AHR Region

Question 1

What’s the percentage of red varieties that grows in the region and name them

Answer 1

88%

Spatburgunder

Portugieser

Fruhburgunder

Dornfelder

Question 2

Whats the soil type in Ahr

Answer 2

Basalt, Sandstone and Greywacke

Question 3

The entire territory is protected by what?

Answer 3

Eifel Range

Hohe Venn natural area

Question 4

whats the famous striking cliffs of Ahr

Answer 4

the Bunten Kuh

Question 5

In which village the Exceptional Rosenthal vineyards is located

Answer 5

Ahrweiler

Question 6

In which village the Exceptional Eck vineyatds is located

Answer 6

Altenahr

Question 7

In which village the Exceptional Pfarrwingert vineyard is located

Answer 7

Dernau

Question 8

In which village the Exceptional Landskrone vineyard is located

Answer 8

Heimersheim

Question 9

In which village the Exceptional Sonnenberg vineyard is located

Answer 9

Neuenahr

Question 10

In which village the Exceptional Gärkammer vineyard is located

Answer 10

Walporzheim

J J Adeneuer (monopole)

Question 11

In which village the Exceptional Kräuterberg vineyard is located

Answer 11

Walporzheim

Question 12

In which village the Silberberg vineyard is located

Answer 12

Ahrweiler

Question 13

In which village the Hardtberg vineyard is located

Answer 13

Dernau

Question 14

In which village the Burggarten vineyard is located

Answer 14

Heimersheim

Question 15

In which village the Trotzenberg vineyard is located

Answer 15

Marienthal

Question 16

In which village the Mönchberg vineyard is located

Answer 16

Mayschoss

Question 17

In which village the Kirchtürmchen vineyard is located

Answer 17

Neuenahr

Question 18

In which village the Schieferlay vineyard is located

Answer 18

Neuenahr

Question 19

In which village the Herrenberg vineyard is located

Answer 19

Rech

Question 20

In which village the Domlay vineyard is located

Answer 20

Walporzheim

Question 21

Name the German’s smallest anbaugebiete

Answer 21

The Ahr is one of Germany’s smaller anbaugebiete and is the world’s most northerly wine region dedicated to red wine production.

Question 22

Name Ahr bereichs and grosslage

Answer 22

The region has only one bereich, Walporzheim-Ahrtal,

and one grosslage, Klosterberg.

Question 23

Name the 10 Major Villages in Ahr (west to east):

Answer 23

Altenahr,

Mayschoss,

Rech,

Dernau,

Marienthal,

Walporzheim,

Ahrweiler,

Bad-Neuenahr,

Heppingen,

Heimersheim

Question 24

Name the Ahr Leading Producers

Answer 24

Meyer-Näkel (Dernau),

Jean Stodden (Rech),

Weingut Deutzerhof - Cossmann-Hehle (Mayschoss),

J.J. Adeneuer (Ahrweiler)

Question 25

In 2011, the **Pinot Noir,** **Lange Goldkapsel from Jean Stodden** won what?

Answer 25

**won Gault & Millau’s ‘German Red Wine of the Year’**

Question 26

**what Meyer-Näkel introduce to Ahr winemaking?**

Answer 26

. **He prolonged the pre-fermentation maceration to improve the tannic structure in the wine and was one of the first vintners to introduce French barriques.**

Question 27

What's the **German Barrique Forum.**

Answer 27

## Footnote **A vintners association, founded in 1991 in Germany. The main objective is to foster, develop and perfect the Barrique .**

Question 28

Name **JJ Adeneuer** specialty wines

Answer 28

**No. 1 Spätburgunder-Auslese** which is bottled directly from steel tanks rather than barrels; and the house speciality, a 1997 **Walporzheimer Garkammer Spätburgunder-Spätlese-trocken** which also is not barreled.