Rheinhessen Region Flashcards

1
Q

Name Germany largest wine region?

A

Rheinhessen

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2
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Decribe the Rheinterrasse boundary and the most prestigious sector

A

The Rheinterrasse stretches from Bodenheim southward through the winemaking towns of Nierstein and Oppenheim, terminating near Mettenheim. Its most prestigious sector is a slope of red clay and slate spanning 180 ha between Nierstein and Nackenheim, the Roter Hang

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3
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Which Aunbagebiete produces more Silvaner in Germany?

A

the Rheinhessen has a more acreage devoted to Silvaner than any other winegrowing region in the world, including Franken.

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4
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What is the Message in a Bottle and name two famous producers in the association

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Both Keller and Wittmann belong to “Message in a Bottle,” an association of over two dozen young and dynamic winemakers in Rheinhessen committed to raising quality throughout the region.

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5
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Why the Rheinhessen the warmest aunbagebiete in Germany?

A

because protected from cold winds by the Bergland of northern Pfalz, by the Hunsrück and Taunus Hills and by the Odenwald forest

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6
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How the Rheinhessen also known?

A

Upper Rhine lowlands

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7
Q

where the name of Liebfraumilch was first used?

A

(Our Lady’s milk)

Worms (Liebfrau Monastery)

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8
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how the Pfälzer forest also known?

A

Donnersberg

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9
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Rheinhessen has been divided into three Bereiche, name them

A

Bingen

Nierstein

Wonnegau

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10
Q

Name the Major Villages in

(Nierstein/Rheinterrasse, north to south):

A

Bodenheim,

Nackenheim,

Nierstein,

Oppenheim,

Dienheim

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11
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Name the Major Villages in (Bingen):

A

Siefersheim,

Bingen,

Appenheim

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12
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Name the Major Villages in (Wonnegau):

A

Westhofen,

Flörsheim-Dalsheim,

Dittelsheim,

Monsheim,

Worms

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13
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Name the Region Leading Producers:

A

Keller (Flörsheim-Dalsheim),

Kühling-Gillot (Bodenheim),

Wagner-Stempel (Siefersheim),

Wittman (Westhofen),

Gunderloch (Nackenheim)

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14
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What is the climate in the region?

A

Continental

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15
Q

Which gemeinde the following einzellage are located? (Exceptional)

Scharlachberg

A

Bingen

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16
Q

Which gemeinde the following einzellage are located? (Exceptional)

Bürgel

Hubacker

A

Flörsheim-Dalsheim

(Hubacker alleinbesitz of Weingut Keller)

17
Q

Which gemeinde the following einzellage are located? (Exceptional)

Rothenberg

A

Nackenheim

18
Q

Which gemeinde the following einzellage are located? (Exceptional)

Pettenthal

Hipping

Glöck

Öelberg

Orbel

A

Nierstein

(Glöck alleinbesitz of Domäne Oppenheim)

19
Q

Which gemeinde the following einzellage are located? (Exceptional)

Kirchspiel

A

Westhofen

20
Q

Which gemeinde the following einzellage are located? (Superior)

Liebfrauenstift-Kirchenstück

A

Worms

21
Q

Which gemeinde the following einzellage are located? (Superior)

Falkenberg

A

Dienheim

22
Q

Which gemeinde the following einzellage are located? (Superior)

Pares

A

Ingelheim

23
Q

Which gemeinde the following einzellage are located? (Superior)

Brudersberg

Heilingenbau

A

Nierstein

(Brudersberg alleinbesitz of St. Antony)

24
Q

Which gemeinde the following einzellage are located? (Superior)

Herrenberg

Kreuz

Sackträger

A

Oppenheim

25
Q

Which gemeinde the following einzellage are located? (Superior)

Aulerde

Brunnenhäuschen

Morstein

A

Westhofen

26
Q

where the following producers are located? and name their top site

Keller

A

Flörsheim-Dalsheim

Riesling, “G-Max” (Inaugural Vintages: 2001)

. The young vines

are not used for the GG wines, but employed to make a second wine, Riesling von der Fels–“from the rocks.”

27
Q

where the following producers are located? and name their top site

Kühling-Gillot

A

Bodenheim (near Nierstein)

28
Q

where the following producers are located? and name their top site

Wagner-Stempel

A

Siefersheim

Grossen Lage, Riesling, Heerkretz, GG

Grossen Lage, Riesling, Höllberg, GG

Gutswein, Riesling, Porphyr (a blend of young vines from Heerkretz and Höllberg)

29
Q

where the following producers are located? and name their top site

Wittman

A

Westhofen in the Wonnegau

(biodynamic estate in 2004)

Westhofener Aulerde: 6 ha

Westhofener Kirchspiel: 3 ha

Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen: 0.5 ha

Westhofener Morstein: 4

30
Q

where the following producers are located? and name their top site

Gunderloch

A

(Nackenheim) Nierstein

Gunderloch’s Nackenheimer Rothenberg TBA Riesling has been awarded 100 points by Wine Spectator three times, for the 1992, 1996, and 2001 vintages.

Niersteiner Pettenthal: 3 ha

Niersteiner Hipping: 2 ha

Niersteiner Englesberg: 1 ha

Niersteiner Oelberg: 1 ha

31
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where the following producers are located? and name their top site

A