer 8

Gerümpel: Bürklin-Wolf

Question 9

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Forst

Answer 9

Kirchenstück (Churchyard): Bürklin-Wolf, Eugen Müller
Freundstück (A Place for Friends): Von Buhl, Georg Mosbacher
Pechstein (Bad Luck Stone): Bürklin-Wolf, Eugen Müller, Georg Mosbacher
Ungeheuer (Enormous): Bürklin-Wolf
Jesuitengarten: Bürklin Wolf, Basserman-Jordan

Question 10

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Deidesheim

Answer 10

Langenmorgen (Long Morning): Bürklin-Wolf, Basserman-Jordan
Hohenmorgen (High Morning): Bürklin-Wolf, Basserman-Jordan
Kieselberg (Pebble Mountain): Basserman-Jordan, von Buhl

Question 11

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Ruppertsberg

Answer 11

Reiterpfad (Horse Path): Von Buhl, Bürklin-Wolf, Basserman-Jordan, Von Winning
Gaisböhl: Bürklin-Wolf

Question 12

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Königsbach

Answer 12

Idig: A. Christmann

Question 13

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Gimmeldingen

Answer 13

Mandelgarten (almond garden): A. Christmann, Müller-Catoir

Question 14

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Haardt

Answer 14

Bürgergarten “Breumel in den Mauern” (citizen’s garden, breumel in the wall): Müller-Catoir

Question 15

Who are the “Three B’s” of the Pfalz?

Answer 15

Von Buhl (Deidesheim)
Von Basserman-Jordan (Deidesheim)
Bürklin-Wolf (Wachenheim)

Question 16

Who owns Ruppertsberger Gaisböhl?

Answer 16

Bürklin-Wolf

Question 17

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Siebeldingen

Answer 17

Im Sonnenschein (In the Sunshine) “Ganz Horn” (All Horn): Rebholz

Question 18

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Birkweiler

Answer 18

Kastanienbusch (chestnut bush): Dr. Wehrheim, Rebholz

Mandelberg: Dr. Wehrheim

Question 19

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Schweigen

Answer 19

Sonnenberg - Kammerberg (Chamber Mountain), Sankt Paul, Rädling: Friedrich Becker

Question 20

Which producer is known for Grosses Gewächs Spätburgunder from the Sonnenberg einzellage?

Answer 20

Friedrich Becker

Question 21

What is unique about Sonnenberg?

Answer 21

It extends a couple of kilometers past the German border into France. Growers with land in this “border zone” are permitted to market their wines under the German appellation Sonnenberg.

Question 22

Gemeinden of the Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse from North to South

Answer 22

Kallstadt
Ungstein
Bad Dürckheim
Wachenheim
Forst
Deidesheim
Ruppertsberg
Königsbach
Gimmeldingen
Haardt

Question 23

Gemeinden of the Südliche-Weinstrasse from North to South

Answer 23

Siebeldingen
Birkweiler
Schweigen

Question 24

Which major Pfalz producer continues to devote a significant amount of production to medium-sweet wines?

Answer 24

Müller-Catoir

Question 25

How does Bürklin-Wolf label its Grosses Gewächs wines?

Answer 25

GC (Grand Cru) rather than GG (Grosses Gewächs)

Question 26

Which region launched the Grosses Gewächs concept, and when?

Answer 26

The Pfalz, in 1996.

Question 27

Who is the current head of the national VDP?

Answer 27

Steffen Christmann, of A. Christmann.

Question 28

Oechsle for Riesling in the Pfalz

Answer 28

73, 90, 100, 120, 150

Question 29

What is the most planted red grape in the Pfalz?

Answer 29

Dornfelder (followed by Portugeiser followed by Spätburgunder)

Question 30

Who owns Bad Dürkheimer Abtsfronhof?

Answer 30

Fritz-Ritter

Question 31

Who owns Haardter Bürgergarten?

Answer 31

Muller-Catoir

Question 32

Who is the principal owner of Königsbacher Idig?

Answer 32

A. Christmann

Question 33

What town divides the Mittelhardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse and the Sudliche Weinstrasse?

Answer 33

Neustadt an der Weinstrasse

Question 34

Pfalz: Topography

Answer 34

Haardt mountain range to the west (creating east and southeast facing slopes); includes the Drachenfels peak (570M) in the heart of the Mittelhaardt.
Rhine River (less influential than in other regions)
Odenfeld forest to the east

Question 35

Pfalz: Soils

Answer 35

Unterhaardt (north of Bad Dürkheim): lighter, more permeable sandy loam and limestone
Haardt (southern Mittelhaardt): buntsandstein, muschelkalk, red marl, rotliegend, plus slate, granite, gneiss.
Basalt in Pechstein
Sudliche Weinstrasse/Oberhaardt: enduring Loam and Loess

Question 36

What changes between the Mittelhaardt and the Oberhaardt/Südpfalz?

Answer 36

The Haardt range no longer protects the vineyards from western wines, so the average temperature is two to three degrees cooler.

Question 37

What does DC stand for?

Answer 37

Districtus Controllatus - an indicator of quality in the Pfalz since 2005.
Riesling, Weissburgunder, Grauburgunder, Dornfelder, and Spatburgunder are eligible, as long as the wines are dry and have a minimum alcohol of 12%.

Question 38

What is Rotliegend?

Answer 38

A sequence of rock strata mainly consisting of sandstone layers.