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Germany - German Wine Law

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  • Wines without geographic indication
    • Wein
  • Wines with geographic indication
    • Landwein (PGI): regional wines (rarely exported)
    • Qualitatswein (PDO): quality sine from one of 13 major regions called ‘Anbaugebiete’
    • Pradikatswein (PDO): A subset of Qualitatswein categorized by ripeness at harvest. There are 6 pradikate levels of quality. These wines are often, but not necessarily, sweet.
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Germany - Pradikatswein

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  • Ripeness of the grapes at harvest means everything and is the basis of the quality level system.
  1. Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA)
  2. Eiswein
  3. Berrenauslese (BA)
  4. Auslese*
  5. Spatlese*
  6. Kabinett*

*Can be weet or dry

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Germany - VDP

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  • VDP
    • The Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter
    • German association of over 200 top producers
    • Designed to emulate the grand cru model of Burgundy
  • GG (Grosses Gawachs)
    • These are dry or trocken wines form the top vineyard sites int he VDP Classification
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Germany - Mosel AOP

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  • Geography: northen limit of viticulture at the 49th parallel along the Mosel river.
  • Climate: cold and continental, moderated byt he Mosel river
  • Topography: very steep vineyards. Facing south to capture the wrmth of the sun.
  • Soil: Slate that is porous yet heat-retaining
  • Grape: Riesling
  • Viticulture: A long growing season to achieve ripeness. harvested grapes are generally high in acidity and low in sugar.
  • Vinification:
    • Stainless steel fermentation
    • Residual sugar is left int he wine to counter-balance the intense acidity
    • Low alcohol (around 8%)
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Germany - Rheingau AOP

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  • Climate: continental, Taunus Mt provide protection, Rhine River reflects sunlight directly up into the vines.
  • Soil: mixture of slate and others.
  • White: Riesling
  • Red: Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir)
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Germany - Rheinhessen AOP

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  • Climate: continental
  • Topography: Flat, fertile farmland
  • Soil: red sandstone mixed with slate
  • White: Riesling (the best but not the most planted), Muller-Thurgau, Silvaner
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Germany - Pfalz AOP

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  • Geography
    • Geographically contiguous with Alsace
    • Rain shadow from Haardt Mt (Vosges Mt)
  • Soil: Limestone
  • White: Riesling, Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc), Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris)
  • Red: Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir)
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Germany - What is the Pradikat system is based on?

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  • Ripeness of grapes at harvest
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Germany - Which of the following is an important river in one of Germany’s wine regions?

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  • Rhine
    • Loire
    • Danube
    • Rhone
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Germany - All GG wines are…

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  • Sweet
    • Dry (Trocken)
    • Oaky
    • Sparkling
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Germany - Spatburgunder is the German word for which grape variety?

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  • Pinot Noir
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Germany - Place the following Pradikat in order of ripeness.

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  1. Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA)
  2. Eiswein
  3. Beerenauslese (BA)
  4. Auslese
  5. Spatlese
  6. Kabinett
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Germany - Name the 13 German anbaugebiete.

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  1. Mosel
  2. Rheingau
  3. Rheinhessen
  4. Pfalz
  5. Ahr
  6. Mittelrhein
  7. Nahe
  8. Baden
  9. Wurttemberg
  10. Franken
  11. Hessische Bergstrasse
  12. Saale-Unstrut
  13. Sachsen
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Germany - Name 3 ways vineyards in the Mosel attain extra warmth to help grapes ripen.

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  1. South face slope
  2. River reflecting sunlight
  3. Heat-retaining slate soil
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Germany - What is an Einzellage?

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  • Einzellage translate into ‘Vineyard Name’

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