Germany

Question 1

What is the general climate in Germany?

Answer 1

Cool Continental

Question 2

What is the Grand Cru equivalent for dry wines in Germany? Is this German law?

Answer 2

Grosses Gewachs (GG)
No

Question 3

What do aromatic grapes benefit from climatically in Germany?

Answer 3

Cool, long ripening season

Question 4

Where can botrytised wines be produced in Germany?

Answer 4

Every region

Question 5

What are common features of the best sites in Germany? (2)

Answer 5

Steep

South-facing

Question 6

How might vines be trained on super steep slopes?

Why?

Answer 6

Head trained with canes tied to the top of individual stakes.
Maximise light exposure and air flow

Question 7

What are the two fundamental classifications for wine in Germany?

Answer 7

Qualitatswein

Pradikatswein

Question 8

What are PGI wine labelled as?

Answer 8

Landwein

Question 9

What are the 6 levels of Pradikatswein? What are they based off?

Answer 9

Kabinett 
Spatlese
Auslese
Beerenauslese
Eiswein
Trockenbeerenauslese

Must weight at harvest

Question 10

Qualitatswein, Kabinett and Spatlese can be? (Sweetness)

Answer 10

Dry to Medium Sweet

Question 11

Auslese can be? (Sweetness)

Answer 11

Dry to Sweet

Question 12

Beerenauslese, Eiswein, Trockenbeerenauslese can be? (Sweetness)

Answer 12

Sweet only

Question 13

What is the assumed sweetness of a Qualitatswein?

Answer 13

Dry

Question 14

What kind of ABV would be typical of a sweeter style Kabinett?
Dry style?

Answer 14

8-9%

Up to 12%

Question 15

While all can be dry-medium sweet, what differentiates Kabinett, Spatlese and Auslese? In which style might you see some noble rot?

Answer 15

Ripeness of fruit

Auslese might see some noble rot playing a role

Question 16

What body/alcohol and aroma clusters are indicative of a Kabinett Riesling?

Answer 16

Citrus and Green apple

light bodied, low alcohol

Question 17

Which wine styles might see noble rot? Which must see noble rot into order to reach the must weight to qualify for its classification?

Answer 17

Auslese
Beerenauslese
Trockenbeerenauslese must see noble rot

Question 18

Which Sweet style will never see noble rot?

Answer 18

Eiswein

Question 19

What are some aromas indicative of BA and TBA? (4)

Answer 19

Honey, dried fruit, candied peel, flowers

Question 20

What is the name of the independent group of producers who have classified their vineyards as the best in Germany? What is the name of their classification? What style of Riesling does is this term almost solely relevant to?

Answer 20

Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter (VDP)
Grosses Gewachs (GG)
Qualitatswein (dry wines, red and white)

Question 21

Other than Riesling, what are the 4 white grapes of Germany?

Answer 21

Muller Thurgau
Silvaner
Grauburgunder
Weisburgunder

Question 22

How does Silvaner compare to Riesling? (acidity, flavour)

Answer 22

Lower acidity

Less fruity, more earthy

Question 23

Portugeiser, Trollinger and Schwarzriesling (Meunier) are the ‘other’ black grape varieties. What are the two most relevant?

Answer 23

Spatburgunder

Dornfelder

Question 24

What is the third most planted grape in Germany?

Answer 24

Spatburgunder

Question 25

What is the German name for Pinot Noir and which two regions does it do best in?

Answer 25

Spatburgunder | Pfalz and Baden

Question 26

What are the three best known villages in Mosel?

Answer 26

Piesport Bernkastel Wehlen

Question 27

Where is production concentrated in Mosel? What is the nickname for this area?

Answer 27

In the middle | Middle Mosel

Question 28

Saar and Ruwer are tributaries of what river? Which region are they relevant to? Which area are they comparable to, but how does acidity differ?

Answer 28

Mosel river Relevant to Mosel Middle Mosel but tend to be even more acidic

Question 29

What type of soils are best in Mosel? Where are the best vineyards located in terms of proximity to the river?

Answer 29

Slate soils | Close to the river

Question 30

In terms of body, alcohol, acidity and 2 clusters, describe Mosel Riesling in relation to other regions

Answer 30

``` Lighter Lower Higher Green fruit Floral ```

Question 31

What are the 7 regions of Germany?

Answer 31

``` Mosel Nahe Rheingau Rheinhessen Pfalz Baden Franken ```

Question 32

What is the only permitted GG grape in Nahe? What is it's style like in comparison with the other regions?

Answer 32

Riesling | Style site between Mosel and the fuller bodied styles of Rheingau, Rheinhessen and Pfalz

Question 33

The best Nahe wines are produced between the two villages Bad Kreuznach and ?

Answer 33

Schlossbockelheim

Question 34

Rheingau sits on the north bank of the rivers Rhine and Main providing a south-facing aspect. This, plus ... hills to the north provide optimal ripening conditions

Answer 34

Taunus

Question 35

What two grapes can make Grosses Gewachs wines in Rheingau?

Answer 35

Riesling | Spatburgunder

Question 36

In which two villages do a majority of vineyards lie in Rheingau?

Answer 36

Johannisberg | Rudesheim

Question 37

What flavour is indicative of Rheingau Riesling?

Answer 37

Ripe peach

Question 38

Germany's best ... wines can be produced in Rheingau? Why?

Answer 38

BA and TBA | Humid conditions created by the Rhine River

Question 39

How do wines in Rheingau's east (Main River) compare to those on the Rhine River?

Answer 39

Riper

Question 40

Which region is Germany's largest?

Answer 40

Rheinhessen

Question 41

What two grapes can be classified GG in Rheinhessen?

Answer 41

Riesling | Spatburgunder

Question 42

A large variety of grapes is planted in Rheinhessen, what percentage of these are black?

Answer 42

30%

Question 43

The vineyards around which town built the reputation for Rheinhessen? What is significant about the Rieslings produced here?

Answer 43

Nierstein | Fullest-bodied

Question 44

What are the two most planted grapes in Rheinhessen?

Answer 44

Muller Thurgau | Riesling

Question 45

What has Rheinhessen developed a reputation for in recent years? This rep comes from newly recognised regions e.g. Worms

Answer 45

Innovation and Excellence

Question 46

After Rheinhessen, what is the second largest region in Germany?

Answer 46

Pfalz

Question 47

What is the name of the mountains that are a continuation of the Vosges?

Answer 47

Haardt

Question 48

What do the Haardt mountains protect Pfalz from? (Same as the Vosges in Alsace)

Answer 48

Westerly, rain-bearing winds

Question 49

In warmer years, what is a threat to vines in Pfalz?

Answer 49

Water stress

Question 50

What is the most planted grape in Pfalz? | What is the second most planted grape?

Answer 50

Riesling | Dornfelder

Question 51

What three grapes can be used to make GG wines in Pfalz?

Answer 51

Riesling Weisburgunder Spatburgunder

Question 52

Which two villages are surrounded by the most established vineyards in Pfalz? This area is known as Mittelhaardt.

Answer 52

Forst | Diedesheim

Question 53

Outside of the area known as Mittelhaardt (Forst and Diedsheim) what is Pfalz increasingly known for?

Answer 53

Innovation

Question 54

Where do the fullest bodied, highest alcohol German wines come from?

Answer 54

Baden

Question 55

Despite being spread over a large geographical area, where does it sit in terms of actual vineyard area?

Answer 55

Third

Question 56

Where is Portugieser grown to cater for the local market?

Answer 56

Pfalz

Question 57

What grape is Baden known for an as such widely planted to?

Answer 57

Spatburgunder

Question 58

The best vineyards in Baden sit on the ...-facing slopes of the Kaiserstuhl, which is?

Answer 58

South-facing | An extinct volcano

Question 59

What is the most planted white grape of Baden? What other 3 follow?

Answer 59

Muller Thurgau Grauburgunder Weisburgunder Riesling

Question 60

Where can a wide variety of black and white grapes be used to make GG wine?

Answer 60

Baden

Question 61

Which region praises Silvaner as it's most prestigious and widely planted grape?

Answer 61

Franken

Question 62

Silvaner is early flowering and ripening. What is the risk in Franken? It is subsequently planted where?

Answer 62

Frost | Warmest sites

Question 63

What is the distinctive character of Silvaner?

Answer 63

Earthiness

Question 64

What are the 4 grapes allowed into GG wines from Franken?

Answer 64

Silvaner, Riesling, Weisburgunder, Spatburgunder

Question 65

Where are significant plantings of Silvaner mainly found?

Answer 65

Where it has traditionally been strong | Rheinhessen, Franken