Rheinhessen

Question 1

Where is the German Wine Institute located?

Answer 1

Mainz, the northern outpost of the Rheinhessen

Question 2

Which anbaugebiete has more land under vine than any other?

Answer 2

The Rheinhessen (26,500ha)

Question 3

What is the original home of Liebfraumilch?

Answer 3

the Rheinhessen (Worms)

Question 4

What is the Rheinterrasse?

Answer 4

An extended reach of eastern exposures protected from the frost and wind that plague the rest of the Rheinhessen, running from Bodenheim south to Mettenheim.

Question 5

Where and what is the Roter Hang?

Answer 5

A 180ha slope of red clay and slate between Neirstein and Nackenheim in the Rheinhessen.

Question 6

Rheinhessen: Soil

Answer 6

Extensive loess, plus weathered seddimentary soils, sandy marl;
Quartzite and porphyry in the west.

Question 7

Bereiche and Gemeinde of the Rheinhessen

Answer 7

Bingen - Bingen, Appenheim, Siefersheim (west)
Nierstein/Rheinterrasse - Bodenheim, Nackenheim, Nierstein, Oppenheim, Deinheim
Wonnegau: Dittelsheim, Westhofen, Flörsheim-Dalsheim, Monsheim, Worms

Question 8

Where is Weingut Keller located?

Answer 8

Flörsheim-Dalsheim

Question 9

Where is Wittman located?

Answer 9

Westhofen

Question 10

Who produces G-Max?

Answer 10

Weingut Keller

Question 11

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Nackenheim

Answer 11

Rothenberg (Red Mountain): Gunderloch, Kühling-Gillot

Question 12

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Nierstein

Answer 12

Pettenthal: Kühling-Gillot
Brudersberg (Brother’s Mountain): Heyl zu Herrnsheim
Hipping: Keller
Ölberg (Olive Mountain): Heyl zu Herrnsheim, Külling-Gillot, Domäne Oppenheim
Orbel: Heyl zu Herrnsheim, Domäne Oppenheim

Question 13

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Oppenheim

Answer 13

Schützenhütte (Guard House): Louis Guntrum

Sackträger (Bag Carrier): Louis Guntrum, Kühling-Gillot

Question 14

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Bingen

Answer 14

Scharlachberg (Scarlet Fever Mountain): Kruger-Rumpf

Question 15

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Westhofen

Answer 15

Morstein: Keller, Wittmann
Kirschspiel: Keller, Wittmann

Question 16

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Dalsheim

Answer 16

Hubacker: Keller

Bürgel: Keller, Schales

Question 17

Important Einzellagen and Producers of Worms

Answer 17

Liebfrauenstift-Kirchenstück (Pen of Our Lady-Churchyard): Gutzler, Adolf Schembs Erben

Question 18

From what gemeinde and einzellage does Keller make Abtserde?

Answer 18

Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen

Question 19

What are the Erste Lage wines of Wagner-Stempel?

Answer 19

Siefersheimer Heerkretz
Siefersheimer Höllberg

Siefersheim is a little island of GG in the far west, in the southern part of Bingen.

Question 20

What are the Erste Lage wines of Kühling-Gillot? Where is the winery located?

Answer 20

Oppenheimer Sackträger
Niersteiner Pettenthal

Bodenheim

Question 21

Rheinhessen: Topography and Climate

Answer 21

Protected from cold winds by the Bergland in the south (border with Pfalz), Hünstruck (west) and Taunus (north) mountains, and the Odenwald forest (easts)

Question 22

Oechsle for Riesling in the Rheinhessen

Answer 22

73, 85, 92, 120, 150

Question 23

Who owns Ingelheimer Schloss Westerhaus?

Answer 23

Schloss Westerhaus

Question 24

Who owns Niersteiner Brudersberg?

Answer 24

Heyl zu Herrnsheim (owned by Saint Antony)

Question 25

Who owns Niersteiner Glöck?

Answer 25

Domäne Oppenheim

Question 26

Who owns Dalsheimer Hubacker?

Answer 26

Keller