Germany

Question 1

What is Flurbereinigung?

Answer 1

Re-allocation of vineyards to arrange them in neat blocks.

Question 2

Name the 13 anbaugebiete of Germany.

Answer 2

• Mosel
• Ahr
• Mittelrhein
• Rheingau
• Rheinhessen
• Nahe
• Pfalz
• Hessische-Bergstrasse
• Baden
• Württemberg
• Franken
• Sachsen
• Saale-Unstrut

Question 3

What is Bereich, Grosslage and Einzellage?

Answer 3

Bereich - District within an aubaugebiet.
Grosslage - Collection of vineyard sites
Einzellage - Single vineyard site

Question 4

What is the other name for Pinot Gris in Germany?

Answer 4

Rulander and Grauburgunder.

Question 5

What is the other name for Pinot Blanc in Germany?

Answer 5

Weissburgunder.

Question 6

The grape Muller-Thurgau is a cross between which grapes?

Answer 6

Riesling x Madeline Royale.

Question 7

What are the red grapes for Germany?

Answer 7

• Spatburgunder
• Dornfelder
• Blauer Portugieser

Question 8

What is the soil profile of Mosel?

Answer 8

Red and Blue Slate.

Question 9

What is the soil profile of Rheingau?

Answer 9

Loess, quatzite and clay.

Question 10

What is the other name for Noble Rot in Germany?

Answer 10

Edelfaule aka botrytis cinerea.

Question 11

What is Feinherb?

Answer 11

Unregulated term meaning off-dry but ususally slightly sweeter than halbtrocken.

Question 12

Which river flows through Rheingau?

Answer 12

River Main.

Question 13

Name the bereich of Rheingau.

Answer 13

Johannisberg.

Question 14

Name the single vineyard estates of Rheingau.

Answer 14

• Schloss Johannisberg
• Schloss Vollard

Question 15

Name the villages of Rheingau.

Answer 15

• Lorchhausen
• Rüdesheim
• Winkel
• Johannisberg
• Oestrich
• Erbach
• Hattenheim
• Eberbach
• Eltville
• Hochheim

Question 16

Where is Kloster Eberbach located?

Answer 16

Eberbach in Rheingau.

Question 17

Where does the German wine bottle get it’s name from?

Answer 17

Hock from the village of Hochheim in Rheingau.

Question 18

Name the Bereich of the Rheinhessen.

Answer 18

• Bingen
• Wonnegau
• Nierstein

Question 19

What is the main grape variety of Rheinhessen?

Answer 19

• Muller Thurgau

- Riesling

Question 20

Name the villages of Rheinhessen

Answer 20

• Niersteiner Gutes Domtal
• Niersteiner Spiegelberg
• Nackenheim
• Ingelheim (red wines)
• Oppenheim
• Dienheim
• Florsheim-Dalsheim
• Westhofen
• Osthofen

Question 21

Liebfraumilch is blended from which regions?

Answer 21

• Rheingau
• Rheinhessen
• Pfalz
• Nahe

Question 22

What grapes are used for Liebfraumilch?

Answer 22

70% Riesling + Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner or Kerner.

Question 23

What is the min. residual sugar for Liebfraumilch?

Answer 23

Min. 18gm/L to a max. 45gm/L.

Question 24

Where are the best vineyards in Pfalz located?

Answer 24

Lower slopes of the Haardt hills along the Deutsche Weintrasse.

Question 25

Name the bereich of Pfalz.

Answer 25

- Bereich Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weintrasse (Northern half) | - Bereich Südliche Weintrasse (Southern half)

Question 26

What are the grapes for Pfalz?

Answer 26

Riesling, Dornfelder and Müller-Thurgau.

Question 27

List the northern villages of Pfalz.

Answer 27

- Wachenheim - Forst - Deidesheim - Ruppertsberg - Bad Dürkheim mṣ - Haardt - Kallstadt - Königsbach - Neustadt - Ungstein

Question 28

List the southern villages of Pfalz.

Answer 28

- Siebeldingen - Birkweiler - Schweigen

Question 29

Which river flows through Nahe?

Answer 29

River Nahe.

Question 30

Name the bereich of Nahe.

Answer 30

Nahetal.

Question 31

Name the important towns of Nahe.

Answer 31

- Bad Kreuznach | - Schloss Böckelheim

Question 32

What is Rüdesheimer Rosengarten?

Answer 32

Grosslage in Nahe and Einzellage in Rheingau.

Question 33

Name the bereiche of Franken aka Franconia.

Answer 33

- Maindreieck - Mainviereck - Steigerwald

Question 34

What are the grapes for Franken?

Answer 34

Müller-Thurhgau, Sylvaner and Bacchus.

Question 35

Name the important vineyards of Franken

Answer 35

- Stein and Leiste around Wurzburg. - Casttell - Iphofen - Randersacker - Volkach - Escherndorf

Question 36

What is Steinwein?

Answer 36

Wine produced from the vineyards of Wurzburg Stein.

Question 37

What is the bottle of Franken wine called?

Answer 37

Bocksbeutel.

Question 38

Which rivers flow through Mosel?

Answer 38

Mosel and its tributaries - Saar and Ruwer.

Question 39

Name the bereiche of the Mosel.

Answer 39

- Bernkastel - Berg Cochem (formerly Zell) - Saar - Ruwertal - Obermosel - Moseltor.

Question 40

Name the best villages of Bereich Bernkastel.

Answer 40

- Trittenheim - Neumagen - Piesport - Bernkastel - Brauneberg - Graach - Wehlen - Zeltingen - Urzig - Erden.

Question 41

Name the best villages of Bereich Ruwertal.

Answer 41

- Mertesdorf - Eitelsbach - Kasel

Question 42

Name the best villages of Bereich Saar.

Answer 42

- Wiltingen - Oberemmel - Ockfen - Saarburg - Serrig.

Question 43

Name the bereich of Ahr.

Answer 43

- Bereich Walporzheim-Ahrtal.

Question 44

Name the bereiche of Baden.

Answer 44

- Badische Bergstrasse - Kraichgau - Bodensee - Breisgau - Kaiserstuhl - Tuniberg - Tauberfranken - Markgraglerland - Ortenau.

Question 45

What are the grapes for Baden?

Answer 45

Spatburgunder, Muller Thurgau, Grauburgunder and Weissburgunder.

Question 46

Name the bereiche of the Mittelrhein.

Answer 46

- Siebengebirge | - Lorelei

Question 47

Name the Bereiche of Hessiche-Bergstrasse.

Answer 47

- Starkenburg | - Umstradt

Question 48

Name the bereiche of Saale-Unstrut.

Answer 48

- Schloss Neuenburg - Thuringen - Mansfelder Seen

Question 49

Name the bereiche of Sachsen.

Answer 49

- Elstertal | - Meissen

Question 50

Which river flows through Wurttemberg?

Answer 50

Neckar and its tributary.

Question 51

Name the bereiche of Wurttemberg.

Answer 51

- Unterland - Remstal-Stuttgart - Bayerischer Bodonsee - Kocher-Jaagst-Tauber - Oberere Neckar - Wurttembergisch Bondensee

Question 52

Name the main grape varieties of Wuttemberg.

Answer 52

- Trollinger - Lemberger (Blaufrankisch) - Schwarzriesling (Meunier) - Spatburgunder