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1
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A German table wine made from 100% German grapes

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Deutscher Wine

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A German wine that may be produced from imported bulk wine

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Wein

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Most widely planted grape in Germany

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Reisling

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German wine category that contains what used to be referred to as Landwein

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ggA

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5
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Term used for dry German wines

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Trocken

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Term used for off dry German Wines

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Halbtrochen

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German wine category that contains all PDO wines

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gU

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German wine category that contains wines from the lowest level of the PDO categories

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QbA

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German wine category that contains wines exclusively from the highest level of the PDO category

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Pradikatswein

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German term for botrytis

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Edelfaule

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The name of the system used in Germany to determine sugar ripeness in grapes

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Oechsle

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Lowest ripeness level of Pradikate

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Kabinett

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Wines of additional ripeness made from grapes picked after the designated “late harvest” date

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Spatlese

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“Select Harvest” wines from grapes that have reached an acquired level of sugar

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Auslese

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“Selected Berries” or sweet wines that MAY be affected by Botrytis

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Beerenauslese

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16
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Frozen grapes with required sugar level

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Eiswein

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Wines made from individually picked , overripe berries often affected by Botrytis

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Trockenbeerenauslese

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18
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Germany has 13 of these designated wine regions

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Anabaugebiette

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19
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Equal to regional or district appellations; Germany has 40

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Bereiche

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20
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Large grouping of closely located vineyards; 160 of these

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Grosslegen

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This area may contain a single vineyard or small group of vineyards; More than 2,700 of these in Germany

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Einzellegen

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An organization founded in 1910 by Germany’s leading wine estate

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VDP or Verband Deutcher Pradikatsweinguter

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A term used to indicate that a wine was made from the highest-level vineyards of an estate

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Gross Lage

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A term used to indicate that a wine is made from the second-highest level vineyard of an estate

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Erste Lage Charta?

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Unfermented grape juice sometime used to increase the sweetness of a wine
Sussreserve
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Label term of an estate bottled wine
Gutsabfullung
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Label term used to indicate a producer bottled wine made by grower cooperatives
Erzegerabfulluung
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Label term that indicates a wine produced by a commercial winery from purchased grapes
Abfuller
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Label that while legally undefined generally refers to an off dry wine
Feinherb
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Label term that indicates a semi-sweet wine
Leiblich
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Label term that indicates a dry wine made from Auslese level grapes from an Einzellage
Selection or "select harvest"
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German Sparkling wine
Sekht or Schaum wein
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Adding sugar to must before fermentation
chaptalization
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Certain style of German Rose
Weissherbst
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Small area that produces only 2% of Germany's wines, yet enjoy an excellent reputation.
Rheingau
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One of the wine regions located in the former East Germany
Sachsen (SSU)
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The largest wine region of Germany, both in terms of under vine and wine production
Rheinhessen
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Largest wine region of Germany in terms of ground area; only a small portion of the area is planted to grapes
Baden
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Has over 85% of its vines planted to red grapes, despite it's northerly location. It is northern most and smallest.
Ahr
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Region known for blue slate soils and excellent Reisling
Mosel
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This region is home to the well-known Bereich of Johannisberg
Rheingnau
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Wine region that lies west of the Rhine River; it's southern edge stretching almost to Alsace.
Pfalz
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Region with the most Einzellagen (over 500)
Mosel
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Region with most of its vines planted along the Neckar River and in the Neckar River Valley. Most vines are red.
Wurttemberg
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Region near the city of Wiesbaden known for red slate soils
Rheingnau
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Region home to 6 Bereiche, including Bernkastel, Saar, and Ruwertal
Mosel
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Region often referred to as Palatinate
Pfalz
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Regional home of Germany's warmest wine growing area, the Kaiserstuhl Bereich
Baden
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Wines from this region are often packaged in a flask-shaped Bocksbeutel
Franken
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Where is the Rhine river/lifeblood of German wine industry
Starts at Lake Constance "badensee" in the south and flows westward heading north towards the Netherlands dissecting western Germany. It forms border with Switzerland and France and meets up with the Mosel River.
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What is the second most important river in Germany
Mosel River. Starts in Vosges Mtns in Alsace and heads Northeast into the Rhine.
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What are the main tributaries off the Rhine
Ahr, Nahe, Maine, Neckar
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What is Germany's climate
Northern Continental
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Why are vineyards concentrated near waterways
Moderating effects. Too ripen grapes in a cool region
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Where is Riesling concentrated
Mosel and Reignau
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gU wines must carry what % on the label in terms of place name
gU wines require100% be from the place name.
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Which 3 wines from the pradikatswein category are considered dessert wines
BA, Eiswein, and TBA
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Sweet German wine is referred to as
Suss
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What % of German wine is red
1/3
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Name the four levels of the VDP classification system
VDP Gross Lage -great site VDP Erste Lage-first site VDP Ortswein-classified "village" site VDP Gutswein-estate/regional entry level
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Formerly Landwein on the quality pyramid
ggA
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Two categories of wine under gU
Qba and Pradikatswein
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VDP
Verband Deutscher Pradikatswein

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