Tune Up #1 pt. 3

Question 1

Gumpoldskirchen is a village in the Thermenregion that is well known for which grapes?

Answer 1

Rotgipfler||-Only in the Thermenregion can appropriate growing conditions with respect to climate and soil be found. Warm south-facing vineyard sites with good calcareous-based soils are necessary, otherwise shoot growth diminishes significantly.||-Traminer x Roter Veltliner

Question 2

Zierfandler is traditionally blended with what grape, and vinified as ‘Spätrot-Rotgipfler’?

Answer 2

Rotgipfler||-either as a blend of the two varieties after fermentation, or if planted together in the vineyard, as a co-ferment

Question 3

What grape is traditionally blended with Rotgipfler, and vinified as ‘Spätrot-Rotgipfler’?

Answer 3

Zierfandler||-either as a blend of the two varieties after fermentation, or if planted together in the vineyard, as a co-ferment||-a rarity of the Thermenregion and grown almost exclusively there.

Question 4

Rotgipfler is a cross of which two grapes?

Answer 4

Roter Veltliner x Savagnin

Question 5

What grape is a cross of Roter Veltliner x Savagnin?

Answer 5

Rotgipfler||-With strict yield control, the wine shows a high extract content, pleasant acidity and a fine bouquet. It tends to age slowly and is mostly produced as a single-varietal wine, but also blended with the variety Zierfandler.

Question 6

Where in Austria are the best expressions of Sauvignon Blanc?

Answer 6

Südsteiermark DAC

Question 7

Scheurebe is a crossing of what grapes?

Answer 7

Riesling x Bukettraube||-Between 1999 and 2015, the variety’s total vineyard surface in Austria dropped, therefore, its importance is in decline.

Question 8

What grape is a crossing of Riesling x Bukettraube?

Answer 8

Scheurebe||-Bred by Georg Scheu as a “Sämling”, or seedling, from Riesling and Bukettraube at the Landesanstalt für Rebenzüchtung in Alzey. Scheu numbered all of his young plants consecutively, and this particular one was Seedling Number 88 - thus the name Sämling 88

Question 9

Where is Sämling 88 (Scheurebe) most often planted in Austria?

Answer 9

Burgenland||-At Lake Neusiedl, TBA, Strohwein and Schilfwein styles are vinified.

Question 10

What are the 3 Traminer grapes used in Austria?

Answer 10

Roter Traminer|Gelber Traminer |Gewürztraminer||-if a producer just puts Traminer on the label it is likely Gewürztraminer.

Question 11

If an Austrian producer just puts Traminer on the label it is likely what grape?

Answer 11

Gewürztraminer

Question 12

Other than Gewürztraminer, what other “Traminer” grapes are widely planted in Austria?

Answer 12

Roter Traminer|Gelber Traminer ||-Vulkanland is particularly well-known for Traminer

Question 13

Which region in Austria is particularly well-suited to the “Traminer” grapes?

Answer 13

Vulkanland Steiermark DAC||*|Roter Traminer|Gelber Traminer |Gewürztraminer||-if a producer just puts Traminer on the label it is likely Gewürztraminer.||-Overall, however, the variety’s representation in vineyards is decreasing.

Question 14

Weissburgunder is an important grape in which two Austrian regions?

Answer 14

Vulkanland Steiermark DAC|Leithaberg DAC||-Prieler has 70 year old vines

Question 15

Which producer is famous for their 70 year old Pinot Blanc vines in the Leithaberg DAC?

Answer 15

Prieler

Question 16

Which grape dominates a lot of Buschenschank wine lists around Vienna?

Answer 16

Welschriesling

Question 17

Why is Welschriesling the favorite grape of many Austrian TBA producers?

Answer 17

Small berries|Thin skins||-grapes are very good for production of sparkling wine, but also excellent for Prädikatwein||-requires early-warming sites and soils with an ample supply of magnesium

Question 18

Zierfandler is sometimes known by what name and why?

Answer 18

Spätrot|-“rot”-> red |-the berries take on a reddish hue when fully ripe.

Question 19

Between Zierfandler and Rotgipfler, which grape ripens later?

Answer 19

Zierfandler ripens two weeks later than Rotgipfler.||-Zierfandler is suceptible to botrytis

Question 20

Why was Blauburger created by Professor Fritz Zweigelt?

Answer 20

So producers in traditionally white wine regions, could make red wine.||-made for regions that had problems ripening red grapes.

Question 21

Which red grape was created by Professor Fritz Zweigelt so producers in traditionally white wine regions, could make red wine?

Answer 21

Blauburger||-made for regions that had problems ripening red grapes.

Question 22

The Blauer Portugieser, as its name suggests, originates from Portugal where it is identical with what grape?

Answer 22

Português Azul||-brought to Vöslau in the Thermenregion in 1770 by the Baron of Fries

Question 23

Português Azul is known by what name in Austria?

Answer 23

Blauer Portugieser||-brought to Vöslau in the Thermenregion in 1770 by the Baron of Fries

Question 24

The Blauer Portugieser grape is important in which Austrian regions?

Answer 24

Thermenregion|northwestern Weinviertel||-susceptibility to winter frost, Botrytis, oidium and peronospora make production difficult.

Question 25

Blauer Zimmettraube and Weißer Heunisch were naturally crossed to make which grape?

Answer 25

Blaufränkisch||-previously widely-planted throughout the Habsburg Monachy, and is the most important variety in Mittelburgenland.

Question 26

Blaufränkisch is a cross of which two grapes?

Answer 26

Blauer Zimmettraube|Weißer Heunisch

Question 27

Blaufränkisch has been used as a crossing partner for which 4 prominent Austrian grapes?

Answer 27

Zweigelt|Blauburger|Roesler|Rathay

Question 28

Which Austrian region is also known as “Blaufränkischland”?

Answer 28

Mittelburgenland

Question 29

What is the most important grape in Eisenberg, Mittelburgenland, and Leithaberg?

Answer 29

Blaufränkisch

Question 30

Blaufränkisch is required to be the focus of red wines for which Burgenland regions?

Answer 30

Eisenberg DAC|Leithaberg DAC|Mittelburgenland DAC||*|Neusiedlersee DAC - Zweigelt |Rosalia DAC - Zweigelt/Blaufränkisch

Question 31

Which region in Burgenland is known to produce the fullest bodied and dark styles of Blaufränkisch?

Answer 31

Mittelburgenland||-Moric|-Leithaberg DAC and Carnuntum DAC are known for much lighter more elegant styles.

Question 32

Who makes the “Spitzerberg” Blaufränkisch from the Carnuntum DAC?

Answer 32

Dorli Muhr||-Spitzerberg comes from a single, old vine Blaufränkisch vineyard||-where Dirk Niepoort is involved, the emphasis is on elegance rather than power.

Question 33

What is the name of Dorli Muhr’s top Blaufränkisch?

Answer 33

Spitzerberg||-Carnuntum||-Spitzerberg comes from a single, old vine Blaufränkisch vineyard||-a wine where Dirk Niepoort is involved, the emphasis is on elegance rather than power

Question 34

What are the two synonyms for Pinot Noir used in Austria?

Answer 34

Blauburgunder|Blauer Spätburgunder

Question 35

Blauburgunder is the Austrian name for which grape?

Answer 35

Pinot Noir

Question 36

Why was the Roesler grape made and where is it mostly planted?

Answer 36

-high resistance against fungal diseases ||-develops very dark color so it is good for Austrian blends||*Traisental DAC

Question 37

What is the name of the grape that was created in 1970 for its high resistance against fungal disease and dark color and is mostly planted in the Traisental DAC?

Answer 37

Roesler||-New breed from Blauer Zweigelt x Klosterneuburg 1189-9-77 (= Seyve Villard 18-402 x Blaufränkisch)

Question 38

Tattendorf is a village in which region that is known for having the oldest vines of St. Laurent?

Answer 38

Thermenregion||-Its growth increased noticeably between 1999 and 2015||-planted in the 50’s

Question 39

What is the name of the village in the Thermenregion that is famous for having the oldest vines of St. Laurent?

Answer 39

Tattendorf||-Its growth increased noticeably between 1999 and 2015||-planted in the 50’s

Question 40

How did the St. Laurent grape get its name?

Answer 40

St. Laurent was named after St. Lawrence’s Day - August 10th - the day when the grapes begin to change color.

Question 41

The village of Tattendorf in the Thermenregion is famous for having the oldest vines of which grape?

Answer 41

St. Laurent||-1950’s

Question 42

Which Austrian grape variety belongs to the Pinot family, and is commonly planted in the Thermenregion?

Answer 42

St. Laurent||-never develops high sugar or alcohol.

Question 43

Why is Brettanomyces a common problem for the St. Laurent grape?

Answer 43

It naturally has a high pH.

Question 44

What is the name of the non-vinifera hybrid that is popular in the Eisenberg DAC for sparkling wine?

Answer 44

Uhudler||-not just one grape, but refers to any ungrafted (American) vine.||-can be made from Concord, Delaware, Elvira und Ripatella||-Because of the enormous aggravation of the Austrian wine law due to the wine scandals of the middle of the 1980s, Uhudler was forbidden. This situation continued up to the beginning of the 1990s. During this time thousand of litres of Uhudler (particularly in Südburgenland) were destroyed by wine cellar supervisors.

Question 45

What Austrian name refers to any ungrafted (American) vine and is popular in the Eisenberg DAC for sparkling wine?

Answer 45

Uhudler||-can be made from Concord, Delaware, Elvira und Ripatella||-Because of the enormous aggravation of the Austrian wine law due to the wine scandals of the middle of the 1980s, Uhudler was forbidden. This situation continued up to the beginning of the 1990s. During this time thousand of litres of Uhudler (particularly in Südburgenland) were destroyed by wine cellar supervisors.

Question 46

Why is Zweigelt much easier to grow compared to other grapes?

Answer 46

Ripens easily & early|Not susceptible to disease or frost|Generous yields||-The wine spectrum ranges from young-drinking, non-wood-matured versions to strong, firm wines from the barrique.

Question 47

Which 5 regions of the Niederösterreich have a lot in common in terms of preferred grapes?

Answer 47

Wachau|Kremstal DAC|Kamptal DAC|Traisental DAC|Wagram||-They all excel with GV & Riesling

Question 48

What are the two most important villages in the Thermenregion?

Answer 48

Gumpoldskirchen - Rotgipfler & Zierfandler plantings||Tattendorf - oldest vines of St. Laurent

Question 49

What are the two basic soil types found in the western Niederösterreich region?

Answer 49

-Thin soils over primary rock like granite and gniess||-Loess (wind-driven sand)||*The wind comes from the Alps which is why loess tends to build up on the eastern sides of the hills.

Question 50

Why does loess tend to build up on the eastern sides of the hills in the western Niederösterreich regions?

Answer 50

The wind comes from the Alps which is why loess tends to build up on the eastern sides of the hills.

Question 51

What are the two most important reasons as to why Riesling is well suited to the top of hills in the western Niederösterreich regions of Austria?

Answer 51

Needs less water|Does not need a lot of topsoil

Question 52

Between Wachau, Kremstal, and Kamptal, which region has significantly less loess soil than the others?

Answer 52

Wachau

Question 53

From 1995 to 2007 Austria’s Donauland wine-growing area was comprised of what two sub-areas?

Answer 53

Wagram north of the Danube river||Klosterneuburg south of the Danube||-in order to avoid a splintering of the Austrian wine landscape, the decision to change the name of the entire area from Donauland to Wagram was made.

Question 54

When was Austria’s Donauland wine-growing area comprised of two sub-areas: Wagram north of the Danube river, and Klosterneuburg south of the Danube?

Answer 54

1995 to 2007||-in order to avoid a splintering of the Austrian wine landscape, the decision to change the name of the entire area from Donauland to Wagram was made.

Question 55

Which two regions in Niederösterreich are best known for their red wines?

Answer 55

Carnuntum DAC|Thermenregion

Question 56

Which DAC in Niederösterreich may only produce Grüner Veltliner?

Answer 56

Weinviertel DAC

Question 57

What is the name of the Austrian grower association that launched the vineyard classification program for Kamptal, Kremstal, Traisental, and Wagram?

Answer 57

Österreichischen Traditionsweingüter||-eventually added Carnuntum & Wein

Question 58

Which regions of Niederösterreich by law can only produce GV or Riesing?

Answer 58

Kremstal DAC|Kamptal DAC|Traisental DAC

Question 59

Why is the Carnuntum region cooler than the regions of Burgenland?

Answer 59

Cooling influence from the Weinviertel hills||-same sunlight hours as Burgenland

Question 60

What is Rubin Carnuntum?

Answer 60

A red wine created by a group of 25 producers in 1992 when Carnuntum became its own region.||-started as a blend or varietal Zweigelt and Blaufränkisch, but now it must be only Zweigelt||Requirements for participation are the attainment of a minimum must weight of 18° KMW (around 88° Oechsele) or a minimum alcohol of 12.5% - and passing the scrutiny of an annual tasting panel.||Rubin Carnuntum wines are presented with the region’s symbol, the Heidentor, on the capsule.

Question 61

What is the only grape that may be used for the production of Rubin Carnuntum?

Answer 61

Zweigelt||-thrives in the favourable microclimate of the Leitha Range and the Danube meadows.||-Rubin Carnuntum wines are presented with the region’s symbol, the Heidentor, on the capsule.

Question 62

What are the four most important requirements for making a Rubin Carnuntum wine?

Answer 62

-100% Zweigelt|-minimum must weight of 18° KMW|-minimum alcohol of 12.5%|-annual tasting panel

Question 63

What is the name of the Zweigelt wine from Carnuntum where producers must obtain 18° KMW,12.5% abv, and approval from a tasting panel?

Answer 63

Rubin Carnuntum||-started as a blend or varietal Zweigelt and Blaufränkisch, but now it must be only Zweigelt||-Rubin Carnuntum wines are presented with the region’s symbol, the Heidentor, on the capsule.

Question 64

Name some of the major villages of Carnuntum DAC.

Answer 64

Göttlesbrunn|Arbesthal|Höflein|Petronell|Prellenkirchen

Question 65

The region of Carnuntum extends east of Vienna to Austria’s border with what country?

Answer 65

Slovakia

Question 66

The Leitha Range, Arbesthal Hill Country and the Hainburger Mountains influence which Austrian region?

Answer 66

Carnuntum||-Heavy soils of loam and loess with sandy-gravelly layers offer optimum conditions, especially for the red varieties.

Question 67

The Leitha Range is just to the south of which Austrian region?

Answer 67

Carnuntum||-Heavy soils of loam and loess with sandy-gravelly layers offer optimum conditions, especially for the red varieties.

Question 68

Which hill/vineyard is well known for some of the best Blaufränkisch in the Carnuntum DAC?

Answer 68

Spitzerberg||-even though Zweigelt is more common in the region||-located in the village of Prellenkirchen||-The Spitzerberg is an old vineyard site, one which has excited much attention once more in the past ten years. The mountain lies like a cliff before the Brucker Pforte, so directly in the path of the dry and hot air masses from out of the southeast, which gives it a unique microclimate, and above all stimulates the late-ripening variety Blaufränkisch to a very unique expression.

Question 69

Why is the Spitzerberg hill/vineyard well suited to Blaufränkisch when most of the Carnuntum DAC is planted to Zweigelt?

Answer 69

The Spitzerberg is an old vineyard site, which lies like a cliff before the Brucker Pforte, so directly in the path of the dry and hot air masses from out of the southeast, which gives it a unique microclimate, and above all stimulates the late-ripening variety Blaufränkisch.||-The vines continue to thrive on loose sediments, sand, granite gneiss and mica schist. This unique Blaufränkisch terroir, completely absent of loam, is found nowhere else in Austria.||-located in the village of Prellenkirchen

Question 70

Which term indicates a “regional” wine in the Carnuntum DAC?

Answer 70

Gebietswein

Question 71

Which term indicates a “village” wine in the Carnuntum DAC?

Answer 71

Ortswein

Question 72

Which term indicates a “single-vineyard” wine in the Carnuntum DAC?

Answer 72

Riedenwein

Question 73

What does the term “Riedenwein” indicate on a wine from Carnuntum DAC?

Answer 73

single-vineyard

Question 74

What does the term “Ortswein” indicate on a wine from Carnuntum DAC?

Answer 74

village wine

Question 75

What does the term “Gebietswein” indicate on a wine from Carnuntum DAC?

Answer 75

regional wine

Question 76

The Spitzerberg hill/vineyard is located within which village in the Carnuntum DAC?

Answer 76

Prellenkirchen

Question 77

Which white grapes are permitted single-variety wines in the Carnuntum DAC?

Answer 77

Grüner Veltliner|Weissburgunder|Chardonnay||-Blending:|Single variety wines contain only the varieties listed above|Blends contain at least 66% listed varieties with Qualitätswein varieties making up the balance

Question 78

Which red grapes are permitted single-variety wines in the Carnuntum DAC?

Answer 78

Zweigelt|Blaufränkisch||-Blending:|Single variety wines contain only the varieties listed above|Blends contain at least 66% listed varieties with Qualitätswein varieties making up the balance

Question 79

If a wine from the Carnuntum DAC is a single-variety wine it must contain only the grapes stated by the DAC, but what is the rule for blends from Carnuntum DAC?

Answer 79

Blends contain at least 66% listed varieties with Qualitätswein varieties making up the balance

Question 80

What is the “Pyramid of Origin” that exists in the Carnuntum DAC?

Answer 80

Gebietswein (regional wine)|Ortswein (village wine)|Riedenwein (single-vineyard wine)

Question 81

When was the Carnuntum DAC established?

Answer 81

2019

Question 82

Which village in the Wachau is known to be the coolest?

Answer 82

Spitz

Question 83

Which village in the Wachau is known to be the warmest?

Answer 83

Mautern

Question 84

Which Austrian is credited with developing the principles of biodynamic agriculture?

Answer 84

Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925)||- an Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, economist, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant.||-In 1924, a group of farmers concerned about the future of agriculture requested Steiner’s help. Steiner responded with a lecture series on an ecological and sustainable approach to agriculture that increased soil fertility without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Steiner’s agricultural ideas promptly spread and were put into practice internationally and biodynamic agriculture is now practiced in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia.

Question 85

Biodynamic wine production uses organic farming methods while also employing soil supplements prepared according to who’s formulas?

Answer 85

Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925)||- an Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, economist, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant.||-In 1924, a group of farmers concerned about the future of agriculture requested Steiner’s help. Steiner responded with a lecture series on an ecological and sustainable approach to agriculture that increased soil fertility without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Steiner’s agricultural ideas promptly spread and were put into practice internationally and biodynamic agriculture is now practiced in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia.

Question 86

When did a group of Austrian farmers concerned about the future of agriculture request Rudolf Steiner’s help?

Answer 86

1924||-an Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, economist, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant.||-In 1924, a group of farmers concerned about the future of agriculture requested Steiner’s help. Steiner responded with a lecture series on an ecological and sustainable approach to agriculture that increased soil fertility without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Steiner’s agricultural ideas promptly spread and were put into practice internationally and biodynamic agriculture is now practiced in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia.

Question 87

Rudolf Steiner made what contribution to agriculture?

Answer 87

Developed the principles of biodynamic agriculture.

Question 88

Who was the longstanding head of the Austrian Wine Marketing Board from 2007 to 2019 and helped lead Austria out of the shadow of the scandal that blighted it in the late ’80s?

Answer 88

Willi Klinger

Question 89

What role did Willi Klinger play in leading Austria out of the shadow of the scandal that blighted it in the late ’80s?

Answer 89

He was the longstanding head of the Austrian Wine Marketing Board from 2007 to 2019.

Question 90

Where in Austria is “Morillon” the preferred name for Chardonnay?

Answer 90

Styria

Question 91

What is the synonym for Chardonnay used in Styria?

Answer 91

Morillon

Question 92

What is the name of the most important grower organization in Steiermark?

Answer 92

STK||-Steirische Terroir & Klassik

Question 93

Which term is often used to indicate a single vineyard on a bottle of Austrian wine?

Answer 93

Ried

Question 94

What was the first vintage of Weinviertel DAC Reserve wines?

Answer 94

2009

Question 95

Which regions in Niederösterreich are allowed to produce “Reserve” wines?

Answer 95

Kremstal DAC|Kamptal DAC|Traisental DAC|Weinviertel DAC||-the only DAC of Niederösterreich not permitted is Carnuntum DAC

Question 96

What are the only DACs of Niederösterreich that do not permit a “Reserve” style?

Answer 96

Carnuntum DAC|Wachau DAC

Question 97

Which DAC of Niederösterreich is only allowed to produce Grüner Veltliner?

Answer 97

Weinviertel DAC

Question 98

List the DAC of Niederösterreich in the order in which the DAC were established.

Answer 98

Weinviertel DAC (2002)|Traisental DAC (2006)|Kremstal DAC (2007)|Kamptal DAC (2008)|Carnuntum DAC (2019)|Wachau DAC (2020)

Question 99

When was the Weinviertel DAC established?

Answer 99

2002||-first DAC

Question 100

When was the Traisental DAC established?

Answer 100

2006

Question 101

When was the Kremstal DAC established?

Answer 101

2007

Question 102

When was the Kamptal DAC established?

Answer 102

2008

Question 103

What was the most recent Austrian DAC established?

Answer 103

Carnuntum DAC (2019)

Question 104

What are the 2 regions of Niederösterreich that do not have a DAC?

Answer 104

Thermenregion|Wagram

Question 105

Carnuntum and Thermenregion are both located within which Austrian main climate zone?

Answer 105

Pannonian Area

Question 106

Which regions of Niederösterreich are located in the Pannonian Area climate zone?

Answer 106

Carnuntum|Thermenregion

Question 107

What type of Austrian wine is made with grapes dried on reeds?

Answer 107

schilfwein

Question 108

What type of Austrian wine is made with grapes dried on straw?

Answer 108

strohwein

Question 109

From 2011 to 2015, what was the most challenging vintage in Austria?

Answer 109

2014

Question 110

List the following villages in order from westernmost to easternmost. ||Mautern|Weissenkirchen|Spitz|Dürnstein

Answer 110

Spitz|Weissenkirchen|Dürnstein|Mautern

Question 111

Schloss Gobelsberg is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 111

Kamptal

Question 112

Bründlmayer is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 112

Kamptal

Question 113

Brandl is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 113

Kamptal

Question 114

Hirsch is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 114

Kamptal

Question 115

Hiedler is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 115

Kamptal

Question 116

Stadt Krems is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 116

Kremstal

Question 117

Nigl is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 117

Kremstal

Question 118

Salomon Undhof is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 118

Kremstal

Question 119

Markus Huber is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 119

Traisental

Question 120

Ludwig Neumayer is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 120

Traisental

Question 121

Dorli Muhr is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 121

Carnuntum

Question 122

Gerhard Markowitsch is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 122

Carnuntum

Question 123

Glatzer is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 123

Carnuntum

Question 124

Stift Klosterneuburg is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 124

Wagram

Question 125

Bernhard Ott is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 125

Wagram

Question 126

Wimmer-Czerny is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 126

Wagram

Question 127

Leth is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 127

Wagram

Question 128

Krutzler is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 128

Eisenberg

Question 129

Uwe Schiefer is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 129

Eisenberg

Question 130

Wachter-Wiesler is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 130

Eisenberg

Question 131

Moric is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 131

Mittelburgenland

Question 132

Gesellmann is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 132

Mittelburgenland

Question 133

Wellanschitz is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 133

Mittelburgenland

Question 134

J. Heinrich is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 134

Mittelburgenland

Question 135

Iby is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 135

Mittelburgenland

Question 136

Franz Weninger is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 136

Mittelburgenland

Question 137

Weingut Tement is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 137

Südsteiermark

Question 138

Polz is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 138

Südsteiermark

Question 139

Sattlerhof is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 139

Südsteiermark

Question 140

Franz Strohmeier is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 140

Weststeiermark

Question 141

Weingut Langmann is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 141

Weststeiermark

Question 142

Jobstl is a producer in which Austrian region?

Answer 142

Weststeiermark

Question 143

What is the only region in Burgenland that does not have a “Reserve” style?

Answer 143

Leithaberg DAC

Question 144

Which regions in Burgenland can be “Reserve”?

Answer 144

Eisenberg DAC|Neusiedlersee DAC|Rosalia DAC|Mittelburgenland DAC||-all except Leithaberg DAC

Question 145

What are the political districts that make up the Eisenberg DAC?

Answer 145

Oberwart|Güssing|Jennersdor

Question 146

What is Hauersekt.?

Answer 146

Austria’s best single-varietal, estate-grown sparkling wines.||-Austria’s attempt to define high quality Sekt.||–In Germany, the corresponding term is Winzersekt.

Question 147

What is an anbaugebiet?

Answer 147

A major growing region

Question 148

State the 6 Prädikat levels for Prädikate wines from lowest to highest sugar levels.

Answer 148

• Kabinett|- Spätlese|- Auslese|- Beerenauslese (BA)|- Eiswein|- Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA)

Question 149

Discuss the term Erste Lage

Answer 149

• Prior to 2012, top level VDP (now, top is ‘Grosse Lage’)|• Each regional VDP will define taste profiles that are:|”optimal for reflecting a vineyard sites terroir”|• Term once applied only to Mosel wines|• Now ‘umbrella’ term denoting wine from all regions

Question 150

Define the term Halbtrocken

Answer 150

half-dry =<18g sugar/litre (w/10g/l acidity)

Question 151

Define the term Trocken

Answer 151

dry up to 9g sugar/litre (w/ >2g/l of acidity)

Question 152

Define gutsabfüllung

Answer 152

estate bottled

Question 153

What is süssreserve?

Answer 153

sterilized grape juice used to sweeten wines

Question 154

What is the name of the slate in Mosel?

Answer 154

Devonian Slate

Question 155

What is Edelfäule?

Answer 155

Noble Rot

Question 156

When was the first official Eiswein released?

Answer 156

1858

Question 157

What is the synonym for Pinot Meunier

Answer 157

Schwarzriesling

Question 158

What is the Öchsle range for Kabinett wine?

Answer 158

70-85°||-The above values are not absolute ranges—minimum must requirements vary by region and variety.

Question 159

What is the Öchsle range for Spätlese wine?

Answer 159

80-95°||-The above values are not absolute ranges—minimum must requirements vary by region and variety.

Question 160

What is the Öchsle range for Auslese wine?

Answer 160

88-105°||-The above values are not absolute ranges—minimum must requirements vary by region and variety.

Question 161

What is the Öchsle range for Beerenauslese wine?

Answer 161

110-128°||-The above values are not absolute ranges—minimum must requirements vary by region and variety.

Question 162

What is the Öchsle range for Trockenbeerenauslese wine?

Answer 162

150-154°||-The above values are not absolute ranges—minimum must requirements vary by region and variety.

Question 163

What is the Öchsle range for Eiswein wine?

Answer 163

110-128°||-The above values are not absolute ranges—minimum must requirements vary by region and variety.

Question 164

What does VDP stand for?

Answer 164

Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter

Question 165

Who brought Vitis vinifera to Germany?

Answer 165

Romans

Question 166

What is the largest wall-enclosed vineyard in Germany?

Answer 166

Steinberg

Question 167

What ended the Church’s influence in German viticulture?

Answer 167

Ended by Napoleon, who established his Civil Code after defeating Germany—then known as the Holy Roman Empire—and annexing all German lands west of the Rhine for France in the late 18th century. All of the Church’s vineyard holdings were secularized in 1803.

Question 168

What were the 3 major changes that occurred with the German Wine Law of 1971?

Answer 168

(1) a new classification system based on the amount of sugar in grapes or wine must|(2) a new wine registry or reorganization of vineyards|(3) a prohibition on numerous items that previously had been commonplace on wine labels

Question 169

What research institute is responsible for creating many of the crossings that were created to improve ripening and disease resistance in Germany?

Answer 169

Geisenheim Wine Institute|-in the Rheingau|-founded in 1872

Question 170

When was Müller-Thurgau created?

Answer 170

1882|-Geisenheim Wine Institute|-displaced Silvaner in the late 1960s to become Germany’s most planted grape|-Riesling x Madeleine Royale

Question 171

Müller-Thurgau is a cross of what two grapes?

Answer 171

Riesling x Madeleine Royale

Question 172

Scheurebe is a cross of what two grapes?

Answer 172

Buckettrebe x Riesling|-one of the few to show real quality potential

Question 173

What is the most prominent German red crossing?

Answer 173

Dornfelder|-currently the country’s second most planted red grape

Question 174

What is “Liebfraumilch”?

Answer 174

Became the face of German wine to the outside world—in the 1980s, over 60% of all German vinous exports had Liebfraumilch printed on the label. The sweet, cheap, characterless beverage was a resounding commercial success, but almost singlehandedly destroyed the image of German wine internationally. Although it is usually produced from Müller-Thurgau, Liebfraumilch cannot carry a grape name on the label, and it may be blended from vineyards throughout Rheinhessen, Nahe, Rheingau, and the Pfalz—not a recipe for typicity or complexity.

Question 175

Name the 13 anbaugebiete of Germany.

Answer 175

Ahr|Baden|Franken|Hessische-Bergstrasse|Mittelrhein|Mosel|Nahe|Pfalz|Rheingau|Rheinhessen|Saale-Unstrut|Sachsen|Württemberg

Question 176

True or false, grapes harvested at higher must weights may be declassified to a lower prädikat level?

Answer 176

True|-a common phenomenon in the warmer vintages of recent years, when many Riesling grapes picked at Spätlese ripeness have been released as Kabinett instead

Question 177

What is the name of the number that all Prädikatswein wine must carry?

Answer 177

Amtliche Prüfungsnummer |-“AP number”|-a series of five sets of numbers indicating that the wine has been approved by a tasting panel

Question 178

What scale is used to classify Prädikatswein based on the quantity of sugar in the must?

Answer 178

Öchsle scale|-Each anbaugiete has its own minimum requirements for each authorized grape; thus, the minimum required for each prädikat level is expressed as a range (see the table below). There is no maximum.

Question 179

What is the German term for noble rot?

Answer 179

edelfäule

Question 180

What is the minimum alcohol level for Prädikatswein?

Answer 180

7%|-5.5% for Beerenauslese, TBA, and Eiswein wines

Question 181

Sekt may be labeled as QbA under what conditions?

Answer 181

If it is produced from traditional grapes grown in one of the thirteen anbaugebiete of Germany.|-Most Sekt, or German sparkling wine, is made at the Deutscher Wein level of quality and is produced by the Charmat method

Question 182

What was the original name and goal of the Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter or VDP?

Answer 182

Founded in 1910 as the Verband Deutscher Naturweinversteigerer, the organization originally strove to promote unchaptalized natur wines, principally through wine auctions. When the 1971 Wine Law abolished the use of the term natur and created the category of QbA, for which chaptalization is legal, the organization rewrote its internal constitution to promote superior standards while respecting new labeling laws and changed its name to the VDP.

Question 183

What is the name of the organization created in 1984 that was formed to advance the classic, dry style of Rheingau Riesling?

Answer 183

Charta|-represented the first major attempt by producers to validate dry wines within a system that only rewards sugar|-Charta did not have as significant of an effect as its founders may have wanted, and today only a handful of producers remain committed to the concept

Question 184

What are the 4 VDP levels of quality that are intended to correspond with Burgundy’s system of quality?

Answer 184

Grosse Lage: “Grand Cru” Wines (max. 50 hl/ha)|Erste Lage: “Premier Cru” Wines (max. 60 hl/ha)|Ortswein: Village Wines (max. 75 hl/ha)|Gutswein: Regional Wines (max. 75 hl/ha)

Question 185

What is Germany’s second most planted red grape?

Answer 185

Dornfelder

Question 186

Describe the Erste Lage symbol and what bottles are permitted to have it on their labels?

Answer 186

a “1” followed by a cluster of grapes|-from 2012 onward, Erste Lage will indicate sites of premier cru stature.

Question 187

What is a Amtliche Prüfungsnummer (AP Number)?

Answer 187

A series of five sets of numbers indicating that the wine has been approved by a tasting panel. In the series, the first number refers to the region where the wine was tested, the second set of numbers refers to the commune in which the wine was bottled, the third set of numbers is the bottler’s code, the fourth set of numbers is a unique code for the bottling, and the final two numbers indicate the year in which the application was filed.

Question 188

Where in Germany is the Goldkapsel typically used and what does it indicate?

Answer 188

Mosel producers use the goldkapsel to indicate reserve levels of sweetness.

Question 189

What is Bocksbeutel and where is it typically found?

Answer 189

Squat, flask-shaped bottles|-from Franken

Question 190

What is the synonym for Pinot Gris in Germany?

Answer 190

Grauburgunder

Question 191

What is the synonym for Pinot Blanc in Germany?

Answer 191

Weissburgunder

Question 192

What is the synonym for Pinot Noir in Germany?

Answer 192

Spätburgunder

Question 193

What is the synonym for Grauburgunder?

Answer 193

Pinot Gris

Question 194

Who introduced the cultivation of Riesling and Pinot Noir to Germany?

Answer 194

Cistercian Monks||-Germanic tribes adopted the culture of the vine, Charlemagne’s Franks spread viticulture east of the Rhine in the late 8th century, and monastic orders of the church acted as its custodians through the medieval period and into the modern age. Just as in Burgundy, many of Germany’s greatest vineyards were first devised and planted by monks

Question 195

When did vineyard ownership in Germany migrate to the private sector completely?

Answer 195

In the aftermath of the French Revolution, which inspired liquidation of church holdings in Germany by the early 1800s, and a golden era for German wine dawned.

Question 196

In the 1800’s the name “Hock,”was used for what kind of wine?

Answer 196

Used to indicate wines from the Middle Rhine||-expanded to become a generic term for German wines. A classic British list of the day may have offered Claret, Port, Sherry, Hock, and eventually Moselle—by the end of the 1800s, fruity and crisp white wines from the Mosel River region evolved as a category distinct from generic Hock.

Question 197

What was the most damaging aspect of the 1971 German Wine Law?

Answer 197

It annihilated or aggregated many of the country’s Einzellagen (individual vineyard sites). The law compacted the number of recognized single vineyards from 30,000 to around 2,700. As a reaction to the seemingly limitless procession of vineyards appearing on even ordinary wine labels by the 1960s

Question 198

What were the two German wine categories that were created with the 1971 Germany Wine Law?

Answer 198

-Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet (literally, “quality wine from a growing region”)(QbA)||- Tafelwein (“table wine”)||*given Germany’s special circumstances, the 1971 law added a third tier, Qualitätswein mit Prädikat (QmP), as a subset within the (QbA).

Question 199

What does “QmP” stand for?

Answer 199

Qualitätswein mit Prädikat||-QbA and QmP became traditional terms under the eyes of the law, and Germany took the opportunity to (mercifully) shorten the category names to Qualitätswein and Prädikatswein. Tafelwein evolved into Wein.

Question 200

What does “QbA” stand for?

Answer 200

Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet|-(literally, “quality wine from a growing region”)|-QbA and QmP became traditional terms under the eyes of the law, and Germany took the opportunity to (mercifully) shorten the category names to Qualitätswein and Prädikatswein. Tafelwein evolved into Wein.

Question 201

How many sets of digits is included with each A.P. number?

Answer 201

5|-(1) the location of the examination board, (2) the village in which the wine was produced, (3) the producer, (4) the unique number of the bottling, and (5) the year in which the wine was tested

Question 202

What does the first set of numbers in the Germany AP number refer to?

Answer 202

The location of the examination board.

Question 203

What does the second set of numbers in the Germany AP number refer to?

Answer 203

The village in which the wine was produced.

Question 204

What does the third set of numbers in the Germany AP number refer to?

Answer 204

The producer.

Question 205

What does the forth set of numbers in the Germany AP number refer to?

Answer 205

The unique number of the bottling.

Question 206

What does the fifth set of numbers in the Germany AP number refer to?

Answer 206

The year in which the wine was tested.|-typically one calendar year after the vintage

Question 207

For the German AP numbers, which set of numbers would tell you the location of the examination board?

Answer 207

1st set

Question 208

For the German AP numbers, which set of numbers would tell you the village in which the wine was produced?

Answer 208

2nd set

Question 209

For the German AP numbers, which set of numbers would tell you the number assigned to the specific producer?

Answer 209

3rd set

Question 210

For the German AP numbers, which set of numbers would tell you the unique number of the bottling?

Answer 210

4th set

Question 211

For the German AP numbers, which set of numbers would tell you the year in which the wine was tested?

Answer 211

5th set|-typically one calendar year after the vintage

Question 212

When was the “Landwein” category introduced to German wine law?

Answer 212

1982

Question 213

When was Eiswein designated as an independent Prädikat level in Germany?

Answer 213

1982

Question 214

How many Anbaugebiete were originally designated in 1971?

Answer 214

11||-(after the country’s reunification, 2 were added to the original 11)

Question 215

How many Anbaugebiete are there in Germany?

Answer 215

13

Question 216

When did Germany’s 13 Anbaugebiete formally become PDOs?

Answer 216

late 2000s|-Under the EU-wide CMO reforms on wine|-In German, a protected designation of origin is known, as a geschützte Ursprungsbezeichnung (gU). QbA and QmP became traditional terms under the eyes of the law, and Germany took the opportunity to (mercifully) shorten the category names to Qualitätswein and Prädikatswein. Tafelwein evolved into Wein.

Question 217

What are the four German categories of wine today?

Answer 217

1. Wein|2 Landwein|3. Qualitätswein|4. Prädikatswein

Question 218

Are vintage and grape variety permitted on the label of a wine in the German “Wein” category?

Answer 218

Yes|-this category carries no geographic designation, although wines may be labeled as Deutscher Wein if produced from German grapes.

Question 219

What are the important aspects of the German “Wein” category?

Answer 219

Formerly Tafelwein, this category carries no geographic designation, although wines may be labeled as Deutscher Wein if produced from German grapes. Variety and vintage are permitted on the label.

Question 220

What are the important aspects of the German “Landwein” category?

Answer 220

An IGP category including trocken and halbtrocken wines produced from any of 26 winegrowing regions, known as Landweingebiete.

Question 221

How many “Landweingebiete” exist in Germany?

Answer 221

26|-Only used for the IGP category of “Landwein”

Question 222

What are the two “PDO” categories in Germany?

Answer 222

Qualitätswein|Prädikatswein

Question 223

What is the minimum alcohol content for the German Qualitätswein category?

Answer 223

7%|-rather than the minimum 8.5% mandated by European law|-Beerenauslese on up, the minimum is reduced to 5.5%

Question 224

What is the minimum alcohol content for Beerenauslese, Eiswein, and Trockenbeerenauslese?

Answer 224

5.5%|-7% for the other levels and 8.5% for the rest of Europe

Question 225

Which German wine PDO category is a subset of Qualitätswein, encompassing all of the country’s best sweet wines?

Answer 225

Prädikatswein||-The lower Prädikate require a minimum 7% acquired alcohol; from Beerenauslese on up, the minimum is reduced to 5.5%.

Question 226

What does the term “Classic” mean on a German wine label?

Answer 226

Classic wines are considered “harmoniously dry,” with a maximum residual sugar content of 15 g/l||-single varietal wines and omit any mention of a vineyard on the label. They show a superior minimum alcohol content of 12% (11.5% in the Mosel)||*New legally sanctioned terms debuted in 2000, including “Classic” and “Selection,” which were intended to replace halbtrocken and trocken, respectively. (Neither really caught on.)

Question 227

What does the term “Selection” mean on a German wine label?

Answer 227

Selection wines are “superior dry” with a maximum residual sugar content of 9 g/l (12 g/l allowed for Riesling).||-single vineyard wines from a single variety. Must weight for Selection wines must be equivalent to Auslese, and vineyards are hand-harvested. May not be released prior to September 1 of the year following harvest.||*New legally sanctioned terms debuted in 2000, including “Classic” and “Selection,” which were intended to replace halbtrocken and trocken, respectively. (Neither really caught on.)

Question 228

As of the close of 2017, how many producers are members of the Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter or VDP?

Answer 228

197||-German producers dedicated to high quality, the preservation of a sense of place, and those grape varieties traditionally cultivated within each winegrowing region.

Question 229

What are the 5 most important restrictions the VDP imposes on their members?

Answer 229

-Higher minimum must weights and lower maximum yields than permitted by German law|-All wines must be estate grown|-Hand-harvesting is required for all single vineyard wines and for any Prädikat wines of Auslese level or above|-Members must cultivate a minimum 80% of traditional grape varieties, from selections drawn by each regional association|-VDP prohibits using the Grosslagen of 1971 on their labels. (Out with Grosslagen; long live Grosse Lage.)

Question 230

What is the name of the VDP logo that must appear on all of the bottle capsules produced my their members?

Answer 230

Traubenadler

Question 231

What is a Traubenadler?

Answer 231

VDP logo

Question 232

When was the VDP founded?

Answer 232

1910 ||-as the Verband Deutscher Naturweinversteigerer, promoting unchaptalized or “natur” wines. This changed to the VDP after the 1971 Wine Law forbade the use of “natur” on labels.

Question 233

When did the VDP start work on its own vineyard classification, using old tax registries and Napoleonic maps to rediscover parcels gerrymandered out of existence?

Answer 233

1984|-A focus on terroir expression as an indivisible part of superior wine quality took hold in the 1990s. In 2002, the project culminated with the launch of a formal, yet extralegal, three-tier vineyard classification system.

Question 234

What is the Burgundy equivalent to the VDP category of “Gutswein”?

Answer 234

Regional|-i.e. “Bourgogne Rouge”

Question 235

What is the “regional” category within the VDP framework?

Answer 235

Gutswein||-Typically, the only statement of origin provided for Gutswein is the name of the Anbaugebiet, often accompanied by a fantasy name.

Question 236

What is the “village” category within the VDP framework?

Answer 236

Ortswein||-Product of multiple vineyards in a single gemeinden and is typically labeled with the gemeinden name and/or a statement of soil, such as Kalkstein (limestone), Blauen Schiefer (blue slate), or Buntsandstein (red sandstone).

Question 237

What is the “premier cru” category within the VDP framework?

Answer 237

Erste Lage||-wines are single-vineyard selections, and producers are strictly limited in their choice of varieties

Question 238

What is the “grand cru” category within the VDP framework?

Answer 238

Grosse Lage||-wines are single-vineyard selections, and producers are strictly limited in their choice of varieties

Question 239

VDP producers may only use the various Prädikat tiers for what style of wine?

Answer 239

sweet wines||-Therefore, Spätlese trocken, Auslese trocken, and the like no longer appear on dry wine labels of VDP producers. Absent the mention of a Prädikat, the term trocken continues to signify dry wines at the Erste Lage level or below. For the Grosse Lage category, however, it is replaced by the grander term Grosses Gewächs

Question 240

For VDP producers, absent the mention of a Prädikat, what term continues to signify dry wines at the Erste Lage level or below?

Answer 240

trocken||-For the Grosse Lage category, however, it is replaced by the grander term Grosses Gewächs, or “Great Growth.”

Question 241

For the Grosse Lage category, what term is used to signify dry wines?

Answer 241

Grosses Gewächs|-“Great Growth”|-A Grosses Gewächs wine is therefore a dry wine from a Grosse Lage vineyard, harvested at a minimum level of ripeness equivalent to Spätlese, identified by the appearance of the trademarked acronym “GG” on the label.

Question 242

A Grosses Gewächs wine is a dry wine from a Grosse Lage vineyard, harvested at a minimum level of ripeness equivalent to what Prädikat level?

Answer 242

Spätlese

Question 243

What does the term Grosses Gewächs mean?

Answer 243

A dry wine from a Grosse Lage vineyard, harvested at a minimum level of ripeness equivalent to Spätlese, identified by the appearance of the trademarked acronym “GG” on the label.

Question 244

What does the trademarked acronym “GG” on a German wine label mean?

Answer 244

Grosses Gewächs||-A dry wine from a Grosse Lage vineyard, harvested at a minimum level of ripeness equivalent to Spätlese.

Question 245

When can Grosses Gewächs white wines be released?

Answer 245

May not be released until September 1 of the year after harvest. ||-For red wines, the category requires an additional year of aging and at least 12 months in wood.

Question 246

Is chapitalization legal for Qualitätswein?

Answer 246

Yes, but not for Prädikatswein||-Chaptalization was banned for Qualitätswein mit Prädikat, but the law continued to permit its use in the broader category of Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet

Question 247

What is the maximum yield for the Gutswein VDP category?

Answer 247

75 hl/ha

Question 248

What is the maximum yield for the Ortswein VDP category?

Answer 248

75 hl/ha

Question 249

What is the maximum yield for the Erste Lage VDP category?

Answer 249

60 hl/ha

Question 250

What is the maximum yield for the Grosse Lage VDP category?

Answer 250

50 hl/ha

Question 251

If a grape is listed on the label in Germany how much of that wine must be made with the stated grape?

Answer 251

85%||-The country adheres to the EU minimum of 85% for varietal labeling

Question 252

Riesling is the most planted variety in how many of Germany’s 13 Anbaugebiete?

Answer 252

7||-and the country maintains nearly half of the world’s 50,000 hectares of the vine.

Question 253

What is a Stück?

Answer 253

The traditional cask of the Rheingau, holding 1200 liters.||-Halbstück is 600L|-Doppelstück is 2,400L

Question 254

What is a Halbstück?

Answer 254

A traditional 600L cask.

Question 255

What is a Doppelstück?

Answer 255

A traditional 2,400L cask.

Question 256

In Germany, is malolactic fermentation something that happens frequently?

Answer 256

No |-Malolactic fermentation is usually stopped, by naturally low pH or by design, although some producers resort to the process in spectacularly acidic, lean years.

Question 257

How many liters does a Stück hold?

Answer 257

1200 Liters

Question 258

Madeleine Royale and Riesling were crossed to make which grape?

Answer 258

Müller-Thurgau

Question 259

Silvaner is a cross of what two grapes?

Answer 259

Traminer and Österreichisch-Weiss||-Austrian in origin and first arrived in Franken, its natural home in Germany

Question 260

Who founded Germany’s first winery focusing only on sparkling wines?

Answer 260

Volker Raumland||-The leader of this movement from Rheinhessen

Question 261

True of false, Kabinett wines may not be chaptalized in Germany?

Answer 261

TRUE

Question 262

Which German Anbaugebiet is located closest to the Czech border?

Answer 262

Sachsen

Question 263

True or false, VDP producers never chaptalize their wines?

Answer 263

FALSE

Question 264

In which month does the German Riesling harvest typically begin?

Answer 264

September

Question 265

What does a goldkapsule typically indicate?

Answer 265

A reserve wine of heightened sweetness.

Question 266

What river passes through Franken?

Answer 266

Main River

Question 267

The red Trollinger grape is the most planted variety in which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 267

Württemberg

Question 268

Vineyards planted on the north shores of Lake Constance are included in which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 268

Baden

Question 269

Between 2010 and 2013, what was the vintage where botrytis was most widespread in Germany?

Answer 269

2010

Question 270

What does TDN stand for in reference to the Riesling grape?

Answer 270

Trimethyl Dihydronapthalene||-the chemical compound responsible for the petrol notes of Riesling

Question 271

Message in a Bottle refers to a group of producers in which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 271

Rheinhessen

Question 272

The Gutedel grape is widely planted in which winegrowing district

Answer 272

Markgräferland, Baden

Question 273

Sandstone, limestone, and Keuper soils characterize the three Bereiche of which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 273

Franken|*|Soil type consisting of marl and limestone common in Alsace, dating to the Upper Triassic period.||-Keuper is a stratigraphic name for the Upper Triassic period and can mean marl (varicoloured, saliferous grey, or gypsiferous grey) or limestone (ammonoid).

Question 274

Which chemical compound is responsible for the “petrol” notes of Riesling?

Answer 274

Trimethyl Dihydronapthalene|-TDN

Question 275

The Sonnenuhr vineyard is located in which gemeinden?

Answer 275

Wehlen

Question 276

The Goldtröpfchen vineyard is located in which gemeinden?

Answer 276

Piesport

Question 277

The Würzgarten vineyard is located in which gemeinden?

Answer 277

Ürzig

Question 278

The Apotheke vineyard is located in which gemeinden?

Answer 278

Trittenheim

Question 279

The Kastanienbusch vineyard is located in which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 279

Pfalz

Question 280

The Berg Schlossberg vineyard is located in which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 280

Rheingau

Question 281

The Rothenberg vineyard is located in which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 281

Rheinhessen

Question 282

The Hermannshöhle vineyard is located in which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 282

Nahe

Question 283

What is the highest Prädikat a Mosel Riesling harvested at 120° Öchsle could achieve?

Answer 283

Beerenauslese

Question 284

In the Rheingau, a famous grape breeding institute is located in which village?

Answer 284

Geisenheim||-home to Germany’s top enological school and grape-breeding institute, sits at the river’s edge, downslope and just west of Johannisberg.

Question 285

When did Sachsen (Saxony) and Saale-Unstrut become official German Anbaugebiet?

Answer 285

Located in former East Germany, and were added when the country was reunified in 1990

Question 286

Vineyards along the Neckar River are located in which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 286

Württemberg

Question 287

Which river runs through Württemberg?

Answer 287

Neckar River

Question 288

What are the six bereiche of the Mosel?

Answer 288

Bernkastel|Burg Cochem|Saar|Ruwertal|Obermosel|Moseltor

Question 289

What is Trester?

Answer 289

Grape pomace|-equivalent to french marc or italian grappa

Question 290

In which city is one most likely to encounter a mug of Schillerwein?

Answer 290

Heilbronn

Question 291

What is weissherbst and where is it made?

Answer 291

Pinot Noir Rose, Baden region of Germany

Question 292

What is Schillerwein?

Answer 292

Rosé made by cofermenting red and white grapes, common in Württemberg.

Question 293

What is Muschelkalk?

Answer 293

Shell based limestone found in Franken and the Pfalz

Question 294

A VDP Riesling labeled with the name of the variety and the word “Muschelkalk” on the front label most likely represents which category of wine?

Answer 294

Ortswein||-Ortswein is the product of multiple vineyards in a single village and is typically labeled with the village name and/or a statement of soil, such as Kalkstein (limestone), Blauen Schiefer (blue slate), or Buntsandstein (red sandstone).

Question 295

What is Baden’s most celebrated zone for Spätburgunder?

Answer 295

Kaiserstuhl|-warmest winegrowing district in all of Germany

Question 296

What is the warmest winegrowing district in all of Germany?

Answer 296

Kaiserstuhl|-Baden’s most celebrated zone for Spätburgunder

Question 297

Which Anbaugebiete has the most hectares of Spätburgunder planted?

Answer 297

Baden

Question 298

The Taunus Mountains are a defining geographical feature in which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 298

Rheingau

Question 299

What is the mountain range just north of Rheingau?

Answer 299

Taunus

Question 300

Which villages are the northernmost and southernmost outposts of Rheinhessen?

Answer 300

N- Mainz|S- Worms

Question 301

Where is Goldriesling a local specialty?

Answer 301

Sachsen|-(aromatic crossing developed in Alsace)

Question 302

What is the correct parentage for Dornfelder?

Answer 302

Helfensteiner X Heroldrebe

Question 303

Where are vines traditionally trained in the single-post system?

Answer 303

Mosel||-Mosel growers traditionally employed their own system of vine training, the single-post system, to improve workers’ ability to traverse the dangerous hillsides.

Question 304

What is the minimum actual alcohol content required for German Spätlese?

Answer 304

7%||-same for Kabinett and Auslese

Question 305

Which anbaugebeit is known for broad range of red varietals seldom found elsewhere in Germany such as Trollinger, Lemberger, and Schwarzriesling?

Answer 305

Wurttemberg

Question 306

Which gemeinden is known as the “red wine village” in Rheinhessen?

Answer 306

Ingelheim

Question 307

What is the largest wine district (bereich) in Germany?

Answer 307

Sudliche Weinstrasse, Pflaz

Question 308

Which anbaugebeit is Germany’s largest red wine region with 9,000 ha of red varietals (3,000 of which are Dornfelder)?

Answer 308

Pflaz

Question 309

Which anbaugebeit is nestled between the Main and Neckar Rivers?

Answer 309

Hessische Bergstrasse

Question 310

Which anbaugebeit has the sunniest and warmest climate of Germany? (1700 hours sunlight and average 52 degrees)

Answer 310

Baden

Question 311

What is the easternmost German vineyard?

Answer 311

Koniglicher Weinberg, lies in a suburb of Dresden, in Sachsen region.

Question 312

What is the third most planted red grape in Germany?

Answer 312

Portugieser

Question 313

Where does Germany rank worldwide for plantings of Pinot Noir?

Answer 313

3rd|-after France, then USA

Question 314

What is Gewurtztraminer called in Germany and where is it typically grown?

Answer 314

Roter Traminer|-Grown in Sachsen as regional specialty.

Question 315

Which lake separates Germany and Switzerland?

Answer 315

Lake Constance

Question 316

The traditional term for geschützte Ursprungsbezeichnung in Germany is what?

Answer 316

Landwein

Question 317

The city of Stuttgart is located in which anbaugebeit?

Answer 317

Württemberg

Question 318

The city of Mainz is located in which anbaugebeit?

Answer 318

Rheinhessen

Question 319

The city of Koblenz is located in which anbaugebeit?

Answer 319

Mittelrhein

Question 320

The city of Dresden is located in which anbaugebeit?

Answer 320

Sachsen

Question 321

As the Vosges Mountains cross into Pfalz from Alsace, what is the name change?

Answer 321

Haardt Hills

Question 322

Schwarzriesling is most planted in which anbaugebeit?

Answer 322

Württemberg|-aka Pinot Meunier

Question 323

Mullerrebe is a synonym for what other grape varietal?

Answer 323

Schwarzriesling (Pinot Meunier)

Question 324

Rivaner is a synonym for what grape varietal?

Answer 324

Muller Thurgau

Question 325

Which is the largest family owned estate in Germany?

Answer 325

Burklin-Wolf|-located in Pfalz

Question 326

Who are the 3 “Bs” of Pfalz?

Answer 326

Bassermann-Jordan|von Buhl|Burklin Wolf

Question 327

Pfalz is the natural continuation of what other wine region?

Answer 327

Alsace|-which borders to the south

Question 328

Prior to 1992, what was the Pfalz called?

Answer 328

Rheinpfalz

Question 329

What are the main grapes in Saale-Unstrut?

Answer 329

Weissburgunder|Muller Thurgau

Question 330

How does Saale-Unstrut get its name?

Answer 330

It is a the confluence of Saale and Unstrut Rivers

Question 331

What is Germany’s northernmost winegrowing region?

Answer 331

Saale-Unstrut||-Ahr is most northern in world for red wine production

Question 332

What is the northernmost red winegrowing region the world?

Answer 332

Ahr

Question 333

What are the two most important grapes of Wurttemberg?

Answer 333

Swarzriesling|Lemberger

Question 334

Sachsen is on what river?

Answer 334

Elbe River

Question 335

The Elbe River runs through which anbaugebeit?

Answer 335

Sachsen

Question 336

What is the German name for Lake Constance?

Answer 336

Bodensee

Question 337

What is the only anbaugebeit in Germany to have no VDP Grosse Lage sites?

Answer 337

Hesissche-Bergstrasse

Question 338

Wines of Franken are bottled in what special bottle?

Answer 338

bocksbeutal

Question 339

Why is Silvaner the thriving grape of Franken and not Riesling?

Answer 339

Riesling does not consistently ripen.

Question 340

Which mountain range shelters the Ahr anbaugebeit?

Answer 340

Eifel||-The whole region is a canyon, protected from wind and rain amidst the low Eifel Mountains. In this rain shadow, sunlight hours are correspondingly higher, and the region experiences fewer bouts of botrytis than the Mosel.

Question 341

What is the Ahr’s dominant grape?

Answer 341

Spatburgunder

Question 342

What is the largest bereich in the Mosel?

Answer 342

Bernkastel

Question 343

Emrich Schonleber, Schlossgut Diel, and Schafer-Frohlich make wine in which anbaugebeit?

Answer 343

Nahe

Question 344

Who owns the monopole Oberhauser Brucke?

Answer 344

Donnhoff

Question 345

What is the singular Bereiche of Nahe?

Answer 345

Nahetal

Question 346

What is one of Germany’s most expensive and elusive wines made by Keller?

Answer 346

G-Max

Question 347

Which anbaugebeit has more of Silvaner plantings than any other region in the world?

Answer 347

Rheinhessen

Question 348

Other than riesling, what other wine is considered a regional specialty in Rheinhessen?

Answer 348

Silvaner

Question 349

What was the most expensive wine on the Titanic?

Answer 349

Niersteiner Pettenthal Riesling|- more expensive than 1st growth Bordeaux

Question 350

What makes viticulture especially difficult in Rheinhessen?

Answer 350

Lack of trees and water sources. It is a vast open windy land that doesn’t have bodies of water to help ripen grapes. In response, many high yielding dependable crossings were embraced.

Question 351

Which anbaugebeit has more land under vine than any other?

Answer 351

Rheinhessen

Question 352

Which anbaugebeit is to the south of Rheinhessen?

Answer 352

Pfalz

Question 353

Which anbaugebeite is to the west of Rheinhessen?

Answer 353

Nahe

Question 354

What are the 3 bereiche of Rheinhessen?

Answer 354

Bingen|Wonnegau|Nierstein

Question 355

What is a Bereich?

Answer 355

A district of villages & vineyards within an anbaugebeit

Question 356

Which Rheingau estate was the founding member of VDP?

Answer 356

Schloss Schonborn

Question 357

Which estate is presumed to be the oldest Riesling estate in the world?

Answer 357

Schloss Johannisberg|-Rheingau

Question 358

Which anbaugebeit has a higher proportion of Riesling at 80% than any other anbaugebeit?

Answer 358

Rheingau

Question 359

What is the Gemeinde?

Answer 359

commune or village||-The Anbaugebiete has within it something similar to a district (known as a Bereich). Within the Bereich is a commune or village (Gemeinde).

Question 360

What are the important soil characteristics of the Rheingau?

Answer 360

Slate, quartzite, and sandstone, with layers of loess and clay on the lower slopes and stonier, more eroded soils on the upper slopes, with a higher proportion of slate.

Question 361

What is the only Bereiche in the Rheingau?

Answer 361

Johannisberg||-named for the small village at the heart of the central Rheingau|-Despite what could have been a sensible division into two or three Bereiche, the 1971 wine law identifies only one

Question 362

When did Schloss Johannisberg announce the first planned Spätlese harvest of botrytis-affected fruit?

Answer 362

1775||-Kloster Eberbach began marking high-quality wines as Cabinet in 1712

Question 363

Which two producers in the Rheingau were among the first producers in Germany to introduce glass bottles in the early 1700s?

Answer 363

Schloss Schönborn|Schloss Johannisberg

Question 364

Peter Jakob Kühn, Josef Leitz, Eva Fricke, Georg Breuer, and Künstler are all producers located in which anbaugebeit?

Answer 364

Rheingau||-all newcomers or names unknown in the mid-20th century

Question 365

What are arguably the five most important “newcomer” producers in the Rheingau?

Answer 365

Peter Jakob Kühn|Josef Leitz|Eva Fricke|Georg Breuer|Künstler

Question 366

What percentage of Rheingau Riesling has nine grams per liter or less of residual sugar?

Answer 366

80%

Question 367

Where is the Charta Association located?

Answer 367

Rheingau|-A turn toward dry Riesling in the Rheingau, which would replace off-dry wines as the primary product of the region by the end of the 20th century, began with the founding of the Charta Association in 1984.|-Charta Riesling became a brand for its members. Wines in the dry style carried the association’s logo

Question 368

Which producer in the Rheingau led the charge for the Charta Association in the 80’s?

Answer 368

Georg Breuer estate|-Bernhard Breuer of Rüdesheim’s Georg Breuer estate

Question 369

In 1999, “Erstes Gewächs” got formal approval for use on the labels of dry wines from specific sites in what anbaugebeit?

Answer 369

Rheingau||-applies to dry Riesling and Spätburgunder bottlings from selected Rheingau vineyards

Question 370

When did the “Erstes Gewächs” term get formal approval for use on the labels of dry wines from specific sites in the Rheingau?

Answer 370

1999||-applies to dry Riesling and Spätburgunder bottlings from selected Rheingau vineyards

Question 371

In 1999, “Erstes Gewächs” got formal approval for use on the labels of dry wines from specific sites in the Rheingau for which two grapes?

Answer 371

Riesling|Spätburgunder||-The vineyard classification, based on an 1867 Rheingau map, represented the first site-based quality hierarchy accepted into law in the wake of the 1971 legislation.

Question 372

What are the two monopoles in the Rheingau that are of ecclesiastical origin?

Answer 372

-Schloss Johannisberg|*planted to Riesling since 1720||-Hattenheimer Steinberg| of Kloster Eberbach|enclosed by a wall in 1760

Question 373

Which producer is the owner of the Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg monopole in the Rheingau?

Answer 373

Schloss Schönborn|-since the 1600s

Question 374

Kiedricher Gräfenberg is a well known vineyard in which anbaugebeit?

Answer 374

Rheingau|-exemplified by Robert Weil

Question 375

What is the trio of great vineyards made by Weingut Georg Breuer in the village of Rüdesheim in the Rheingau?

Answer 375

Berg Rottland|Berg Roseneck|Berg Schlossberg

Question 376

Which gemeinden in the Rheingau is most well known for the red wines produced from Spätburgunder?

Answer 376

Assmannshausen||-At the small outpost for Spätburgunder at Assmannshausen, there is one great site, Höllenberg. August Kesseler is the preeminent producer.

Question 377

Assmannshausen in the Rheingau is famous for what style of wine?

Answer 377

Spätburgunder||-At the small outpost for Spätburgunder at Assmannshausen, there is one great site, Höllenberg. August Kesseler is the preeminent producer.

Question 378

Traditionally, Riesling from the Rheingau was bottled in what color glass?

Answer 378

Brown

Question 379

Traditionally, Riesling from the Mosel was bottled in what color glass?

Answer 379

Green

Question 380

The earliest evidence of winegrowing in Germany is in which region?

Answer 380

Mosel||-Imported by the Romans, who founded the city of Trier in 16 BCE as a provincial capital

Question 381

When did the Mosel begin a tradition of producing lightly sweet, low-alcohol Riesling wines?

Answer 381

19th century||-Before the advent of sterile filtration, this could only be accomplished with a heavy dose of sulfur, and with it, the Mosel style of Kabinett Riesling was born, offering a clear alternative to the heavier dry styles of the Rheingau and elsewhere.

Question 382

What is the longest tributary of the Rhine River?

Answer 382

Mosel river|-545 kilometers

Question 383

Of the six Bereiche in the Mosel, which three lie on the Mosel river itself?

Answer 383

-Bernkastel (the Middle Mosel)|-Burg Cochem (the Lower Mosel)|-Obermosel (the Upper Mosel)

Question 384

Which two Bereiche of the Mosel mark the vineyards of its two main tributaries?

Answer 384

Ruwertal|Saar

Question 385

Which Mosel bereiche is the largest?

Answer 385

Bernkastel|-holds two-thirds of the Mosel’s vineyard area|-its wine-producing villages are responsible for a significant share of the Mosel’s historical fame and current reputation.

Question 386

Which Bereiche of the Mosel is referred to as the Middle Mosel?

Answer 386

Bernkastel

Question 387

Which Bereiche of the Mosel is referred to as the Lower Mosel?

Answer 387

Burg Cochem

Question 388

Which Bereiche of the Mosel is referred to as the Upper Mosel?

Answer 388

Obermosel

Question 389

Which Mosel bereiche is the smallest and covers a scant handful of vines in the Saarland, near Obermosel?

Answer 389

Moseltor

Question 390

The Bernkastel Bereich is named for which township?

Answer 390

Bernkastel-Kues|-its wine-producing villages are responsible for a significant share of the Mosel’s historical fame and current reputation.

Question 391

Cold air drafts blow into the Mosel from which two mountain ranges?

Answer 391

Hunsrück|Eifel

Question 392

Which two mountain ranges surround the Mosel river?

Answer 392

Hunsrück|Eifel

Question 393

What is the key advantage the Devonian slate that is found in the Mosel?

Answer 393

Helps to defuse nighttime lows and limit diurnal variation by releasing heat stored throughout the day into the canopy.||-prevent erosion of the soil beneath

Question 394

When was the Devonian Period?

Answer 394

410-360 million years ago||-geologic period and system of the Paleozoic, spanning 60 million years from the end of the Silurian, 419.2 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, 358.9 Mya.

Question 395

Between the dark blue and red variations of Devonian slate which type provides more benefits?

Answer 395

The effects are intensified with dark-colored slate||-the more common variation

Question 396

Does the soil in the Mosel provide good drainage during wet years?

Answer 396

The broken, weathered soil affords excellent drainage.||-rainfall varies from 26.5 to 35.5 inches, and it is evenly distributed throughout the year. Without such dry, well-drained, heat-retaining soils, ripening would be delayed.

Question 397

What are the 10 famous wine villages of the Middle Mosel (Bernkastel)?

Answer 397

Leiwen|Trittenheim|Piesport|Brauneberg|Bernkastel-Kues|Graach|Wehlen|Zeltingen|Ürzig|Erden

Question 398

Leiwen, Trittenheim, Piesport, Brauneberg, Bernkastel-Kues, Graach, Wehlen, Zeltingen, Ürzig, and Erden are the 10 famous villages of which Bereiche?

Answer 398

Bereiche Bernkastel|-the Middle Mosel

Question 399

Who are some of the benchmark producers from the Mosel?

Answer 399

Joh. Jos. Prüm|Reinhold Haart|Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt|Dr. Loosen

Question 400

Reinhold Haart and Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt are two benchmark producers from which area?

Answer 400

NAME?

Question 401

Who are some of the upstart producers with more recent reputations that are revitalizing the Mosel’s image?

Answer 401

Ansgar Clüsserath|Daniel Vollenweider|Clemens-Busch

Question 402

The Bereiche Burg Cochem is also known by what other name?

Answer 402

Terrassenmosel||-still hides some old, narrow hillside terraces, originally built by Romans and painstakingly maintained through the centuries

Question 403

Winningen is a key winegrowing village in which Mosel Bereiche?

Answer 403

Burg Cochem||-home to star producer Heymann-Löwenstein and the premier vineyard site Uhlen.

Question 404

What is the most famous winegrowing village in Bereiche Burg Cochem?

Answer 404

Winningen||-home to star producer Heymann-Löwenstein and the premier vineyard site Uhlen.

Question 405

Heymann-Löwenstein is a famous producer located where?

Answer 405

Winningen|-Burg Cochem

Question 406

Who is the most well known producer in Burg Cochem village of Winningen?

Answer 406

Heymann-Löwenstein||-The outspoken intellectual also has a theory as to the Middle Mosel’s superiority over his more remote stretch of river: “The smart kids from Winningen went to the city (Koblenz). We were left with the stupid kids that made bad wine.”

Question 407

What is the premier vineyard site in the Winningen village of Bereiche Burg Cochem?

Answer 407

Uhlen||-Reinhard Heymann-Löwenstein has applied for Germany’s first three single-vineyard PDOs, for three separate parcels within Uhlen: Blaufüsser Lay, Roth Lay, and Laubach.

Question 408

What are the names of the three parcels within the Uhlen vineyard that Reinhard Heymann-Löwenstein has applied for Germany’s first three single-vineyard PDOs?

Answer 408

Blaufüsser Lay|Roth Lay|Laubach

Question 409

In which Mosel Bereiche is there calcareous soil instead of Devonian slate?

Answer 409

Obermosel|-the Upper Mosel|-This sector of the Mosel sits, with Chablis and Champagne, within the Paris Basin|-Riesling takes a backseat in Obermosel to Elbling

Question 410

Riesling takes a backseat in Obermosel to which grape?

Answer 410

Elbling||-an ancient white grape variety that produces simple, fruity whites and refreshing sparkling wines.|-This sector of the Mosel sits, with Chablis and Champagne, within the Paris Basin, atop a calcareous soil makeup that replaces the Devonian slate

Question 411

What are the two most famous producers in the Ruwertal?

Answer 411

von Schubert|Karthäuserhof||*both with ecclesiastical origin

Question 412

The Benedictine St. Maximin monastery based its winemaking operations in what part of the Mosel?

Answer 412

Ruwertal|-at (Maximin) Grünhaus, as early as the 900s. The estate, still in operation and now owned by the von Schubert family.

Question 413

Which Mosel producer currently occupies the space where the Benedictine St. Maximin monastery based its winemaking operations?

Answer 413

von Schubert||-an Ortsteil and one of the Ruwer’s best wine producers

Question 414

Which Mosel producer currently occupies the space where the domaine of Carthusian monks based its winemaking operations?

Answer 414

Karthäuserhof|-in Eitelsbach

Question 415

What is likely the most famous site in the Mosel—or in all of Germany?

Answer 415

Scharzhofberg ||-in Wiltingen|-Egon Müller is its most lauded producer.

Question 416

In what part of the Mosel is the Scharzhofberg vineyard located?

Answer 416

Saar||-in Wiltingen|-Egon Müller is its most lauded producer.

Question 417

Who is the most lauded producer of the Scharzhofberg vineyard in Saar?

Answer 417

Egon Müller

Question 418

How do the climates of the Saar and Ruwertal compare to that of the Middle Mosel (Bereiche Bernkastel)?

Answer 418

Both the Saar and Ruwertal are cooler climates||-Achieving ripeness can be a challenge in cool vintages and the wines—again, mostly Riesling—are often even more austere and acid-driven than those from the Middle Mosel.

Question 419

Egon Müller is most famous for making wine from which vineyard?

Answer 419

Scharzhofberg|-likely the most famous site in the Mosel—or in all of Germany

Question 420

Which Bereiche of the Mosel has limestone rather than slate soils?

Answer 420

Moseltor|-There are only three winegrowing villages and a handful of vineyards.

Question 421

Moseltor is known for what type of soil?

Answer 421

limestone|-rather than slate soils

Question 422

What is Germany’s biggest winegrowing anbaugebiet?

Answer 422

Rheinhessen||-spans a large area south of the Rheingau and north of the Pfalz, with the Nahe on its western border and Hessische-Bergstrasse a few kilometers to the east

Question 423

Which river creates the eastern boundary of the Rheinhessen?

Answer 423

Rhine River |-a natural border with the Rheingau|-the river’s influence is not markedly felt

Question 424

Why is it difficult to generalize about the style of wine made in the Rheinhessen?

Answer 424

Because it is such a large area, there is a great diversity of mesoclimates and soils, and no single climatic feature—a river’s moderating influence, or the aspect of a slope—can adequately explain prevailing conditions throughout the entire Anbaugebiet. As such, there is a diversity of grape varieties and no single Rheinhessen style.

Question 425

Which Anbaugebiet is known as the land of Liebfraumilch?

Answer 425

Rheinhessen||-a region committed to quantity over quality wine.

Question 426

What is the one area historically associated with quality winegrowing in the Rheinhessen?

Answer 426

Roter Hang|-a “red hill” of clay and weathered red sandstone (Rotliegendes) on the left bank of the Rhine between the villages of Nierstein and Nackenheim.

Question 427

What is Roter Hang?

Answer 427

Roter Hang refers to the red sandstone slopes of the premier region of the Rheinhessen.||-Protected from the frost and winds that sweep through much of the Rheinhessen and home to the famed vineyards Pettenthal and Rothenberg, the Roter Hang is a slim, east-facing slope reaching 70 to 80% grade, but it is hardly representative of the entire Anbaugebiet.

Question 428

What are the two famed vineyards that are located in the Roter Hang area of the Rheinhessen?

Answer 428

Pettenthal|Rothenberg|-Protected from the frost and winds that sweep through much of the Rheinhessen

Question 429

Roter Hang lies within a larger span of eastern exposures in the Rheinhessen called what?

Answer 429

Rheinterrasse|-extends south of Nierstein through the village of Oppenheim

Question 430

Nierstein, Bingen, and Wonnegau are the three Bereiche of which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 430

Rheinhessen

Question 431

Keller, Kühling-Gillot, Wagner-Stempel, Wittman, and Gunderloch are leading producers of which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 431

Rheinhessen

Question 432

What are some of the leading producers of the Rheinhessen?

Answer 432

Keller|Kühling-Gillot|Wagner-Stempel|Wittman|Gunderloch

Question 433

Liebfraumilch originated as a specialty of which village?

Answer 433

Worms||-became a sugary, bastardized product that debased Germany’s reputation as a wine producer

Question 434

Which two producers in the Rheinhessen have led the charge for the resurgence in quality wine of the region?

Answer 434

Klaus-Peter Keller |Philipp Wittmann||-whose estates share access to several vineyards in the southern Wonnegau Bereich

Question 435

Which Bereich in the Rheinhessen has been revitalized recently by Keller and Wittmann?

Answer 435

Wonnegau Bereich||-Their best vineyards, including several Grosse Lage sites, appear as gently undulating fields rather than dramatic slopes. (In the village of Westhofen they have neighboring parcels in Kirchspiel, Morstein, and Brunnenhäuschen; in Flörsheim-Dalsheim, Keller also maintains plots in Bürgel and Hubacker.)

Question 436

What types of soil are associated with the Wonnegau Bereich in the southern Rheinhessen?

Answer 436

limestone and loess soils||-Grosse Lage sites appear as gently undulating fields rather than dramatic slopes

Question 437

Which producer sources the most expensive dry Riesling produced in Germany?

Answer 437

Keller|-“G-Max,” from an undisclosed parcel in the Rheinhessen region

Question 438

Which region held onto Müller-Thurgau as its chief variety longer than any other major Anbaugebiet?

Answer 438

Rheinhessen||-now only accounts for 16% of the total vineyard

Question 439

Which Anbaugebiet holds Germany’s second-largest cache of vineyards?

Answer 439

Pfalz|-nearly one-quarter of Germany’s 102,000 hectares of vines|-commands the world’s largest acreage of Riesling

Question 440

Which Anbaugebiet commands the world’s largest acreage of Riesling?

Answer 440

Pfalz|-more Riesling in the Pfalz than in Alsace, or in the whole country of Austria, or Australia, or the United States

Question 441

How does the climate and style of Pfalz riesling differ with that of the Mosel or Rheingau?

Answer 441

In comparison to northerly regions like the Mosel, the Pfalz is warm and sunny, with a modern style of Riesling that is resoundingly dry, offering more body, weight, and alcohol than any other classic Riesling region in Germany.

Question 442

Which Anbaugebiet lies between Rheinhessen and Alsace?

Answer 442

Pfalz

Question 443

Which Anbaugebiet is associated with the Haardt hills?

Answer 443

Pfalz||-The Pfalz Anbaugebiet is on the western side of the Upper Rhine Plain, with its best vineyard sites creeping up the Haardt hills—a northern, forest-capped extension of the Vosges Mountains.

Question 444

What are the two Bereiche of Pfalz?

Answer 444

Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse|Südliche Weinstrasse||-both of which take their name from the “wine route,” a road opened in 1935 to link the region’s picturesque villages and boost tourism.

Question 445

Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse and Südliche Weinstrasse are the two Bereiche of what region?

Answer 445

Pfalz

Question 446

What is the character of the soils in Pfalz?

Answer 446

Pfalz soils are extremely varied and complex, with layers of red sandstone, calcium-based limestone, loess, red slate, basalt, igneous granite and alluvial gravel.

Question 447

Pfalz is associated with which hills that are a continuation of the Vosges Mountains and where the best vineyards lie?

Answer 447

Haardt hills

Question 448

Kallstadt, Ungestein, Forst, Deidesheim, Ruppertsberg, and Gimmeldingen are famous winegrowing villages in which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 448

Pfalz

Question 449

Which Anbaugebiet is associated with the Palatinate Forest?

Answer 449

Pfalz

Question 450

The greatest concentration of Grosse and Erste Lage sites in the Pfalz occupies a small band of slope between which two villages?

Answer 450

Forst |Deidesheim||-Many of the Mittelhaardt’s modern Grosse Lage sites were mapped in the 1828 Bavarian Land Registry and have ecclesiastical origins in the 12th and 13th centuries. As in Burgundy, they are often clustered together

Question 451

What is the Flurbereinigung campaign?

Answer 451

In the post-war period, the Flurbereinigung campaign geared up to consolidate parcels of land divided by successive generations of inheritance and to physically restructure vineyards. By rearranging steep and otherwise inaccessible vineyards, workers could employ machines and increase production.

Question 452

Which vineyard is probably the finest, warmest, and most uniform site in Pfalz?

Answer 452

Forster Kirchenstück||-Shared by eight owners, enclosed by a small sandstone wall, and planted entirely to Riesling

Question 453

What are some of the best vineyards in the Pfalz?

Answer 453

Königsbacher Idig|Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten|Kallstadter Saumagen|Forster Kirchenstück

Question 454

Königsbacher Idig, Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten, Kallstadter Saumagen, and Forster Kirchenstück are some of the best vineyards in which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 454

Pfalz||-Mittelhaardt-based producers have long been regarded as standard-bearers for quality in the region. The “three Bs”—Reichsrat von Buhl, Bürklin-Wolf, and Bassermann-Jordan

Question 455

Which Bereiche has historically been the most important sector of the Pfalz?

Answer 455

Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse

Question 456

Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse has historically been the most important sector of which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 456

Pfalz||-Mittelhaardt-based producers have long been regarded as standard-bearers for quality in the region. The “three Bs”—Reichsrat von Buhl, Bürklin-Wolf, and Bassermann-Jordan

Question 457

The “three Bs”—Reichsrat von Buhl, Bürklin-Wolf, and Bassermann-Jordan of the Pfalz can only be compared side by side with wine from which vineyard?

Answer 457

Kirchenstück

Question 458

Which producer in the Pfalz has single-handedly manufactured the reputation of Saumagen?

Answer 458

Koehler-Ruprecht

Question 459

Koehler-Ruprecht is known for creating the reputations of which vineyard in the Pfalz?

Answer 459

Saumagen

Question 460

Which producer in the Pfalz is considered a modern superstar and has been criticized for adding new barriques and tonneaux to a Riesling cellar?

Answer 460

von Winning

Question 461

Which Bereiche in the Pfalz was until recently considered to be in decline?

Answer 461

Südliche Weinstrasse||-The warm, sunny southern sector of the Pfalz was a cheap source of bulk wines prior to the passage of the 1971 wine law, and much of its output wound up in Mosel négociant blends.

Question 462

Which Bereiche in the Pfalz has provided some of Germany’s best examples of Weissburgunder and Spätburgunder?

Answer 462

Südliche Weinstrasse||-appearing in vineyards like Siebeldinger im Sonnenschein and Schweiger Kammerberg

Question 463

What is the general difference between the exposures of the two Bereiche of the Pfalz?

Answer 463

In the Südliche Weinstrasse, exposures are more varied, and the best vineyards are frequently steeper than those of the Mittelhaardt. Here, the winegrowing villages are tucked into the hills, rather than aligned neatly along their flank.

Question 464

In 2005, growers in the Pfalz introduced what new category modeled off the Austrian DAC example?

Answer 464

DC Pfalz|-However, it appears short-lived and forgotten, with no major producers adopting the designation.

Question 465

The Main River is the most important river for which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 465

Franken|-a small Rhine tributary, some 130 kilometers east of the Rheingau

Question 466

Mainviereck, Maindreieck, and Steigerwald are the three Bereiche of which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 466

Franken

Question 467

What are the three Bereiche of Franken?

Answer 467

Mainviereck|Maindreieck|Steigerwald

Question 468

Which Anbaugebiet in Germany does Müller-Thurgau, at 28% of the vineyard, maintain a commanding lead as the most planted variety?

Answer 468

Franken

Question 469

What is the most planted grape in Franken?

Answer 469

Müller-Thurgau|-28% of the vineyard

Question 470

The Bocksbeutel of Franken is allegedly shaped like what two things?

Answer 470

Allegedly shaped like a Roman canteen or, yes, a sheep’s scrotum.

Question 471

What is the most important grape to most quality-oriented producers of Franken?

Answer 471

Silvaner

Question 472

Which Bereiche is considered the only natural home for Pinot Noir in Franken?

Answer 472

Mainviereck||-The westernmost reaches of the Anbaugebiet|-Soils here are typically composed of weathered red sandstone, and the climate is gentler than in areas further east.

Question 473

Who is the top name for Spätburgunder in Franken?

Answer 473

Rudolf Fürst

Question 474

Rudolf Fürst is a Spätburgunder specialist in which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 474

Franken

Question 475

What style of wine does Rudolf Fürst specialize in?

Answer 475

Spätburgunder in Franken

Question 476

Where is the Würzburger Stein vineyard?

Answer 476

Franken||-Würzburg itself has always been the commercial center of the region, and its famous Stein vineyard, even at 85 hectares in size, has captivated wine drinkers for centuries.

Question 477

Which vineyard in Franken is planted primarily to Riesling and Silvaner and produces some of Franken’s top examples of both grapes with a touch of trademark smokiness?

Answer 477

Würzburger Stein|-but, like other massive grand cru-styled vineyards, its parcels vary dramatically in intrinsic worth|-It also showcases the German willingness to manipulate terrain: the soils here have been replenished and replaced over the course of hundreds of years

Question 478

Juliusspital and Bürgerspital are both producers in which Anbaugebiet?

Answer 478

Franken|-the two most important landholders of the Stein vineyard|-both charitable hospital (Spital) foundations financed by large winemaking operations

Question 479

Which Bereich is located on the eastern end of Franken?

Answer 479

Steigerwald|-the highest and coolest district in Franken

Question 480

Which Bereich is the highest and coolest district in Franken?

Answer 480

Steigerwald

Question 481

Which village in Franken is where Silvaner first appeared in Germany?

Answer 481

Castell

Question 482

Which Bereich in Franken is known for having black, gypsum-laced Keuper soils?

Answer 482

Steigerwald|-mitigate low temperatures by warming the vines at night|-so much so that vines can often produce quality wines even on north-facing slopes||*|Soil type consisting of marl and limestone common in Alsace, dating to the Upper Triassic period.||-Keuper is a stratigraphic name for the Upper Triassic period and can mean marl (varicoloured, saliferous grey, or gypsiferous grey) or limestone (ammonoid).

Question 483

Castell and Iphofen are the two most important villages of which Bereich in Franken?

Answer 483

Steigerwald

Question 484

What advantage do the Keuper soils of Franken provide?

Answer 484

Mitigate low temperatures by warming the vines at night||-so much so that vines can often produce quality wines even on north-facing slopes|*|Soil type consisting of marl and limestone common in Alsace, dating to the Upper Triassic period.||-Keuper is a stratigraphic name for the Upper Triassic period and can mean marl (varicoloured, saliferous grey, or gypsiferous grey) or limestone (ammonoid).

Question 485

Which three Anbaugebiete share vineyards in the Taubertal?

Answer 485

Franken, Baden, and Württemberg||-The 1971 wine law divided vineyards in the Taubertal, despite sharing similar climate and soil profiles

Question 486

Of the three Anbaugebiete that share the Taubertal region, which two have the right to bottle in a Bocksbeutel?

Answer 486

Baden and Franken producers from the region have the right to bottle in a Bocksbeutel; Württemberg producers do not.

Question 487

What are the two most popular grapes to grow in the Taubertal region which is shared by Franken, Baden, and Württemberg?

Answer 487

Silvaner and Riesling are popular varieties, produced in the image of Franken

Question 488

Which Anbaugebiete lies west of Rheinhessen and south of the Rheingau?

Answer 488

Nahe||-with the narrow Hünsruck Hochwald highland forest forming its natural western border and separating it from the Mosel Valley

Question 489

The Hünsruck Hochwald highland forest forms the western border of which Anbaugebiete?

Answer 489

Nahe||-separating it from the Mosel Valley

Question 490

Which Anbaugebiete has Germany’s driest winegrowing climate?

Answer 490

Nahe||-Protected from wind and weather on the north and west by wooded mountains, the region’s climate remains mild and dry—average annual rainfall is around 500 millimeters (about 20 inches)

Question 491

What is the only Bereiche in Nahe?

Answer 491

Nahetal||—but the region consists of at least three distinct, classic subregions renowned for quality Riesling along the Nahe River itself: the Upper, Middle, and Lower Nahe.

Question 492

Who is considered the preeminent producer of the Upper Nahe?

Answer 492

Emrich-Schönleber||-and in the 21st century, the Shäfer-Fröhlich estate of Bockenau, a village in the Upper Nahe’s hinterlands nearest the Hünsruck hills, rapidly ascended into the ranks of Nahe nobility.

Question 493

Emrich-Schönleber and Shäfer-Fröhlich are considered two of the best producers of which region?

Answer 493

Upper Nahe

Question 494

What is the Nahe’s largest town and the commercial center of the region’s wine trade?

Answer 494

Bad Kreuznach

Question 495

Niederhauser Hermannshöhle, Schlossböckelheimer Kupfergrube, Schlossböckelheimer Felsenberg, Norheimer Dellchen, Traiser Bastei, and Oberhauser Brücke are some of the famous Grosse Lage sites if which Anbaugebiete?

Answer 495

Nahe||-Middle Nahe|-Situated on weathered volcanic soils, slate, limestone, and schist

Question 496

The Oberhauser Brücke vineyard is a notable monopole of which Nahe producer?

Answer 496

Weingut Dönnhoff

Question 497

The best vineyards in the Nahe are known for having what types of soil?

Answer 497

weathered volcanic soils|-slate, limestone, and schist

Question 498

Between the Upper, Middle, and Lower Nahe which has the warmest climate and more climatic similarity to the neighboring Rheinhessen?

Answer 498

Lower Nahe||-the soil composition becomes heavier with clay and loess

Question 499

Schlossgut Diel is a prominent producer in which region of Germany?

Answer 499

Lower Nahe||-encamped in the town of Burg Layen at a partially ruined castle.

Question 500

What is Germany’s third-largest Anbaugebiet?

Answer 500

Baden||-lines the eastern half of the Upper Rhine Valley and runs parallel to Alsace and the Pfalz, between the Rhine River and the Black Forest.