Germany Flashcards
(100 cards)
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What region is Wiesbaden located within?
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Rheingau
2
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What region is Mainz located in?
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Rheinhessen
3
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What regioin is Dresden located in?
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Sachsen
4
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What is the most planted variety in Franken?
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Silvaner
5
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Germany’s top 4 most planted varieties.
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- Riesling
- Muller Thurgau
- Spatburgunder
- Dornfelder
6
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Parentage of Muller Thurgau.
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Riesling x Madeleine Royale
7
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When and where was Muller Thurgau Created?
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1882 at Geisenheim
8
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Parentage of Dornfelder.
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Helfensteiner x Heroldrebe
9
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Where/when was Dornfelder created?
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1955 at Weinsberg
10
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Common aspect of Saale-Unstrut.
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Southern
11
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Common aspect of Sachsen.
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Southern
12
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Climate of Saale-Unstrut and Sachsen.
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Continental
13
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Major producers in Saale-Unstrut.
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Pawis in Freyburg
Gussek in Naumburg
14
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Major producers in Sachsen
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Schloos Proschwitz in Meissen
Zimmerling in Dresden
Schloss Wackerbarth in Radebeul
Martin Szwarz in Meissen
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Where are the most important vineyards located in Mittelrhein?
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Between Bacharach and Boppard (southern portion
16
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Number of Members of VDP (2022)
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202
17
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What is the name for the logo of the VDP?
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Traubenadler (literally grape eagle)
18
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What is Gutsweine?
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VDP classification for estate wines
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What is Ortsweine?
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VDP classification for Vilalge wines
20
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What is Erste Lagen?
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VDP Classification for 1er Crus
21
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What is Grosse Lagen?
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VDP classification for Grand Crus
22
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What is Grosse Gewächs?
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VDP classification for dry wines of at least Spätlese level ripeness from a Grosse Lagen
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What are the Prädikatswein levels?
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Kabinett (Cabinet)
Spätlese (late harvest)
Auslese (Selection)
Beerneauslese (Berry Selection)
Trockenbeerenauslese (Dry Berry Selection)
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German equivalent to IGP?
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Landwein
25
What does Classic indicate on a label?
Dry wines with up to 15g/L RS - single grape variety
26
Define Erzeugerabfüllung
Estate Bottled
27
Define Gutsabfüllung
Estate Bottled
28
What two terms exist for Estate bottled in German wine law?
Erzeugerabfüllung
Gutsabfüllung
29
What is the max RS allowed for Halbtrocken wines?
18g/L RS
30
Max RS allowed for Trocken wine?
9g/L
31
What is a Winzergenossenschaft?
Growers co-op
32
What is a Winzerverein?
Growers Co-op
33
Define Alleinbesitz
Monopole Vineyard
34
Mountains in the Ahr? Location?
Eifel Mountains
Western
35
What is the eastern terminus of the Ahr river?
Rhine
36
What grape dominates Ahr?
Spatburgunder
37
Germany's first wine Co-op?
Mayschosser Winzerverein
38
When was Germany's first wine co-op founded? Where?
1892
Ahr
39
Non spatburgunder grapes in Ahr?
Fruhburgunder (mutation of Spatburgunder)
Portugeiser
Riesling
40
Subzones of the Ahr.
Mittelahr (middle)
Unterahr (lower)
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Soil of Mittelahr
Weatherd slate
Greywacke
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Soil of Unterahr
Loess
Loam
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Name three VDP Grosse Lagen of Ahr.
Rosenthal
Sonnenberg
Burggarten
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Alleinbesitz Grosse Lagen of Ahr.
Garkammer
Owned by J.J. Adeneuer
Planted to Spatburgunder
45
Grosse Lage in Ahr for Riesling. What style is produced?
Eck
Nobly sweet
46
Two major villages of Ahr
Ahrweiler
Bad Neuenahr
47
Subzones of the Mosel. North to South
Terrassenmosel
Mittelmosel
Ruwer
Saar
Obermosel
Moseltor
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Subzones of Mosel bordering Luxembourg
Obermosel
Moseltor
49
Where does the Mosel begin and end?
Begin: Vosges mountains
End: Rhine river at Koblenz
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Between 1980 and 2009, did vineyard land increase or decrease in the Mosel?
Decrease
BC of Uprooting of Muller-Thurgau
51
Name the side valleys of the Mosel.
Saar
Ruwer
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Where is Maximin Grünhaus located
Ruwer in Mertesdorf
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Capital of the Mosel
Trier
54
Name three producers in Ruwer.
In what communes are they located?
Maximin Grünhaus - Mertesdorf
Karthäuserhof - Eitelsbach
Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt - Morscheid
55
Grape commonly found in Obermosel
Elbling
56
Which producers formed the renaissance of Saar in the 1990's
Hans-Joachim Zilliken
Peter Lauer
Christian Ebert of Schloss Saarstein
57
Top site of Egon Muller
Scharzhofberg
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Side project of Egon Muller
Le Gallais
59
Top vineyards of Saar
Herrenberg
Eucharusberg
Altenberg
Scharzhofberg
Kupp
Bockstein
Rausch
60
Name a producer from the Bockstein vineyard
Nic Weiss
Keller
61
Which of the top vineyards in Saar abut the river.
Altenberg
Kupp (partially)
Bockstein (western part)
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When was Riesling first introduced in Piesport?
15th Century
63
What direction do top vineyards face in the Mittelmosel?
South or South West
64
What geographic features help warm the best vineyards in the Mittelmosel?
A hill, north of Minheim and Piesport
Forrest's on the top of the hill
Both protect against cold eastern winds
Eifel Mountains
65
Two top vineyards of Trittenheim
Apotheke
Laurentuslay
66
Name two producers in Laurentuslay
Nic Weis (St. Urbans-Hof)
Carl Loewen
67
Name two producers of Apotheke vineyard
Ansgar Clüsserath
Franz-Josef Eifel
68
Name a vineyard and locale for Pinot Noir in the Mittelmosel. Name a producer.
Hofberg in Dhron
Daniel Twardoski
69
What geographic features protect Piesporter Goldropfchen
Cliffs directly above (north) the vineyards
70
What is the Grosslage for the vineyards between Trittenheim and Minheim
Michelsberg
71
A bottle labeled Piesporter Michelsberg can only come from Piesport. True or false?
False can come from anywhere between Trittenheim and Minheim
72
Name three producers of Piesporter Goldtropfchen
Reinhold Haart
Julian Haart
St. Urbans-Hof (Nic Weis)
73
How large is Piesporter Goldtropfchen?
65 hectares
74
Name the Sundial vineyards north to south
Zeltinger Sonnenuhr
Wehlener Sonnenuhr
Juffer Sonnenuhr
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Village associated with the Doctor Vineyard
Berkastel-Kues
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Where is JJ Prum Based?
Wehlen
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Where is Dr. Loosen based?
Bernkastel
78
Willi Schaefer and Selbach-Oster are located where?
Bernkastel
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What does the "Great Wall" refer to in the Mosel Valley?
A stretch of excellent vineyards starting at the Doctor Vineyard in Bernkastel to the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Vineyard
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What soil type is found in Urzig?
Iron rich red slate
81
Top vineyard in Urzig
Wurzgarten
82
Name 3 producers of Urziger Wurzgarten
Alfred Merkelbach
Dr. Loosen
Karl Erbes
83
Where is the Pralat vineyard? What soil type is found? Who makes wine from it?
Erden
Red Slate
1. Markus Molitor
2. Dr. Loosen
3. Dr. Hermann
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What vineyard has a higher average price per bottle; Urziger Wurzgarten or Pralat
Pralat
85
What site is warmer in Erden; Pralat or Treppchen?
Pralat
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What is the soil composition of Erdener Treppchen?
Red Blue and Grey slate soil
87
What is the steepest vineyard in Europe? What commune is it located in?
Calmont in Bremm
88
When was Nahe delineated?
1971
89
Who was the first major producer in Nahe?
Hermann Dönnhoff of Weingut Dönnhoff
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When was Dönnhoff established?
1971
91
Where is Dönnhoff located?
Oberhausen
92
Name two marquis producers from Nahe not named Dönnhoff.
Schäfer Frölich
Jakob Schneider
Gut Hermannsberg
Emrich-Schönleber
93
Where is the origin of the Nahe River? Terminus?
Hunsrück Hills
Flows into Rhine at Bingen
94
Where is the Halenberg vineyard?
Monzingen, Nahe
95
What was considered the top vineyard by the Royal Prussian Surveyor in 1901 for Nahe wines?
Hermannshohle
96
Name two exceptional vineyards in Nieerhausen
Hermannsberg
Brucke
Hermannshohle
97
What is the name of the island where wine is grown in the Rhein river across from Hattenheim and Erbach?
Mariannenaue
98
Which producer discovered Spatlese level ripeness? In what year?
Schloss Johannisberg
1775
99
Which producer made the worlds first Eiswein? In what year?
Schloss Johannisberg
1858
100
When was the Geisenheim institute founded?
1872
