Expert Germany Flashcards

1
Q

What parallel runs through Rheingau?

A

50 N

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2
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What is the expected abv range for traditional German Kabinett?

A

7-9%

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3
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Where is the Kloster Eberbach? Village and Anbaugebiet? Famous vineyard here?

A

Rheingau

Steinberg

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4
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Where is the Kloster Eberbach? Village and Anbaugebiet? Famous vineyard here? What is headquartered here?

A

Rheingau

Near Eltville am Rhein, in the Rheingau

Steinberg

Hessische Staatsweingüter

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5
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Specialty wine bottle of Franken?

A

Bocksbeutel

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6
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Specialty wine bottle of Franken?

A

Bocksbeutel

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7
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What does Gustabfüllung mean?

A

Estate-bottled

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8
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What does Feinherb mean?

A

A wine that is slightly off-dry

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9
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Which German anbaugebiete is closest to the Czech border?

A

Sachsen

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10
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The Taunus Mountains are a prominent feature in which Anbaugebiete?

A

Rheingau

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11
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Which Anbaugebiet of Germany typically produces the fullest body Riesling out of the main ones?

A

Pfalz

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12
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VDP producers never chaptalize their wines. True or False?

A

False

It’s frowned upon though

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13
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What is the German synonym for Noble Rot?

A

Edelfäule

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14
Q

What is the most likely abv for a finished TBA wine?

6%
8%
10%
12%

A

6%

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15
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Kabinett wines may not be chaptalized in Germany. True or False?

A

True

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16
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What is the min alcohol for each German Pradikat?

A

Kabinett/Spatlese/Auslese: min 7%

Beerenauslese/Eiswein/TBA: min 5.5%

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17
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What are the min abv and ochsle values for Erstes Gewächs wines? (Riesling and Spätburgunder) What Anbaugebiet are these wines produced in?

A

Riesling: min 12% and min 85 Ochsle

Spätburgunder: min 13% and min 90 Ochsle

Rheingau only

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18
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What does Erstes Gewächs mean? Max yield? Max RS for the two approved varietals?

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Erstes Gewächs is a legal term for German wine from the Rheingau and indicates a single vineyard harvested at max yields of 50hl/ha and aged prior to release.

Max 50hl/ha yields

max 9g/L for Riesling
max 6g/L for Spätburgunder

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19
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What is the max temp for harvesting German Eiswein vs Canadian Icewine?

A

German Eiswein:
max -7C

Canadian Icewine: max -8C

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20
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What are the Ochsle levels for each German Pradikat?

A
Kabinett: 70-85
Spatlese: 80-95
Auslese: 88-105
Beerenauslese/Eiswein: 110-128
TBA: 150-154
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21
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What is the min/max must weight in Ochsle for German Qualitatswein?

A

55-72

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22
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What is the min/max must weight in Ochsle for German Qualitatswein?

A

55-72

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23
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What do the following terms mean? Put them in order from driest to sweetest and list their sugar values.

Halbtrocken
Lieblich
Trocken
Süss

A

Trocken (dry):
max 4g/L
or up to 9 g/L if TA is only 2g/L less

Halbtrocken (off-dry):
max 12g/L
or up to 18g/L if the TA is no more than 10g/L in difference

Lieblich (medium sweet):
max :
12g/L-45g/L
More often called Feinherb is the word Lieblich is often falsely associated with the low quality Liebfraumilch.

Süss (sweet):
more than 45g/L

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24
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What Anbaugebiet permits the use of Lemburger? What is Limberger? Which permits Grauburgunder?

A

Württemberg

Limberger is the German synonym for Blaufrankisch

Baden permits Grauburgunder

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25
Q

Which Anbaugebiet are for Riesling only?

A

Mosel
Nahe
Mittelrhein

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26
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What Anbaugiebet permits the use of Frühburgunder?

A

Ahr

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27
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What is Frühburgunder called in the Ahr?

A

Pinot Noir Precocé

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28
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Which two Anbaugebiet permit Sylvaner?

A

Franken

Saale-Unstrut

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29
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What does Erste Lage mit Prädikat indicate?

A

Indicates top wine with residual sugar

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30
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What is the VDP hierarchy from top to bottom?

A

VDP Grosse Lage (Grand Cru)
VDP Erste Lage (1er Cru)
VDP Ortswein (Village)
VDP Gutswein (Regional)

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31
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What do the following terms indicate:

Flaschengarung
Alleinbesitz
Anreicherung
Gustabfullung

A

Flaschengarung:
sparkling wine

Alleinbesitz:
sole-ownership, equivalent to monopole

Anreicherung:
enrichment

Gustabfullung:
estate-bottled

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32
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What are the terms for estate-bottled and bottled by producer in Germany respectively?

A

Gustabfüllung (estate-bottled)

Erzeugerabfüllung (bottled by producer) less strict than estate-bottled indicating that only the grapes have been processed. Can be used by co ops

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33
Q

What do the following pertain to?

geschütze geographische Angabe (ggA)

geschütze Ursprungsbezeichnung (gU)

A

geschütze geographische Angabe (ggA): PGI

geschütze Ursprungsbezeichnung (gU):
PDO

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34
Q

What EU designation do the following apply to?

gU and ggA

A

gU (PDO)

ggA (PGI)

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35
Q

Name the Anbaugebiete(s) for the following rivers:

Mosel
Main
Rhine
Elbe

A

Mosel (Mosel)

Main (Eastern Rheingau and Franken)

Rhine (Mittelrhein, Rheingau, Rheinhessen)

Elbe (Sachsen)

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36
Q

Muller-Thurgau is a crossing between what grapes?

A

Riesling x Madaleine Royale

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37
Q

What is the second most planted red grape in Germany?

A

Dornfelder

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38
Q

What is the top vineyard in Piesport?

A

Goldtröpfchen

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39
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What is the top vineyard in Piesport? Three producers of it?

A

Goldtröpfchen

Reinhold Haart
St Urbans-Hof
Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt

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40
Q

Top vineyards of Erden?

A

Prälat

Treppchen

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41
Q

Where is Bachrach? Top vineyard there?

A

Mittelrhein

Engelstein
Mandelstein
Feurlay
Bopparder Hamm

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42
Q

VDP term for superior dry wines?

A

Grosses Gewächs (GG)

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43
Q

Which German Anbaugebiet mandates the highest must weights?

A

Baden

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44
Q

What is the German term for Traditional method sparkling wine?

A

Klassische Flaschengärung

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45
Q

Top vineyard for Spätburgunder in the Rheingau? Village?

A

Hollenberg

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46
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What is the German name for semi-sparkling wine? Pressure range? Where does this pressure come from? Highest quality level?

A

Perlwein

1-2.5atm of pressure produced by fermentation and/or by carbonation.

Qualitätswein is the highest quality level

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47
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What is Qulitatsschaumwein? Another name for this?

A

Sparkling wine sourced from a specific region, noted on the label. Appellation, vintage, and variety may be listed if at least 85% of each are in the bottle.

Sekt is the more common name for this.

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48
Q

Where is Wurzburg?

A

Franken

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49
Q

Where is Schlossbockelheim?

A

Nahe

50
Q

What are the synonyms for Blaufrankisch and Schiava in Germany?

A

Blaufranksich is Lemberger

Schiava is Trollinger

51
Q

What is the most planted grape variety in Wurttemberg?

A

Trollinger (Schiava)

52
Q

What is the most planted grape variety in Wurttemberg?

A

Trollinger (Schiava)

53
Q

What is the German term for “Traditional Method”?

A

Klassische Flaschengärung

54
Q

What is the German term for “Traditional Method”?

A

Klassische Flaschengärung

55
Q

Elbing is a main white grape of which Anbaugebiet? Which Bereich? Why?

A

Mosel in the Obermosel Bereich, upstream from Trier.

Threat of frost is too great here, so the hardy grape Elbing does well here.

56
Q

Helfensteinr x Heroldrebe=?

A

Dornfelder

57
Q

Which Anbaugebiete have a vineyard named “Kirchenstück”?

A

Pfalz
Rheingau
Rheinhessen

58
Q

Sandstone, limestone, and Keuper are all major soil types in which Anbaugebiet?

A

Franken

59
Q

Which city are you most likely to encounter a glass of Schillerwein?

A

Heibronn

60
Q

What are the 3 rosé specialties of Germany?

A

Schillerwein

Weissherbst

61
Q

What pre fermentation technique is common for top modern dry Riesling?

A

Pre fermentation skin contact

62
Q

Which vintage of the following was best for Botrytis?

2010
2011
2012
2013

A

2010

63
Q

Max yields for GG?

A

max 50hl/ha

64
Q

Major lake where the north shore is planted to Baden vines?

A

Lake Constance (Bodensee)

65
Q

Where is Goldriesling almost exclusively grown?

A

Sachsen

66
Q

Wine growing district of Gutedel (Chasselas) in Germany?

A

Markgräferland (Baden)

southernmost district of Baden

67
Q

What are the Bereich of Mosel from upstream to downstream?

A
Moseltor
Obermosel
Saar
Ruwertal
Bernkastel (Mittelmosel)
Burg Cochem (Terrassenmosel)
68
Q

German name for Lake Constance?

A

Bodensee

69
Q

Where does George Breuer make wine?

A

Rüdesheim (Rheingau)

70
Q

Where does Reichsrat von Buhl make wine?

A

Deidesheim (Pfalz)

71
Q

Where does Heymann-Löwenstein make wine? What is significant about this producer?

A

Winningen in the Burg Cochem of the Mosel

Applying for the first single vineyard PDOs for three separate parcels within Uhlen: Lay, Roth Lay, Laubach

72
Q

Where does Philip WIttman make wine?

A

Westhofen (Rheinhessen)

73
Q

Where does Emrich-Schönleber make wine?

A

Monzingen (Nahe)

74
Q

What is the breech of Nahe?

A

Nahetal

75
Q

Where are vineyards located along the Neckar River?

A

Württemberg

76
Q

What fermentation technique common for Pinot Noir in Burgundy is rare in Ahr?

A

whole-cluster fermentation

77
Q

Where is Koblenz?

A

Mittelrhein

78
Q

Where is Dresden?

A

Sachsen

79
Q

Where is Stuttgart?

A

Württemberg

80
Q

Where is Mainz?

A

Rheinhessen

81
Q

What is Baden’s most celebrated district for Spätburgunder? What is significant about it?

A

Kaiserstuhl

Warmest wine growing district in Germany

82
Q

Where does Rebolz make wine?

A

Pfalz

83
Q

What are the two bereiche of Pfalz?

A

Mittelhaardt-Deutscher Weinstrasse

Südliche Weinstrasse

84
Q

What does Alter Satz indicate?

A

Vineyard of co planted varieties.

85
Q

Rudesheimer Rosengarten is an Alleinbesitz of who?

A

Leitz

86
Q

Maximin Grünhaus makes wine where? What are his three alleinbesitz vineyards?

A

Makes wine in Ruwer

Gruneberg is the main vineyard: 3 parcels make it up

Abstberg
Bruderberg
Herrenberg

87
Q

What is the alleinbesitz of Kloster Eberbach? Town?

A

Steinberg

Hattenheim

88
Q

What is the name of Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt’s alleinbesitz?

A

Josephshofer

Graach an der Mosel

89
Q

Where is Pfarrwingert? Name the town and producer that made it famous.

A

Dernau (Ahr)

Meyer-Näkel

90
Q

What is the top vineyard of Altenahr? Who is the best producer?

A

Altenahrer Eck (Ahr)

Deutzerhof

91
Q

Where does Meyer-Näkel make wine? Top vineyard there? Grape?

A

Dernau (Ahr)

Pfarrwingert

Spätburgunder

92
Q

Where does Deutzerhof make wine? Top vineyard?

A

Altenahr (Ahr)

Altenfahrer Eck

Spätburgunder

93
Q

Where does Jean Stodden make wine? Top vineyard and grape?

A

Rech

Herrenberg

Recher Herrenberg

Spätburgunder

94
Q

What is the Mayschosser Winzerverein and where is it located?

A

Germany’s first growers cooperative.

Located in the Ahr

95
Q

What are the two Bereiche of the Ahr?

A

Mittelahr (Middle Ahr):
between Altenahr and Walporzheim

Unterahr (Lower Ahr):
from Ahrweielr to Heimersheim

96
Q

What are the Ruwer’s two top producers and the village they’re located in?

A

Karthauserhofberg (Eitelsbach)

Maximin Grünhaus (Mertesdorf)

97
Q

What is the capitol city of the Mosel?

A

Trier

98
Q

What is Müller-Thurgau called in Luxembourg? What Mosel Bereich is this country across the Mosel River from?

A

Rivaner

Across from Obermosel

99
Q

Biggest difference between the climates of the Mittelmosel and the Saar?

A

Saar is open more to the cold easterly winds which creates a colder mesoclimate.

100
Q

Top two producers in the Saar? Village and top vineyard site for both. What three other producers here.

A

Egon Müller (Wiltingen)
Sharzhofberg

Geltz Zilliken (Saarburg)
Rausch

Peter Lauer, Von Hövel, Van Volxem

101
Q

Where does Peter Lauer make wine?

A

Saar

102
Q

What are two producers that make Sharzhofberg?

A

Egon Müller

Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt

103
Q

What is said to go give Piesporter Goldtropfchen its depth of flavor and style?

A

The fact that it is a natural amphitheater and also due to its deeper clay-like slate.

104
Q

Michelsberg is a Grosselage located where?

A

Bernkastel Bereich between Trittenheim and Minheim. Piesport is between these two towns.

105
Q

Where is the Laurentiuslay vineyard? Who produces it?

A

Leiwen (near Trittenheim in the Middle Mosel)

St Urbans-hof produces it.

106
Q

Top vineyard of Drhon? Where is it? Who produces it?

A

Hoffberg (Middle Mosel between Trittenheim and Piesport)

AJ Adam

107
Q

One producer of Trittenheimer Apotheke?

A

Grans-Fassian

108
Q

Top vineyards in Brauneberg (Middle Mosel)? Top producer of each?

A

Juffer and Juffer-Sonnenuhr

Fritz-Haag for both

109
Q

Top vineyard site in Erden? Producer?

A

Prälat

Dr. Loosen

110
Q

Top vineyard in Wehlen? Producer?

A

Sonnenuhr

Joh. Jos. Prüm

111
Q

Where does Willi Schafer make wine? Top vineyard?

A

Graach an der Mosel

Graacher Dompropst

112
Q

Top two vineyard sites in Graach an der Mosel?

A

Graacher Himmelreich

Graacher Domprobst

113
Q

Top producer in Zelting? Top vineyards?

A

Selbach-Oster

Zeltinger-Sonnenuhr
Zeltinger-Schlossberg

114
Q

How do the wines of Bernakstel compare to those from Graach?

A

Bernkastel is flintier

Graach wines are earthier

115
Q

Top producer in Wehlen?

A

Joh. Jos. Prüm

116
Q

Mosel’s biggest wine commune?

A

Zeltingen

117
Q

Two producers of Graacher-Himmelreich?

A

Willi Schafer

Markus Molitor

118
Q

Top vineyard site in Winningen? What Bereich of Mosel is this in? Top producer?

A

Uhlen

Burg Cochem (Terrassenmosel)

Heymann-Löwenstein

119
Q

What are the 3 rosé specialties of Germany?

A

Schielerwein:
rotling from Sachsen

Schillerwein:
rotling from Württemberg

Weissherbst:
rosé from a single variety of red grape usually Spätburgunder

120
Q

What is Schneewein?

A

Snow wine; a term used to describe an ice wine made from grapes gathered when snow covered the vineyards.