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1st labelled Rheingau Vineyard

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1726: Erbach Marcobrunn

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Rheingau Bereich

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Johannisberg

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1st use of “Cabinet”

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1712 at Kloster Eberbach

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Rheingau parallel

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50th

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Charta Association

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1984
* GOALS: more stringent quality guidelines, better define great vineyard sites, elevate status of dry Riesling
* Erstes Gewächs: 1999 on; dry Riesling and Spatburgunder from top sites based on 1867 map
* logo: 3 roman arches, styled from balcony of Graue Haus hotel in Winkel

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Rudesheim’s 3 Bergs

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Berg Roseneck (15 - 50%)
Berg Schlossberg (40%)
Berg Rottland (15 - 50%)

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Franz Künstler

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Hochheim en Main, Rheingau
* Top sites: Hocheimer’s Hölle, Kirchenstuck, Domdechaney

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August Kesseler

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Assmanshausen, Rheingau
* 60% Riesling, 40% Pinot
* GG sites: Assmanshausen Höllenberg, Rudesheim Berg Roseneck, Rottland

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Josef Leitz

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Rudesheim, Rheingau
* Top sites: Bergs.. Roseneck, Rottland, Kaisersteinfels

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Schloss Schönborn

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Hattenheim, Rheingau

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Erbach VDP Grosse Lage (3)

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Hohenrain
Marcobrunn
Siegelsberg

RHEINGAU

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Hallgarten VDP Grosse Lage

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Schönhell
Jungfer

RHEINGAU

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German word for ‘abbey’

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Kloster

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German word for castle

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Schloss

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German Sekt tax

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1.02EU

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Min. % of stated varietal for Germany?

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85%

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Max yield for each VDP tier

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Gutswein: 75 hl/ha
Ortswein: 75 hl/ha
Erste Lage: 60 hl/ha
Grosse Lage: 50 hl/ha

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3 major Assmanshausen producers

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Weingut Robert König
Weingut Krone
August Kesseler

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Germany’s A.P. numbers: what does each set of digits mean?

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Amtliche Prüfungsnummer

1) location of the exam board
2) village in which the wine was produced
3) producer
4) unique bottling number
5) the year in which the wine was tested

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VDP rebrand/refocus

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The 1971 rendition of wine law forbade use of the term “natur”

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What is a Grosses Gewächs? Explain as you might to a guest.

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“Great Growth”: a dry wine from a Grosse Lage site
* white or red - longer elevage period, lower yields, and are typically among the finest and most expensive of a producer’s offering

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Stück

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A 1200-liter oval cask

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Doppelstück

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A 2400-liter oval cask

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Halbstück

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A 600-liter oval cask

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German term for 'red sandstone'
Burntsandstein
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What is the German term for 'blue slate'?
Blauenschiefer
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German term for 'limestone'
Kalkstein
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Steepest Rheingau vineyard
Berg Schlossberg in Rudesheim 70%
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Maingau's main village
Hochheim am Main
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Which religious order founded Kloster Eberbach?
Cistercians
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Which religious order founded Schloss Johannisberg?
Benedictines
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1st planned Spatlese harvest
1775; Schloss Johannisberg Winkler Hasensprung ( now a VDP grosse läge)
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Who owns Kloster Eberbach?
The Hessan State Winery
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(Hattenheimer) Steinberg - location - ownership - significance
Rheingau Kloster Eberbach monopole * largest walled vineyard in Germany @ 32.4ha; dating to 12th century * doesn't use village name * planted only to Riesling Est by Cistercians in 1170. Wall was completed in 1767. "Steinberg" = "Stony Hill". The vineyard itself is variable, as it is rather large with varying slopes of 15 to 35% **Mauerwein** = "wall wine"; special bottling from vines along wall
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Assmannshausen/ Lorch vineyards orientation
West/Southwest-facing
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The Taunus Mountains are a sub-range of what larger group of mountains?
Rhenish Slate Mountains
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The Rheingau's VDP association is joined by what other region?
Hessische-Bergstrasse
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Assmannshausen Höllenberg
Village's 1 VDP Grosse Lage * 140 - 160M, 45% grade * slate soils * known for Pinot Kesseler, Krone, Künstler, Allendorf
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Geisenheim's 3 VDP Grosse Lage
Rothenberg Kläuserweg Mäuerchen
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VDP Grosse Lage in the Maingau known for Pinot Noir
Hochheimer Reichestal
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top vineyard sites in Kiedrich
Gräfenberg (the only Grosse Lage) Turmberg (EL) Klosterberg (EL) Sandgrub (EL) Wasseros (EL)
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Kiedrich Grafenberg
Rheingau; Robert Weil * 30 - 60% slope * quartz, slate, phyllite *only Kiedrich Grosse Lage Peter Jakob Kühn, Künstler are the "lesser knowns" here
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Westernmost wine town of the Rheingau? Easternmost
Lorch Wicker
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Berg Schlossberg - location - soil type - grade - 3 producers
Rudesheim, Rheingau * Phyllite slate, Taunus quartzite and steep - up to 70% and 120M to 160M. 25 hectares. * Faces SW * Georg Breuer, Josef Leitz, August Kesseler, Kunstler Sits in the "Binger Loch", the bend of the Rhine where it starts to head north. Takes its name from the Ehrenfels castle, whose ruins remain.
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Marcobrunn - location - 3 producers? - main grape
Erbach, Rheingau * 1st mentioned vineyard on label, 1726 * Schloss Schonborn, Künstler, Breuer, Kloster Eberbach, Prinz * 90 - 100M; 7.1ha. Mostly Riesling. Marka = border, Brunnen = spring. References the spring on the border with Hattenheim. Thomas Jefferson and other dignitaries have visited the site.
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Name 3 VDP Grosse Lage from the Rheingau
Erbach Marcobrunn Assmanshausen Hollenberg Berg Schlossberg
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Rheingau ortsteil - name 2. What is an ortsteil?
Ortsteil: vineyards of historical importance which do not require to be labelled by village; the vineyard itself is a village unto the wine law Schloss Johannisberg (Johannisberg) Steinberg (Hattenhaim) Scharzhofberg (Wiltingen) in the Mosel is another good example

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