Germany - Franken

Question 1

Name the 3 Bereich of Franken

Answer 1

Maindreick
Mainviereck
Steigerwald

Question 2

In which Anbaugebiete is the Maindreick Bereich located?

Answer 2

Franken

Question 3

In which Anbaugebiete is the Mainviereck Bereich located?

Answer 3

Franken

Question 4

In which Anbaugebiete is the Steigerwald Bereich located?

Answer 4

Franken

Question 5

Franken is centered on which river?

Answer 5

Main River

Question 6

Which white grape variety thrives in Franken

Answer 6

Silvaner

Question 7

Name some important Gemeinden in Franken

Answer 7

Würzburg
Escherndorf
Iphofen
Bürgstadt

Question 8

Name the most prestigious einzallagen in Franken

Answer 8

The Stein vineyard

Question 9

what is the ‘three sided main?’ ‘four sided main?’

Answer 9

In the center of Franken, the Main River’s course appears to form a triangle—this is the Maindreieck, or “three-sided Main.”

The westernmost reaches of the Anbaugebiet are in Mainviereck, or the “four-sided Main,” where the river’s flow approximates a rectangular shape

Question 10

What’s the ‘Taubertal?”

Answer 10

The Main River has a tributary, the Tauber River, which converges with it just west of Homburg. The 1971 wine law divided vineyards in the Taubertal, despite sharing similar climate and soil profiles, among three Anbaugebiete: Franken, Baden, and Württemberg. Thus, Baden has a Tauberfranken Bereich, Württemberg has a small slice of the Taubertal near the village of Bad Mergentheim, and a portion of the region remains in the Maindreieck. Baden and Franken producers from the region have the right to bottle in a Bocksbeutel; Württemberg producers do not.