Germany Flashcards
(154 cards)
Germany producers more than ____% of the world’s Riesling?
50
True or False: By 2015, just shy of half the wine produced in Germany was vinified dry?
True
These monks introduced the cultivation of both Riesling and Pinot Noir in Germany?
Cistercians
Who brought Vinifera to Germany?
Romans
Vineyard ownership in Germany migrated to the private sector completely after the _____________?
French Revolution
The generic term for German wines in the 1800s?
Hock
These two circumstances prompted the adoption of hardy, productive hybrid varieties during the 19th century in Germany?
a) Phylloxera
b) Cold-climate struggles
The “Blue Nun” movement began with this bottling in 1921?
a) H. Sichel Sohne Liebfraumilch
Explain the “Flurbereinigung.”
A campaign aimed at consolidating successive parcels of land divided by successive generations and to physically reconstruct vineyards, eliminating century old terraces to employ mechanized farming and increase production
Germany’s most current winelaw? Established in?
a) The Deutches Weingesetz
b) 1971
Explain what a goldkapsule indicates on a bottle of German wine?
Indicates a bottle of a higher level of sweetness and distinction than traditional Pradikat labeling. A longer Kapsule indicates an a wine of even higher distinction and rarity. The star system was also introdcued in MOsel, sometimes in conjunction with the GoldKapsule, to indicate reserve and rarity
Explain how the style of German wines changed from the beginning to the middle of the 20th century?
In the early 20th century, most German wine was dry, but as sterile filtration found its way into the winery more towards the middle of the decade, production of wines with calculated sweetness levels could be easily achieved. This also forced the requirements of wines labeled by Pradikat (Spatlese, Auslese) would now be defined by sugar accumulated during the vintage as opposed to sugar remaining in the final wine
What is “Sussreserve?”
Unfermented, sterilized grape juice used to sweeten a finished wine
The German title for an individual vineyard site? The number of Einzellagen pre/post 1971 wine law? The minimum size requirement for Einzellagen?
a) Einzellagen
b) 30,000/2,700
c) 5ha
Define “Grosslagen.”
“Collective” vineyard sites. Used to condense what were previously small, individual sites (by 1971 wine law). Convoluted the vineyard situation more than anything
Two categories of wine that the EEC’s Common Market Organization for Wine implemented in Germany in 1971? The third tier that was added because of Germany’s special circumstances with ripeness?
a) QWPSR (Quality Wines Produced in a Specific Region), or the German term, Qualitatswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA)
b) Table Wine, in German, Tafelwein
c) Qualitatswein mit Pradikat (QmP) as a subset of QbA
In 1971, ____ Anbaugebiete were created to accompany QWPSR?
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How was QmP determined? Was chaptilization legal?
a) Must weight at harvest (ripeness)
b) Not with QmP, permissable with QbA
What is an A.P. number? Explain each set of digits in the number?
a) (Amtliche Prufungsnummer) A five digit identification tag given to a wine that qualifies as QmP or QbA
b) (1) Location of examining board (2) Village the wine was produced (3) Producer (4) Unique bottling number (5) Year wine was tested
Three seminal vineyards that escaped the 5ha minimum through a 1982 amendment?
Forster Kirchenstuck (Pfalz) Bernkastler Doctor (Middle Mosel) Kiedricher Turmberg (Rheingau)
What is a “Classic” wine by law in Germany?
R/S < 15g/L
ABV > 12.0% (11.5% in Mosel)
Single varietal, omit vineyard mention
Not released before Sept 1st of the following year
What is a “Superior” wine by law in Germany?
R/S < 9g/L (12g/L permissable for Riesling)
ABV > 12.0% (11.5% in Mosel)
Single varietal, single vineyard
Vineyards are hand-harvested
Not released before Sept 1st of the following year
EU reform to the original law of ‘71 added ___ anbaugebiete after the reunification of the country for a total of ___?
a) 2
b) 13
Anbaugebiete became formally known as _________ after the early 2000s reforms to German Wine Law?
Geschutze Ursprungbezeichnung (gU) - German equivalent of a PDO (Protected Designation of Origin)
