Germany and Austria Review Flashcards

(30 cards)

1
Q

what are the four levels of german wines

A
from top to bottom
pradikatswein
qba
landewein
tafelwein
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2
Q

t or f

german wine labeld tafelwein may have grapes from another european country in the blend

A

t

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3
Q

what is the french equivalent of landwein

A

vin de pays

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4
Q

how many specified growing regions are there in germany

A

13

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5
Q

the majority of german wine growing regions are located in what part of the country

a. northeast
b. northwest
c. southeast
d. southwest

A

d. southwest

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6
Q

t or f

anbaugebiet is the german word for a specified wine growing region

A

t

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7
Q

what is the correct meaning of anbaugebeit

A

Growing region

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8
Q

what is the correct meaning of bereich

A

District

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9
Q

what is the correct meaning of grosslage

A

large site

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10
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what is the correct meaning of einzellage

A

single vineyard

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11
Q

t or f

pradikatswein is a hight quaility level than qba

A

t

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12
Q

what does spatlese mean

A

late harvest

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13
Q

t or f

trockenbeerenauslese is the sweetest level of pradikatswein wine

A

t

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14
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if anbaugebiet is a wine growing region what is bereich

A

a wine district

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15
Q

what does einzellagen mean

A

single vineyard

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16
Q

t or f

wine from the mosel river come in long slender green bottles and wines from along the rhine come in brown bottles

17
Q

name two of the four important white grape varieties of germany

A

riesling
muller thurgau
sylvaner
kerner

18
Q

t or f

qba wines may be chaptalized

19
Q

t or f

pradikatswein wines may be chaptalized

20
Q

what is the amtliche prufnummer (APNr

A

the ap number is a quality control number that indicates the region and village of vineyard of production. it also indicates the wine estate and in what year the wine was tasted.

21
Q

what is the central district of the mosel region

a. bereich burg cochem
b. bereich bernkastel
c. bereich saar
d. bereich ruwer
e. bereich obermosel
f. Bereich moseltor

A

b. bereich bernkastel

22
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which wine growing region is known for producing germanys most aristocratic wines?

23
Q

from which four regions can grapes be blended to make the famous liebfraumilch wine

A

liebfraumilch

24
Q

for what type of bottle is franken is well known

A

franken is well known for the flagon shaped bocksbeutel

25
what are the four wine growing regions of austria
``` weinland osterreich steierland wien bergland osterreich ```
26
what is austrias largest wine region in terms of vineyard acreage planted
weinland
27
what is austrias most important grape variety
gruner veltliner
28
which austrian wine district has developled the steinfeder federspiel and smaragd classifications of wine
wachau has developed them
29
what is the austrian equivalent to frances aoc and italys docg
dac
30
t or f | all austrian qualitatswein may be chaptalized
f kabinett wine may not be chaptalized