Tune Up #1 pt. 4 Flashcards
How many Bereiche are in the Baden Anbaugebiet?
9||-Baden extends for nearly 400 kilometers and is scattered from the shores of Lake Constance, which separates Germany and Switzerland, to the edge of the Odenwald hills in Hessische-Bergstrasse and the Tauber River Valley, near Würzburg in Franken. So while it is difficult to generalize about the region’s wines, its greatest successes have been with varieties rooted in Burgundy
What are the three most important grapes in the Baden Anbaugebiet?
Weissburgunder|Grauburgunder|Spätburgunder||-The trio accounts for three of Baden’s four most planted grapes, and Spätburgunder alone makes up one-third of Baden’s almost 16,000 hectares under vine.|-White grapes still account for a slim majority
What is the Gutedel grape known as in France?
Chasselas||-In Germany, the Swiss grape is cultivated almost exclusively in the Markgräferland Bereiche at Baden’s southernmost point, where the Anbaugebiet meets the Swiss city of Basel and the French border.
What is Chasselas known as in Germany?
Gutedel||-In Germany, the Swiss grape is cultivated almost exclusively in the Markgräferland Bereiche at Baden’s southernmost point, where the Anbaugebiet meets the Swiss city of Basel and the French border.
The Markgräferland Bereiche at Baden’s southernmost point is known for the best German examples of which grape?
Gutedel||-Chasselas
Ortenau, Breisgau, Kaiserstuhl, and Tuniberg are the four Baden Bereiche well known for what grape?
Pinot Noir
Which four Baden Bereiche are well known for German Pinot Noir?
Ortenau|Breisgau|Kaiserstuhl|Tuniberg
Bernhard Huber is a well known German producer of what style of wine?
Spätburgunder|-Baden
What is Baden’s most celebrated zone for Spätburgunder?
Kaiserstuhl
Kaiserstuhl is Baden’s most celebrated zone for what?
Spätburgunder||-The district experiences Germany’s warmest and sunniest winegrowing climate—in warm vintages, Spätburgunder passing the 15% mark is not unheard of.
Kaiserstuhl is Baden’s most celebrated zone for Spätburgunder and the best sites within this area are known for what type of soil?
volcanic soils|-rather than windblown loess, such as Achkarrer Schlossberg and Ihringer Winklerberg, Germany’s hottest vineyard.
What is Germany’s hottest vineyard?
Ihringer Winklerberg||-If anything, Kaiserstuhl’s greatest viticultural liability is one sommeliers don’t usually associate with Germany: too much sun, too much heat, too much potential alcohol.
Which Bereiche in Baden is a subregion of sorts of the Kaiserstuhl Bereiche?
Tuniberg||-which formally separated from Kaiserstuhl in 1991. Situated on calcareous rather than volcanic subsoil, Tuniberg has a more thorough distribution of loess and loess-loam topsoils, but its wines have not achieved the same fame as those of Kaiserstuhl.
The Tuniberg Bereiche of Baden is essentially a sub zone of which more famous Bereiche?
Kaiserstuhl||-which formally separated from Kaiserstuhl in 1991. Situated on calcareous rather than volcanic subsoil, Tuniberg has a more thorough distribution of loess and loess-loam topsoils, but its wines have not achieved the same fame as those of Kaiserstuhl.
What is the only German Anbaugebiet that enters the EU’s Climate Zone B category?
Baden
What is the most planted grape in Württemberg?
Trollinger||-better known as Schiava in Italy|-70% of its total acreage is devoted to red grapes|-Riesling is the most planted white grape in the region and the second most planted grape overall
What is the Trollinger grape known as in Italy?
Schiava
What is Schiava known as in Germany?
Trollinger
German cultivation of the Pinot Meunier grape is almost exclusive to which Anbaugebiet?
Württemberg|-where it typically produces light, fruity, quaffable wines
What is the specialized style of rosé wine that is unique to the Württemberg region?
Schillerwein||-Alongside pink Champagne, it is one of the few styles of European rosés for which blending is permitted.
How is Schillerwein made?
Historically, the pale pink wine was composed of a field blend of red and white grapes, crushed and fermented together. Today, the red and white lots are blended prior to fermentation to achieve the wine’s bright rosy color.
The cities of Stuttgart and Heilbronn are associated with which Anbaugebiet?
Württemberg
In which Bereich is Württemberg’s largest concentration of vineyards?
Württembergisch Unterland Bereich |-between the capital city of Stuttgart and Heilbronn
Weingut Graf Neipperg is a well known producer in which Anbaugebiet?
Württemberg||-of Schwaigern|-Owner Karl Neipperg is the latest in a long line of lords whose presence in Württemberg can be traced to the 12th century; however, his brother, Stephan von Neipperg of Saint-Émilion, is easily the more widely recognized figure in the wine world today.
Jean Stodden, Meyer-Näkel, and J.J. Adeneuer are well known producers associated with which Anbaugebiet?
Ahr||-Ahr Spätburgunder is a rare example of slate-grown Pinot Noir, and its admirers attribute a smoky undertone to this unique union of grape and soil.
What are some of the top producers of Ahr Spätburgunder?
Jean Stodden|Meyer-Näkel|J.J. Adeneuer
What type of soil is associated with Spätburgunder in the Ahr?
Slate||-The slopes here can be just as steep—reaching 60 to 70% grade or more—and slate-covered as those in the Mosel, but the river is too small and removed from the vineyards to have any great impact on vineyard temperature and vine.
What is the only Bereiche in the Ahr?
Walporzheim-Ahrtal
Walporzheim-Ahrtal is the only Bereiche in which Anbaugebiet?
Ahr
What is the only Grosslagen in the Ahr?
Klosterberg
Klosterberg is the only Grosslagen in which Anbaugebiet?
Ahr
What are the general differences between the Lower Ahr Valley and the Upper Ahr Valley?
The Lower Ahr Valley is more densely planted, with more basalt-derived clay and sand atop dark slate. It is also warmer, with harvests occurring on average 10 days earlier than in the Upper Ahr Valley. Because of this, Lower Ahr wines exhibit a more opulent character. Some of the most ancient vineyards, however, are further west. In the nearly pure slate soils of the Upper Ahr Valley, phylloxera is nonexistent
The Ahr Anbaugebiet is divided into what two sections?
Upper Ahr Valley|Lower Ahr Valley||-Upper Ahr west of Walporzheim and the Lower Ahr, spanning the remaining distance to the river’s confluence with the Rhine
When did the Ahr region’s full turn toward red wine production begin?
In the 1980s|-with Meyer-Näkel in the village of Dernau leading the charge
The Ahr producer, Meyer-Näkel, is credited with doing what?
The Ahr region’s full turn toward red wine production in the 1980s.||-Meyer-Näkel pivoted its gaze toward Burgundy and began emphasizing dryness, abandoning thermovinification, employing longer macerations, and aging in French oak barrels. Others took notice, and a revolution in style began. Guyot training replaced the traditional single-post system in serious vineyards, providing more sun exposure in the Ahr’s northerly climate.
How has the Ahr region, north of the 50th parallel, managed such success with red grapes when areas to its south, like the Mosel, have trouble reliably ripening red grapes?
Aided by its east-west orientation, the Ahr Valley benefits from the moderating influence of the Gulf Stream, and the growing season here is longer than in nearby regions like Mittelrhein or the Mosel. 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
What is Pinot Noir Precocé known as in Germany and in which Anbaugebiet is it commonly found?
Frühburgunder|-the second most planted red variety in the Ahr
Frühburgunder is a specialty of which Anbaugebiet?
Ahr|-has replaced Portugieser as the second most planted red variety in the Ahr
What is Frühburgunder known as in France?
Pinot Noir Precocé
What are the two Bereiche of the Mittelrhein Anbaugebiete?
Loreley|Siebengebirge||-The vast majority of the Mittelrhein’s vineyards and all of its Grosse Lage sites are located within the southern Bereich of Loreley
Which of the Mittelrhein’s two Bereiche is where the vast majority of the vineyards and all of its Grosse Lage sites are located?
Loreley|-the southern Bereich
Loreley and Siebengebirge are the two Bereiche of which Anbaugebiete?
Mittelrhein||-The vast majority of the Mittelrhein’s vineyards and all of its Grosse Lage sites are located within the southern Bereich of Loreley
Which Bereiche is the northernmost winegrowing area in western Germany?
The Mittelrhein’s Siebengebirge Bereiche||-a cluster of uplifted hills of volcanic origin southeast of Bonn. It is a much less significant winegrowing district, and fewer than two dozen hectares of vines remain under cultivation.
In Loreley and throughout Mittelrhein, what is the most planted variety?
Riesling||-the grape accounts for almost 70% of the total acreage
What are some of the similarities and differences between the Mosel and the Mittelrhein regions?
With the steep slopes of the Rhine gorge and its Devonian slate soils, conditions are similar to those in the Mosel, but the south-facing orientations essential to producing great Riesling are much rarer in the Mittelrhein.||-most of the Mittelrhein’s best vineyards are secluded in side valleys in Bacharach and Oberwesel
Stylistically, Riesling producers in Mittelrhein have more interest in what style of wine which contrasts with the style of the Mosel?
Riesling producers in Mittelrhein have more interest in trocken and halbtrocken styles of wine than those in the Mosel||-65% of Mittelrhein’s production was recorded as dry or off-dry, while the majority of Mosel wines were still clocking in at lieblich (medium sweet) or süss.
What is the smallest Anbaugebiet in Germany?
Hessische-Bergstrasse|-both in physical sizes and hectares planted to the vine
The Hessische-Bergstrasse Anbaugebiete is 50 kilometers due south of which major city?
Frankfurt|-aligned in latitude with the southern Rheinhessen, 30 kilometers to its west
What are the two Bereiche of the Hessische-Bergstrasse Anbaugebiete?
Starkenburg|Umstadt
Starkenburg and Umstadt are the two Bereiche of which Anbaugebiete?
Hessische-Bergstrasse
Simon-Bürkle is a producer associated with which Anbaugebiete?
Hessische-Bergstrasse|-Over half of the region’s acreage is under the control of the Bergstrasse Winzer eG cooperative
Historically, which Anbaugebiete’s vineyards constituted a sort of satellite region for the Rheingau, as they were once among the thousands of hectares tended by the Cistercian monks of Kloster Eberbach?
Hessische-Bergstrasse
Most of the vineyards in the Hessische-Bergstrasse Anbaugebiete are clustered around which village?
Heppenheim||-in the Starkenburg Bereich|-but there is a small “island” of vineyards further north, nearer to the Main River and separated from the remainder, which comprises the Umstadt Bereich
When did Germany’s total number of Anbaugebiete increase from 11 to 13?
1990|-with the addition of two areas previously under East German rule, Saale-Unstrut and Sachsen
What are Germany’s two northernmost winegrowing regions?
Saale-Unstrut |Sachsen||-far to the east of the country’s more renowned vineyards
What is Germany’s fastest-growing region?
Saale-Unstrut
Which producer is leading the minor renaissance taking place in the Sachsen Anbaugebiete?
Schloss Proschwitz||-the region’s largest estate and the first VDP member in Saxony
Schloss Proschwitz is which region’s largest estate and the first VDP member of the region?
Sachsen||-good wines, even if most of them never make it further afield than a Dresden tavern
What does Alleinbesitz mean?
A vineyard which is owned by only one owner (similar to a monopole in France).
What does Alte Reben mean?
old vines
What does Einzellage mean?
single vineyard
What are Keuper soils?
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).||-Black, gypsum-laced soils of Franken that mitigate cold temperatures by retaining heat||*|Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO₄·2H₂O. It is widely mined and is used as a fertilizer and as the main constituent in many forms of plaster, blackboard/sidewalk chalk, and drywall.
What is Rotling?
Rosé wine that is produced from a mixture of red and white varieties. A Rotling must have pale red or clear red color
What is Schneewein?
Snow wine - used to describe an ice wine made from grapes gathered when snow covered the vineyards
What does Schloss mean?
German word for castle; on a wine label it is equivalent to the French word “Chateau.”
What does Spritzig mean?
German term for the taste sensation of a wine which contains just enough CO2 to be apparent on the tongue as a prickly sensation (but not enough to be obviously sparkling)
Who applied for Germany’s first three single-vineyard PDOs?
Reinhard Heymann-Löwenstein ||-parcels in Uhlen: Blaufüsser Lay, Roth Lay, and Laubach
What was a recent botritys vintage in Germany?
2010
What 2 Anbaugebiete only allow VDP Riesling Grosse Lage?
Mosel|Nahe
What is the only Anbaugebiet to allow Chardonnay for VDP Grosse Lage sites?
Baden
Which producer, in the village of Haardt, continues to prove that classically sweet wines have their place in the Pfalz?
Müller-Catoir||-producing Riesling, Scheurebe, and Rieslaner in a lusher style.
What are the 6 major villages of Burg Cochem from North to South?
Winningen|Kobern-Gondorf|Hatzenport|Cochem|Bremm|Zell
What are the 6 major villages of Ruwertal?
Ruwer|Eitelsbach|Mertesdorf|Kasel|Waldrach|Avelsbach
Where is Eitelsbach?
Ruwertal
What are the 6 major villages of Saar?
Serrig|Saarburg|Wiltingen|Ockfen|Oberemmel|Kanzem
What is the famous alleinbesitz in the village of Eitelsbach? Who owns it?
Karthäuserhofberg||-Karthäuserhof
What is the name of the famous alleinbesitz of Karthäuserhof in the Ruwertal village of Eitelsbach?
Karthäuserhofberg
Where is Karthäuserhofberg?
Ruwertal village of Eitelsbach
What is the name of the alleinbesitz of Egon Müller in the gemeinden of Wiltingen?
Braune Kupp||-Wiltingen (Saar)
Egon Müller’s alleinbesitz of Braune Kupp is in which gemeinden?
Wiltingen||-Saar
Who is the owner of the Braune Kupp alleinbesitz in the Saar?
Egon Müller||-Wiltingen
Scharzhofberg is an orsteil in which gemeinden?
Wiltingen
What is the difference between VDP Grosses Gewächs (GG) and VDP Grosse Lage?
GG will be dry||-Grosses Gewächs (GG) comes from a Grosse Lage
Which river is adjacent to the village of Nierstein?
Rhine||-historically associated with quality winegrowing in the Rheinhessen: the Roter Hang on the left bank of the Rhine between the villages of Nierstein and Nackenheim.
Which river is adjacent to the village of Schlossbockelheim?
Upper Nahe river
Which river is adjacent to the village of Nackenheim?
Rhine||-historically associated with quality winegrowing in the Rheinhessen: the Roter Hang on the left bank of the Rhine between the villages of Nierstein and Nackenheim.
What is the length of time after Kabinett harvest is declared before Spätlese harvest may begin?
7 days
What is the difference between Erzeugerabfüllung and Gutsabfullung?
Erzeugerabfüllung - producer bottled so co-ops and negotiants may use the term. ||Gutsabfullung - estate bottled but only winemakers with a diploma in oenology may use the term.
What is the German term that means “producer bottled”?
Erzeugerabfüllung||-so co-ops and negotiants may use the term. ||Gutsabfullung - estate bottled but only winemakers with a diploma in oenology may use the term.
What is the German term that means “estate bottled”?
Gutsabfullung||-only winemakers with a diploma in oenology may use the term.||-Erzeugerabfüllung - producer bottled so co-ops and negotiants may use the term.
Which German producers are allowed to use the term “Gutsabfullung” when labeling their estate bottled wines?
Only winemakers with a diploma in oenology may use the term.
Is chapitalization legal for Prädikatswein?
No||-but it is for Qualitätswein
What is the name of an early-ripening strain of Pinot Noir grown in Franken?
Frühburgunder
How are the slates of Urziger Würzgarten and Wehlener Sonnenühr different?
Urziger Würzgarten - Red Slate|Wehlener Sonnenühr - Blue Devonian slate
Why do some German producers use cold, pre-fermentation skin contact for Riesling?
-Extract phenolic content |-Naturally raise pH
Where does Germany rank in worldwide sparkling wine production?
3rd
When was the term Sekt adopted?
After the Treaty of Versailles in 1919
What is Winzersekt?
Germany’s best single-varietal, estate-grown sparkling wines.||-Germany’s attempt to define high quality Sekt. This style of Sekt is most commonly made with the Riesling varietal, although it’s possible to find them produced of Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, and even Pinot Noir (as rosé).||-In Austria, the corresponding term is Hauersekt.
What term is used to show Germany’s attempt to define high quality Sekt?
Winzersekt||-In Austria, the corresponding term is Hauersekt.
Which forest separates the Mosel from the Nahe?
Hünsruck Hochwald
What was the name of the Post-War campaign to re-organize Germany’s vineyards and reduce the number from over 30,000 to less than 3,000?
Flurbereinigung||-German word best translated as land consolidation.
Which early-ripening German red hybrid has spread to cover almost 2,000 hectares, but this is not a grape for quality German red wines?
Regent||-first authorized for planting in 1996|-Diana x Chambourcin
Diana x Chambourcin were used to make which early-ripening German red hybrid that has spread to cover almost 2,000 hectares?
Regent
What is the parentage of the Regent hybrid that was first authorized for planting in 1996 and has spread to cover almost 2,000 hectares?
Diana x Chambourcin
Where is the Regent hybrid grape commonly planted?
Germany||-first authorized for planting in 1996, has actually spread to cover almost 2,000 hectares, but this is not a grape for quality German red wines of the future.
Sachsen is well known for which aromatic crossing developed in Alsace?
Goldriesling||-local specialty|-created in 1893 by Christian Oberlin in Colmar, Alsace by crossing Riesling with another grape variety, which is sometimes given as Courtillier Musqué Précoce, but not identified conclusively.
What is the dominant grape in Obermosel and Moseltor?
Elbling
What is the most planted red grape in the Nahe?
Dornfelder||-446 hectares.
What are the most planted red and white grapes in the Pfalz?
Dornfelder & Riesling
What percentage of Rheingau vineyards is planted to Riesling?
80%
What is the most planted red grape in the Rheingau?
Spätburgunder
What is the largest anbaugebiete of Germany?
Rheinhessen
When was Mosel-Saar-Ruwer shortened to Mosel?
2007
Name three German vineyards that are allowed to be smaller than the mandated 5 hectares.
Bernkasteler Doctor||Forster Kirchenstück|Forster Freundstück||Schloss Vollrads|||-There are only a few exceptions to this mandated minimum size today, including the Doctor vineyard in Bernkastel—whose three proprietors successfully petitioned to have the expanded boundaries shrunk to three hectares in 1984.
What are the two vineyards in Pfalz village of Forst that are exceptions to the size restriction rules of 1971?
Forster Kirchenstück|Forster Freundstück
What is the vineyard in the Mosel village of Bernkastel that is an exception to the size restriction rules of 1971?
Bernkasteler Doctor
What is the vineyard in the Rheingau that is an exception to the size restriction rules of 1971?
Schloss Vollrads||-ortsteil vineyard in Rheingau
What is an “ortsteil”?
A vineyard in Germany so famous that its village name is not attached|*|And a German term referring to an area that’s part of a larger commuity (as a suburb is of a city), yet is independent of that larger community. ||For example, the village of Erbach is an Ortsteil of Eltville. Esteemed vineyards like Schloss Johannisberg and Steinberg are classified as Ortsteil; therefore, unlike other vineyards, they aren’t required to put the name of their village (the larger community) on bottle labels.
Why would some German producers not have to put the name of the village on a single-vineyard wine?
If the vineyard is classified as an “ortsteil”||-A vineyard in Germany so famous that its village name is not attached.|*|And a German term referring to an area that’s part of a larger commuity (as a suburb is of a city), yet is independent of that larger community. ||For example, the village of Erbach is an Ortsteil of Eltville. Esteemed vineyards like Schloss Johannisberg and Steinberg are classified as Ortsteil; therefore, unlike other vineyards, they aren’t required to put the name of their village (the larger community) on bottle labels.
Name the 4 ortsteil vineyards of the Rheingau that happen to also be Alleinbesitz.
Schloss Vollrads (Schloss Vollrads)|Schloss Johannisberg (Schloss Johannisberg)|Schloss Reichartshausen (Balthasar Ress)|Steinberg (Kloster Eberbach)||-All 4 ortsteils are Alleinbesitz||-A vineyard in Germany so famous that its village name is not attached.|*|And a German term referring to an area that’s part of a larger commuity (as a suburb is of a city), yet is independent of that larger community. ||For example, the village of Erbach is an Ortsteil of Eltville. Esteemed vineyards like Schloss Johannisberg and Steinberg are classified as Ortsteil; therefore, unlike other vineyards, they aren’t required to put the name of their village (the larger community) on bottle labels.
Who owns the entirety of the Schloss Reichartshausen vineyard in the Rheingau?
Balthasar Ress
Balthasar Ress owns the entirety of which vineyard in the Rheingau?
Schloss Reichartshausen
Who founded Kloster Eberbach and when?
Bernard of Clairvaulx in 1136||-Rheingau|-the first Cistercian monastery on the east bank of the Rhein, on the site of a failed Benedictine settlement.
Which Rheingau producer is associated with the first Cistercian monastery on the east bank of the Rhein founded in 1136?
Kloster Eberbach
What is the name of the alleinbesitz vineyard of Kloster Eberbach and what commune is it in?
Steinberg vineyard within the commune of Hattenheim||-monks’ centerpiece and remains wholly intact today—an alleinbesitz of Kloster Eberbach for over 8 centuries.
Which producer is the alleinbesitz owner of the Steinberg vineyard within the commune of Hattenheim?
Kloster Eberbach
How many einzellagen were remaining in Germany after after the 1971 classification and what was the minimum vineyard size?
30,000 einzellagen were condensed into 2,600 registered vineyards||-each with a minimum size of 5 ha.
When were Spätlese, Auslese and Eiswein respectively discovered?
Spätlese 1775 (Schloss Johannisberg)|-in the Rheingau found that, despite their appearance, grapes afflicted with edelfäule made good wine. ||-The estate followed with the introduction of the Auslese category in 1787 and the first Eiswein in 1858.
Which producer is credited with the first Spätlese wine in 1775?
Schloss Johannisberg
When was the Geisenheim Wine Institute founded?
1872||-developed a number of hardier grape crossings that would ripen in greater abundance
Where was Müller-Thurgau created in 1882?
Geisenheim Wine Institute
When was the Dornfelder crossing created?
1956||-crossing of Helfensteiner x Heroldrebe |-most prominent German red crossing
What are the maximum VDP yields for Grosse Lage, Erste Lage, Ortswein, and Gutswein after the 2012 vintage?
Grosse Lage: 50 hl/ha|Erste Lage 60 hl/ha|Ortswein 75 hl/ha|Gutswein 75 hl/ha
Johannisberg is the only Bereich of which German Anbaugebiet?
Rheingau
What is the most important teinturier grape of Germany and where is it most likely to be found?
Dornfelder|-has red juice (teinturier).|-most cultivated red grape in both Pfalz, Rheinhessen (in each case it is 13% of their total plantings.), and Nahe
In what year did Hungary become one of the first in modern Europe to undergo a vineyard classification?
1700|-the Transylvanian Prince Rákóczy delimited 28 villages in the region, inaugurating a golden age for the wine that would last through the next two centuries.|-Some sources alternatively date Tokaj’s classification to 1730, with a final legal recognition in 1772
What was the name of the prince who in 1700 made Hungary become one of the first in modern Europe to undergo a vineyard classification?
Prince Rákóczy|-the Transylvanian Prince Rákóczy delimited 28 villages in the region, inaugurating a golden age for the wine that would last through the next two centuries.||-was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince (fejedelem) of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Today he is considered a national hero in Hungary.
What are Aszú grapes?
Indicate grapes of high sugar levels afflicted with botrytis cinerea—the noble rot.||-the term originally signified desiccated grapes
Who is known to have definitively produced botrytis-affected aszú wine by the mid-17th century?
Laczkó Máté Szepsi|-According to legend, the first aszú was made by Laczkó Máté Szepsi in 1630. However, mention of wine made from aszú grapes had already appeared in the Nomenklatura of Fabricius Balázs Sziksai which was completed in 1576. A recently discovered inventory of aszú predates this reference by five years.
Aszú appears in works published as early as what year?
1571|-Thus, the aszú wines of Tokaj predated the botrytised wines of Germany, and probably Sauternes as well.
Which two popes are possibly the one who declared about Tokaji, “These wines are fit for a pope”?
Pope Julius III|Pope Pius IV
Which king of France is known to have praised Tokaji by declaring, “wine of kings and king of wines”?
King Louis XIV
Which Russian leader enjoyed Tokaji so emphatically that she left a permanent detachment of her Cossack guard in Tokaj to guard royal shipments?
Catherine the Great of Russia
Which Queen of England received an annual birthday gift of a dozen bottles of Tokaji, courtesy of the Austro-Hungarian Emperor?
Queen Victoria of England
Which Tokaji estates are leading the way in the resurgence since the fall of communism?
Royal Tokaji Company|Vega Sicilia’s Tokaj Oremus|Disznókõ|Királyudvar
Which mountains shelter the Tokaj region?
Carpathian Mountains
Which two rivers fork within the Tokaj region?
Bodrog|Tisza
Describe the soil in the Tokaj region.
predominantly volcanic loess and clay
Rákóczy’s original classification divided the vineyards of Tokaj and its neighboring villages into how many “growths” categories?
1st, 2nd, and 3rd growths||-remains relevant today through the efforts of the Tokaj Renaissance, a producers’ association devoted to the protection of the concept.
Which two vineyards share the superlative designation of Great First Growths in Tokaj?
Szarvas |Mézes Mály (MAIZE-esh my)
How many vineyards are recognized as first growths in Tokaj?
74 |-Szarvas and Mézes Mály, near the communes of Tokaj and Tarcal, respectively, share the superlative designation of Great First Growths
What are the two principal grapes of the Tokaj region?
Furmint (Foor-mint)|Hárslevelű||-Sárgamuskotály (Muscat Blanc à Petite Grains), Zéta (Oremus), Kabar and Kövérszőlő are authorized but generally used in small quantities.
What is the Hungarian name for Muscat Blanc à Petite Grains?
Sárgamuskotály