Chapter Thirteen: Regions of Germany

Question 1

Within Germany, the Mosel River runs northeast from the city of Trier until it flows into the ______ River.

Answer 1

Rhine

Question 2

What is the central area of the Mosel?

Answer 2

Mittelmosel

Question 3

What are the two most important tributaries of the Mosel?

Answer 3

Saar

Ruwer

Question 4

What is the leading grape variety of the Mosel?

Answer 4

Riesling

Question 5

What are the 4 secondary grapes of the Mosel?

Answer 5

Müller-Thurgau

Elbling

Grauburgunder

Spätburgunder

Question 6

Grapes can fully ripen in the cool climate of the Mosel due to these factors:

Answer 6

South-facing slopes

Slate soils

Hot summer days

Question 7

What is the wine region located along the Rhine River, including 15 miles (24 km) where the river flows west?

Answer 7

Rheingau

Question 8

What is the one (and only) Bereich of the Rheingau?

Answer 8

Johannisberg

Question 9

What is the leading grape of the Rheingau?

Answer 9

Riesling

Question 10

What is the wine region located to the southwest of the Rheingau?

Answer 10

Nahe

Question 11

The finest vineyards sites of the Nahe are located….

Answer 11

…on the south-facing slopes of the mainly east-west valleys of the Nahe River and its tributaries

Question 12

What is the leading wine region of Germany in terms of area under vine and quantity/output?

Answer 12

Rheinhessen

Question 13

What are the 3 leading grapes of the Rheinhessen?

Answer 13

Riesling

Müller-Thurgau

Dornfelder

Question 14

The Rheinhessen forms a _________ and has a generally ______ climate.

Answer 14

The Rheinhessen forms a LOW, FLAT PLATEAU and has a generally WARM, DRY climate.

Question 15

What is the wine region located north of Alsace?

Answer 15

Pfalz

Question 16

The Pfalz is the ________ largest German wine region in terms of acreage.

Answer 16

Second

Question 17

What is the leading grape of the Pfalz?

Answer 17

Riesling

Question 18

What are the secondary (2 white, 2 red) grapes of the Pfalz?

Answer 18

Müller-Thurgau

Grauburgunder

Dornfelder

Spätburgunder

Question 19

What is the wine region located along the Main River?

Answer 19

Franken

Question 20

What are the two leading grapes of Franken?

Answer 20

Müller-Thurgau

Silvaner

Question 21

What is the unique, flask-shaped bottle used in Franken?

Answer 21

Bocksbeutel

Question 22

What is the wine region located to the north of Baden, named for a mountain road?

Answer 22

Hessische Bergstrasse

Question 23

What is the region heavily planted to red grapes, with many vineyards located in the Neckar River Valley?

Answer 23

Württemberg

Question 24

What are the 3 leading red grapes of Württemberg?

Answer 24

Trollinger

Schwarzriesling/P. Meunier

Lemberger

Question 25

In terms of climate, Württemberg has higher levels of _________ and _________ than most other German regions?

Answer 25

Rainfall and humidity

Question 26

What is the wine region located (in part) along the Rhine River and Lake Constance?

Answer 26

Baden

Question 27

What is considered the warmest Bereich in Germany?

Answer 27

Kaiserstuhl (Baden)

Question 28

What is the leading grape of Baden?

Answer 28

Spätburgunder

Question 29

What are the 2 secondary grapes of Baden?

Answer 29

Müller-Thurgau Grauburgunder

Question 30

What is the wine region that (despite its northerly location) is planted to 80% red grapes?

Answer 30

Ahr

Question 31

What are the 3 leading red grapes of the Ahr?

Answer 31

Spätburgunder Portugieser Dornfelder

Question 32

What are the 2 heat-retaining soils of the Ahr?

Answer 32

Dark slate Greywacke

Question 33

The topography of the Ahr includes a series of sheltered _______ lined with steep ______________.

Answer 33

valleys lined with south-facing slopes

Question 34

What is the small wine region (famous for its many castles and terraced vineyards) located north of Rheingau?

Answer 34

Mittelrhine

Question 35

What are the two wine regions in the former East Germany?

Answer 35

Sachsen Saale-Unstrut

Question 36

The _______ region has over 500 Einzellagen

Answer 36

Mosel

Question 37

Bernkastel and Burg Cochem are _________ located in the __________.

Answer 37

They're Bereiche in the Mosel

Question 38

What is the eastern-most wine region of the former West Germany?

Answer 38

Franken