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Germany-Rheingau Flashcards

To learn the Rheingau.

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What is the river that flows through the Rheingau? What direction does it flow?

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Rhine River. Flows North from Switzerland to the North Sea.

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What is the elevation of vineyards in Rheingau along the Rhine between Mainz and Wiesbaden?

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75-300 meters
-75 meter’s at the water’s edge to over 300 meters in elevation

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Where does the Rhine river collide with the rise of the western Taunus range?

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Between the cities of Mainz and Wiesbaden.

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Where does the Rhine River deviate from its Northern path?

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Between Wiesbaden and Rudesheim.

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Which direction does the main part of the Rheingau face?

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South

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What are the main villages of the Rheingau from East to West.

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Walluf
Martinsthal
Rauenthal
Eltville
Kiedrich
Erbach
Hallgarten
Hattenheim
Oestrich
Winkel
Johannisberg

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What is the soil type from Walluf to Geisnheim? What is the difference in soil type between the lower slopes and the upper slopes of the Rheingau?

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Mixture of slate, quartzite and sandstone
Lower slopes are layers of loess and clay
Upper slopes are stonier, more eroded with more slate.

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Where is the steepest area in the Rheingau?

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Rüdesheim
The Grosse Lage site Berg Schlossberg reaches a 70% grade.

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What bank of the river are the villages of Assmannshausen to Lorchhausen.

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The right bank

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10
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The Western part of the Rheingau extends between these two villages

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Assmannshausen northward to Lorchhausen

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What is the difference in climate between the western Rheingau and the Central Rheingau.

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The western Rheingau is colder and purer slate soils are common.

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Where is the Maingau?

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Eastern Rheingau, east of Wiesbaden in the valley of the Main River.
-This small enclave of vines is clustered wround the village of the Hocheim am Main

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What are the main differences between the Maingau and the rest of the Rheingau.

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Maingau is warmer climate
More loess and marl
Lower slopes
Lower elevation
-Rarely exceeding 120 meters above sea level

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14
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What is the Bereiche of Rheingau?

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Johannisberg

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By whom and when was Kabinett defined?

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Kloster Eberbach
1712

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By whom and when was Spatlese defined?

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Schloss Johannisberg
1775

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Who were the first producers to introduce glass bottles in Germany and when?

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Schloss Johannisberg
Schloss Schonborn
early 1700s

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What is Hessen State Winery famous for?

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Owning Steinberg-famous walled vineyard
Largest wine producer in Germany
Owns Eberbach Abbey

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Where is botrytis common in the Rheingau?

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Broad Rhine, in vineyards nearest river
-Vineyards closest to riverside villages
-The buildings block the vineyards from the wind and encourage rot

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What are the three monopoles of the Rheingau

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Schloss Johannisberg
Hattenheimer Steinberg (owned by Kloster Eberbach)
Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg (owned by Schloss Schönborn)

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21
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What is Schloss Schönborn’s monopole in the Rheingau?

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Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg

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What is Kloster Eberbach’s monopole in the Rheingau?

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Hattenheimer Steinberg

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What are the three main areas of the Rheingau?

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Maingau
Centrail Rheingau
Western Rheingau

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What is the geological transition going form the Central Rheingau to the Maingau?

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A transition from the Rhenish Massif into the Mainz Basin
-Loess-covered loams and marls replacing sandstone and slate.

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25
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The 1971 German wine law identifies one Bereiche in Rheingau. What is that?

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Johannisberg
-Named for the small village at the heart of central Rheingau

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What is a Schloss?

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A castle.

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What is a Kloster?

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An abbey

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28
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Who are considered the best in Rheingau today?

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Peter Jakob Kuhn
Josef Leitz
Eva Fricke
Georg Breuer
Kunstler

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29
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How many hectares of vine in the Rheingau are planted to riesling?

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2,500 of the region’s 3,160 total hectares

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30
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At what latitude is the Rheingau?

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50th parallel

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31
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What percentage of Rheingau production is added to the Pradikatswein category?

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40%

32
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What percentage of Rheingau riesling has 9g/l of residual sugar or less?

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80%

33
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Why is their a shift in the Rheingau to drier rieslings? When did this shift happen?

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Occurred with the founding of the Charta Association in 1984.
-the association strove to promote more stringent quality guidelines than the 1971 wine law
-to better define the Rheingau’s great vineyard sites
-to elevate dry riesling to its historical role as a top produc of the region prior to WWII

34
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What is the symbol for Charta Riesling?

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An emblem of three Roman arches styled from the balcony of the historic Graue Haus hotel in Winkel.

35
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Who started the Charta Association’s movement toward a focus on dry Riesling in the Rheingau?

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Bernhard Breuer of Rudesheim’s Georg Breuer estate.

36
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What does Erstes Gewachs refer to in the Rheingau?

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-“First Growth” category
-Permitted under German wine law for the 1999 vintage forward
-Applies to dry Riesling and Spatburgunder bottlings from selected Rheingau vineyards
-Represented the first site-based quality hierarchy accepted into law in the wake of the 1971 legislation
-unlike the Charta deignation or Grosses Gewachs of the VDP, Erstes Gewachs is available to all producers who adhere to its requirements and have a share in the selected land

37
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Who introduced the vine in the Rheingau?

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The Romans

38
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When did the Benedictine monks found a Kloster at Johannisber?

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Early 12th Century

39
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When did the Cistercians arrive in Rheingau and from where?

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1136 from Burgundy

40
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What did the Cistercians establish in the Rheingau?

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Klostr Eberbach in 1136

41
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What is the earliest the monk’s records indicate the cultivation of riesling?

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1435

42
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When was Schloss Schönborn establised?

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1349

43
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Who established Schloss Johannisberg and when?

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Benedictine monks over 900 years ago

44
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What two monopoles in the Rheingau are of ecclesastical origin?

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Schloss Johannisbergp
-planted to riesling since 1720
Hattenheimer Steinberg vineyard
-Kloster Eberbach
-enclosed by a wall in 1760

45
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What are the trio of great vineyards in Rüdesheim?

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Berg Rottland
Berg Roseneck
Berg Schlossber

46
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What is the top site of Assmannshausen?

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Höllenberg

47
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Where is Höllenberg? What grape thrives there?

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Assmannshausen, Rheingau
Spätburgunder

48
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Who is the preeminent producer of Höllenberg in Assmannshausen?

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August Kesseler

49
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What does Hölle translate to for Hochheimer Hölle and Johannisbergr Hölle?

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Indicates a rocky hill

50
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What is a top site of Robert Weil?

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Kiedricher Gräfenberg

51
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Major Villages of Rheingau (west to east).

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Lorch, Assmannshausen, Rüdesheim, Geisenheim, Johannisberg, Winkel, Oestrich, Hallgarten, Hattenheim, Erbach, Kiedrich, Eltville, Rauenthal, Martinsthal, Walluf, Hochheim, Wicker

52
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This is a tributary of the Rhein River that runs between Oestrich and Mittelheim?

A

Pfingstbach

53
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How many miles does the Rheingau stretch?

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20 miles from West to East

54
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Important GL of Wicker.

A

Nonnberg Fusshol
Nonnberg Vier Morgen
Hölle

55
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Important GL of Hochheim

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Hölle
Königin Viktoriaberg
Kirchenstück
Domdechaney
Reichestal

56
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Important GL of Kostheim

A

Weiss Erd

57
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Important GL of Walluf

A

Walkenberg

58
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Important GL of Martinshtal

A

Langenberg

59
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Rothenberg is an EL of this village.

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Rauenthal

60
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Gräfenberg is a GL of this village.

A

Kiedrich

61
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Hohenrain, Marcobrunn, Siegelsberg are GL of this village.

A

Eichberg

62
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Important GL of Hattenheim

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Wisselbrunnen
Nussbrunnen
Hassel
Steinberger

63
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What is Kloster Eberbach’s monopole in the Rheingau?

A

Hattenheimer Steinberger

64
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Important GL of Hallgarten.

A

Jungfer
Schönhell

65
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Important GL of Oestrich

A

Doosberg
Lenchen

66
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Sankt Nikollaus is an EL or a GL? Where is it located?

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GL located in the Mittelheim in Rheingau

67
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Why does Schloss Vollrads not require a village on the label?

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It’s historic stature means it is one of a handful of estates classed in German wine law as an officially designated vineyard, and so is not required to display a village name on the label.

68
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When was Schloss Vollrads founded?

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-800-year-old estate in the Rheingau
-Schloss Vollrads has sales records dating back to 1211

69
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Important GL of Winkel

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Hasensprung
Jesuitengarten
Klaus

70
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Important GL of Johannisberg

A

Hölle

71
Q

Important GL of Geisenheim.

A

Kläuserweg
Rothenberg
Mäuerchen

72
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Important GL of Rüdesheim.

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Kirchenpfad
Berg Rottland
Berg Roseneck
Berg Schlossberg

73
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Important GL of Assmannshausen

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Höllenberg

74
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Where is Kapellenberg located? What it its designation?

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GL in Lorch

75
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Where is Seligmacher located? What is its designation?

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GL in Lorchhausen

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