Germany Flashcards
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Which type of German wines is most recognizable in 1950s?
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Liebfraumilch
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What’s Liebfraumilch?
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Is a style of semi-sweet white German wine which may be produced, mostly for export, in the regions Rheinhessen, Palatinate, Rheingau, and Nahe.
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Why was the new categary “Grosslagen” created?
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To simplify the wine label, the 1971 wine law set a minimum five-hectare size for single vineyards, enlarging some sites to include lesser surrounding plots, and created the new category “Grosslagen” to identify collective vineyard sites.
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Period of World War I? and World War II?
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World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918);
World War II from late 1939 to early 1941.
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What does Natur mean?
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The wine should be completely natural, free of all additives, did not undergo chaptalization.
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Why was Goldkapsule created?
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To indicate a higher level of sweetness and distinction区别beyond a wine’s labeled Prädikat, vintners added a golden capsule. In some cases, an even longer Goldkapsule indicates an even rarer and special selection.
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Which two categories were created by 1971 wine law?
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1) Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet = quality wine from a growing region;
2) Tafelwein = table wine.
3) Qualitätswein mit和Prädikat (QmP), as a subset子集within Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet (QbA): which allowed to use some German traditional terms such as Spätlese, Auslese and so on.
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In Mosel, apart from the defination of wine law, which “special codes” were created to indicate superior quality of wine?
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1) Goldkapsule: higher level of sweetness and distinction区别beyond超越a wine’s labeled Prädikat.
2) Star system: to indicate reserve bottles, (, **, **), sometimes in conjunction with a Goldkapsule.
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What’s the term for winegrowing region in German? How many regions are there in Germany?
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Anbaugebiete; 11.
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Is chaptalization permited in Qualitätswein mit Prädikat?
And in broader category of Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet?
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It’s banned for Qualitatswein mit Pradikat; but permitted for Qualitatswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet.
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What’s the full name of QbA?
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Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet
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What’s the full name of QmP?
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Qualitätswein mit Prädikat
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What do the five digits of A.P. number indicate?
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1) The location of the examination board委员会;
2) The village in which the wine was produced;
3) The producer;
4) Number of the bottling;
5) The year in which the wine was tested.
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What’s A.P. number?
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To qualify as Qualitätswein or Prädikatswein, wines must pass a chemical and sensory analysis.
If it’s passed, the wine wine be awarded a unique Amtliche Prüfungsnummer官方的考试号 (official exam number). Each A.P. number consists of five sets of digits.
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What does Erstes Gewächs mean?
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Indicating dry wines from specific sites in the Rheingau.
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Which terms were introduced by German wine law in 2000?
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1) Classic, Selection: intended to replace halbtrocken and trocken (but neither really caught on).
2) Erstes Gewächs got formal approval for indicating dry wines from specific sites in the Rheingau.
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What happened to German wine law in the late 2000s ?
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1) 2 Anbaugebiete were added to the original 11, became total 13 Anbaugebiete;
2) Shorten the category names to
Qualitätswein (QbA) and Prädikatswein(QmP). Tafelwein evolved into Wein.
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What does feinherb mean?
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Indicating a slightly off-dry style, persisted and replaced halbtrocken on most labels.
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What’s the informal term for slightly off-dry style wine?
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Feinherb
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Which categories were updated German Wine law in 1982?
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1) Introduced the new category of Landwein;
2) Eiswein was added as an independent Prädikat level.
3) Some famous vineyards which are under 5ha were approved for single vineyrads.
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Name 3 famous vineyards under 5ha approved for official single vineyards?
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Forster Kirchenstück in Pfalz, Bernkasteler Doctor in the Middle Mosel, Kiedricher Turmberg in the Rheingau.
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What’s the IGP category called in Germany?
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Landwein=Landweingebiete
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What’s the mini. alcohol required for Prädikatswein?
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Lower Prädikate requires mini. 7% abv;
From Beerenauslese on up, mini. 5.5% abv.
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Name the 4 German categories of wine?
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1) Wein: formerly Tafelwein, no geographic designation, but can be labeled as Deutscher Wein if produced from German grapes. Varieties and vintage are permitted on the label.
2) Landwein: IGP category including trocken and halbtrocken wines from any of 26 winegrowing regions.
3) Qualitätswein, a PDO category, it’s including Prädikatswein, and most of the country’s top dry wines.
4) Prädikatswein: A PDO category, a subset of Qualitatswein, including all of the country’s best sweet wines.
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What’s the minimum alcohol content level required for Qualitätswein (PDO)? What’s the normal mini. Alcohol content for PDO wine required by EU wine law?
7% ; normally is mini. 8.5% abv.
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What’s “Classic” wine ?
1) A harmoniously dry wine of above-average quality made from a region’s traditional grape varieties.
2) max. RS is 15g/l;
3) Mini. Alcohol level is 12% abv (11.5% in Mosel);
4) single varietal;
5) no vineyards mentioned.
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What’s Selection wine?
1) superior dry’ PDO wines of a premium quality;
2) max. RS is 9g/l (12g/l allowed for Riesling);
3) Must from single vineyard (Einzellage) , from single varietal;
4) Yields are stricter 60hl/ha;
5) Must weight must be equivalent to Auslese;
6) hand-harvested;
7) wines may not be released prior to Sep 1 of the year following harvest.
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What are the Measurement units of must weight in different countries? Germany, Austria, New world, France?
Oechsle in Germany
Klosterneuburger Mostwaage (KMW) in Austria
Brix in New World
Baumé in France
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The mini. Must weight of Prädikatswein (in degrees Öechsle)?
Kabinett: 70-85°
Spätlese: 76-95° (80° in Mosel for Riesling, but 90° in Pfalz)
Auslese: 83-100°
Beerenauslese: 110-128°
Eiswein: 110-128°
Trockenbeerenauslese: 150-154°
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What’s Bereich?
A district within an Anbaugebiet (Bereich are often named after a famous village within their borders).
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What’s an Einzellage?
An individual vineyard (single vineyard)
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What’s Grosslage?
A group of vineyards that can often cover an area in excess of 1000 ha通常占地超过1000公顷. Only producers of PDO wines may put a vineyard name on their label. 只有 PDO 葡萄酒生产商可以在其标签上标注葡萄园名称。
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Piesporter Goldtropfchen and Piesporter Michelsberg, which is Einzellage, which is Grosslage?
Piesporter Goldtropfchen is an Einzellage (prestigious),
and Piesporter Michelsberg is a Grosslage(inexpensive wines).
**Producers are not required to say whether a named vineyard is a Grosslage or an Einzellage, which lead to confusion to the consumers.
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What’s QbA (WSET4)?
Qualitatswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete:
Wines produced from grapes grown exclusively in one the the 13 Anbaugebiete.
*blending grapes from other regions is forbidden.
*the required mini. Must weights are lower than Pradikatswein.
*must enrichment is permitted.
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What’s Pradikatswein/QmP?
Qualitatswein mit Pradikat:
A quality wine whose grapes must from a single Bereich (a district within an Anbaugebiete).
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What are the differences between QbA and QmP?
*QbA: wines from one of the 13 Aubaugebiete; QmP from a single Bereich, a district within an Anbaugebiete;
*Must enrichment is permitted for QbA; but forbidden for QmP, thougth they may be sweetened post fermentation using Sussreserve.
*The minimum permitted must weights for QbA are lower than those required for Pradikatswein.
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Is Chaptalisation permitted for Pradikatswein? And Sussreserve?
Chaptalisation is forbidden, but Sussreserve is permitted.
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What’s the style of Kabinett?
Most delicate Pradikatswein: light in body, high acidity and flavours of green apple or citrus.
Alcohol level between 8-9%abv. and drier styles can reach 12%abv.
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What’s the style of Spatlese?
Indicates “late harvest” wine. They have more concentrated flavours, a little more body than kabinett wine, riper, with stone fruits (peach or apricot).
The wine can be dry or sweeter than average Kabinett and higher abv than Kabinett.
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What’s the style of Auslese?
Made from individually selected extra-ripe bunches of grapes.
It’s like a richer, riper Spatlese in a dry or sweet style.
May be infected by botrytis (often indicate with the term Goldkapsel).
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Which is the highest Pradikat category that can appear as a dry wine?
Auslese
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What’s BA? What’s the style?
Beerenauslese: rare, expensive sweet wine made from individually selected grapes, with flavours and acids enhanced by the effects of noble rot (some varieties may not affected by botrytis).
*must be hand-harvest.
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What’s the style fo Eiswein?
Made from grapes that have been left on the vines until the temperatures below -8°C (WSET4), official website is -7°C (harvest may be as late as January, in this case the vintage will be for the year in which the grapes grew).
*grapes are usually largely unaffected by noble rot, so the flavour is pure, with very high acidity.
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What’s TBA? What’s the style?
Trockenbeerenauslese:
*Sweet wines produced in tiny quantities, from only the finest vintages, and individual grapes that have undergone noble rot;
*rarely more than 8% abv.
*must be hand-harvest.
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What’s the style of a Landwein?
Must be either trocken or halbtrocken (dry or off-dry), the mini must weight is higher than basic Deutscher Wein.
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What’s the meaning of Lieblich?
Medium sweet
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What’s VDP?
1) It’s an association of 202 (close of 2022) German producers dedicated to high quality, those grape varieties traditionally cultivated within each winegrowing region (13).
2) All wines must be estate grown
3) Hand-harvesting is required for all single vineyard wines adn any Pradikat wines of Auslese level or above.
4) Members must cultivate mini 80% of traditional grape varieties (generally exclude crossing varieties for hardiness in the vineyard and high yields这些名单通常不包括为葡萄园的耐寒性和高可靠产量而开发的杂交品种).
5) Grosslagen of 1971 is forbidden to use on members’ labels.
6) Labels must present the VDP’s logo, the Traubenadler, on bottle capsules.
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What’s the logo of VDP called?
Traubenadler葡萄酒之鹰
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What’s the full name of VDP?
Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweingüter
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What’s the difference between Grosslagen and Grosse Lage?
A collective vineyard sites which was set by 1971 wine law (mini 5ha for single vineyards);
Grosse Lage was created by VDP system, indicates Grand Cru.
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From which vintage, the VDP members may produce wines in 4 categories?
From 2011
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Which are the 4 categories of VDP system? Which sweet level can they produce?
Gutswein: regional tier;
Ortswein: village tier;
Erste Lage: 1er Cru vineyards;
Grosse Lage: Grand Cru vineyards.
**Any sweetness level at any tier can be produced.
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What’s the origin of the name for Ortswein?
Typically labeled with the village name or a statement of soil.
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What’s the Ortswein named from Blue slate?
Blauen Schiefer 蓝色板岩
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What’s the Ortswein named from limestone?
Kalkstein
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What’s the Ortswein named from red sandstone?
Buntsandstein
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What’s the dry wine term for Grosse Lage?
Grosses Gewächs = GG.
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For which levels of VDP wines can be labeled trocken?
Erste Lage level or below
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What’s a Grosses Gewächs?
A dry wine from a Grosse Lage vineyard.
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What’s the aging requirements for Grosses Gewächs wines? How about Pradikatswein Grosse Lage?
1) White GG: may not be released until Sep 1 of the year after harvest;
Red GG: may not be released until Sep 1 of the second year after harvest, and at least 12months in wood.
2) Pradikatswein Grosse Lage may be released May 1 of the year after harvest.
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Is chaptalization permitted for VDP wines?
Yes, despite the VDP’s original mission of promoting Natur wines.
The Chaptalization is often practiced with Spatburgunder.
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What are the maximum yields for 4 categories of VDP wines?
Gutswein: 75 hl/ha
Ortswein: 75 hl/ha
Erste Lage: 60 hl/ha
Grosse Lage: 50 hl/ha (Grosse Lage Kabinett at yields of 60 to 70 hl/ha).
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Name some VDP members who are exceptions according to the rules of VDP system?
1) Bürklin-Wolf continues to label its top single-vineyard wines as “GC” and “PC.”
2) Schloss Johannisberg continues to label their “Silberlack” Grosses Lage Riesling as Trocken;
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Which producer left the VDP association because of forbidden of retaining its
Traditional Prädikat declarations on dry wines? In which year?
Koehler-Ruprecht, in 2014.
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If a varietal is labeled how many % should be produced from this grape by EU law?
Mini 85%
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What’s the nickname of Riesling?
Johannisberger (from Benedictine monks of Johannisberg insistent on Riesling’s propagation传播)
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What’s the classic vessel for aging German wines?
Stück, a 1,200-liter oval cask.
Doppelstück, 2400 Liters
Halbstück, 600 liters.
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Why did Muller Thurgau became the leading grape variety in 1969 in Germany?
It’s early ripening, high yielding, became an important component of mass-made Liebfraumilch.
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Who obtained Muller-Thurgau crossing?
Swiss Dr. Hermann Muller in 1882
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Muller-Thurgau is crossed by which two grapes?
Riesling and Madeleine Royale
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Which is the second most planted grape variety in Germany?
Müller-Thurgau
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Which are the top 3 Spatburgunder producing regions in Germany?
1. Baden
2. Pfalz
3. Rheinhessen
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What’s Frühburgunder?
A natural mutation基因突变of Pinot Noir.
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Give two synonyms of Frühburgunder？
Pinot Noir Précoce, or Pinot Madeleine
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What are the characteristics of Frühburgunder?
Thicker skinned than Pinot Noir, darker in color and fruit expression, lower acidity.
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Which is the second most planted red grape variety in Germany?
Dornfelder
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Which grapes are Dornfelder crossed from?
Helfensteiner x Heroldrebe
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What are the characteristics of Dornfelder?
Thick-skinned, produces darker and fuller style of wine than Spatburgunder, highly vigorous.
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What’s the name of Pinot Gris in Germany?
Grauburgunder
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Which country is the first and second-largest grower of Pinot Gris?
First is Italy, second is Germany.
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Which is the best producing region for Pinot Gris in Germany?
Baden
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What’s Ruländer?
Sweet botrytized Pinot Gris.
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What’s the sweet botrytized Pinot Gris called in Germany?
Ruländer.
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Silvaner is the crossing from which two grape varieties? Where it’s from?
Silvaner is a crossing of Traminer x Osterreichisch Weiss;
Austria.
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What’s the synonym of Blaufrankisch in Germany?
Lemberger
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Where is Lemberger mainly cultivated in Germany?
Württemberg
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Scheurebe is the crossing from which two grape varieties? Where was it obtained?
Riesling x Bukettrebe;
In Alzey (Germany) in 1916
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What are the characteristics of Scheurebe? Where is it successfully cultivated?
It’s a high quality grape variety.
Like Riesling, in both dry and sweet styles, aromas silimar to Sauvignon Blanc: pungently aromatic, grape fruit, cassis, cat pee.
In Rheinhessen and the Pfalz.
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What’s the synonym of Pinot Meunier in Germany?
Schwarzriesling
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What’s the synonym of Schiava?
Trollinger
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Where are Schwarzriesling and Trollinger exclusively(almost) planted in Germany?
Württemberg
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Which color is Acolon? It’s a crossing from which two grape varieties?
Red; Blaufränkisch x Dornfelder
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Bacchus is a crossing from which two grapes?
(Silvaner x Riesling) x Müller-Thurgau
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Parentage of Kerner?
Trollinger x Riesling
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Parentage of Regent? Color?
Diana x Chambourcin (American hybrid); red.
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Parentage of Dornfelder? Color?
Helfensteiner x Heroldrebe; Red.
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Who is the first Germany to make sparkling wine? Where and which year?
Florenz-Ludwig Heidsieck, in 1785 in Champagne.
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Who is the leader of quality sparkling movement?
Volker Raumland from Rheinhessen, who founded Germany’s first winery focusing only on Sparkling wines.
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Where and when was the first sparkling wine made in Germany?
In Württemberg, in 1826
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Name 3 largest German Sekt companies?
Henkell, Rotkäppchen, Söhnlein-Brillant
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Which are the main grape varieties for making premium Sekt?
50% is Riesling
30% Pinot varieties, Pinot Blanc is important
20% aromatic varieties: Scheurebe and Gewurztraminer.
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Which dosage level does most Sekt have?
Brut
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Top producers of Sekt who make autolytic style Riesling Sekt with MLF and long ageing on lees?
Raumland, and Matthieu Kaufmann of Reichsrat von Buhl
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Name the 13 Anbaugebiet of Germany?
Ahr, Baden, Franken, Hessische Bergstrasse, Mittelrhein, Mosel, Nahe, Pfalz, Rheingau,
Rheinhessen, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen, Wurttemberg
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Who is Matthieu Kaufmann?
Former cellar master at Bollinger
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Which is the most western and most eastern towns in Central Rheingau?
Rudesheim to the west, and Walluf to the east.
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Rheingau: Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen
Assmannshausen: Höllenberg
Rüdesheim: Berg Roseneck, Berg Rottland, Berg Schlossberg
Geisenheim: Schloss Johannisberg
Johannisberg: Hölle
Winkel: Schloss Vollrads, Jesuitengarten, Hasensprung
Hattenheim: Pfaffenberg (monopole of Schloss Schonborn), Mannberg, Steinberg
Hallgarten: Schönhell, Jungfer
Erbach: Marcobrunn
Kiedrich: Gräfenberg
Eltville: Sonnenberg
Hochheim am Main: Hölle, Kirchenstück
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Name the 15 villages of Rheingau from west to east?
Assmannshausen, Rüdesheim, Geisenheim, Johannisberg, Winkel, Mittelheim, Oestrich, Hallgarten, Hattenheim, Erbach, Kiedrich, Eltville, Rauenthal, Martinsthal, Walluf
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Name two top producers in Rudesheim of Rheingau?
Georg Breuer, Leitz
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Which river is passing Rheingau?
Rhein river
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Name a top producer based in Assmannshausen?
August Kesseler, Krone皇冠, Robert König, Chat Sauvage
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Name the main village in Eastern Rheingau?
Hochheim am Main
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Which town is the world renowned teaching research centre for oenology and viticulture?
Geisenheim
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Which river is passing Maingau (Eastern Rheingau)?
Main River (a Rhine tributary)
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Where is Berg Schlossberg? What’s the uniqueness?
It’s a Grosse Lage in Rheingau’s village Rüdesheim (west of Rehingau);
It has the steepest slope which reach 70% grade.
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Where is the Pinot Noir heartland in Rheingau?
Assmannshausen
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Which is the steepest Grosse Lage in Rheingau?
Berg Schlossberg
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Which sub-area of Rheingau is not on the Rhine? Which sub-area is at the entrance to the Rhine Gorge and Mittelrhein?
Maigau is not on the Rhine;
Western Rheingau is at the entrance to Rhine Gorge and Mittelrhein.
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Which is the only Bereiche identified by 1971 wine law in Rheingau?
Johannisberg
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Name the three sub-areas of Rheingau? Soil types and climate of each area?
Western Rheingau: colder, pure slate soil;
Central Rheingau: mixture of slate, quartzite, and sandstone;
Maingau: warm, loess-covered loams and marls黄土覆盖的壤土和泥灰岩.
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What’s abbeys in German?
Kloster
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Where is Assmannshausen located?
Right bank of Rhein river, western most of Rheingau.
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Which is the largest wine producer in Germany?
Hessen State Winery
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What’s castles in German?
Schloss
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Name the noble Schloss producers in Rheingau?
Scholls Johannisberg, Schloss Vollrads, Baron Langwerth von Simmern,
Schloss Reinhartshausen.
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Which Anbaugebiet in Germany plant the most Riesling? How many % of the region’s cultivation?
Rheingau, 80%
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Which famous walled domaine is owned by Hessen State Winery?
Steinberg Domaine
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Who was the leader of the creation of Charta宪章Association?
Bernhard Breuer of Rudesheim’s Georg Breuer estate.
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Name the best producers of Rheingau nowadays?
Peter Jakob Kühn, Josef Leitz, Eva Fricke, Georg Breuer, Künstler
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What’s the difference between Erstes Gewächs and Grosses Gewächs? Point in common?
1) Erstes Gewächs(1999 vintage forward) category was created by German wine law, it’s a legal classification, pushed by the Rheingau’s producers, and can be used for any producer who adhere to the requirements in Rheingau, but the quantities are almost 1/3 of the entire planted area, so the quality is watered-down for the first growth.
Only for Rheingau region.
2) Grosses Gewächs (2011 vintage forward), was created by VDP, the system is formal, yet extralegal法律之外的, Grosses Gewächs is a dry wine from a Grosse Lage vineyard produced from the VDP members only.
For all regions of Germany’s members.
***Both are for dry wine.
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Where is the birth place of Spatlese riesling in Germany? When? Which producer?
In Rheingau, Schloss Johannisberg in 1775
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Explain Erstes Gewächs?
First growth category for dry Riesling and Spatburgunder from selected Rheingau vineyards.
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Which is the first vintage of Erstes Gewächs by German law?
1999
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Name a top site for Spatburgunder at Assmannshausen?
Höllenberg of August Kesseler
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Name the three great vineyards/Einzellagen in Rüdesheim？
Berg Rottland, Berg Roseneck, Berg Schlossberg.
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Name the famous vineyard of Robert Weil?
Kiedricher Gräfenberg
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Which two towns shared the Hölle site? What’s the meaning of Hölle?
Hochheimer and Johannisberger;
Rocky hill.
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Name two famous ecclesiastical教会的monopoles in Rheingau? And established year?
Schloss Johannisberg (Riesling) 1720
Kloster Eberbach’s Hattenheimer Steinberg (walled vineyard) in 1760
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Which is the famous walled vineyard of Kloster Eberbach?
Hattenheimer Steinberg
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Name the top Einzellagen of Assmannshausen?
Assmannshausen: Höllenberg
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Where is Enzellagen Höllenberg?
Assmannshausen in Rheingau
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Where is Berg Roseneck located?
In Rudesheim (central Rheingau)
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Where is Berg Rottland?
In Rudesheim (central Rheingau)
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Where is Berg Schlossberg?
In Rudesheim (central Rheingau)
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Name the top Einzellagen in Geisenheim?
Schloss Johannisberg
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Where is Scholls Johannisberg?
In Geisenheim (Central Rheingau)
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Name the Einzellagen shared by Johannisberg and Hochheim am Main?
Hölle
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Where is Hölle located?
Shared by Johannisberg and Hochheim in Rheingau
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Name 3 top Einzellagen in Winkel?
Schloss Vollrads, Jesuitengarten, Hasensprung
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Where is Schloss Vollrads located?
In Winkel (Rheingau)
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Where is Jesuitengarten?
In Winkel (Rheingau)
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Where is Hesensprung?
In Winkel (Rheingau)
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Name 3 top Einzellagen in Hattenheim?
Pfaffenberg (monopole of Schloss Schonborn), Mannberg, Steinberg
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Where is Steinberg?
Einzellagen in Hattenheim (Rheingau)
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Where is Pfaffenberg?
Einzellagen in Hattenheim (Rheingau), monopole of Schloss Schonborn
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Where is Mannberg?
Einzellagen in Hattenheim (Rheingau)
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Name 2 top Einzellagen of Hallgarten?
Schönhell, Jungfer (Rheingau)
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Where is Schönhell ?
Hallgarten (Rheingau)
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Where is Jungfer ?
Hallgarten (Rheingau)
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Name the top Einzellagen in Erbach?
Marcobrunn
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Where is Marcobrunn?
In Erbach in Rheingau
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Where is Gräfenberg?
Kiedrich, Rheingau
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Name the top Einzellagen in Eltville?
Sonnenberg
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Where is Sonnenberg?
In Eltville (Rheingau)
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Name the 2 top Einzellagen of Hochheim am Main?
Hölle, Kirchenstück
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Where is Kirchenstück?
In Hochheim am Main (Rheingau)
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What’s the climate of Rheingau?
Rhine provides warmth to the slope; thus the Rheingau is actually warmer than much of the Rheinhessen to the south.
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What’s the soil in Rheingau?
Upper slope vineyards: dominated by slate,
Lower vineyards: closer to the water contain a mixture of clay, loess, alluvial sand and red slate.
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What’s Rheingauer Flöte?
A traditional flute-shaped brown bottle
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What’s the traditional flute-shaped brown bottle called in Rheingau? What’s the bottle color in Mosel?
Flöte; green glass in Mosel.
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Who is the finest Pinot Noir grower in Rheingau?
August Kesseler
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Where is producer Franz Künstler located?
Hochheim (Eastern Rheingau)
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What does “goldkapsel” refer to? What does it indicate?
1) It’s a gold-colored capsule for small quantities of “reserve” selections;
2) This indicates additional sweetness due to a higher must weight (most commonly for Auslese level);
3) Richer wine are marked with a lange Goldkapsel(a longer gold capsule), maybe showing higher price and richer character.
4) Goldkapsel is almost exclusively used by Mosel producers.
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Where does Mosel River emerge from? Where does it merge with the Rhine?
From Vosges Mountains in France; at Koblenz (end of Mosel Valley and the border of the Mittelrhein)
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Which are the two tributaries of Mosel river in Mosel?
Saar and Ruwer
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Name 6 Bereiche of Mosel? Which is the largest?
1) From South to North: Moseltor, Obermosel, Saar, (Trier), Ruwertal, Bernkastel, Burg Cochem (Koblenz)
2) Bernkastel is the largest Rereiche, occupies 2/3 of Mosel’s vineyards.
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Which are the borders of Bernkastel?
From Trier city to Zell town.
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Which vineyards are producing grosslagen wine in Mosel?
Vineyards without perfect aspects and a steep slope where the Riesling can not ripen.
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Name two common Grosslagen in Bernkastel bereich?
Badstube, Michelsberg
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What’s the soil type of Mittelmosel? Which town has exception?
Dark blue Devonian泥盆纪slate;
Near Erden is red slate.
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How does the soil and river effect the vine growing?
The dark blue slate retains heat and river reflects warmth onto the vines, allowing them to ripen in a region where the annual average temprature is 8°C colder than an ideal temperature for vine growing
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Which is the Mosel’s capital city? Who founded it?
Trier in 16BCE, by the Romans.
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Which two Bereiche of Mosel mark the vineyards of its two main tributaries?
Ruwertal, Saar
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Which 3 Bereiche lie on the Mosel river itself?
Bernkastel (the Middle Mosel), followed by Burg Cochem (the Lower Mosel, or Terrassenmosel) and Obermosel (the Upper Mosel).
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of Single-post system?
Advantage: no wires, workers have much more freedom of movement on the difficult terrain.
Disadvantage: in order to improve airflow, leaf removal is necessary, but this increases sun exposure which lead to TDN-based flavors (petrol) in Riesling.
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What’s single-post training system?
It’s created by Mosel growers: they train vines upright, without wires, employing either a vertical cordon or two canes, wrapped in a heart-shaped bow.
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What’s the training system in Mosel?
Single-post system
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What’s the main soil type of Mosel?
Devonian slate (dark blue and red)
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What’s the annual rainfall in Mosel?
650-900mm annually
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Name the 10 villages in Mittelmosel?
From southwest to northeast along the Mosel River:
Leiwen, Trittenheim, Piesport, Brauneberg, Bernkastel-Kues, Graach, Wehlen, Zeltingen, Ürzig, Erden
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Mosel: Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen
Saar
Wiltingen: Scharzhofberger
Saarburg: Rausch
Ruwer
Eitelsbach: Karthäuserhofberg
Mertesdorf: Abtsberg, Herrenberg, Bruderberg
Mosel
Trittenheim: Apotheke
Piesport: Goldtröpfchen, Domherr
Brauneberg: Juffer, Juffer Sonnenuhr
Bernkastel-Kues: Doctor, Lay
Graach an der Mosel: Domprobst, Josephshöfer (monopole of Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt)
Wehlen: Sonnenuhr
Zeltingen: Sonnenuhr
Ürzig: Würzgarten
Erden: Prälat, Treppchen
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Name a common Grosslagen in Piesport?
Piesporter Michelsberg
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Name four greatest benchmark producers from century ago in Mittelmosel?
Joh. Jos. Prüm, Reinhold Haart, Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt, Dr. Loosen
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Name 3 producers with recent reputation in Mittelmosel?
Ansgar Clüsserath, Daniel Vollenweider, Clemens-Busch
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Where is Burg Cochem?
In Lower Mosel
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What’s the range of Lower Mosel?
From Zell northward through Cochem to Koblenz, at the border of the Mittelrhein Anbaugebiet.
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How is the terroir in Lower Mosel?
Slopes are even more steeper, with grades reaching 70% or more.
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What’s the other name for Lower Mosel?
Terrassenmosel
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Where is Blaufüsser Lay? Who is the producer?
It’s a single parcel within Uhlen Einzellagen in Winningen, Terrassenmosel.
Heymann-Löwenstein.
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Where is Roth Lay?Who is the producer?
It’s a single parcel within Uhlen Einzellagen in Winningen, Terrassenmosel.
Heymann-Löwenstein.
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Where is Laubach?Who is the producer?
It’s a single parcel within Uhlen Einzellagen in Winningen, Terrassenmosel.
Heymann-Löwenstein.
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Where is Uhlen?
It’s the top Einzellagen in Winningen in Terrassenmosel (Lower Mosel).
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Who applied for Germany’s first single-vineyard PDOs? When were them approved by EU？Name the single-vineyards? These single-parcels are within which Einzellagen?
1) Reinhard Heymann-Löwenstein.
2) Approved in 2018
3) Blaufüsser Lay, Roth Lay, Laubach
4) In Uhlen
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Name the top Einzellagen in Winningen?
Uhlen
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Where is Winningen? Who is the star producer in Winningen?
1) It’s the key vinegrowing village in Terrassenmosel/Lower Mosel;
2) Heymann-Löwenstein.
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Which is the key winegrowing village in Terrassenmosel (Lower Mosel)?
Winningen
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What’s the other name for Upper Mosel?
Obermosel
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Where are the range of Obermosel?
Right bank of the Mosel River from just south of Trier to the French border.
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What’s the soil of Obermosel?
Calcareous soil not Devonian slate, because it’s within Paris Basin with Chablis and Champagne.
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Which is the key grape variety in Obermosel? And wine style?
Elbling, an ancient white grape variety that produces simple, fruity whites and refreshing sparkling wines.
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Where is Ruwer?
A small tributary of the Mosel River, a stream connecting to the Middle Mosel between Trier and Trittenheim.
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What’s the climate and soil in Ruwertal?
Slightly cooler than Middle Mosel, slate soil similar to Middle Mosel.
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Who is the owner of Maximin Grünhaus?
von Schubert family
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Who founded Maximin Grünhaus? When?
The Benedictine St. Maximin monastery修道院, in the 900s.
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Name two most famous estate and have ecclesiastical origin in Ruwertal?
(Maximin) Grünhaus;
Karthäuserhof in Eitelsbach
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Why do most vineyards in Saar not line the river?
Because the river flows almost directly north
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What’s the wine style of Saar?
Because it’s cold climate, the riesling can not ripen fully in cool vintages.
And therefore the style is more austere and acid-driven than those from Mittelmosel.
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Why is Saar among the coolest areas of the Mosel?
Most vinyards do not line the river beacause the river flows directly north, and which doesn’t reflect the warmth to the vineyards.
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Where is Rausch?
A south-facing Einzellagen in Saarburger, Saar Beirech
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Which is the best Einzellagen in Saarburger?
Rausch
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Where is Kanzem?
It’s a village in Saar Bereich
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Name two best Einzellagen in Kanzem?
Hörecker and Altenberg (on the Saar River)
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Which is the Hörecker ?
In village Kanzem, Saar Bereich, Mosel
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Where is Scharzhofberg located?
In Wiltingen village, Saar Bereich, Mosel.
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Who is the most lauded producer of Scharzhofberg?
Egon Müller
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Where is Wiltingen?
It’s a village in Saar
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Where is Altenberg?
In village Kanzem, Saar Bereich, Mosel
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Name two best Einzellagen in Saar and its village?
Wiltingen: Scharzhofberger
Saarburg: Rausch
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In Mosel, which Beirech has limestone/cacareous soils not slate?
Moseltor and Obermosel
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What’s the soil in Moseltor?
Limestone
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Where is Moseltor?
Southern most of mosel, connected with Obermosel
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Name two important villages in Ruwer?
Eitelsbach, Mertesdorf
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Where is Eitelsbach?
In Ruwer, Mosel
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Where is Karthäuserhofberg?
In Eitelsbach village, Ruwer Beirech
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Which is the most famous Einzellagen in Eitelsbach?
Karthäuserhofberg
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Name the three top Einzellagen in Mertesdorf?
Abtsberg, Herrenberg, Bruderberg
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Where is Mertesdorf ?
In Ruwer
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Name the 2 important Einzellagen in Erden?
Prälat, Treppchen
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Where is Treppchen?
In Erden, Mittelmosel
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Where is Prälat?
In Erden, Mittelmosel
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Where is Würzgarten?
In Ürzig, Mittelmosel
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Name the important Einzellagen in Ürzig?
Würzgarten
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Where is Sonnenuhr?
Share between Wehlen and Zeltingen, Mittelmosel
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Which Einzellagen is shared between Wehlen and Zeltingen?
Sonnenuhr
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Where is Domprobst?
In Graach an der Mosel, Mittelmosel
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Name 2 important Einzellagen in Graach an der Mosel?
Domprobst, Josephshöfer
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Name the monopole Einzellagen of Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt?
Josephshöfer
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Who is the producer of Monopole Einzellagen Josephshöfer? Where is it?
Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt;
In Graach an der Mosel
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Where is Einzellagen Doctor?
Bernkastel-Kues, Mittelmosel
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Where is Einzellagen Lay?
Bernkastel-Kues, Mittelmosel
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Name 2 Einzellagen in Bernkastel-Kues?
Doctor, Lay
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Name 2 important Einzellagen in Brauneberg?
Juffer, Juffer Sonnenuhr
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Where is Juffer?
In Brauneberg, Mittlemosel
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Where is Juffer Sonnenuhr?
In Brauneberg, Mittlemosel
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Where is Domherr ?
In Piesport, Mittelmosel
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Name 2 most important Einzellagen in Piesport?
Goldtröpfchen, Domherr
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Where is Goldtröpfchen?
In Piesport, Mittelmosel
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Where is Trittemheim?
Village in Mittelmosel
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Where is Rheinhessen?
Directly south of Rheingau, Nahe to the west and Pfalz to the south
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Name the top Einzellagen in Trittemheim?
Apotheke
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Where is Apotheke?
An Einzellagen in Trittenheim, Mittelmosel
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Is Rheinhessen bordered by Rhine river?
Yes, to the north and east (流经北边和东边)
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Which anbaugebiet has the most land under vine in Germany? How many hectares?
Rheinhessen; 26500 ha (1/4 of Germany’s vineyards)
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Where are the better quality wines are produced in Rheinhessen?
Eastern most of Rheinhessen, western bank of the Rhine River.
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Which wine from Rheinhessen was listed on Titanic’s wine list
Niersteiner Pettenthal Riesling (as expensive as Frist Growth of Bordeaux at the time)
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Which is the most prestigious sector in Rheinhessen bettwen Nierstein and Nackenheim? What is it famous for?
Roter Hang (red slope);
Famous for its red clay and slate soil.
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Who is the biggest land owner of Rothenberg?
Gunderloch, owns over 3/4 of the site.
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Where is Roter Hang?
Between Nierstein and Nackenheim, in Rheinhessen
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Name a key producer within Roter Hang?
Gunderloch
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Which is the biggest region for Silvaner grape?
Rheinhessen
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Where is Weingut Keller located?
In Flörsheim-Dalsheim (southwest of Rheinhessen)
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Name the best two producers producing dry riesling in Rheinhessen?
Keller, Wittmann
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What are the Rheinhessen’s Riesling and Silvaner style?
Riesling is often produced in halbtrocken or sweeter styles;
Silvaner often dry.
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Which is Germany’s most expensive dry riesling?
Keller’s G-Max, from an undisclosed未公开的vineyard site
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Where is Wittmann located?
Westhofen
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What does “Message in a Bottle” refer to?
An association of over two dozen young and dynamic winemakers in Rheinhessen, committed to raising quality throughout the region.
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Which region is “the land of Liebfraumilch” ?
Rheinhessen
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What’s the terroir of Roter Hang?
Left bank of Rhine, east-facing slope reaching 70-80% grade
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Name the three Bereich of Rheinhessen?
Bingen, Nierstein, Wonnegau
Rheinhessen: Important Gemeinden and Einzellage
Nackenheim: Rothenberg
Nierstein: Hipping, Pettenthal
Oppenheim: Schützenhütte, Sackträger
Westhofen: Morstein, Kirchspiel
Dalsheim: Hubacker
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Who is the owner of Keller?
Klaus-Peter Keller (9th generation since 1789)
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Who is the owner of Wittmann?
Philipp Wittmann
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Name the biodynamic winery in the Roter Hang?
Kühling-Gillot
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What’s the soil in Bereich of Wonnegau?
Limestone and loess soils
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Where is Wonnegau?
A Bereich of southern Rheinhessen
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Where is Wagner-Stempel estate?
northwestern corner of Rheinhessen
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What’s the meaning of Liebfrau(en)milch?
Our lady’s milk 圣母奶
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Name the top Einzellagen in Nackenheim?
Rothenberg
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Name 5 important Gemeinden/village in Rheinhessen?
Nackenheim, Nierstein, Oppenheim, Westhofen, Dalsheim
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Where is Nackenheim?
Village in Rheinhessen
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Where is Rothenberg?
In Nackenheim in Rheinhessen
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Name 2 top Einzellagen in Nierstein?
Hipping, Pettenthal
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Where is Nierstein?
In Rheinhessen
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Where is Pettenthal?
In Nierstein, Rheinhessen
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Where is Hipping?
In Nierstein, Rheinhessen
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Name 2 top Einzellagen in Oppenheim?
Schützenhütte, Sackträger
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Where is Oppenheim?
Village in Rheinhessen
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Where is Schützenhütte?
In Oppenheim, Rheinhessen
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Where is Sackträger?
In Oppenheim, Rheinhessen
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Name 2 top Einzellagen in Westhofen?
Morstein, Kirchspiel
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Where is Morstein?
In Westhofen in Rheinhessen
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Where is Kirchspiel?
In Westhofen in Rheinhessen
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Name the top Einzellagen in Dalsheim?
Hubacker
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Where is Dalsheim?
Village in Rheinhessen
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Where is Hubacker?
In Dalsheim, Rheinhessen
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Which region in Germany has the second-largest cache of vineyards? Which has the largest acreage of Riesling?
Pfalz, Pfalz (more than Alsace)
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Which grape varieties are planted in Pfalz? Which three are authorized for VDP Grosse Lage?
Dornfelder, Muller-Thurgau, Portugieser, Spatburgunder, Grauburgunder, Weissburgunder, Scheurebe, and more.
For VDP Grosse Lage: Riesling, Spatburgunder, Weissburgunder
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Which town if the border acrossed by southernmost of Pfalz?
Wissembourg
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Name two Einzellagen under 5ha in Pfalz?
Hohenmorgen in Deidesheim, Freundstück in Forst
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Where is Pfalz located?
Between Rheinhessen and Alsace; western side of the Upper Rhine Plain.
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Name the two Bereich of Pfalz? Which Bereich includes most historic and famous winegrowing villages? Which is in the northern sector of Pfalz?
Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse, and Südliche Weinstrasse;
Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse includes most famous villages;
Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse is in the northern sector.
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Where are the best vineyards located in Pfalz?
Haardt hills
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Where is Mittelhaardt?
It’s a Bereich in Pfalz
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What’s the meaning of Forster Kirchenstuck? Where is it?
“Church Parcel”, it’s the best Einzellagen in Mittelhaardt in Pfalz.
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Which is the finest, warmest and most uniform site enclosed by a small sandstone wall in the Mittelhaardt? How many hectares?
Forster Kirchenstück, 3.7ha
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Important Einzellagen of Pfalz?
Deidesheim: Königsbacher Idig, Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten;
Forst: Kallstadter Saumagen (amphitheater-like suntrap and the finest site north of Forst)
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What does “three Bs” refer to in Pfalz? Which is the common vineyard owned by three of them?
Reichstrat von Buhl, Bürklin-Wolf, Bassermann-Jordan;
Kirchenstück.
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Where is Müller-Catoir located? What’s its style?
In the village of Haardt in Pfalz;
Producing Riesling, Scheurebe, Rieslaner in a lusher style.
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Who made the reputation of Saumagen?
Koehler-Ruprecht
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Which winery adds barriques and tonneaux to a Riesling cellar in Pfalz?
Weingut von Winning (a modern superstar).
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Where is Schweiger Kammerberg?
In Sudliche Weinstrasse (Southern Pfalz);
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Where is Siebeldinger im Sonnenschein? What is it famous for?
In Sudliche Weinstrasse (Southern Pfalz);
Famous for Spatburgunder
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Where is Sudliche Weinstrasse?
South Pfalz
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What’s the difference between the two Bereich in Pfalz: Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse, and Südliche(南部)Weinstrasse?
Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse:
1) In the north of Pfalz;
2) Encompasses many of the Pfalz’s most historic and famous winegrowing villages.
Südliche Weinstrasse:
1) In the south of Pfalz;
2) A cheap source of bulk wines before 1971 wine law, and much of its output goes in Mosel négociant blends.
3) But several serious producers rebuit the reputation of this area.
4) Less traditional than the Mittelhaardt, with more diverse vineyard, and with some of Germany’s best examples of Weissburgunder and Spätburgunder.
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Name a great potential vineyard in the Sudliche Weinstrasse? What’s the terroir?
Birkweiler Kastanienbusch;
86 ha, south-facing slope hidden among the Haardt hills.
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What’s limestone called in German? And shell-limestone?
Kalkstein; Muschelkalk (shell-limestone).
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What’s the climate and soil in Pfalz?
One of the warmest winegrowing regions in Germany, it’s sunny and dry.
Soils are extremely complex: red sandstone, calcium, limestone, loess, red slate, basalt, granite, alluvial gravel.
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When was DC Pfalz category introduced? What is it?
In 2005;
It’s modeled off the Austrian DAC example, limited to trocken examples of Riesling, Grauburgunder, Weissburgunder, Spatburgunder and Dornfelder.
(but not many producers use it)
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Where is Friedrich Becker weingut located? What is it famous for?
In Schweigen village of Südliche-Weinstrasse, Pfalz.
Famous for Spatburgunder, and Kammerberg Grosse Lage vineyard
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Which is the top wine of Friedrich Becker?
Kammerberg Grosse Lage Spatburgunder
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Where are the most important vineyards located in Pfalz?
On the east-facing slopes of the Haardt hills in the Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse.
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Name the premier wine villages of Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse?
Kallstadt, Ungstein, Bad Dürkheim, Wachenheim, Forst, Deidesheim, and Ruppertsberg
(from north to south)
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Where is Bassermann-Jordan ?
Pfalz
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Name the top Einzellaggen in Pfalz?
Kirchenstück, Jesuitengarten, Pechstein, Ungeheuer.
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Where is Muller-Catoir?
Pfalz
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Which is the warmest and most important village in Pfalz?
Forst
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Where is Saumagen?
Einzellagen in Kallstadt (Mittelhaardt)Pfalz
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Where is Hansjörg Rebholz located? What is it famous for?
Südliche Weinstrasse; famous for dry Riesling and Weissburgunder.
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Name the top Einzellagen in Kallstadt?
Saumagen
Pfalz: Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen
Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse
Kallstadt: Saumagen
Ungstein
Bad Dürkheim
Wachenheim
Forst: Kirchenstück, Freundstück, Pechstein, Ungeheuer, Jesuitengarten
Deidesheim: Langenmorgen, Hohenmorgen, Kieselberg
Ruppertsberg: Reiterpfad, Gaisböhl (Bürklin-Wolf monopole)
Königsbach: Idig
Südliche-Weinstrasse:
Siebeldingen: Im Sonnenschein
Birkweiler: Kastanienbusch
Schweigen: Kammerberg
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Where is Kammerberg?
In Schweigen (Südliche-Weinstrasse) Pfalz
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Name the top Einzellagen in Schweigen?
Kammerberg
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Name the top Einzellagen in Birkweiler?
Kastanienbusch
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Where is Kastanienbusch?
In Birkweiler (Südliche-Weinstrasse) Pfalz
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Name the top Einzellagen in Siebeldingen?
Im Sonnenschein
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Where is Im Sonnenschein?
Siebeldingen (Südliche-Weinstrasse) Pfalz
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Name the top Einzellagen in Königsbach？
Idig
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Where is Idig?
Einzellagen in Königsbach (Mittelhaardt) Pfalz
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Where is Reiterpfad?
Einzellagen in Ruppertsberg (Mittelhaardt) Pfalz
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Where is Gaisböhl ?
Einzellagen in Ruppertsberg (Mittelhaardt) Pfalz
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Where is Kieselberg?
In Deidesheim (Mitteldaardt) Pfalz
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Name the two top Einzellagen in Ruppertsberg?
Reiterpfad, Gaisböhl
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Who is the producer of monopole Gaisböhl ?
Burklin-Wolf
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Name the top 3 Einzellagen in Deidesheim?
Langenmorgen, Hohenmorgen, Kieselberg
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Where is Langenmorgen?
In Deidesheim (Mitteldaardt) Pfalz
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Where is Hohenmorgen?
In Deidesheim (Mitteldaardt) Pfalz
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Which is the second most planted but most traditional grape variety of Franken? How many % of the total planting?
Silvaner, 24%
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What’s the climate of Franken?
Because its inland location, absent of moderation of a major river, Franken has a very continental climate, short and hot summer, cold winter may kill vines, so winter-hardy crossings are popular in the region (so Riesling only occupies 4%).
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Which is the only Anbaugebiete wherein Müller-Thurgau maintains the most planted vareity? How many % of the vineyards?
Franken; 26%
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What’s the wine style of Franken?
Bone dry, austere wines.
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What’s the river goes through Franken region?
Main river
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What’s the grape variety of the basic “Frankenwein”?
Muller-Thurgau, Bacchus, Kerner blend.
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Name the three Bereiche of Franken? Which is the western most Bereich?
Mainviereck, Maindreieck, Steigerwald;
Mainviereck.
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Which is the most important Bereich in Franken? How many % of total wine produciton of the region?
Maindreieck, 3/4 of the total production
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What’s the meaning of Mainviereck?
Four-sided Main (where the river’s flow approximates a rectangular shape).
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What’s the typical bottle called in Franken? Made with which grape variety?
Bocksbeutel; Silvaner
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Where is Mainviereck? What’s the soil and climate in Mainviereck? What’s the main grape variety of this area?
It’s the western most Bereich of Franken;
Soil: red sandstone; climate is gentler than further eastern area.
Pinot Noir
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What’s the soil type in Maindreieck?
Shell-limestone
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Which city is on Maindreieck’s western edge?
Würzburg
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What’s the center Beirech of Franken called?
Maindreieck
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What’s the meaning of Maindreieck?
Three-sided Main
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Name the two most important villages in Mainviereck? Which type of wine is famous in these villages?
Klingenberg, Bürgstadt; quality red wines.
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Name the top producer of Spatburgunder in Franken? Which village is it located?
Rudolf Fürst in Bürgstadt
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What does Spital mean in Germany?
Charitable hospital慈善医院
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Where is Bürgstadt? Which is the top producer in this village? What’s it famous for?
In Mainviereck Bereich of Franken; Rudolf Fürst; Spatburgunder
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Name the two most important landholders of Stain vineyard?
Juliusspital and Bürgerspital
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What’s the trademark flavor profile of Stein vineyard?
Smokiness (quality varies depends on the producers as most of the large-sized vineyards)
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Which is Franken’s largest producer?
Juliusspital
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Which is the commercial center of Franken?
Würzburg
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Name the most famous vineyard in Würzburg?
Stein
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Where is Stain vineyard located in? What’s the vineyard size? Terroir? Main grape varieties?
In Würzburg; 85ha;
Warm, south-facing, limestone and loess slope overlooking the Main.
Riesling and Silvaner.
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Which is the eastern most Bereich in Franken?
Steigerwald
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What’s the terroir of Steigerwald?
Away from the Main River, less humidity and botrytis, vineyards are on the edge of mountain forest, 400meters in elevation, is the highest and coolest Bereich in Franken.
But with the black gypsum Keuper石膏的黑色库珀土壤 soil mitigate(缓和) low temperature by warming the vines at night, the vines can produce quality wines.
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Which is the coolest Bereich in Franken?
Steigerwald
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What’s the black gypsum soil called in Steigerwald?
Keuper soil
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What are the soil types of the three Bereich of Franken? Grapes?
Mainviereck: red sandstone, spatburgunder
Maindreieck: shell-limestone, riesling and silvaner
Steigerwald: black gypsum,
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Which is the most important village of Steigerwald?
Iphofen
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In which village did Silvaner first apprear in Germany?
In Castell village, in Steigerwald Bereich of Franken
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Which is the tributary of Main River where three Anbaugebiete are divided?
Tauber River; Franken, Baden, Wurttemberg.
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Name four important Gemeinden in Franken?
Würzburg, Escherndorf, Iphofen, Bürgstadt
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Where is Leiste located?
Einzellagen in Würzburg in Franken
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Which two Aubaugebiete have the right to bottle in a Bocksbeutel?
Baden and Franken
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Name two most important Einzellagen in Wurzburg?
Stein, Leiste
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What does Steinwein refer to?
An old nickname for Frankish(Franken) wine in general, named after the important vineyard Stein.
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Name the top Einzellagen in Escherndorf?
Lump
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Where is Stein located?
Einzellagen in Würzburg in Franken
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Which is the tributary of Rhine in Nahe region?
Nahe River
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Name the Top Einzellagen in Iphofen?
Julius Echter Berg
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What’s the climate in Nahe?
Mild and dry (protected by the northern and westerm mountains from the winds), with only 500mm annual rainfall;
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Where is Julius Echter Berg?
In Iphofen in Franken
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Where is Centgrafenberg?
In Bürgstadt in Franken
Franken: Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen
Würzburg: Stein, Leiste
Escherndorf: Lump
Iphofen: Julius Echter Berg
Bürgstadt: Centgrafenberg
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Name the top Einzellagen in Bürgstadt?
Centgrafenberg
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Which is the driest Anbaugebiete in Germany?
Nahe
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Where is Lump located in?
It’s an Einzellagen in Escherndorf in Franken
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Where is Nahe located?
Lies west of Rheinhessen, south of the Rheingau
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Which is the only grape variety in Nahe for Grosse Lage wines?
Riesling
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Name the three subregions for Quality Riesling along the Nahe River?
Upper Nahe, Middle Nahe, Lower Nahe
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Which is the only Bereich in Nahe?
Nahetal
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Which is the seperate subregion which divides the Middle and Lower Nahe?
Bad Kreuznach
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Name two top producers of Upper Nahe?
Shäfer-Fröhlich estate in Bockenau; Emrich-Schönleber, based in Monzingen.
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Where is Shäfer-Fröhlich estate ?
Bockenau village in Upper Nahe
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Name the top winery in Monzingen of Nahe?
Emrich-Schönleber
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Where is Emrich-Schönleber located?
Monzingen, in Upper Nahe
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Which is the largest town and the commercial center of Nahe?
Bad Kreuznach
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Where is the vineyard Frühlingsplätzchen?
In Upper Nahe
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What’s the soil type of Middle Nahe?
Volcanic, slate, limestone and schist
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Which is the most historic site in Upper Nahe? Why is it no longer good in its entirety?
Frühlingsplätzchen; because of the 1971 wine law, it was expanded from 8ha to 64ha.
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Which is the most important winery for quality today in Middle Nahe?
Donnhoff
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Who is the producer of monopole Oberhäuser Brücke?
Donnhoff
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Where is Gut Hermannsberg estate located?
Middel Nahe
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Name the monopole of Weingut Donnhoff?
Oberhäuser Brücke
Hermannshöhle in Niederhausen
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Who is the producer of monopole Hermannshöhle in Niederhausen?
Donnhoff
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Name the Grosse Lage sites in Middle Nahe?
Niederhauser Hermannshöhle,
Schlossböckelheimer Kupfergrube,
Schlossböckelheimer Felsenberg,
Norheimer Dellchen,
Traiser Bastei,
Oberhauser Brücke
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Which is the warmest subregion in Nahe?
Lower Nahe
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Which subregion is the most famous winegrowing area in Nahe?
Middle Nahe
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What’s the meaning of Bad in Germany?
Means bath 浴场
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Where is Lower Nahe? What’s the soil type?
North of Bad Kreuznach;
Heavier with clay and loess.
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Which subregion making the tripoint of Rheinhessen, Rheingau and Nahe?
Lower Nahe
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In which subregion of Nahe does Spatburgunder perform the best?
Lower Nahe
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Name the most renowned villages in Lower Nahe?
Münster-Sarmsheim, Dorsheim, and Laubenheim
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Which is the direction of Nahe River flows?
Northward
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Where is Schlossgut Diel winery?
In the town of Burg Layen in Lower Nahe
Nahe: Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen
Bad Kreuznach
Bad Münster
Norheim
Niederhausen: Hermannshöhle, Hermannsberg
Oberhausen: Brücke
Schlossböckelheim: Kupfergrube, Felsenberg
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Name the 6 most important Villages in center Nahe?
Schlossböckelheim, Oberhausen, Niederhausen, Norheim, Bad Münster, and Bad Kreuznach
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Where is Felsenberg?
In Schlossböckelheim in Nahe
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Where is Kupfergrube?
In Schlossböckelheim in Nahe
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What’s the synonym of Chasselas in Baden?
Gutedel
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Name two top Einzellagen in Schlossböckelheim?
Kupfergrube, Felsenberg
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How many Bereich are there in Baden? Name three northerly Bereich? Name 1 Bereich in the south? Which is the southernmost point?
9 Bereich;
3 Notherly Bereich: Tauberfranken, Badische Bergstrasse, and Kraichgau;
1 Southern Bereich: Bodensee
Baden’s southernmost point: Markgräferland
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Name the top Einzellagen in Oberhausen?
Brücke
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Where is Hermannsberg?
Einzellagen in Niederhausen in Nahe
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Where is Hermannshöhle?
Einzellagen in Niederhausen in Nahe
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Name the two top Einzellagen in Niederhausen?
Hermannshöhle, Hermannsberg
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Which are the top four grape varieties in Barden?
Three Burgundy grapes: Spatburgunder, Weissburgunder, Grauburgunder
Müller-Thurgau
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Which Bereich is in the Southernmost point of Baden? Which grape variety is almost exclusively produced here?
Markgräferland; Chasselas (Gutedel) swiss grape.
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Which is the border of Baden and France?
Rhine River
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What’s the German name for Lake Constance? Where is it?
Bodensee; In the south of Baden border with Swiss.
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Where is the center of German Pinot Noir production?
4 Bereiche from north to south:
Ortenau, Breisgau, Kaiserstuhl, Tuniberg.
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Which is the most and second most planted grape varieties in Baden?
Most is Spatburgunder more than 1/3 of the total vineyards.
Second is Muller-Thurgau.
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The breeder of Muller-Thurgau is Hermann Müller who was born in Thurgau (on the Swiss side of Lake Constance) .
The breeder of Muller-Thurgau is Hermann Müller who was born in Thurgau (on the Swiss side of Lake Constance) .
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Which area has Germany’s warmest and sunniest climate? Why does it have this climate?
Bereich Kaiserstuhl in Baden; in the rain shadow of the Vosges Mountains.
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What’s the terroir of Kaiserstuhl’s best Spätburgunder sites?
Purer volcanic soil with steepest slope.
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Where is Breisgau? What’s the wine style?
A Bereich of Baden;
Breisgau: can produce an almost Côte de Nuits-like style of Pinot Noir.
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Where is Tuniberg? What’s the soil?
A Bereich in Baden;
Calcareous (Its wines have not achieved the same fame as those of Kaiserstuhl).
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Name the subregion of Kaiserstuhl?
Bereich Tuniberg
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Name two Germany’s hottest vineyards?
Achkarrer Schlossberg, and Ihringer Winklerberg in Bereich Kaiserstuhl.
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What’s the Spatburgunder style of Baden?
Example by the Kaiserstuhl wines: ripe and robust强健的;
Richer in body and lower in acidity than Ahr.
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Which grape varieties are allow for VDP Grosse Lage wines in Baden?
Weissburgunder, Grauburgunder, Riesling, Chardonnay.
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What’ s the Riesling style in Baden?
Full bodied, recalling the ones in Alsace
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What’s the Grauburgunder’s style in Baden?
Typically dry, golden in color, skin contact.
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What’s the Weissburgunder’s style in Baden?
Barrique-fermented richer style
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Where is Kaiserstuhl?
Baden
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What’s the most planted grape in Württemberg?
Trollinger (Schiava in Italy)
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Name the 3 most important red grapes in Württemberg? Which is the most planted white grape?
Trollinger (Schiava), Lemberger (Blaufränkisch), Schwarzriesling (Meunier);
Riesling
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Which is an almost exclusive grape in Württemberg in Germany?
Schwarzriesling (Meunier)
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What’s Schillerwein? Why is it unique?
A specialized style of rosé wine unique to the Württemberg region;
It is one of the few styles of European Roses which is permited for blending red wines.
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Which Bereich has the largest concentration of vineyards in Wurttemberg?
Württembergisch Unterland
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What’s the meaning of schillern in German?
Shimmer 闪烁
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Which is Wurttemberg’s most famous estate? Who is the owner?
Weingut Graf Neipperg in Schwaigern; German noble Karl Neipperg.
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What’s the style of Schillerwein?
Light, trocken or balbtrocken in style, contain 11-12.5% abv.
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Which is the main tributary of Rhine in Wurttemberg?
Neckar River
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Who is the Stephan von Neipperg?
From German Noble family, brother of Karl Neipperg, owner of
Château Canon La Gaffelière
La Mondotte
Clos de l'Oratoire
Château Peyreau
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Which is the Germany’s smallest and most northerly wine region?
Ahr
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What’s the uniqueness of Ahr Spatburgunder?
It’s rare example of slate-grown pinot noir, and has a unique smoky undertone.
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What’s the most planted grape variety in Ahr? How many % of the region’s planting?
Frühburgunder (an early-ripening mutation of Pinot Noir), accounts for almost 70%.
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Name three top Pinot Noir producers in Ahr?
Jean Stodden, Meyer-Näkel, J.J. Adeneuer
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Where is Meyer-Näkel?
In the village of Dernau in Ahr
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Where is winery Jean Stodden from?
Ahr
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What’s the soils in Upper Ahr and Lower Ahr?
Lower Ahr: basalt-derived玄武岩clay and sand atop dark slate；
Upper Ahr: pure slate
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What’s the river in Ahr?
Ahr
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Which producer lead the renovation of quality dry Pinot Noir aged in French barrels?
Meyer-Näkel
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Name the three most important Anbaugebiete for Pinot Noir in Germany?
Baden, Pfalz, Ahr
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What’s the latitude of Ahr?
North of the 50th parallel
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How can Ahr has such success on Pinot Noir compare to its south regions?
1) It benefits from the influence of Gulf Stream墨西哥湾暖流, the growing season is longer than nearby regions like Mittelrhein or Mosel.
2) It’s in a canyon protected from wind and rain, and it’s in the rain shadow, has higher sunlight hours.
3) Dark slate soils warm the vineyards at night.
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Name the only grosslage in Ahr?
Klosterberg
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Which is the the only one Bereich of Ahr?
Walporzheim-Ahrtal
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Where is Klosterberg?
It’s a grosslage in Ahr
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Where is city of Koblenz located? Which two rivers meet here?
In Mittelrhein; Mosel and Rhine rivers.
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Which Anbaugebiete is a UNESCO World Heritage Site has many medieval castles?
Mittelrhein
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What’s the wine style of Mittelrhein?
Similar to Mosel, steep, slate riverside slopes planted predominantly to Riesling.
Nearly 80% of the wine is either trocken or halbtrocken.
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Which is the most planted grape variety in Mittelrhein?
Riesling 70% of the total acreage.
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Name two superior south-facing vineyards in Mittelrhein?
Bopparder Hamm,
Oberweseler Ölsberg
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Where is vineyard Bopparder Hamm?
Mittelrhein
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Where is vineyard Oberweseler Ölsberg?
Mittelrhein
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Where is Mathias Muller winery located?
In Spay village in Mittelrhein
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Where is Spay?
It’s a village in Mittelrhein, near Koblenz where produce good wines.
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Where is Grosse Lage Hahn?
In Bacharach
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Where is Toni Jost?
Winery in Bacharach in Mittelrhein
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Name the Grosse Lage monopole of Toni Jost?
Hahn (one of the finest site in Mittelrhein)
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Who is the producer of Monopole Hahn Grosse lage?
Toni Jost in Bacharach (town) in Mittelrhein
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What’s the meaning of süss?
Sweet
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What’s the meaning of lieblich?
Medium sweet
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Which is the smallest Anbaugebiet in Germany? How many hectares of vineyards are there?
Hessische-Bergstrasse; 400ha.
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Where is Umstadt Bereich?
In Hessische-Bergstrasse
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Which is the most important village in Hessische-Bergstrasse?
Heppenheim
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Where is the village Heppenheim?
In Starkenburg Bereich in Hessische-Bergstrasse
368
Which region in Germany known as the “Spring Garden”?
Hessische-Bergstrasse
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Where is Bergstrasse Winzer eG cooperative?
In village of Heppenheim in Hessische-Bergstrasse (over half of Hessische-Bergstrasse’s acreage is under its control).
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Which are the two largest landowners of Hessische-Bergstrasse?
Kloster Eberbach, and Hessische Staatsweingüter
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Which two Anbaugebiet were added in 1990?
Saale-Unstrut, and Sachsen
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Which are the northern most Anbaugebiet in Germany? What’s the latitude?
Saale-Unstrut and Sachsen; at 51°N latitude.
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Which is the largest easte and the first VDP member in Saxony?
Schloss Proschwitz
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Which is the river in Sachsen?
Elbe River 北河
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Where is Sachsen and Saale-Unstrut ?
In former East Germany.
375
What’s the German name for Saxony?
Sachsen
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Which is the most planted grape variety in Sachsen and Saale-Unstrut?
Müller-Thurgau
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What’s Goldriesling?
A grape crossing from Riesling with another unconfirmed variety, developed in Alsace
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What’s the speciality (exclusive grape variety) in Sachsen? Style?
Goldriesling (Muscat-like aromas and high acidity);
Dry to off-dry, lively, aromatic wines.
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What’s the climate in Saale-Unstrut and Sachsen?
Cool continental climate
378
Where is JJ Prum located?
In Wehlen
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Where is Markus Molitor? What is it famous for?
Wehlen; Riesling and Spatburgunder
380
Where is Clemens Busch?
In Pünderich, biodynamic producer
380
Where is Erni Dr. Loosen?
Bernkastel
381
Which is Mosel’s biggest and best commune?
Zeltingen
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Which is the warmest Einzellagen in whole Mosel Valley?
Prälat in Erden, Mittelmosel
383
Which is the monopole of Weingut Josef Milz?
Leiterchen in Trittenheim
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What is the other winery owned by Egon Muller in Wiltingen?
Le Gallais estate
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??Which winery is almost solely dedicated to Silvaner with style of powerful, dry, high extract and longevity? Where is it located?
Weingut Michael Teschke, in Gau-Algesheim in Rheinhessen
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Which is the most famous estate in Saar?
Egon Muller
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Is Scharzhofberg on the river?
No
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Which is the most famous vineyard of Le Gallais?
Braune Kupp
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Where is Dönnhoff located?
In Oberhausen (commune), in the Riesling heartland of Nahe.
389
When was Donnhoff established?
1971
390
Name four star estates in Nahe?
Dönnhoff, Emrich-Schönleber, Schäfer-Fröhlich, Weingut Diel
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Dönnhoff is one of only three German estates to receive a 100-point rating from Robert Parker, for which vintages and which wine?
2001, 2002, 2004, 2010 vintages of its Rielsing Eiswein
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L'encépagement of Dönnhoff ?
80% Riesling, 20% Grauburgunder and Weissburgunder
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Name the world-famous Riesling from two top vineyards of Donnhoff ?
1) Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle (Nieder hauser 下议院; 赫尔曼洞穴): 4.2 ha; widely considered the best vineyard in the Nahe; soil is mostly grey slate with porphyry and limestone;
2) Schlossböckelheimer Felsenberg (bockelheimer城堡；Felsen berg岩石山）: 1.9 ha; soil is volcanic porphyry斑岩.
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Who is running Dönnhoff currently? Who began selling single-vineyard of Riesling?
Who built the reputation of Donnhoff ?
1) The fourth-generation Cornelius;
2) Hermann Dönnhoff began selling single-vineyard expressions of Riesling from their best sites in the 1920s.
3) Cornelius’s father Helmut (who had run the estate since the early 1970s).
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Name the monopole vineyard of Donnhoff? How many hectares? Soil ?Which wine is produced?
Oberhäuser Brücke: 1.1 ha (monopole); soil is grey slate bedrock covered with loess (this is the source of Dönnhoff's Eiswein)
393
Which vineyard name means “Hell’s path地狱之路”? Why ?
Roxheimer Höllenpfad (Hollen pfad): in reference to its steepness and the difficulty to work it; soil is red sandstone.
393
What’s the wine style of Donnhoff ?
Dönnhoff is renowned for its racy, elegant wines which can have a potent mineral character and plenty of tension.
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Name four top wines of Donnhoff?
Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Auslese Riesling Goldkapsel
Oberhäuser Brücke Eiswein Riesling
Schlossböckelheimer Felsenberg “Felsentürmchen” Riesling GG (Felsen岩石türm 塔）
394
Where is Joh. Jos. Prüm located?
In Wehlen, in Mosel
395
What’s JJPrum famous for and wine style?
1) Is known for their sweet wines: long aging potential, reputation was buit on their Goldkapsel Auslese, rare Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese.
2) The majority of J.J. Prüm's vines are ungrafted on very steep slopes (some reach a gradient of 80%!). The estate uses mostly ambient yeasts and makes sweeter styled wines.
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When was Joh. Jos. Prüm founded ? by who?
In 1911, by Johann Josef Prum =Joh. Jos. Prum
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Who are running Joh. Jos. Prum currently?
Father and daughter team: Dr. Mandred Prum (in charge since 1969) and Dr. Katharina Prum (since 2003).
398
How many % of vines of JJP are ungrafted?
70%
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Encepagement of JJP estate?
95 Riesling and 5% optima
400
Name two Grosse Lage of JJP?
Wehlener Sonnenuhr,
Graacher Himmelreich（天堂）
400
Name the most famous vineyard of JJP?
Wehlener Sonnenuhr
401
What’s the soil of Graacher Himmelreich?
Soil is very deep, weathered Devon slate with pockets of blue slate.
402
Name the three top wines of JJP?
Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling: Kabinett, Spatlese, Auslese and Auslese Goldkapsel
Graacher Himmelreich Riesling: Kabinett, Spatlese and Auslese
Bernkasteler Badstube(浴室) Riesling Auslese
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What’s the soil of Wehlener Sonnenuhr?
Devon slate and very stony
404
Where is Keller located?
Wonnegau, Rheinhessen
In the commune of Flörsheim-Dalsheim
405
When was Keller established? By who?
In 1789; by Swiss Keller Family
406
Which is the most famous vineyard of Keller?
Hubacker vineyard–four hectares of the property have remained in the Keller family for ten generations. The site faces south and south-east on a slope composed of limestone and marl soils.
407
What’s the meaning of von der Fels? Made from which vines?
“from the rocks”;
Riesling von der Fels are made from young vines of Grosse Lage sites (not GG wines), as a second wine.
407
What’s famous for Keller?
The estate is best known for its dry (trocken) wines, led by G-Max Riesling. This is produced from low-yielding, old vines and has received top scores from a number of critics. It is also one of the most expensive dry Riesling wines in the world. Weingut Keller is also recognized for its sweet wines and increasingly Spätburgunder.
408
Who made the reputation of Keller?
Klaus Peter Keller (since 2001), the 9th generation and his wife Julia.
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Which sweet wine of Keller received 100points from Gault-Millau? When?
2003 Hubacker TBA Goldkapsel in 2005 Gault-Millau.
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Why does Keller keep secret for this G-Max’s old vines’ location?
Due to his past experience of having grapes stolen from the Hubacker vineyard.
411
Encepagement of Keller?
75% Riesling, 20% Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Silvaner;
5% Rieslaner and Scheurebe.
411
What’s the inaugural vintage of G-Max?
2001
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What’s the winemaking style of Keller?
Keller uses spontaneous fermentation and short skin macerations for Riesling wines.
412
Name the 7 top wines of Keller from GG vineyards?
Riesling Hubacker GG
Riesling Kirchspiel GG
Riesling Morstein GG
Riesling Abtserde GG (Abts erde方丈 土）
Riesling G-Max
Riesling Pettenthal GG (Pett enthal包括佩特)
Riesling Hipping GG
413
Where is Egon Müller located?
Wiltingen, in Saar, Mosel
413
What’s Primum Familiae Vini = PFV, Latin: "First Families of Wine"?
PFV was established in 1993 by Miguel Torres and Robert Drouhin, is an association of family-owned wineries with a membership limited to twelve families.
414
When was Egon Muller established?
In 1797
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Name the 12 families of PFV = Primum Familiae Vini?
Marchesi Antinori, Family Hugel, Pol Roger, Torres, Egon Muller, Baron Philippe de Rothschild, Domaine Clarence Dillon, Joseph Drouhin, Famille Perrin, Vega Sicilia, Symington, Tenuta San Guido
414
Who is the only German member of Primum Familiae Vini?
Egon Muller
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Name the second property of Egon Muller? Where is it located?
Le Gallais, in Kenzem, Saar, Mosel
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Who is running Egon Muller today?
Egon Muller IV since 1991
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When did Egon Muller become member of VDP?
In 1910
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Name the top wines of Egon Muller? Inaugural vintage?
Scharzhofberg BA and TBA: 1959
Le Gallais Braune Kupp Riesling
416
Which is the most famous vineyard of Egon Muller? How many hectares? Terroir?
Scharzhofberg Grosse Lage; 8.3 ha;
pure grey slate, south-facing, one of the cooler sites in Germany;
High acidity.
416
Name the monopole of Egon Muller? How many hectares? Soil?
Braune Kupp in Wiltingen;
4ha, red and grey slate.
417
How many hectares of vineyard holding of Egon Muller? Encepagement?
16 ha in total (including some ungrafted vines);
100% Riesling.
417
Which famous winemaker were graduated from University of Geisenheim?
Egon Muller IV,
Klaus Peter Keller
Bernhard’s daughter Theresa (Georg Breuer)
418
Where is Weingut Karthäuserhof ?
In Eitelsbach, Ruwer, Mosel
418
Name two wineries outside of Germany involved by Egon Muller?
1) Château Belá, with Miroslav Petrech in Slovakia;
2) Kanta, collaborates with Michael Andrewarta (East End Cellars), in the Adelaide Hills, Australia; (the vineyards owned by Shaw+Smith).
419
When was Karthäuserhof established?
In 1335
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Name the monopole of Karthäuserhof ? How many hectares? Terroir?
Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg, 17ha, Grosse Lage;
South/southwest-facing, between 160-275m in elevation.
420
Where is Robert Weil located?
Kiedrich, Rheingau
420
When was Robert Weil established?
In 1875
420
What’s the wine style of Karthäuserhof ? Winemaking/ viticulture?
70% of the estates wines are DRY;
Organic, old vines, low sulphur, minimal maceration, using extremely ripe grapes and botrytis-affected grapes, spontaneous fermentaiton for most wines.
420
What is village of Kiedrich famous for?
Its steep, south-facing hillsides and stony soils from elevated vineyards.
420
Encepagement of Robert Weil?
100% Riesling
420
Name three top vineyards of Robert Weil?
Klosterberg, Erste Lage
Turmberg, Erste Lage monopole
Gräfenberg, Grosse Lage
420
Name the monopole Erste Lage of Robert Weil? How many hectares? Soils?
Kiedricher Turmberg; 3.8ha; phyllite soil 千枚岩
420
Name the Grosse Lage of Robert Weil ?
Kiedricher Gräfenberg
420
Where is Dr. Loosen located?
In Bernkastel, Mosel.
420
What’s the inaugural vintage of Kiedricher Gräfenberg Robert Weil?
In 1875
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Who is the owner and winemaker of Dr. Loosen?
Dr. Ernst Loosen
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When did Ernst Loosen take over the winery?
In 1988
422
Which two wines are made for VDP auction by Dr. Loosen?
1) Ürziger Würtzgarten Spätlese, old vines;
2) Erdener Prälat Auslese Long Gold Capsule (Erdener地球人Prälat主教), botrytised.
422
What’s the wine style of Dr. Loosen?
The estate has been focused on sweet wines, only 2% of their exports have been dry wines.
But is is changing as Loosen has moved his focus to making complex dry wine with maximum 12.5% abv. aging in new 1000-3000 liter oak barrels for GG wines.
423
Which wineries ourside of Mosel are Ernst Loosen involved in ?
1) Villa Wolf Estate in Pfalz;
2) Eroica, since 1999, partnership with Chateau Ste. Michelle in Washington;
3) J. Christopher, since 2010, on Willamette’s Chehalem Mountian.
424
What’s Prussian Mosel Classification? When was it published?
In 1868 the Prussian tax authorities published the first official wine terroir classification in the world. This classification was used to set tax rates – the higher the quality of the single vineyard was rated, the higher the tax rates for the winegrowers.
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How many vineyard holdings of Dr. Loosen? Encepagement?
20ha, 100% Riesling (many ungrafted vines over 120 years old).
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Name the six vineyards of Dr. Loosen which are all Erste Lage in the 1868 Prussian Classification of Mosel vineyards?
Bernkasteler Lay: blue slate;
Graacher Himmelreich: blue slate;
Wehlener Sonnenuhr: blue slate;
Erdener Prälat: red slate;
Erdener Treppchen: red slate;
Ürziger Würzgarten: red volcanic and slate soils.
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What’s the basic entry-level wine called of Dr. Loosen ?
Dr. L
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How many production are there at Dr. Loosen annually ?
70,000 bottles per year
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What’s the style of Dr. Loosen?
One of German most famous Riesling producers.
Not certified organic but work mostly organically;
No botrytised grapes are allowed into the Kabinett, Spatlese or Auslese;
Wines are very concentrated with low yields.
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Where is Fritz Haag?
In Brauneberg, Mosel
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What’s the wine style of Fritz Haag?
Easily enjoyed but not to be taken lightly不能轻看，60-70% of the production is dry.
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Which wines are the benchmark of Fritz Haag?
Juffer and Juffer Sonnenuhr vineyards of Brauneberg.
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Where is Ökonomierat Rebholz located?
In Siebeldingen, Pfalz
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About Ökonomierat Rebholz?
One of the top producers of dry riesling in all of Germany, certified organic and biodynamic winery produces wines without any chaptalization or additional of süssreserve.
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Who is the producer of Ganz Horn parcel? How many hectares?
Ökonomierat Rebholz; 1.5ha.
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What’s the winemaking style of Ökonomierat Rebholz?
1) Organic and Biodynamic farming;
2) No chaptalization. Nearlly all wines are dry, often only 4-5g/l RS.
3) There is some pre-fermentation skin contact for both Riesling and Weissburgunder.
4) Some Spatburgunder and Chardonnay may be labeled with an “R” to indicate aging in small barriques.
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Where is Maximin Grünhaus (Grünhaus温室) ?
Ruwer, Mosel
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When was Maximin Grunhaus established? By who?
966CE by Benedictine monks
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Name the monopole vineyard of Schlosskellerei Carl von Schubert? Name the three smaller crus within this vineyard?
The Maximin Grünhaus vineyard:
Bruderberg: 1ha, the most eastern cru of the three, Blue Devonian slate;
Abtsberg: 14ha, Blue Devonian slate, 70% gradient, equivalent of a Grand Cru;
Herrenberg: 19ha, southeast facing slope, Red Devonian slate.
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Where is Schäfer-Fröhlich?
In Bockenau, Nahe
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When was Schäfer-Fröhlich established?
1800
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Where is Wittmann located?
In Westhofen in Wonnegau of Rheinhessen
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When was the first bottled vintage of Wittmann?
1921
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Who is running the winery of Wittmann currently? Since when?
Philipp Wittmann since 2007
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When did Wittmann turn into a wholly biodynamic estate?
In 2004
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Apart from Riesling, which other varieties are produced by Wittmann?
Silvaner, Weissburgunder, Chardonnay, Spatburgunder.
And a dry Auslese Riesling.
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Name the four Grosses Gewächs vineyards of Wittmann? Which is the warmest?
Aulerde: the warmest
Kirchspiel,
Morstein: 4ha, first documented in 1282, best southeast-facing slopes.
Brunnenhäuschen: higher elevation, grapes ripen slowly.
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Where was Gunderloch established? When became VDP member?
1890; VDP since 1910.
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Where is Gunderloch located?
In Nackenheim, Nierstein, Rheinhessen.
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Which wine of Gunderloch has received three times 100points by Wine Spectator? For which vintages?
Nackenheimer Rothenberg TBA Riesling, 1992, 1996, 2001
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About Gunderloch?
One of the top wineries in Rheinhessen’s Roter Hang, 70% dry and 30% sweet, but their fame is derived from their sweet wines.
The Nackenheimer Rothenberg TBA Riesling has received 3 times 100points by Wine Spectator.
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Where is Dr. Bürklin-Wolf located?
In Wachenheim, Pfalz.
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When was Dr. Burklin-Wolf established?
In 1597
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Which is the largest family-owned estate in Germany?
Dr. Burklin-Wolf.
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About Dr. Burklin-Wolf?
1) The largest family-owned winery in Germany, has total 110ha of vineyard holding;
2) Founding member of VDP, located in Pfalz.
3) Converted to biodynamic since 2005;
4) Established in 1597 by Bernhard Bürklin, and today is best known for its varied expressions of Riesling from some of the region's top vineyard sites in Wachenheim, Forst, Deidesheim and Ruppertsberg;
5) Dr Bürklin-Wolf classifies its own vineyards according to its own strict criteria标准, ranking them as Grand Cru or Premier Cru (appearing on labels as "GC" and "PC").
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Name the two monopole of Burklin-Wolf?
Ruppertsberger Gaisböhl: 7.5ha Grand Cru
Wachenheimer Rechbächel: 1.6ha Premier Cru
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Who is the producer of Wachenheimer Rechbächel monopole?
Burklin-Wolf, it’s a Premier Cru
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Who is the producer of Ruppertsberger Gaisböhl monopole?
Burklin-Wolf, Grand Cru.
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Where is Georg Breuer?
In Rüdesheim am Rhein in Rheingau
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When was Georg Breuer established? By whom?
In 1880; by Peter Breuer.
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Which is the Inaugural vintage of Rüdesheimer Berg Schlossberg Riesling Trocken Artist Series?
Since 1980
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Which two vineyards made the reputation of Georg Breuer?
Rüdesheimer Berg Schlossberg;
Rauenthaler Nonnenberg.
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Where is Schloss Johannisberg weingut?
In Geisenheim-Johannisberg, Rheingau
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when and who founded Schloss Johannisberg?
The Benedictine monks, 900 years ago.
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Which producer is considered the first to make Spatlese and the world’s first Eiswein? When?
Schloss Johannisberg, 1775 for Spatlese and 1858 for Eiswein.
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Which oak barrels does Schlos Johannisberg use?
Schloss Johannisberg makes barrels from wood grown in the forests of the property.
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Who is the producer of Schloss Johannisberger monopole? What are the soils?
Schloss Johannisberg; Taunus quartzite with a loam-loess topsoil 石英岩和壤土黄土
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Name the monopole of Reinhold Haart? Where is it located? How many hectares? Soil?
Kreuzwingert, in Piesport, Mosel;
Only 0.1ha; slate and clay.
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Who is the producer of Monopole Kreuzwingert? Where is it located?
Reinhold Haart
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About Heymann-Lowenstain?
Established in 1980, in Winningen Mosel - the most northeast of Mosel.
Focuses on dry wines with some noble sweet wines.
Regarded as a cult wine purchased 60% by private buyers.
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Where is Heymann-Löwenstein located?
In Winningen, Mosel (very northeast Mosel)
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What are the entry level wines called of Heymann-Lowenstain?
Schiefferterassen - slate terraces 板岩梯田；
Blauem Shiefer - blue slate
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Which vineyard of Heymann-Lowenstain is divided into 3 subsections ?
Winninger Uhlen (divided into three subsections: Blaufusser Lay, Laubach and Roth Lay)
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Where is Kunstler located?
In Hochheim am Mein, in Rheingau
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Where is Bassermann-Jordan located? When was it established?
In Deidesheim, Pfalz; In 1718 founding member of VDP.
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Where is Toni Jost located?
In Bacharach, Mittelrhein
