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1
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What mountain range sits to the north

A

Taunus range

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2
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What does the Taunus range protect from

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bitter northern winds, improved drainage

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3
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Is the Rheingau one of the warmest or coolest zone in Euopre

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Rhien-Main is one of the warmest and driest

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4
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How many annual hours of sunshine in the Rheingau

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1600

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5
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Average rain in Rheingau

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582 ml

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6
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what two towns flank the Rheingau

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Lorchhausen (W)
Hochheim (E)

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7
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Erste Gewach logo comes from what

A

balcony of Graue Hauss Hotel in Winkel

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8
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What is the plantings in the Rheingau and how much are RSL

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3010, 80% is RSL

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9
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What is the ancestral place to Spatburgunder

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Assmannshausen

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10
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What soil is normally found in the Upper Rheingau

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Sedimentary marl, gravel, sand, loam and clay

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11
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What soil is normally found in the Lower Rheingau

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Rheinland Slate mountains

Deep layers of devonian sandstone, quartzite, shale

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12
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What is the Charta Association

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-Founded in 1984 in response to the 1971 law in order to better define vineyard borders and provide reliable quality criteria for vintners and consumers
-One goal was to resurrect the dry RSLs lost in the 1970s/80s
-Marked with roman arches on the label

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13
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What is the steepness of the Central Rheingau

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75m-300m

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14
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Where is RSL said to be first grown

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Central Rheingau

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15
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Where are most of the vineyards in the Rheingau

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Central Rheingau

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16
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Soil in Central Rheingau

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mixed slate, quartz, sandstone

17
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What village maintains the steepest slopes

A

Rudesheim

18
Q

whats cool about Kiedrich

A

-central vineyards
-cistercian founded in 1136
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19
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What is cool about Erbach

A

-central vineyards
-cistercian founded
-was the leader in innovation in winemaking back in the day
-Created the term Kabinet to indicate high quality wine

20
Q

What is Hattemheim Pfaffenberg

A

monopole vineyard of Schloss Schonborn

21
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What is cool about Johannisberg

A

-central vineyards
-benedictine founded in early 12th cen
-1775 created botrytis wines
-creataed spatlese & auslese

22
Q

Eastern Rheingau is centered around what

A

Hoccheim
Holle Vineyard is best

23
Q

What is the best vineyard in Assmannshausen

A

Hollenberg

24
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What is the most western town in Rheingau

A

Assmannshousen

25
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What is the soil in Assmannshausen

A

slate

26
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Rheingau’s steepest slope and Grosse Lage site (VDP)

A

Rudesheimer Berg Schlossberg

27
Q

How big is a Stuck in Rheingau

A

1200L

28
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Where is August Kesseler located

A

Assmanshausen

29
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the northern bank of the Rhine has a steep___ facing aspect

A

south

30
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The Rhine river flows from Switzerland north to this sea

A

North Sea

31
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Major producers of Rheingau

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Robert Weil (Kiedrich)
Georg Breuer (Rudesheim)
Schloss Johannisberg (Geisenheim)
August Kesseler (Assmanshausen)
Franz Kunstler (Hochheim)
Joseph Leitz (Rudesheim)
Schloss Schonborn (Hattenheim)
Josef Spreitzer (Oestrich)

32
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Name of the island on the Rhine river between Hattenheim and Erbach Where the Rheingarten and Rhinehell vineyard are located

A

Marianneaue

33
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Exceptional vineyard just North of Geisenheim (Rheingau)

A

Rotenberg

34
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Exceptional vineyard just north of town of Oestrich (Rheingau)

A

Doosberg

35
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Exceptional vineyards surrounding town of Hallgarten in Rheingau on both sides

A

Wurzgarten

36
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In what year were All of the Church’s vineyard holdings were secularized in Rheingau

A

1803

37
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When was Geisenheim founded

A

1872

38
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Where is Maingau

A

Maingau is not on the Rhine, but instead on the Main river, where conditions are warmer, and soils are more loess, loam and marl based. The town of Hochheim am Main is here, the reason for the English term “Hock”

39
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Bottles in Rheingau are called what

A

Rheingauer Flote

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