Pfalz (Germany)

Question 1

The Pfalz Climate

Answer 1

Continental, one of the warmest wine growing regions in Germany. Sunny and dry

Question 2

The Pfalz Soil

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Haardt Hills

Answer 3

The Vosges Mountains become the Haardt Hills from Alsace to the Pfalz

Lies to the west, reaching heights of 500-600 meters

Question 4

Sudliche Weinstrasse

Answer 4

The most southern section of the Pfalz

Dry styles of Riesling, Weissburgunder, and Spatburgunder found here

Question 5

Mittlehaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse

Answer 5

Villages include:

Kallstadt

Ungstein

Bad Durkheim

Wachenheim

Forst

Deidesheim

Ruppertsberg

Question 6

The “3 Bs” (producers) of the Mittelhaardt

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Producers Bassermann-Jordan, von Buhl, and Burklin-Wolf

Muller-Catoir also an important producer in the Mittelhaardt

Question 7

Scheurebe

Answer 7

Has a reputation of sweet wines in the Pfalz dating back to the 1940’s.

When dry Scheurebe resembles Sauvignon Blanc

Question 8

Forst is home to the Pfalz‘s warmest and most exceptional vineyard sites such as:

Answer 8

Kirchenstuck

Jesuitengarten

Pechstein

Ungeheuer

Question 9

Pfalz Riesling

Answer 9

Among Germany’s most full bodied, wines are almost always dry due to the warm climate

Question 10

Weinstrasse

Answer 10

A road that goes through the Pfalz and into Alsace

Question 11

Schweigen (The very south of Pfalz)

Answer 11

Holds the Kammerberg Grosse Lage vineyard.

Friedrich Becker is one of Germany’s most esteemed producers of Spatburgunder here

Question 12

Other important sites of the Mittelhaardt include:

Answer 12

Konigsbacher Idig, Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten, and Kallstadter Saumagen

Question 13

DC Pfalz

Answer 13

Introduced in 2005, wines were limited to trocken examples of varieties.

Short-lived and forgotten, with no major producers adopting the designation