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Germany: Franken + Pfalz + Southern Flashcards

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Franken main grapes planted

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Red Grapes (19%)
Spätburgunder: 261 ha

White Grapes (81%)
Müller Thurgau: 1,718 ha
Silvaner: 1,406 ha
Bacchus: 730 ha
Riesling: 332 ha

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Franken geographical features

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follows winding course of Main River
Tauber river valley to the south

protected from North and East winds by the Rhön and Steigerwald ranges

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Franken Bereich

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Mainviereck (western reaches)
Maindreieck (central)
Steigerwald (southern)

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Mainviereck

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Bereich of Franken. “four sided Main” - course of river resembles a rectangle here
weathered red sandstone
milder climate than the rest of Franken- only place warm enough for Pinot Noir

villages: Klingenberg, Bürgstadt

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Maindreieck

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Bereich of Franken. “three sided Main”- river forms a triangle shape here

village: Wurzburg

GL: Stein: south-facing limestone and loess slope overlooking the Main. Riesling and Silvaner

GL: Stein-berg

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What is the traditional bottle for Frankisch wines?

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a bockspeutel- squat and flask shaped

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Franken - important village and vineyards

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Würzburg: Stein, Leiste
Bürgstadt: Centgrafenberg

Escherndorf: Lump
Iphofen: Julius Echter Berg

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List 2 producers from Franken

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Hans Wirsching and Horst Sauer

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What is Germany’s smallest Anbaugebiet?

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Hessische-Bergstrasse, with just under 460 hectares under vine

translates to Hessian Mountain Road

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Hessische-Bergstrasse bereich

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Starkenburg, Umstadt

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Hessische-Bergstrasse soils?

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decomposed granite, sandstone and quartz, with loess to varying degrees

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Hessische-Bergstrasse main grapes?

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in order of plantings:

Riesling*
Spatburgunder
Grauburgunder
also: Weissburgunder, Muller Thurgau

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Important villages Hessische Bergstrasse?

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Schonberg
Heppenheim
Bensheim

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Where is Schönberg? Vineyard?

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Hessische-Bergstrasse

Herrnwingert

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Where is Heppenheim? Vineyard? Producer?

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Hessische-Bergstrasse

Vineyards: Centgericht; Steinkopf

Kloster Eberbach Domaine Bergstrasse

Hessische Staatsweingüter Domaine Bergstrasse (Bensheim)

Simon-Bürkle (Zwingenberg)

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largest vineyard owner in Hessische Bergstrasse?

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largest vineyard holding (35 planted hectares) belongs to Kloster Eberbach and the state winery, Hessische Staatsweingüter.

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german region nicknamed “spring garden”

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Hessische Bergstrasse- marks division between cooler areas to the north, and Baden / warmer areas to the south

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Where is Würzberg? Vineyards? Producer?

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Franken

Stein, Leiste

Juliusspital (bottles in bocksbeutel!)

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What is Mariensteiner?

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cross between Riesling and Silvaner, developed in Würzburg, Franken in 1971

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Where is Burgstadt? Vineyard? Producer?

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Franken

Centgrafenberg; Hunsrück

Weingut Rudolph Furst

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What was Pfalz called until 1992?

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Rheinpfalz

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What is the soil type in Pfalz?

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Incredibly varied (just like Alsace!)

red sandstone, calcium based limestone, loess, red slate, basalt, igneous granite, alluvial gravel

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Describe the vineyard orientation in the Pfalz

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Vineyards are planted on east facing slopes of the Haardt hills

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What is the most famous vineyard site in Pfalz? Where is it? 3 producers bottling it?

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GL Kirchenstück, in the village of Forst. Finest, warmest, and most uniform site in the Mittelhaardt. Shared by 8 owners. Enclosed by a small sandstone wall. planted entirely to Riesling.

Burklin Wolf
Reichsrat von Buhl
Von Winning

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Important grapes Pfalz?
Riesling Spatburgunder Weissburgunder Scheurebe (sweet wines) Sauvignon blanc
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Kallstadt - where is this? Name a vineyard?
a village in Pfalz. Vineyard: Saumagen
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Ungstein - where is this?
a village in Pfalz
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Bad Dürkheim- where is this?
a village in Pfalz
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Wachenheim- where is this? vineyards?
a village in Pfalz Böhlig Rechvächel Gerümpel Bürklin-Wolf is based here
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Forst - where is it? List 3 vineyards
a village in Pfalz, was the most highly rated Pfalz village in the Bavarian government's vineyard classification of 1828. Kirchenstück Freundstück Pechstein Ungeheuer Jesuitengarten*
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Deidesheim- where is it? Name a vineyard
a village in Pfalz Langenmorgen Hohenmorgen Kieselberg
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Ruppertsberg- where is it? Name a vineyard
a village in Pfalz Reiterpfad Gaisböhl (Burklin-Wolf monopole)
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List 5 producers Pfalz
3 B's: Bassermann-Jordan von Buhl Bürklin-Wolf Müller-Catoir Friedrich Becker (spatburgunder) Hansjörg Rebholz Von Winning Knipser
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Where is the German Wine Institute?
in Mainz, also called Wines of Germany - it is a marketing / communication organization for the German wine industry
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Where is the Rheinhessen?
it lies just south of Mainz, SW of Frankfurt. Pfalz is to the south, Nahe to the west, and Rheingau to the North. Rhine river to east
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What is Liebfraumilch?
translates to "beloved lady's milk," named because the wine originally came from vineyards belonging to the Church of our Lady in Worms (Rheinhessen) now- low quality semi sweet wine from Riesling, Muller Thurgau, and Silvaner. produced in Rheinhessen, Pfalz, Nahe, or Rheingau
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Most planted grapes grown in Baden?
Spätburgunder: 5,592 ha Müller Thurgau: 2,559 ha Grauburgunder: 1,896 ha Weissburgunder: 1,373 ha Riesling: 1,119 ha Gutedel (Chasselas): 1,117 ha
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Which lake separates Germany and Switzerland in SW Germany?
Lake Constance, in Baden Bodensee in German On the Swiss side of Lake Constance is the small winegrowing canton of Thurgau, where the grape’s breeder Hermann Müller was born
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Geographical features in Baden?
Rhine River to West Black Forest to East in rain shadow of the Vosges mountains Lake Bodensee (Constance) to the South East
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Baden climate
one of warmest and sunniest in Germany. Germany's hottest vineyard, Ihringer Winklerberg is here
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Grapes permitted for Grosse Lage wines in Baden?
Riesling Weissburgunder Grauburgunder (Ruländer if sweet) Chardonnay Spatburgunder Lemberger (Badische Bergstrasse & Kraichgau)
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Important Bereich in Baden? soils?
Kaiserstuhl Ortenau Breisgau Tuniberg dynamic soil profiles, with various granitic, volcanic, calcareous, and loess formations
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Kaiserstuhl where? elevation villages GL
Bereich of Baden, most celebrated area for Spatburgunder. Warmest and best, vines close to the banks of the Rhine. The hills crown an extinct volcano, draped in varying layers of loess. The best sites are steep, with more pure volcanic soil Villages: Achkarren, Burkheim, Oberrotweil, Ihringen, Sasbach elevation 150-250 meters. highest point is 557 meters GL: Winklerberg (In Ihringen)
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Breisgau where? villages
Bereich of Baden. weathered limestone, with their backs against the Black Forest, 20 kilometers or more from the Rhine good for Spatburgunder villages: Freiburg, Malterdingen, Emmendingen, Lahr, Hecklingen
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Tuniberg where? village
Bereich of Baden, formally separated from Kaiserstuhl in 1991. Situated on calcareous rather than volcanic subsoil, Tuniberg has a more thorough distribution of loess and loess-loam topsoils village: Attilafelsen
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What are the most planted red and white grapes in Württemberg?
Trollinger (Schiava) Riesling production is 70% red
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Wurttemburg grapes allowed for GL
Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Lemberger
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Trollinger
Synonym for Schiava, grown in Württemberg, Germany most planted grape in Württemberg
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Lemberger
Synonym for Blaüfrankisch in Württemberg, Germany
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Schwarzriesling
Synonym for Meunier in Württemberg, Germany
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What is Schillerwein?
special style of rosé from Württemberg, Germany. one of few European rosés that may be blended
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What is the main river in Württemberg?
Neckar (a tributary to the Rhine) It's tributaries: Tauber, Rems, Kocher, Jagst
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Which is the smallest Anbaugebiet in Germany?
Hessische Bergstrasse. it is about 50 km due south of Frankfurt, it is known as the "spring garden," signaling a transition between the cooler areas to its north and Baden to the south
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Württemberg producers
Weingut Graf Neipperg of Schwaigern + regional co-ops
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Württemberg geographical features
Tauber River Valley + Neckar River to north lake Constance to south
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Württemberg Bereich
Remstal-Stuttgart, Württembergisch Unterland**, Württembergisch Bodensee, Bayerischer Bodensee, Kocher-Jagst-Tauber, Oberer Neckar
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What is Schillerwein?
Schillerwein rose from Württemberg. Alongside pink Champagne, it is one of the few styles of European rosés for which blending is permitted. For Schillerwein, it is the rule. its name derives from the German verb schillern, which means to shimmer or scintillate. They are typically light, trocken or halbtrocken in style, and contain 11 to 12.5% finished alcohol.
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Bereich of Pfalz
Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse and the Südliche Weinstrasse both named for the "wine route"
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Muschelkalk
shell - limestone found in Pfalz
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Pfalz grapes for VDP GL
Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir
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Most planted grapes Pfalz
Riesling 5,737 ha Dornfelder 3,164 ha Müller Thurgay 2,078 ha Portugieser 1,781 ha
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Pfalz grower co-ops
Südpfalz Connexion Winechanges Generation Pfalz
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Fünf Freunde
"five friends" alliance of producers in the Pfalz to encourage dialogue and an exchange of information. founded by Hansjörg Rebholz and Karl-Heinz Wehrheim in 1991
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Von Winning
producer in the Pfalz. Originally referred to 3 estates under the same ownership- von Bassermann-Jordan, von Buhl, and Dr. Deinhard. They split in 1848 by inheritance. Now they are all again under the same owner, and Deinhard was renamed Von Winning
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World's largest grower of Riesling?
Pfalz, with around 14,000 acres
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Notable Spatburgunder producer in Pfalz?
Frederich Becker: Heydenreich Pinot Noir GG Sankt Paul Pinot Noir Von Winning also makes Pinot Noir
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Notable Spatburgunder producers in Baden
Weingut Bernhard Huber 'R' Schlossberg GG Weingut Dr. Heger 'Hausleboden' Ihringer Winklerberg GG Weingut Salwey Kirchberg GG
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Baden grapes for VDP GL
Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Lemberger (Badische Bergstrasse & Kraichgau)
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Top producers Baden
Bernhard Huber (Malterdingen), Andreas Laible (Durbach), R. and C. Schneider (Endingen), Salwey (Oberrotweil), Dr. Heger (Ihringen), Enderle & Moll (Münchweier)
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Franken VDP GL grapes
Riesling, Silvaner, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir
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first Silvaner plantings in Germany?
planted in 1659 in Castell, a town near Würzburg, Franken

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