Germany Deck #2 Flashcards
(324 cards)
1
Q
Cistercian monks’ centerpiece vineyard
A
walled Steinberg vineyard
- Ortseil w/in Hattenheim
- Alleinbesitz (monopole) of famous Kloster Eberbach for over 8 centuries
3
Q
The Church’s influence in German viticulture was revoked by who?
A
Napoleon
- Established his Civil Code after defeating Germany (then kown as the Holy Roman Empire) and annexed all German lands west of the Rhine for France in the late 18th century
4
Q
Year all of the Church’s vineyard holdings were secularized
A
1803
- Even Kloster Eberbach was dissolved as a monastery, ended up in the hands of state-run Hessische Staatsweinguter after World War II
- As in Burgundy, the Napoleonic Code led to fractured ownership and a gradual, significant splintering of vineyards
5
Q
Germany’s most planted white and red varieties
A
- Riesling
- Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir)
6
Q
Year Spätlese was 1st introduced
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1775
- Schloss Johannisberg, Rheingau - despite appearance, grapes w/ edelfäule (noble rot) made pretty good wine
- Schloss Johannisberg followed w/ intro of Auslese - 1787, first Eiswein - 1858
7
Q
Century Pinot Noir arrived in Germany
A
14th century
- Presumably on the backs of monks from Burgundy
8
Q
Year Auslese was 1st introduced, and the estate responsible
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Schloss Johannisberg (Rheingau); 1787
- Also intro Spätlese - 1775 and Eiswein - 1858
9
Q
Estate that introduced the first Eiswein, and the year
A
Schloss Johannisberg (Rheingau); 1858
11
Q
edelfäüle
A
noble rot
14
Q
The best wines produced along the Rhine in the 19th century were called what in English markets?
A
Hock
- Often sold at prices above even first growth Bordeaux
15
Q
Reisling
% of plantings
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Over 20% of Germany’s vineyards
16
Q
Besides Riesling and Müller-Thurgau, five other white grapes of Germany
A
- Silvaner
- Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris)
- Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc)
- Kerner
-
Bacchus
- each account for at least 2% of total plantings
17
Q
Besides Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir), four other red grapes in decreasing order of plantings
A
- Dornfelder
- Blauer Portugieser
- Trollinger
- Schwarzriesling (Pinot Meunier)
18
Q
Schwarzriesling
A
Pinot Meunier
19
Q
Germany
Min % of stated variety on the label
A
85%
20
Q
Prädikatswein
Min alcohol
A
7%
- 5.5% for Beerenauslese, TBA, and Eiswein wines
- Winemakers may not chaptalize at this level
21
Q
Germany
Largest region of production for Pinot Noir
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Baden
22
Q
German term for monopole
A
alleinbesitz
23
Q
Better vintage for German Riesling; 1957, 1958, or 1959
A
1959
24
Q
Scheurebe is a crossing of what two varietals?; where was it developed?
A
Buckettrebe x Riesling
- Rheinhessen - early 20th century
25
Q
Dornfelder was bred in what year?
A
1956
- Germany’s most prominent red crossing
- 2nd most planted red grape
26
Q
Min öchsle range
Kabinett
Spätlese
Auslese
Beerenauslese
Trockenbeerenauslese
Eiswein
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Kabinett 70-85°
Spätlese 80-95°
Auslese 88-105°
Beerenauslese 110-128°
Trockenbeerenauslese 150-154°
Eiswein 110-128°
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Q
Kabinett
Min öchsle range
A
70-85°
Kabinett 70-85°
Spätlese 76-95°
Auslese 83-105°
Beerenauslese 110-128°
Trockenbeerenauslese 150-154°
Eiswein 110-128°
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Q
Spätlese
Min öchsle range
A
76-95°
Kabinett 70-85°
Spätlese 76-95°
Auslese 83-105°
Beerenauslese 110-128°
Trockenbeerenauslese 150-154°
Eiswein 110-128°
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Auslese
Min öchsle range
**83-105**°
## Footnote
Kabinett 70-85°
Spätlese 76-95°
**Auslese 83-105°**
Beerenauslese 110-128°
Trockenbeerenauslese 150-154°
Eiswein 110-128°
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Beerenaulsese
Min öchsle range
**110-128**°
## Footnote
Kabinett 70-85°
Spätlese 76-95°
Auslese 83-105°
**Beerenauslese****110-128**°
Trockenbeerenauslese 150-154°
Eiswein 110-128°
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Trockenbeerenauslese
Min öchsle range
**150-154**°
## Footnote
Kabinett 70-85°
Spätlese 80-95°
Auslese 88-105°
Beerenauslese 110-128°
**Trockenbeerenauslese****150-154**°
Eiswein 110-128°
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Eiswein
Min öchsle range
**110-128**
## Footnote
Kabinett 70-85°
Spätlese 80-95°
Auslese 88-105°
Beerenauslese 110-128°
Trockenbeerenauslese 150-154°
**Eiswein 110-128°**
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VDP Classification, 2012 forward, max yeild
* Gross Lage: "Grand Cru"
* Erste Lage: "Premier Cru"
* Ortswein: Village
* Gutswein: Regional
* Gross Lage: "Grand Cru" - **max 50 hl/ha**
* Erste Lage: "Premier Cru" -**max 60 hl/ha**
* Ortswein: Village - **max 75 hl/ha**
* Gutswein: Regional - **max 75 hl/ha**
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* Gross Lage: "Grand Cru"* wines
* Max yield*
(VDP Classification, 2012 forward)
**50 hl/ha**
* **Gross Lage**: "Grand Cru" - **max 50 hl/ha**
* Erste Lage: "Premier Cru" - max 60 hl/ha
* Ortswein: Village - max 75 hl/ha
* Gutswein: Regional - max 75 hl/ha
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*Erste Lage: "Premier Cru"* wines
Max yield
(VDP Classification, 2012 forward)
**60 hl/ha**
* Gross Lage: "Grand Cru" - max 50 hl/ha
* **Erste Lage**: "Premier Cru" - **max 60 hl/ha**
* Ortswein: Village - max 75 hl/ha
* Gutswein: Regional - max 75 hl/ha
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*Ortswein: Village* wines
Max yield
(VDP Classification, 2012 forward)
**75 hl/ha**
* Gross Lage: "Grand Cru" - max 50 hl/ha
* Erste Lage: "Premier Cru" - max 60 hl/ha
* **Ortswein**: Village - **max 75 hl/ha**
* Gutswein: Regional - max 75 hl/ha
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*Gutswein: Regional* wines
Max yield
(VDP Classification, 2012 forward)
**75 hl/ha**
* Gross Lage: "Grand Cru" - max 50 hl/ha
* Erste Lage: "Premier Cru" - max 60 hl/ha
* Ortswein: Village - max 75 hl/ha
* **Gutswein**: Regional - **max 75 hl/ha**
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Who created the terms Classic and Selection with intentions to replace the more cumbersome *halbtrocken* and *trocken*?; in what year?
* State-affiliated **German Wine Institute** at Mainz
* Terms Classic (*halbtrocken*) and Selection (*trocken*) were debuted with the **2000** vintage
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'Classic' wines
Min RS
**min 15 g/l rs**
* Classic (*halbtrocken*) wines are considered "harmoniously dry"
* Classic are single varietal, and omit any mention of vineyard on label
* superior min. alcohol of 12% (11.5% in the Mosel)
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'Selection' wines
Max RS
**max 9 g/l rs** (_12 g/l_ allowed for _Riesling_)
* Selection (*trocken*) wines are considered "superior dry"
* Selection are single vineyard wines from a single variety
* Yields are restricted to 60 hl/ha
* Must weight must be equivalent to Auslese
* Hand-harvested
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Anbaugebiet with the most Grosse Lage
**Rheingau**
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Who has the term "Erstes Gewächs" trademarked?
**Charta**
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Anbaugebiet that has NOT adopted the new Erste Lage tier
**Rheinhessen**
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Origin of Liebfraumilch
**Worms, in the Rheinhessen**
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Anbaugebiete where Sangiovese is planted
**Pfalz**
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Where is the monastery of Kloster Eberbach?
**Hallgarten**
## Footnote
(Rheingau)
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Where is the Michelsberg grosslage?
**Piesport**
* Smear on the integrity of the village
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Landwein
Styles of sweetness
**trocken or halbtrocken**
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Where is the Badstube grosslage?
**Bernkastel-Kues, Mosel**
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Where is Matthias Müller producing wines?
**Mittelrhein**
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Where does the Mosel merge with the Rhine River?
**Koblenz**
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Where in Germany does the Rhine river flow westward?
**Rheingau**
* From the city of Wiesbaden to Rüdesheim
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Where does the Ahr rank in overall size?
**10th**
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Where are Jungfer and Schönhell vineyards located?
**Hallgarten**
## Footnote
(Rheingau)
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Year Mosel's name was shortened
**August 1st, 2007**
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Year the Geisenheim Institute was founded and its location
* **1872**
* **Rheingau**
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Most expensive wine featured on the Titanic's wine list
**Niersteiner Pettenthal Riesling**
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Vineyard located east of Hattenheimer Mannberg
**Erbacher Macrobrunn**
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Village at the confluence of the Rhine and Main River in the Rheingau
**Hoccheim**
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2 anbaugebiete located in former East Germany
* **Saale-Unstrut**
* **Sachsen**
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*anreicherung*
**Enrichment (chaptalization)**
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Weissherbst
* **Saignée rosé**
* **Single-varietal**
* **At least QbA quality**
* **Popular in Baden**
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*abfüller*
**Bottler or shipper who assumes the responsibility for the origin and quality of a wine**
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*erzeugerabfüllung*
**Wine grown and produced by the same grower or cooperative**
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*gutsabfüllung*
**Wine grown, produced, and bottled by the same person/estate**
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*füder*
**1000L cask**
## Footnote
(common in the Mosel)
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*stück*
**1200L cask**
## Footnote
(common in the Rheingau)
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*Kellerei*
**Wine cellar or wholesaler**
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*lieblich*
**medium sweet**
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*Rotling*
**Rosé produced from a mix of red and white varieties, with a pale or clear red color**
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*Schneewein*
**Snow wine: ice wine made from grapes gathered when snow covered the vineyards**
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*Winzergenossenschaft*
**Co-operative**
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Landwein
* **Grown in one of 26 landweingebiete**
* ***Trocken* or *halb-trocken* in style**
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Qualitätswein
* **Produced from approved varieties sourced from a single anbaugebiete**
* **MAY BE CHAPTALIZED**
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May Prädikatswein by chaptalized?
**NO**
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Erstes Gewächs
* **Legally defined term applying to Riesling and Pinot Noir from classified sites in the Rheingau**
* **Max 50 hl/ha**
* **Aged before release**
* **Must be trocken**
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May dry wines from Erste Lage sites be labeled Grosses Gewächs?
**No, they must be labeled trocken.**
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Is the new Erste Lage tier mandatory?
**No, it is adopted (or not) by individual anbaugebiete.**
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Ortswein
**Village wine**
## Footnote
(within one gemeinde)
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Gutswein
**Regional wine**
## Footnote
(within one anbaugebiet)
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Is estate bottling mandatory for VDP members?
**YES**
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German word for vintage
**Jahrgang**
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As of 2013, Anbaugebiete participating in the new 4 tier VDP system
* **Rheingau**
* **Pfalz**
* **Franken**
* **Baden**
* **Württemberg**
* **Sachsen**
* **Saale-Unstrut**
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Mosel
Main type of slate soil
**Devonian slate**
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Nahe
River
**The Nahe River**
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Region that uses "Erstes Gewächs" instead of "Grosses Gewächs"
**Rheingau**
* Legally authorized term, may be spelled out in full
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Region that may NOT produce Grosse Lage wines at the Kabinett level
**Pfalz**
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Region with the highest Öchsle requirement for Spätlese Riesling
**Pfalz - 90º**
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Region with the highest Öchsle requirement for Kabinett Riesling
**Franken - 78º**
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Quality level of wine that can be produced from grapes outside Germany
**Deutscher Wein**
* **Must be 100% German -OR a statement must be included on the label naming the countries that contribute to the blend**
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Quality level for most German sparkling wine
**Deutscher Wein**
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Liebfraumilch
Quality level
**QbA**
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% of the VDP estate vineyards planted to Riesling
**55%**
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% of the Rheingau planted to Riesling
**80%**
* **The highest proportion of the grape than any other anbaugebiet**
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% of red wine in the Ahr
**88%**
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Portion of Rheingau Riesling produced in a dry style
**1/2 as of 2014**
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% of Germany's vineyards planted to Riesling
**20%**
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Ahr
Parallel
**50th**
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Pfalz
Mountain range
**Haardt Hills**
* aka Vosges Mtns
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What may growers to the east of the vineyard whose vines were excluded from Doctor in 1984 label their wines?
**Alte Badstube am Doktorberg**
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Pfalz
Warmest Site
**Grosse Lage: Forster Kirchenstück**
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Südliche Weinstrasse
**Southern bereiche of Pfalz**
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Rheingau
Sole bereich
**Johannisberg**
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Rosé popular in Württemberg
**Schillerwein**
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Rosé popular in Baden
**Weissherbst**
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Ahr
River
**Ahr River**
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"Deutscher Sekt"
Requirements
**100% German grapes**
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Ahr
* Only bereich
* Only grosslage
* Bereich: **Walporzheim** **Ahrtal**
* Grosslage: **Klosterberg**
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Name of the traditional flute-shaped brown bottle and where it is most common
* **Rheingauer Flöte**
* **Rheingau**
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Rheingau
Most planted red grape
**Spätburgunder**
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Rheinhessen
Most planted grape
**Müller-Thurgau**
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Grosse Lage
Min must weight
**Min must weight equivalent to Spätlese**
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prädikat wines
min alcohol level
* **7%**
* **5.5% - BA, TBA, Eiswein**
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Germany
min % for stated variety
**85%**
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"classic"
max RS
* **9g/l**
* **12g/l for Riesling**
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German term for noble rot
**Edelfäule**
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German name for Blaufränkisch
**Lemberger**
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Mittelrhein
## Footnote
Top Estate
**Toni Jost**
* **Alleinbesitz Bacharacher Hahn**
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Rheingau
* Best Spätburgunder vineyard
* Producer
* **Höllenberg**
* **August Kesseler**
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Mosel
## Footnote
Annual Avg Temp
**49ºF**
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What is the aging requirement for Grosses Gewächs wines?
* **White: not released before 9/1**
* **Red: receive an additional year of aging**
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What is the aging req for Grosse Lage wines labeled by Prädikat?
**May be released as soon as May 1 of the year following harvest**
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What is the 2nd most planted red grape in Germany?
**Dornfelder**
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What is tafelwein known as since 2009?
**Deutscher Wein**
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What is Schillerwein?
**Rosé**
* **Produced by fermenting red and white grapes together**
* **Common in Württemberg**
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What is required for Sekt to be labeled as QbA?
**Must be produced from traditional grapes grown in 1 of the 13 anbaugebiete**
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What is Pinot Gris called in Germany?
**Grauburgunder**
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What is Piesport's greatest vineyard?
**Goldtröpfchen**
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What is Müller-Thurgau a cross of?
* **Recent DNA has it as Riesling x Madeleine Royale**
* **Originally thought to be Riesling x Silvaner**
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What is located to the west of Erbacher Macrobrunn?
**Hattenheimer Mannberg**
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What is Goldriesling?; where is it a local specialty in Germany?
* **Aromatic crossing developed in Alsace**
* **Local specialty of Sachsen**
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What is Germany's warmest wine growing region?
**Kaisterstuhl (Baden)**
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What is Germany's northernmost wine growing region?
**Saale-Unstrut**
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What is Frühburgunder?
* **Early-ripening strain of Pinot Noir**
* **Thicker skin**
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What is Franken's wine center?; name an important vineyard.
**Würzberg - Stein**
* Lends its name to the former Frankish nickname "Steinwein"
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What is Ehrenfelser a crossing of?
**Riesling x Silvaner**
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What is Dornfelder a crossing of?
**Helfensteiner x Heroldrebe**
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What is Bacchus a crossing of?
**(Silvaner x Riesling) x Müller-Thurgau**
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What grape is typically used for Liebfraumilch?
**Muller-Thurgau**
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What estate labels his Grosse Lage wines as "GC" instead of "GG"?
**Bürklin-Wolf**
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"Classic" and "Selection"
## Footnote
Yields
**60hl/ha**
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Pfalz
## Footnote
2 communes
* **Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse**
* **Südliche Weinstrasse**
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Erden
## Footnote
Soils
**Red slate**
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What are the common varieties in Saale-Unstrut?
* **Müller-Thurgau**
* **Wessburgunder**
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What and where is the Roter Hang located?
**A slope of red clay and slate spanning 180 ha between Nierstein and Nackenheim in the Rheinhessen**
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What anbaugebiet is located on the Elbe River?
**Sachsen**
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What 2 vineyards in the Pfalz were recast as Premier Cru with the introduction of the new tier?
* **Paradiesgarten**
* **Kalkofen**
## Footnote
**in Deidesheim**
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Were is the Paradiesgarten vineyard located?
**Deidesheim** (Pfalz)
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The Rheinterrasse stretches from what villages?
**From Bodenheim southward through Nierstein and Oppenheim, ending near Mettenheim**
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The Mosel River emerges from what Mountains?
**Vosges Mountains in France**
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Saale-Unstrut lies on the confluence of what two rivers?
**Saale and Unstrut rivers**
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Bürklin-Wolf
## Footnote
*Alleinbesitz* in Ruppertsberg
**Gaisböhl**
## Footnote
(Pfalz)
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Bernkasteler Lay
## Footnote
Producer
**Dr. Loosen**
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Roter Hang
Producer
**Gunderloch**
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Kiedricher Gräfenberg
## Footnote
Producer
* **Robert Weil**
* **Auslese level and above**
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Erdener Prälat
## Footnote
Producer
**Dr. Loosen**
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5 rivers of Germany
* **Mosel**
* **Rhine**
* **Main**
* **Nahe**
* **Elbe**
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Name 4 vineyards that are smaller than the 5 ha minimum size for a registered vineyard.
* **Doctor** (Bernkastel)
* **Kirchenstück** (Forst)
* **Freundstück** (Forst)
* **Schloss Vollrads** (Rheingau)
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Name 4 sites of Forst.
* **Kirchenstück**
* **Jesuitengarten**
* **Pechstein**
* **Ungeheuer**
160
Name 4 German producers that can trace their estates back hundreds of years.
* **Schloss Johannisberg**
* **Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt**
* **Reinhold Haart**
* **Dr. Bürklin-Wolf**
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Name 4 estates in the Mittelhaardt, of Pfalz.
* **Müller-Catoir**
* **Bassermann-Jordan**
* **von Buhl**
* **Bürklin-Wolf**
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Name 3 vineyards of Winkel.
* **Schloss Vollrads** (ortsteil)
* **Jesuitengarten**
* **Hasensprung**
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Name 3 vineyards of Rüdesheim.
W to E
* **Berg Schlossberg**
* **Berg Roseneck**
* **Berg Rottland**
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Name 2 vineyards of Erden with red slate.
* **Prälat**
* **Treppchen**
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Name 2 vineyards in Hochheim.
* **Hölle**
* **Kirchenstück**
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Name 2 villages with Sonnenuhr vineyards.
* **Wehlen**
* **Zeltingen**
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Name 2 producers of the Ürziger Würzgarten.
* **Mönchhof**
* **Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben**
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Name 2 producers of the Ahr.
* **Meyer-Näkel**
* **Kreuzberg**
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Name 2 producers from the Goldtröpfchen vineyard.
* **Reinhold Haart**
* **Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt**
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Name 2 producers based in Ürzig.
* **Mönchhof**
* **Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben**
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Name 2 growers based in Hattenheim.
* **Schloss Schönborn**
* **Langwerth von Simmern**
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Name 2 grosslagen within the Bernkastel bereich?
* **Badstube**
* **Michelsberg**
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Name 1 producer of Wiltinger Scharzhofberger.
**Egon Müller**
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If Grosse Lage wines are dry, what are they called?
**Grosses Gewächs**
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Grosses Gewächs wines in Franken are produced from what varieties?
* **Riesling**
* **Silvaner**
* **Weissburgunder**
* **Spätburgunder**
* **Fruhbugunder (?)**
176
From the 2012 vintage forward, the former Erste Lage wines would now be known as what?
**Grosse Lage**
* Not be confused with grosslage
* Erste Lage now indicates Permier Cru, rather than Grand Cru
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Can Erste Lage wines be labeled "GG"?
* **No, Grosses Gewächs is reserved for Grosse Lage**
* **Erste Lage dry wines must be labeled as "trocken" instead**
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Can a varietal appear on Deutscher Wein labels?
**Yes**
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Are "feine" and "hochfeine" allowed on labels?
**No, it was outlawed with the 1971 Wine Law**
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"Selection" is equivalent to what must weight?
**Auslese**
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What are the important villages of the Südliche-Weinstrasse?
* **Siebeldingen**
* **Birkweiler**
* **Schweigen**
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What are the important villages of the Saar?
**Wiltingen Saarburg**
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What are the important villages of the Ruwer?
**Eitelsbach Mertesdorf**
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What is the important einzellage of Wiltingen?
**Scharzhofberger**
## Footnote
(Saar)
185
What is the important einzellage of Saarburg?
**Rausch**
## Footnote
(Saar)
186
What is the important einzellage of Eitelsbach?
**Karthäuserhofberg**
## Footnote
(Ruwer)
187
What are the important einzellagen of Mertesdorf?
* **Abtsberg**
* **Herrenberg**
* **Bruderberg**
## Footnote
(Ruwer)
188
What is the important einzellage of Trittenheim?
**Apotheke**
## Footnote
(Mosel)
189
What are the important einzellagen of Piesport?
* **Goldtröpfchen**
* **Domherr**
## Footnote
(Mosel)
190
What are the important einzellagen of Brauneberg?
* **Juffer**
* **Juffer Sonnenuhr**
## Footnote
(Mosel)
191
What are the important einzellagen of Bernkastel-Kues?
* **Doctor**
* **Lay**
## Footnote
(Mosel)
192
Graach an der Mosel
Important einzellage
* **Domporbst**
* **Josephshöfer**
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Wehlen
Important einzellage
**Sonnenuhr**
## Footnote
(Mosel)
194
Zeltingen
Important Einzellage
**Sonnenuhr**
## Footnote
(Mosel)
195
Ürzig
## Footnote
Important Einzellage
**Würzgarten**
## Footnote
(Mosel)
196
Erden
## Footnote
Important Einzellagen
* **Prälat**
* **Treppchen**
## Footnote
(Mosel)
197
Assmanshausen
## Footnote
Important Einzellage
Assmanshausen, Rheingau
* **Höllenberg**
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Rüdesheim
Important Einzellagen
Rüdesheim, Rheingau
* **Berg Roseneck**
* **Berg Rottland**
* **Berg Schlossberg**
199
Geisenheim
## Footnote
Important Einzellage
Geisenheim, Rheingau
* **Schloss Johannisberg**
200
Johannisberg
## Footnote
Important Einzellage
Johannisberg, Rheingau
* **Hölle**
201
Winkel
## Footnote
Important Einzellagen
Winkel, Rheingau
* **Schloss Vollrads**
* **Jesuitengarten**
* **Hasensprung**
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Hattenheim
## Footnote
Important Einzellagen
Hattenheim, Rheingau
* **Pfaffenberg**
* **Mannberg**
* **Steinberg**
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Hallgarten
## Footnote
Important Einzellagen
Hallgarten, Rheingau
* **Schönhell**
* **Jungfer**
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Erbach
## Footnote
Important Einzellage
Erbach, Rheingau
* **Marcobrunn**
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Kiedrich
## Footnote
Important Einzellage
Kiedrich, Rheingau
* **Gräfenberg**
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Eltville
## Footnote
Important Einzellage
Eltville, Rheingau
* **Sonnenberg**
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Hochheim am Main
## Footnote
Important Einzellagen
Hochheim am Main, Rheingau
* **Hölle**
* **Kirchenstück**
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Nackenheim
## Footnote
Important Einzellage
Nackenheim, Rheinhessen
* **Rothenberg**
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Nierstein
## Footnote
Important Einzellagen
Nierstein, Rheinhessen
* **Hipping**
* **Pettenthal**
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Oppenheim
## Footnote
Important Einzellagen
Oppenheim, Rheinhessen
* **Schützenhütte**
* **Sackträger**
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Westhofen
## Footnote
Important Einzellagen
Westhofen (Rheinhessen)
* **Morstein**
* **Kirchspiel**
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Dalsheim
## Footnote
Important Einzellage
Dalsheim (Rheinhessen)
* **Hubacker**
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Ortsteil
**A vineyard so famous that it does not need a village attached**
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English nickname for German wines
**Hock**
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Major viticulture concerns in Germany
* **Reliability of ripening**
* **Susceptibility of frost**
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When was the Geisenheim Wine Institute founded? Where?
**1872; Rheingau**
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7 popular crossings
* **Muller-Thurgau**
* **Ehrenfelser**
* **Kerner**
* **Bacchus**
* **Faber**
* **Scheurebe**
* **Dornfelder**
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Liebfraumilch
* **Sweet, cheap, characterless**
* **No grape can appear on the label**
* **Can be blended from the Rheinhessen, Nahe, Rheingau and Pfalz**
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AP Number
## Footnote
1st set of numbers
**The region where the wine was tested**
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AP Number
## Footnote
2nd set of numbers
**The commune in which the wine was bottled**
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AP Number
## Footnote
3rd set of numbers
**The bottler's code**
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AP Number
## Footnote
4th set of numbers
**Application number, particular bottling**
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AP Number
5th set of numbers
**The year in which the application was filed**
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If the sparkling wine uses German grapes, what can it be labeled as?
**Deutscher Sekt**
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If the sparkling wine uses German grapes from 1 of the 13 anbaugebiete, what can it be labeled as?
**Deutscher Sekt QbA**
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What 2 anbaugebiet use ranges for their minimum ochsle?
**Baden and Wurttemberg**
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13 Anbaugebiet
**Mosel, Ahr, Mittelrhein, Rheingau, Rheinhessen, Nahe, Pfalz, Hessische-Bergstrasse, Baden, Wurttemberg, Franken, Sachsen, Saale-Unstrut**
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What does VDP stand for?
**Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter**
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VDP
Year founded
**1910**
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Original premise of the VDP
**Strove to promote natur or unchaptalized wines**
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Grosses Gewachs
Max RS
**9 g/l**
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Ortswein
**VDP's answer to Village Wines**
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Gutswein
**VDP's answer to Regional Wines**
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Which level of the pradikat cannot be made from Grosse Lage sites in the Pfalz?
**Kabinett**
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What was the term Classic intended to replace?
**Halbtrocken**
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What was the term Selection intended to replace?
**Trocken**
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Anreicherung
**Broad term for sweetening must before or after fermentation by using sugar, grape must, concentrated grape must or RCGM**
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Abfüller
**Bottler of shipper who assumes the responsibility for the origin and quality of the wine**
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Erste Gewächs
**Legal term used for dry wines in the Rheingau from the best vineyards**
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Erzeugerabfüllung
**Grown and produced by the same grower or cooperative**
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Feinherb
* **Half dry**
* **No legal definition**
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Flashschengarung
**Bottle fermented sekt**
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Flurbereinigung
**Restructuring of German vineyards**
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Grosses Gewachs
* **VDP classification of dry wines from the best vineyards**
* **Must be spatlese ripeness**
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Grosslage
**A collection of vineyards**
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Gutsabfullung
**Grown, produced and bottled by the same person/estate**
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Halbtrocken
**Half dry, generally less than 18 g/l RS**
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Handgeruttelt
**Hand riddeled**
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Kellerei
**Wine cellar**
**(or wholesaler)**
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Leiblich
**Medium sweet**
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Trocken
* **Dry, generally 4 g/l RS or less**
* **But, RS but can be up to 9 g/l, if total acidity is within 2 g/l of total RS**
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Winzergenossenshaft
**Co-op**
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Assmannshausen
**Rheingau**
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Where is it warmer, Rheingau or Rheinhessen?
**Rheingau**
* Due to the warmth provided by the Rhine River
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Rudesheim
**Rheingau**
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Geisenheim
**Rheingau**
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Johannisberg
**Rheingau**
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Winkel
**Rheingau**
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Hattenheim
**Rheingau**
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Hallgarten
**Rheingau**
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Erbach
**Rheingau**
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Kiedrich
**Rheingau**
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Eltville
**Rheingau**
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Hochheim am Main
**Rheingau**
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restusse
**RS**
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füder and stück
* **füder - 1000 L cask, Mosel**
* **stück - 1200 L cask, Rheingau**
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Fruhburgunder
* **Early ripening strain of Pinot Noir**
* **Found in Franken**
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Sachsen
Major River Influences
**Elbe River Valley**
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Roter Hang
Soils
**Slope of red clay and slate**
* Rheinhessen
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Nackenheim
**Rheinhessen**
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Nierstein
**Rheinhessen**
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Oppenheim
**Rheinhessen**
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Westhofen
**Rheinhessen**
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Dalsheim
Rheinhessen
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Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse (Pflaz)
## Footnote
Premier Wine Villages N to S
* **Kallstadt**
* **Ungstein**
* **Bad Durckheim**
* **Wachenheim**
* **Forst**
* **Deidesheim**
* **Ruppertsberg**
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Mosel
## Footnote
Gemeinden
**Trittenheim, Piesport, Brauneberg, Bernkastel-Kues, Graach-an-der-Mosel, Wehlen, Zeltingen, Urzing, Erden**
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Rheingau
## Footnote
Major Villages
**Assmannshausen, Rudesheim, Geisenheim, Johannisberg, Winkel, Hattenheim, Hallgarten, Erbach, Kiedrich, Eltville, Hochheim am Main**
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What is rüssling?
**First recorded spelling of Riesling**
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Scheurebe
Crossing
**Riesling x Bukettrube**
* In Alzey, 1916
* Named after grape breeder Georg Scheu
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Dornfelder
Crossing
**Helfensteiner x Heroldrebe**
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In the 1980s, over 60% of all German vinous exports had what printed on the label?
**Liebfraumilch**
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Liebfraumilch
Permitted Regions
* **Pfalz**
* **Rheinhessen**
* **Nahe**
* **Rheingau**
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What is the world's most northerly wine region dedicated to red wine production?
**Ahr region in Germany**
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German Prädikatswein
Min Alcohol Level
**7%**
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Name 3 German producers that have received 100 points from Robert Parker?
* **Fritz Haag**
* **Dönnoff**
* **Egon Muller**
* **Markus Molitor**
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Where is Schaffhausen?
**Switzerland canton that basically overlaps Germany**
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What is a STR cask?
**shaved, toasted, recharred cask**
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Would you see the name of the village on a bottle of Grosse Lage wine?
No, you'll see the name of the vineyard
You'll see the village on a bottle of Erste Lage
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Germany is on what parallel?
50th
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German term for bottle-fermented:
Flaschengarung
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Kerner is a crossing of which grapes?
Trollinger x Riesling
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Min ABV for Landwein?
8.5%
Grapes must be grown in 26 regions (Landweingebiete)
must be trocken/halbtrocken in style
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Min ABV for Qualitatswein in Germany:
7%
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Who are some members of the VDP?
Robert Weill
Dr Loosen
Egon Muller
JJ Prum
Donnhoff
Keller
Burkling Wolf
Toni Jost
Von Kesselstatt
Reichsgraff
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"Classic" wines under the 2000 vintage can have a max ____% RS
15 g/L
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What are the four tiers of wine defined by the VDP?
Gutswein
Ortswein
Erste Lage
Grosse Lage
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AP number is:
Amtliche Prufungsnumber
11 numbers, 5 sets
Exam number
Commune number
Producer's registered number
Application number
Year of application
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What year was the VDP founded?
1910
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GG wine cannot contain more than ____ g/L RS?
9 g/L
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If you see "Erstes Gewachs" on the label, where is the wine from?
Rheingau
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What does gU stand for?
Geschutze Ursprungsbezeichaung
PDO
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What are GG and VDP wines categorized as in the eyes of German Wine Law?
Qualitatswein (they aren't Pradikatswein)
Could be chapitalized but organizations don't allow
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The Erste Lage tier doesn't exist in these anbaugebiete:
Mosel
Ahr
Rheinhessen
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What term replaced "Trocken" in VDP Grosse Lage wine?
Grosses Gewachs
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What are the aging requirements for GG white wines?
May not be released until Sept 1st, year after harvest
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What's the aging requirement for GG red?
Additional year of aging and 12 months in wood
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What is an Orstweil?
a fantasy name, village tier
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When you see "trocken" on a bottle of VDP wine:
Erste Lage or below
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What is huxelrebe?
Found in the Rheinhessen, Pfalz, Nahe
Crossing of Gutedel x Coutiller Musque
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What are the parent grapes of Muller-Thurgau
Riesling x Madeline Royale
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What associations logo is 3 Roman arches
Charta
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Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg is a monopole of whom ?
Schloss Schönborn
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As 2021 wine laws, what are the classifications of single vineyards?
Grosses Gewachs
Erstes Gewächs
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What category replaces both Bereich and Grosslage in 2021 laws?
Region. The label must state ‘region” on the label
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In 2021 laws, what is village wines called?
Ortswein
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What quality level must Einsellage be?
Kabinett
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What is the max yield and the alcohol requirement of Erstes Gewachs in 2021 laws?
60 hl/ha or 70 hl/ha on steep slopes, 11% ABV
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What is the max yield and the alcohol requirement of Grosses Gewachs in 2021 laws?
50hl/ha, 12%
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What is the aging requirement for Erstes Gewachs in 2021 laws?
March 1st of the following year
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What is the Berkastel Ring?
The oldest wine auction association in Germany. 40 members.
Grow their own grapes, make their own wines, responsible for own marketing and sales
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What are the classification of Mittlerhein Riesling Charter?
Hand Streich
Felsenspiel
Meisterstuck
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What does Gutsabfullung mean?
Estate-bottled
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What is Perlwein?
German equivalent of frizzante, semi-sparkling
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RGG on German label is indicative of?
Rheingau Grosses Gewachs, one of the top 35 wines from Rheingau
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Which German wine estate supposedly discovered Spatlese winemaking?
Schloss Johannesburg
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How many liters does a Füder hold, and which region is it associated with?
1000L; Mosel
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______________ has more Silvaner planted than any other region in the world.
Rheinhessen
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