Germany

Question 1

What are einzellagen?

Answer 1

Vineyards

Question 2

What is a monopole called in Germany?

Answer 2

alleinbesitz

Question 3

Varietal wines must have a minimum what % of the stated varietal?

Answer 3

85%

Question 4

What are the two tiers of quality for German wine?

Answer 4

Qualitatswein
Pradikatswein

Question 5

What determines a German wines Pradikats level?

Answer 5

The amount of sugar in the grapes at harvest, measured in degrees according to the Ochsle scale.

Question 6

What are the German Pradikatswein wine levels?

Answer 6

Kabinett - 70-85 Ochsle
Spatlese - 76-95 Ochsle
Auslese - 83-105 Ochsle
Beerenauslese - 110-128 Ochsle
trockenbeerenauslese - 150-154 Ochsle
Eiswein - 110-128 Ochsle

Question 7

What is the minimum alcohol level for Pradikatswein?

Answer 7

7%
5.5% for Beerenauslese, TBA, and eiswein

Question 8

True or False: Winmakers may chaptalize at Pradikatswein level?

Answer 8

False

Question 9

What are the two PGI Category in Germany?

Answer 9

Landwein- Originates fro 26 broad regions
Deutscher wein- 100% German from anywhere

Question 10

Landwein legally must be what style?

Answer 10

Trocken or Halbtrocken

Question 11

What is the Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter (VDP)?

Answer 11

A national German association of producers committed to top quality, They emphasize terroir and vineyard site as quality and put more restrictive production and site locations on themselves than the government does.

Question 12

When was the VDP created?

Answer 12

1910

Question 13

What are the Quality levels of the VDP from least to greatest?

Answer 13

Gutswein - Regional wine
Ortswein - Village Wein
Erst Lage - Premier cru vineyards
Gross Lage - Grand cru vineyards

Question 14

What does Grosse Gewaches refer to?

Answer 14

A dry wine made from a Grosse Lage Vineyard the term Grosse Gewaches is reserved only for Grosse Lage sites.

Question 15

What are the harvesting regulations for Grosse Lage?

Answer 15

Must be hand harvested at a maximum yield of 50hl/ha.

Question 16

What is the maximum level of grams per liter of sugar in Grosse Gewachs?

Answer 16

Maximum 9grams/liter sugar

Question 17

True or False: In the Rheingau producers may label their Grosse Gewachs wines as Erstes Gewachs?

Answer 17

True

Question 18

True or False: Grosse Gewachs is not an authorized labeling term so producers must put GG on the label?

Answer 18

True

Question 19

What do the terms Classic and Selection refer to in German wine.

Answer 19

implemented in 2000 by the German wine Institute, the terms were created to replace Halbtrocken and Trocken.

Question 20

What are the requirements for a wine labeled Classic?

Answer 20

Single varietal wines
minimum Alcohol content of 12% (11.5% in Mosel)
Max residual sugar of 15g/L

Question 21

What are the requirements for a wine labeled selection?

Answer 21

Single Vineyard, single variety wines
Restricted yields to 60hl/ha
Hand harvested
Must weight equivalent to Auslese
Max residual sugar 9g/L (12 for Riesling)
Must not be released prior to September 1 of the following year.

Question 22

What is the main soil type in Mosel?

Answer 22

Slate

Question 23

What are the two tributaries of the Mosel River?

Answer 23

Saar and Ruwer

Question 24

What type of Slate is found in the mittelmosel?

Answer 24

Blue Devonian Slate

Question 25

What is an gemeinden?

Answer 25

gemeinden - Town/Village

Question 26

What are Bereiche?

Answer 26

Designated Villages

Question 27

What is an anbaugebiet?

Answer 27

A wine region

Question 28

Where are the best vineyards orientation in the Mosel?

Answer 28

South Facing

Question 29

What is Piesports greatest Vineyard?

Answer 29

Goldtröpfchen—“droplets of gold”

Question 30

What famous vineyard is in Piesport?

Answer 30

Goldtrophchen

Question 31

What region is Johannisberg a Bereich of?

Answer 31

The Rheingau

Question 32

What village is known for Pinot Noir in the Reingau?

Answer 32

Assmannshausen

Question 33

What is the capacity of a Halbstuck cask?

Answer 33

600L

Question 34

What does Oechsle refer to or measure?

Answer 34

It measures the density of the grape must.

Question 35

What are the sweetness categories in Germany.

Answer 35

Trocken - dry less than 9g/L Halbtrocken - half dry less than 18g/L Lieblich - 18 - 45g/L Suss - over 45g/L

Question 36

What causes the Petrol flavor in some German Riesling?

Answer 36

TDN - Trimethyl-dihydro-naph-thalene

Question 37

What are the 3 Sonnenuhr (Sundial Vineyards)?

Answer 37

Wehlener Sonnenuhr Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Zeltinger Sonnenuhr

Question 38

What are 3 famous villages and their most famous vineyards of the Mittelmosel?

Answer 38

Bernkastel - Doctor Urzig - Wurzgarten Piesport - Goldtropfchen

Question 39

Name 3 top producers from the Mosel?

Answer 39

Dr Loosen Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt Selbach-Oster

Question 40

What mountains created and protect the Rheingau Region?

Answer 40

The densely forested Taunus Mountains to the North.

Question 41

What are the soils types in the Rheingau?

Answer 41

Slate, loess, limestone, marl, sandstone

Question 42

Name 3 top villages and their vineyards from the Rheingau?

Answer 42

Assmannshausen - Hollenberg Erbach - Schlossberg Johannisberg - Goldatzel

Question 43

Name 2 top producers in the Rheingau?

Answer 43

Schloss Johannisberg Balthasar Ress

Question 44

What are the main soil types in the Pfalz?

Answer 44

Red sandstone, clay, chalky loam

Question 45

What mountain range provides protection for the Pfalz region.

Answer 45

The Haardt Mountain range to the west of the region

Question 46

Name 3 producers of note from the Pfalz ?

Answer 46

Muller - Catoir Eugen Muller Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan

Question 47

Name 1 important villages and one of its Vineyards in the Pfalz?

Answer 47

Deidesheim - Hohenmorgen

Question 48

What are the most important 9 regions of Germany?

Answer 48

Mosel, Rheingau, Pfalz Ahr, Baden, Franken, Mittelrhein, Nahe, Rheinhessen

Question 49

What are the 4 lesser wine regions of Germany.

Answer 49

Saale-Unstrut Sachsen Wurttemberg Hessische-Bergstrasse

Question 50

What is the primary grape in the Ahr?

Answer 50

Pinot noir

Question 51

What is the main soil type in Franken

Answer 51

Limestone

Question 52

Main grape of Mittelrhein

Answer 52

Riesling

Question 53

Main grapes of Franken

Answer 53

Silvaner Muller Thurgau Kerner Scheurebe

Question 54

What region is Donnhoff estate located in?

Answer 54

The Nahe region