Germany 1 (Mosel, Ahr, Mittelrhein, Nahe, Pfalz, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen) Flashcards
(113 cards)
1
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What mountain range defines the climate of the Ahr?
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Eifel Mtns (creates a rain shadow effect)
2
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Name 2 producers of the Scharzhofberg vineyard.
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Egon Müller, Van Volxem, Reichgrasff von Kesselstatt
3
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Who owns the Abtsberg vineyard? In what gemeinde is it located?
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Maximin Grünhaus; Mertesdorf (Ruwer)
4
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Name the sundial vineyards of the Mosel.
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- Wehlen Sonnenuhr
- Zeltingen Sonnenuhr
- Brauneburger Juffer-Sonnenuhr
5
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Name Germany’s 1st single-vineyard PDOs.
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- Uhlen Blaufusser Lay gU
- Uhlen Roth Lay gU
- Uhlen Laubach gU
6
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In what village (gemeinde) is the Hermannshöle vineyard located?
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Niederhausen (Nahe)
7
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Grapes permitted for VDP Grosse Lage wines of Nahe.
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Riesling only
8
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“Church parcel” of the Pfalz that is surrounded by a wall
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(Forster) Kirchenstück
9
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Goldriesling is a specialty of what anbaugebiete?
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Sachsen
10
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In what anbaugebiete is the Bacharach Hahn(M) vineyard located? It is a monopole of whom?
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Mittelrhein; Toni Jost
11
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In what anbaugebiete is the village of Walporzheim located?
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Ahr
12
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Aside from Franken, what anbaugabiete permits Sylvaner for VDP Grosse Lage?
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Saale-Unstrut
13
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What river runs through Sachsen?
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Elbe River
14
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Name 2 of the top vineyards in Mosel’s Erden?
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Prälat, Treppchen
15
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What is different about the soil composition around the village of Erden in the Mosel?
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Red Devonian Slate rather than the more common Blue Devonian Slate. It contains more Iron.
16
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Oberhäuser Brücke is an alleinbesitz of which producer? In which Anbaugebiet? Translation?
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Dönnhoff. Nahe. Bridge
17
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What are the 2 Bereich of Pfalz?
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- Mittelhaardt Deutsche Weinstrasse
- Südliche Weinstrasse
18
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What are the most famous Einzellagen of Forst(5)?
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- Kirchenstück
- Freundstück
- Ungeheuer
- Pechstein
- Jesuitengarten
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Who are the 3 Bs of Pfalz and which Einzellagen do all three produce wine in?
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- Bürklin Wolf
- Basserman Jordan
- von Buhl
- All produce Kirchenstück
20
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What are the 2 GGs outside the German border?
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Radling and Kammerberg
21
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What is the steepest vineyard of Mosel and Europe also?
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Calmont in Burg Cochem 68% slope
22
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Name a couple of famous einzellagen vinified by Dr.Loosen.
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- Prälat
- Treppchen
- Würzgarten
- Wehlen Sonnenuhr
- Himmelreich
23
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In which anbaugabiet are the villages of Schlossböckelheim, Oberhausen, Niederhausen?
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Nahe
24
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The regional VDP association in the Mosel is known as what?
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Grosser Ring
25
What is Germany's sunniest and driest Anbaugebiete?
Pfalz
26
In which anbaugabiet and bereich would you find the Elbling mostly planted ?
Mosel, in Obermosel
27
Where does the Mosel river meet the Rhine river?
Koblenz
28
Josephshöfer is a monopole of which bereich and of whom?
Monopole of Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt in Bernkastel in the Mosel
29
Who are the only 2 producers that make a GG from Scharzhofberger?
Kesseltstatt and Van Volxem produce a GG from the site. Egon Muller made his last dry wines in 1998.
30
What is the Mosel’s biggest wine commune?
Zeltingen
31
Name 2 producers of Erdener Prälat.
Dr. Loosen, Mönchof, Andreas Schmitges (combined control over 1/3 of the total area)
32
What is the soil type in Erdener Prälat and what is it also called?
- “Rotliegend”
| - Blue and red slate, and specifically volcanic
33
Burg Cochem is also known as...
Terrassenmosel
34
What is Egon Müller's monopole? What is the estate called?
Wiltinger Braune Kupp. Le Gallais estate.
35
While technically a brand, Erdener Prälat wines always comes from this vineyard.
0.4ha vyd in the “in Onnerts” sector of Erden (used to be “Im Onnerts”)
36
Where does Nahe river start and where does it meet the Rhine river?
- the Nahe river comes out of the Hunsrück Hills
- flows NE and parallel to the Mosel
- joins the Rhine at Bingen
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In which Nahe gemeinde would you find the einzellagen Kupfergrube and Felsenberg?
Schlossböckelheim
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Name 2 other producers in the Nahe besides Dönhoff.
- Schlossgut Diel
- Emrich Schönleber
- Schafer-Fröhlich
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Niederhauser Hermannsberg is a monopole of whom?
Gut Hermannsberg
40
Frühlingsplätzchen and Halenberg are the top 2 einzellagen of which gemeinde?
Monzigen
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Goldloch is in which gemeinde? Name a producer who makes wine from here.
In Dorsheim; Schlossgut Diel, Joh. Bapt. Schäfer
42
What is the name of the traditional long-necked flute-shaped bottle for German Rieslings?
Schlegelflasche (aka drumstick bottle), or Schlegel for short. The brown one is associate with the Rhine.
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T or F? The Pfalz is Germany's second-largest wine region and has more Riesling than any other region in the world.
True!
44
In the Pfalz, the Vosges Mountains are rechristened as the...
Haardt Hills
45
What are the two monopoles of Bürklin-Wolf in the Mittelhaardt (Pfalz)? What village are they found in?
Gaisböhl and Rechbächel. Village is Ruppertsberg. This is a Grand Cru site.
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The biggest wine commune in Germany is found in the Pfalz with 2,000 acres (800 ha), what is it?
Bad Dürkheim
47
The traditional heartland of wine-growing in the Pfalz has most of its great vineyards planted between which 2 communes?
Wachenheim and Deidesheim
48
What is the most northerly anbaugabiet?
Saale-Unstrut
49
Which grapes are mainly planted in Saale-Unstrut?
Mostly Muller-Thurgau (25%), then weissburgunder (14%)
50
This anbaugabiet is the smallest in Germany. It is also closest to the Czech border.
Sachsen
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What is a Rotling? Where is it a specialty of?
- white and red grapes macerated and fermented together
- specialty of Sachsen
- pale to light in color
* All are of Qualitativ and Pradikatswein Quality
52
What is the Regent grape and where would you find it?
- Pfalz
- Cross between Diana (Muller-Thurgau x Silvaner) x Chambourcin
- Bred by the Geilweilerhof Institute mainly for organic wine growers to keep spraying to a minimum.
- Also bred to be a deeply colored grape (teinturer).
53
When and where was the birthplace of Eiswein in Germany?
In Dromersheim, a district of Bingen on the Rhine, in 1830.
54
When and where was the first German wine-growers' coop formed?
in 1868 in Ahr; "Winzer Verein zu Mayschofs"
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When was the addition of the aubaugabeits Sachsen and Saale-Unstrut made?
1990
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RM term in Germany and Austria?
German (Winzersekt) and Austria (Hauersekt)
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Largest Clos in Germany?
Steinberg (Monopole in Rheingau from Kloster Erbach); it is an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim
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(4) regions that make Liebfraumilch (NPRR)
- only from Nahe, Pfalz, Rheingau, Rheinhessen
- At least 51% riesling, silvaner, muller-thurgau, kerner
- min 18g/l (up to 40)
- nearly 100% is consumed by non-german people
- Qba
- Rheinhessen most (in)famous for this wine
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Frühburgunder ("Pinot precise") is mainly found in which region?
Ahr
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Labeling laws for Sekt?
- Most Sekt is made at the Deutscher Wein quality level and is produced by the Charmat method
- Sekt may labeled as Qualitätswein if it is produced from traditional grapes grown in one of the thirteen anbaugebiete of Germany
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T or F? Another term for QbA is "Geschützte Ursprungsbezeichnung"
True!
62
Min alc for German and Austrian Pradikat?
Germany: Min 7% (5.5% for BA, TBA, and Eiswein wines)
Austria: Min 5% for all
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German Oechsle and Austrian KMW for Kabinett?
70-85° (Min 17 KMW)
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German Oechsle and Austrian KMW for Spatlese?
76-95° (Min 19 KMW)
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German Oechsle and Austrian KMW for Auslese?
83-105° (Min 21 KMW)
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German Oechsle and Austrian KMW for BA and Eiswein?
110-128° (Min 25 KMW)
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German Oechsle and Austrian KMW for TBA?
150-154° (Min 30 KMW)
68
T or F? QbA wines can be chaptalized before fermentation (Pradikat cannot)
True!
69
T or F? Erstes Gewächs is a legally defined term. It applies to Riesling and Pinot Noir from classified sites in the Rheingau
- True!
- Maximum RS 9g/l for Riesling
- Maximum RS 6g/l for Pinot Noir
- The first legally approved vintage for this category was 1999
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What do each of the 5 sets of numbers for AP Nr. Amtliche Prufungsnummer represent?
- RCECY
- Region (where the wine was tasted)
- Commune (where the wine was tasted)
- Estate (producer/bottler's code)
- Code (for the bottling)
- Year (of tasting; usually year following harvest)
71
What is the Charta association (1983)?
- 'Superior wines'
- 100% Rheingau riesling made in a dry style (trocken-halbtrocken, 9-18 g/l)
- Requirements:
- 100% own estate production
- handpicked grapes
- min 12% alcohol
- max 50hl/hc
- no botrytis
- no Pradikat mentioned
- special bottle with a double arch, label, capsule
72
VDP (2006) was started by whom and what are the rules?
- 197 members (all top wineries) — as of 9/2019
- ~3% of german wines
- ~5% of german vineyards
- they are dedicated to produce wines of higher quality
- Strong requirements:
- plantation
- yields
- traditional grapes varieties…
- can chaptalize….especially for Spatburgunder
- wineries part of the association have an eagle bearing a cluster of grapes and the initials VDP on the capsule.
- Producers: Dr Loosen, Willi Schaefer, JJ Prum, Donnhoff, Kunstler, Leitz, August Kesseler, Egon Muller, Keller, Muller Catoir...
73
T or F? Germany highest in sparkling wine consumption
True!
74
What is the meaning of Deutscher Sekt?
Sparkling wine made by any method from grapes grown in Germany
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What is Schaumwine?
Sparkling made with CO2 injection
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What is Sekt b.A. (Sekt bestimmte Anbaugebiete)?
Min 85% of grapes sourced from one of the 13 anbaugabietes of Germany
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What is Winzersekt?
- RM as in Champagne
- One vintage
- One variety
- Traditional method and bottled at the estate
- almost 50% of German sparkling wine made from Riesling
- premium sekt accounts for about 2% of the total production
- best riesling sekts are bottle fermented (usu transfer method)
78
What are the new VDP Sekt categories (January 2018)?
- VDP
- Gutssekt and Ortssekt: min 15 mos lees
- Erste Lage and Grosse Lage: min 36 mos lees
- Traditional method required for all
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What are the 4 Tiers of the VDP (2012) and their max yield?
- Grosse Lage (50 hl/ha)
- Erste Lage (60 hl/ha)
- Ortswein (75 hl/ha)
- Gutswein (75 hl/ha)
80
T or F? The first TBA in the Mosel was produced in the Doctor vineyard by Dr. Thanisch in 1921
True!
81
Kabinett Prädikat min ripeness for the Mosel?
73° (same for Nahe, Pfalz, Rheinhessen)
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T or F? Dry wines from ERSTE LAGE are labeld “Qualitatswein Trocken”
True!
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For Erste Lage, ONLY Riesling is allowed for wines in Mosel and Nahe
True!
84
Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Alte Badstude Am Doctorberg, Badstude, Graben, Johannisbrünnchen, Lay, Doctor
Mosel, Bernkastel
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Juffer, Juffer-Sonnenuhr
Brauneberg, Mosel
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Hofberger
Dhrön, Mosel
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Treppchen, Prälat
Erden, Mosel
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Domprobst, Himmelreich, Josephshofer
Graach, Mosel
89
Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Domherr, Kreuzwingert, Goldtröpfchen, Grafenberg, Schubertslay
Piesport, Mosel
90
Gross Lage in which anbaugabiet?
| Wurzgarten
Urzig, Mosel
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Apotheke, Leiterchen (M), Felsenkopf (M)
Trittenheim, Mosel
- Leiterchen (M) - Milz Laurentiushof
- Felsenkopf (M) - Milz Laurentiushof
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Gross Lage in which anbaugabiet?
| Sonnenuhr
Wehlen and Zeltingen, Mosel
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Kupp, Kupp “Neuenberg”, Kupp “Unterstenberg”, Schonfels
Ayl, Saar
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Gross Lage in which anbaugabiet?
| Hütte
Oberemmel, Saar
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Gross Lage in which anbaugabiet?
| Bockstein
Ockfen, Saar
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Kupp, Rausch
Saarburg, Saar
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Scharzhofberger, Hölle (M), Braunekupp (M), Kupp, Gottesfuss, Braunfels, Volz
Wiltingen, Saar
- Hölle (M) - Vereinigte Hospitien
- Braune Kupp (M) - Le Gallois, Egon Müller
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Abtsberg (M), Bruderberg (M), Herrenberg (M)
Mertesdorf, Ruwer
| - all Monopoles of Maximin Grünhauser
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Gross Lage in which anbaugabiet?
| Eitelsbach
Karthäuserhofberg, Ruwer
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Felseneck, Stromberg
Bockenau, Nahe
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Burgberg, Goldloch, Pittermännchen
Dorsheim, Nahe
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Frühlingsplätzchen, Auf-der-Lay, Halenberg
Monzigen, Nahe
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Hermannshohle, Hermannsberg, Steinberg, Kertz
Niederhausen, Nahe
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Dellchen, Kirschheck
Norsheim, Nahe
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Brücke, Leistenberg
Oberhausen, Nahe
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Kupfergrube, Felsenberg
Schlossbockelheim, Nahe
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Gross Lage in which anbaugabiet?
| Michelsberg
Bad Dürkheim, Pfalz
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Pechstein, Jesuitengarten, Kirchenstück, Ungeheuer
Forst, Pfalz
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Kalkofen, Grainhübel, Kieselbeg, Hohenmorgen, Langenmorgen
Deidesheim, Pfalz
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Gross Lages in which anbaugabiet?
| Gaisböhl, Reiterpfad-Hofstück, Reiterpfad-An den Achtmorgen, Reiterpfad-In der Hohl
Ruppertsbeg, Pfalz
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The most planted white and red grapes in the Pfalz?
Riesling and Dornfelder
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This gemeinde is home to the Pfalz’s warmest and most exceptional vineyard site, the Grosse Lage Kirchenstück
Forst
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This is the alleinbesitz of Muller-Catoir in the Pfalz
Haardt Bürgergarten-Im Breumel
