German Terms

Question 1

Alleinbesitz

Answer 1

monopole

Question 2

Alte Reben

Answer 2

Old Vines

Question 3

Zentralkellerei

Answer 3

Co-Op (buys wine or must form independents and bottles

Question 4

Vorlese

Answer 4

Pre-Harvest - to drop unwanted fruit

Question 5

Rotling

Answer 5

Rose from red and white grapes

Question 6

Gutsabfüllung

Answer 6

grown, produced, bottles by same estate

Question 7

Keuper

Answer 7

clay and slate soil

Question 8

Erste Gewächs

Answer 8

legal term used for dry wines in the Rheingau from the best vineyards

Question 9

Edelfäule

Answer 9

Noble Rot

Question 10

Amtliche Prüfungsnummer

Answer 10

AP# 
- quality control number on all QbA and QmP wines. 
- Exam Board number
- commune number
- producers registered number
- application number
- year of the application. 
Some producers use the application number as a sequential indication of sweetness

Question 11

Ton

Answer 11

Clay

Question 12

Steillage

Answer 12

steep site. A vineyard inclination of more than 30%

Question 13

Schotter

Answer 13

gravel

Question 14

Biologische Sãureabbau

Answer 14

malolactic fermentation

Question 15

Abfüller

Answer 15

bottler or shipper who assumes the responsibility for the origin and quality of a wine

Question 16

Anreicherung

Answer 16

Sweetening must before or during fermentation.
VS - chaptalization is the addition of sugar only
(enrichment includes the addition of grape must, concentrated grape must, and RCGM)

Question 17

Badisch Rotgold

Answer 17

A rotling from Baden.

- Made from Grauburgunder (min. 51%) and Spatburgunder grapes. Composition must be declared on label