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What makes urziger wurtzgarden special? Which village is it in?
What villages are north and south?
Which vineyards of note are north and south?
What’s your favorite color?

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Red Volcanic Slate due to high iron content. In an amphitheater that creates stunning tropical fruit concentration and (with age) sweet spices.
It’s in Urzig.
North village: Erden
North vineyard of note: Erdener Pralat and Erdener Treppchen
South village: fuck if I know these maps are fucked…. probably Zeltingen-Rachtig
Further down is wehlen with those sundials, no topsoil, and shit.

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Describe the geographic landscape of the Mosel

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Hunsruck Hills to the south east and Eifel Mountains south west

Hillside forests protext the vines from cold winds blowing in from the mountains/hills

The river moderates heat and is the source of fog for edelfaule

Saar and Ruwer are tributaries in the south east

Converges with the Rhine at Koblenz

Slate provides heat and drainage, its nutrient deficiencies cause low pH and a lack of sulfur in the grapes

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Explain:
Erste Lage
Erste Gewachs
Grosses Gewachs

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Second to top vineyard based tier of VDP
Dry wine from Rheingau
Dry wine of Grose Lage vineyard from everywhere else
Both above are erste lages, non dry erste lages hold the classic pradikat designations

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NOT FINISHED What are the requirements of the Erste Lage category?

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Erste Gewachs:
50 hl/ha
Not released until September 1st after harvest white or 2nd September 1st after harvest Red Max Rs 9 g/l Reisling 6g/l Pinot Noir
First vintage of this 1999

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Requirements of the VDP

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Must be estate bottled
Hand picked for single vineyards and Auslese plus pradikatswein
Vineyards must be 80% classic varieties

Grosse Gewachs must not be released until September 1st post harvest
Wines with Pradikat can be released on May 1st

Red wines must be released on the second September 1st having been aged at least 12 months in oak

Technically all VDP dry wines can be chaptalized as they are just qualitatswein in the eyes of the law

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What is the difference between grosslagen and grosse lage?

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Grosslagen are the 1971 law’s collective vineyard sites of dubious quality
Grosse Lage are the top tier single vineyards in the VDP’s classification system.

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What is a “Traubenadler”?

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“Grape Eagle” or the VDP’s logo

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When was the VDP founded?

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1910 as a promotion of the sale of unchaptalized wines

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What did the term “natur” typically mean?

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Not chaptilized, but sometimes meant no sussreserve or sulfur, so the 71 law axed it

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When did the VDP’s category of origin framework release and when was it last updated?

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2000 and 2012 respectively

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How may “trocken” be used by a VDP member?

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It may not be used on any wine with a “Pradikat” designation. Only Erste Lage or below may have Trocken, Gross Lage wines will have the GG (Grosses Gewachs) on the bottle if dry (must be of at least Spatlese ripeness when picked)

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In which Anbaugebiete does the Erste Lage category not exist?

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Mosel
Ahr
Rheinhessen

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How does Burklin-Wolf label his single vineyard wines?

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PC and GC

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Which super prominent estate in the rheingau left the VDP in 2014 and why?

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Schloss Johannisberg,

Koehler-Ruprecht used the term “Trocken”on a grosse lage wine (Silberlack”) instead of the required “Grosse Gewachs”

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Where is Juffer Sonnenuhr?

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Brauneberg

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Where is Apotheke?

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Trittenheim

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Where is Pralat?

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Erden

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Where is Treppchen?

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Erden

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What are the beriechs of the Mosel?

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Burg Cochem
Bernkastel
Ruweral
Saar
Moseltor
Obermosel
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What are the beriechs of the Mosel?

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Burg Cochem (lower mosel)
Bernkastel (middle mosel)
Obermosel (upper mosel)
Ruweral
Saar
Moseltor (near obermosel in the saartlands)
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What is a “gemeinde”?

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German for “Village”

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Where is the heart shaped vine training used and why? What a pros/cons?

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On the steepest slopes attached to a sturdy post as to not require wires on the hillside.
These are normally run with vertical cordon or the two canes (forming a heart) however this requires a thinning of the leaves to reduce the chance of rot. The sparce canopy leaves the grapes exposed to sun, resulting in TDN flavors such as petrol

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What is “TDN”?

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An aroma compound (1, 1, 6-trumethyl- 1, 2-dihydronaphthalene)
Which causes petrol aromas in Riesling, especially aged Riesling. Caused by excessive sunlight and heat. Best avoided with canopy management (i.e. more shade) and cooler picking times

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Name a prominent vineyard in the Ruwer

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Maxim Grunhauser Abtsberg (not a GL of the VDP yet as Maxim Grunhauser only joined in 2016)

There’s also Karthäuserhofberg of the Karthauserhof (means carthusian, is a carthusian monastery) winery in Eitelsbach

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Where is Domherr?
Piesporter
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What are the top vineyards of Piesporter?
Goldtropjchen and Domherr
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Where is Rheinhold Haart based?
Piesporter
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Which is cooler: Mosel or Ruwer?
Ruwer, there are cooler nights there resulting in a relatively higher amount of nervy acidity
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What do Urzig and Erden have in common?
Red soils, slate in Erden, volcanic slate in Urzig, as opposed to blue slate errrwerrrelse
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Where is Kastanienbusch?
Pfalz,
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Where is Nackenheim
Rhine Terrace, Rheinhessen
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Where is Nierstein?
Rhine Terrace, Rheinhessen
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Which anbaugebiete buts up against the Haardt Hills? What do they cause?
The Pfalz, they create a rain shadow
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Where is Forster Kirchenstuck?
Pfalz "Church Parcel" | Warmest most consistent vineyard in the Mittelhaardt
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Where is Kiedricher Turmberg?
Rheingau
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Which has a higher min Oeschle for Riesling Spatlese, Mosel or Pfalz?
Pfalz, Forst Village 90 degree as opposed to 80 degree
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Pradikatswein Oeschle levels
``` Kabinett: 70-85 Spatlese: 80-95 Ausele: 88-105 Beerenauslese: 110-128 Eiswein: 110-128 Trockenbeerenauslese: 150-154 ```
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Which Anbaugabiete has the largest concentration of Spatburgunder
Baden followed by Pfalz and Rheinhessen
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Who is holds the largest acreage of Riesling?
Pfalz followed by Mosel
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Where is Wissembourg?
Town holding the southernmost vineyards of the Pfalz in Alsace
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What are the two Beriechs of the Pfalz?
Mittelhaardt-Deutsch Weinstrasse (holds most renowned villages) and Sudliche Weinstrasse
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Which region buts against the palatinate forest?
Pfalz
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Where is Forst?
Mittelhaardt, Pfalz
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Where is Hohenmorgen?
Vineyard in Deidesheim, Pfalz
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Between which two villages are most of the Pfalz's Grosse Lagen located?
Forst (norht) and Deidesheim (South)
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Where is Kallstadter Saumagen? Prominent Producer?
North of Forst, an ampitheater/suntrape | Koehler-Ruprecht "single-handedly built its reputation"
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Where are the Drachenfels?
Peaks of the Haardt Hills
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Where are Konigsbacher Idig and Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten?
Vineyards south of Diedesheim (Pfalz)
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Name three prominent producers in the Mittelhaardt
Reichstrat von Buhl Burkin-Wolf Basserman-Jordan Three B's
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Where is Muller-Catoir based?
Haardt (Pfalz) | Specializing in sweet wines
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What's weird about Weingut von Winning? Where are they located?
They use oak in their Reisling, in the Pfalz
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What is the Birkweiler Kastenienbusch?
A hillside in the Sudliche Weinstrasse, an exceptional site in a struggling region
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Where in the Pfalz can one find great Weissburgunder and Spatburgunder?
Southern Pfalz, Sudliche Weinstrasse, a place where experimentation can be more readily practiced. Great sites: Seibeldinger im Sonnenschein Schweiger Kammerberg
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What is the primary soil type found in the Palatine Forest and Haardt hills?
Red sandstone with loess
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Name the well known vineyards in Kanzem
In Saar btw Horecker Altenberg
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Well known vineyard in Saarburg
Saarburger Rausch
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What is the "Romanee-Conti" of Riesling?
Scharzhofberg in the Saar Egon Muller is the most famous producer It produces a regular bounty of edelfaule The Scharzofberg TBA is one of the top wines of the world selling at 4000 euros a bottle at the auction in trier
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Where is Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt located?
Mosel
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Name the beriechs of the Rheingau
Johannisberg
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What does allainbesitz mean?
Monopole
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Where is Berg Schlossberg?
Rudesheim
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What do schloss and kloster mean?
Castle and abbey
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Name two monopoles in the rheingau
Schloss Johannisberg Hattenheimer Steinberg of Kloster Eberbach Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg
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Who owns the Robert Weil estate?
Suntory
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Which village on the rhein is most notable for red wine? A single vineyard from there?
Assmannshausen Hollenberg is there, August Kesseler is well known for his wines from here
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List a great single vineyard from Kiedrich
Kiedricher Grafenberg, most well known is Robby Weil's, his spatlase from here is making critics do backflips
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Name two single vineyards from Johannisberg
Schloss Johannisberg and Johannisberger Holle
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Name a single vineyard from Hochheim
Hochheimer Holle
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Name a single vineyard of hattenheim
Hattenheimer Steinberg (monopole of Kloster Eberbach)
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Name three single vineyards in Rudesheim
Berg Rottland Berg Roseneck Berg Schlossberg
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Where is hochheim am main in relation to Weisbaden and Weisbaden in relation to Johannisberg?
Hochheim am Main is east of Weisbaden, main is a tributary of the Rhein. Weisbaden is far east of Rudesheim and Assmannhausen on the western side of Johannisberg proper
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What are the wine growing conditions in Hochheim?
Warmer than the rest of the Rhein Gentle slopes Loamy soil or sandy limestone
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Which municipality is Johannisberg inside of?
Weisbaden
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Where are the steepest vineyards on the rhein?
Rudesheim, Ber Schlossberg vineyard has 70% slopes
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Describe the soil layout of the Rheingau
Sandstone, slate, stonier soils on top, loess and slate towards the bottom
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When was the first planned harvest of spatlese fruit with edelfaul?
1775 by Schloss Johannisberg
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Who makes "Berg Schlossberg Riesling Trocken Artist"? Is it labeled as Grosse Gewachs?
Georg Breuer | The domain left the Charta and VDP in 1999
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Name a winery in Hochheim am Main
Kunstler
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Which is allowed on labels and why Ertes Gewachs Grosses Gewachs
Erste Gewachs, a kinda sorta first growth in the Rheingau (1/3rd of the area qualifies) Was allowed in full on labels in 1999 the first designation of its kind since 71 GG must be on the VDPs label because it's a private organization/deignation
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Describe the biggest differences of winemaking areas of the Rheinhessen compared to the gau/Mosel
Undulating hills with limestone soils as opposed to slopes/slate/river influence
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Who makes "G-max"?
Keller, undisclosed plots, always dry
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Where is the Rheinhessen's "rothenberg" vineyard?
Nackenheim, Gunderloch a well known producer
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Between which two villages hangs the roter and its larger area?
South of Nierstein to Oppenheim, called the rheinterrasse
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Name two single vineyards in the Roter Hang
Pettenthal and Rothenberg
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What was the most expensive wine ion the Titanic?
Niersteiner Riesling
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Where is Peter Jakob Juhn located?
Rheingau
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Where is Schloss Vollrads?
Above Oestrich/Winkel villages in Rheingau
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Where is Georg Breuer? | Villages above and below
Rudesheim Rheingau Geisenheim upricer, Assmannshausen down river (technically a bit north)
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Where in the Rheingau is the Marcobrunn vineyard? | Prominent Producer?
It is "Erbacher Marcobrunn" Between Erbach and Hattenheim Schloss Schonborn
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Where is Wagner-Stempel based? | Single Vineyard wines?
Rheinhessen Bingen Bereiche Hollberg and Heerkretz vineyards
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In which beriech are Wittman and Keller? Which soils would you expect there?
Wonnegau Limestone and Loess
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Where is Bingen beriech in the Rheinhessen?
NW/W
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Which great village of the Rheinhessen was cheapened by its Bereiche designation?
Nierstien
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In which two Bingen villages are prominent vineyards clustered?
Bingen village and Siefersheim
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Name a biodynamic producer of Roterhang Riesling
Kuhling-Gillot
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Where is Forst? | Major vineyard there?
Pfalz | Freundstuck
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What is Reinheitsgebot?
German Beer Purity Law
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Which river runs through Franken?
Main
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What is Franken's climat and why?
Cotinental, the Main river is small and doesn't regulate temperatures
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What does Franken have in common with Washington state?
Severe winters messing up vines
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What is the most planted variety in Franken?
Muller Thurgau
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Which grape is classicaly ssosciated with Franken?
Silvaner
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Where is the Stein vineyard? Describe it? Nme one producer
``` Franken, Wurzburg Warm, Limestone, Loess, on the Main Riesling/Silvaner 85 hectares though so can be spotty Juliusspital and Burgerspital are largest landholders. Both charitable organizations financed by larger companies ```
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Where is the Steigerwald mountain forest?
Steigerwald beriech on the eastern end of Pfalz | High elevation, cool
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Where can Keuper soils be found? describe
black, gypsum-laced, heat retaining warm the vines at night
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Where can Castell and Iphofen be found?
Steigerwald, where sylvaner first popped up in Germany
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What is Tauber? | In which anbaugebiete does it sit?
The Tauber is a tributary of The Main river. West of homburg Franken, Baden, Wurttemberg
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What seperates the Nahe from the Mosel?
Hunsruck Hochwald highland forest (west)
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What is the Nahe?
Tributary of the Rhine
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Which grapes are allowed for Grosse Lage designation in Nahe?
Riesling
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List the beriechs of the Nahe
Nahetal
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What are the practical boundaries for winemaking?
Upper Middle Lower
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Where is Bad Kreuznach?
Town separating the Middle/Lower Nahe, considered its own wine growing area
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Monzingen and Martinstein are where?
Upper Nahe | Monzingen is warm, a good site for Riesling
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Schlossbockelheim is where?
Middle point in Nahe
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Where is Fruhlingsplatzhen?
Used to be an 8 hectare vineyard in Monzingen but expanded to 64
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Where is Emrich Schonleber?
Producer in Monzingen | Best in the upper Nahe
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Where is Shafer-Frohlich?
Upper Nahe Bockenau village Started in 1998 and quickly started.... crushing it... lolol
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Where would a hydroelectric dam be found in Nahe?
Near Niederhausen
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Facts about Oberhauser Brucke?
``` A monopole of Donnhoff In the middle Nahe Volcanic Slate Limestone Schist ```
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Bad Kreuznach and Bingen represent what?
The southern/Northern boundaries of the lower Nahe. There it converges with the Rhein Soil becomes heavier with clay, the weather warmer, and Spatburgunder is practical
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What is the top producer of the lower Nahe?
Schlossgut Diel | in Burg Layen
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Where is lake Constance?
Between the Baden and Switzerland
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Where are the Odenwald Hills?
Between Baden and Hessische-Bergstrasse
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Which region does Baden's plantings emulate?
Burgundy | Top plantings are Weissburgunder, Spatburgunder, and Grauburgunder
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What is "bodensee"?
Lake Constance
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What is gutedel?
Chasselas
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What is Rulander?
Pinot Gris/Grauburgunder synonym often used when bottled in sweeter iterations
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Where is Briesgau? Notable facts about it
A beriech with "weathered limestone soils" producing exceptional Dor esque Pinot
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Where is Malterdingen?
Village in Briesgau
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Which are the beriechs in Baden most celebrated for PN?
Briesgau | Kaiserstuhl
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What beriech holds an extinct volcano? What is it known for? | Other geographical influences in the area
Kaiserstuhl Draped in loess Rain shadow from Vosges Hot and Sunshine, 15% PN not unheard of
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What is Germany's hottest vineyard?
Ihringer Winklerberg (thinking of the fonz on a steep volcanic hillside)
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Where is Achkarrer Schlossberg?
Kaiserstuhl vineyard (steep volcanic)
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Where are you most likely to find Trollinger in Germany?
Wurttemberg
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What's another area that grows Trollinger?
Alto Adige as Schiava | Feminine, elegant, strawberries, flowers, fresh
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Where would you find schillerwein and what's special about it?
Wurttemberg | Blended rose
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Where is the Necker?
Baden, Rhine tributary
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Jean stodden, Meyer-Nackel, and J.J. Adeneuer are where?
Ahr
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Unique characterstics/growing area of the Ahr
Pinot Noir is grown on slate, smoky undertones
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Name two growers in Rudesheim
George Breuer | Leitz
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Name two GG known for Pinot Noir
Burgel in Dalsheim and frauenberg in florsheim (Rheinhessen), Keller Makes both and is one of best germen PN producers
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Name 5 producers (and their home villages) of German PN
``` Bernhard Huber, Baden Ziereisen, Baden Enderle and Moll, Baden Rudolf furst, Franken keller, Rheinhessen ```
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Weather and style of Pinot in Baden
Warm and dry Summers, can be Sweet but quality producers lean on acid
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Name 3 PN producers in Ahr
JJ Adeneuer Meyer NakeI Jean Stodden
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Name a PN producer in franken
Rudolf furst
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Name 3 PN producers from Rheingau
``` Joachim flick August kesseler (Assmanshauser) franz Kunstler (assman...) ```
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2 main wine growing regions in Nahe
Plains and Dramatic hills | fruhlingsplatzchen is sprawling and damp, west is dramatic slate heavy Halenberg
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2 single vineyards of Donhoff
Hermanshohle and Brucke | Roth near Oberhausen
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villages in Bernkastel
Every Uncle Zips Woman's Bras Brains poop taint | Erden, Uzrig, Zeltingen, Wehlen, Bernkastel, Brauneberg, Piesport, Trittenheim
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German vintages 2016-2010
2016 good quality, disease ridden, but sunshine towards the end led to good ripeness with higher acidity 2015 good warmth, normal yields 2014 cold and wet, not great 2013 good until late in season when rain fucked up ripening, low yeilds fair quality 2012 switched with 13, rain early, ripening later. Especially good for Spatburgunder 2011 Rely gerd 2010 low sunshine and high rain, high acid and diminished yields
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Germany 2009-2005
2009 dry, warm, reliable vintages, ripe and appealing 2008 cool autumn, long ripening with high acidity 2007 excellent flowering, long ripening 2006 very rainy autumn led to rot and early picking, ballsy top producers only 2005 luscious fruit balanced with Structure, great amounts of edelfaule
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German vintages 2004-2000
2004 fine, rain lead to warm autumn 2003 very hot, lower acid in whites, very good spatburgunder 2002 not many late harvest wines due to rains, soft wines 2001 holy god damn fucks it's good. warm summer and cool harvest 2000 early September has plenty of rain and rot better for early drinking
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What does AP Stand for german wine
Amtliche Prüfungsnummer (1) the location of the examination board, (2) the village in which the wine was produced, (3) the producer, (4) the unique number of the bottling, and (5) the year in which the wine was tested,
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Difference between Ahr and Baden Pinot Noir
Kaiserstuhl in Baden is ripe and robust | Ahr is
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what is fruhburgunder?
early ripening PN Strain
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Ahr Soil
slate
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Bereiche of Ahr
Walporzheim-Ahrtal
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why does Ahr PN work?
Eiffell mountains create rain shadow, E-W Valley giving Southern aspect, slate holds heat
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Where's the Taunus
Range above Rheingau
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Mountain above Rheihgan
Taunus
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``` Where are: Pralat Wurzgarten Sonnen Himmelreich Doctor Juffer Sonnenhur Apotheke ```
``` Erdener Pralat Urziger Wurzgarten Zeltigen and Wehlener Sonnenhurs Graacher Himmelreich Berkastel Doctorberg Brrauberger Juffer Sonnenhur Piesporter Goldtropfchen/ Trittenheimer Apotheke ```
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Where is scharzofberg
Wiltingen in Saar
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2 vineyards of hattenheim
Pfaffenberg (schloss schonborn monopole) and Marcobrunn
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Where is pfaffenberg?
Hattenheim
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Where is marcobrunn
Hattenheim
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Vineyards of Keidrich
Graffenberg
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Where is graffenberg?
Keidrich
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Where is Hollenerg?
Assmanhausen, Kessler great producer
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Vineyards in Assmanhausen
Hollenberg
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Donhof's monopole
Oberhouser Bruke
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Oberhouse vineyard
Village in Nahe | Bruke vineyard is Donhoff monopole
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Niederhaus vineyard
Village in Nahe Hermansholle vineyard Donhoff

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