Germany-Rest of Flashcards by Watson Brown

What grape is local specialty of Franken? However…

Silvaner, however plantings are decreasing and the region has less than others (Rheinhessen has most in the world)

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What is the major river of Franken?

Main River (trib of Rhine)

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What is a bocksbeutel? Which region is it traditionally used in?

squat, flask shaped bottled traditionally used in Franken (Silvaner)

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What are the 3 main Bereiche of Fraken?

Mainviereck (westernmost)
Maindreieck
Steigerwald (easternmost)

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Which Bereich of Franken is best for PN?

Mainviereck

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What is the primary village of the Mainviereck of Franken? Best producer here?

Bürgstadt

Rudolf Fürst for PN

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Which Bereich of Franken is responsible for the majority of production?

Maindreieck (3/4 of region)

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What is primary soil of Mainviereck of Franken?

red sandstone

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What is primary soil of Maindreieck?

muschelkalk (shell-limestone)

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What is the Taubertal?

Tauber River is trib of the Main River

i. Taubertal divided in 1971, portion remains in Franken, rest is split between Baden and Württemberg
ii. Riesling and Silvaner dominate in Bocksbeutel
iii. Württemberg cannot bottle in Bocks.

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Which village is commercial center for Franken?

Würtzburg (in Maindreieck)

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What is best known vineyard in Franken? Where in Franken?

Stein (85ha)

Würzburg in Maindreieck

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Who is largest producer in Franken?

Juliusspital

charitable hospital financed by large wine org

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Which region is the highest and coolest of Franken? From what does it take it’s name?

Steigerwald

Steigerwald Forest

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What is soil type of Steigerwald region of Franken?

heat retaining black gypsum

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What is most important village of Steigerwald region of Franken? Why?

Castell

introduction of Silvaner by Cistercian monks in 1659

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What is primary grape of Nahe?

Riesling

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What is primary river of the Nahe?

Nahe, doi!

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What forms the border between Nahe and Mosel?

Hünsruck Hochwalk Forest forms natural border on W edge of Nahe

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Which region is the driest in GR?

Nahe has the lowest ave annual rainfall

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What is the general facade of the Nahe vineyards?

Vineyards typically planted on steep S facing slopes on N bank of Nahe

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What is general climate of Nahe?

transitional between maritime and continental

Overall mild and dry, lowest average annual rainfall in GR

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What is the sole Bereich of the Nahe? How is it divided?

Nahetal

3 sub zones:

Upper Nahe (westernmost)
Middle Nahe
Lower Nahe (easternmost)

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Which region of Nahe is the coolest and closest to Hunsrück Hills?

Upper Nahe

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What are important villages of Upper Nahe?

Monzingen Schlossböckelheim Bockenau

What is best vineyard of Monzingen?

Frühlingsplätzchen

What happened to the Frühlingsplätzchen vineyard in the 1971 laws? Who is still eminent producer here?

went from 8 to 64 ha. Emrich-Schönleber

What are best vineyards of Schlossböckelheim?

Felsenberg | Kupfergrube

Who are top producers of Upper Nahe?

Schäfer-Frolich | Emrich-Schönleber

Which region of Nahe is most famous?

Middle Nahe

What is primary soil structure of Nahe?

volcanic, slate, limestone, schist

What are primary villages of Middle Nahe?

``` Oberhausen Niederhausen Norheim Traisen Bad Kreuznach ```

What is the alleinbesitz of Dönnhoff in Nahe? Which Gemeinde?

Oberhauser Brüke in Oberhausen

What is best einzellage of Neiderhausen? Best Producer?

Hermannshöhle Donnhoff

What is best vineyard of Norheim?

Dellchen (in Middle Nahe)

What is largest town and commerical center of Nahe?

Bad Kreuznach

Which part of the Nahe forms a triangle w/ Rheingau and Rheinhessen?

Lower Nahe

What is the soil structure of the Lower Nahe?

heavier soils w/ clay and loess

Which region of Nahe is best for PN? Caveat?

Lower Nahe, however still not allowed in Grosse Lage einzellagen

Who is primary producer of Lower Nahe? Home village?

Schlossgut Diel in Burg Layen

What percentage of Württemberg is planted to red grapes?

70%

What is most planted grape of Württemberg? Other local specialties? 2nd most planted grape?

Trollinger (Schiava) Lemberger, Schwarzriesling (Meunier), Schillerwein Riesling 2nd most, and most planted white

What is Schillerwein?

Rosé unique to Württemberg, few EU styles where blending is allowed, in this case, mandated

What is primary river of Württemberg?

Neckar (w/ many tribs including Tauber)

Which Bereich of Württemburg has the highest concentration of vineyards?

Württembergisch Unterland

primary producer of Württemberg?

Weingut Graf Neipperg

What is river informing the Ahr? Mtn range?

Ahr River and Eifel Mtns

What climactic factors make the Ahr unique but high quality region for PN?

N of 50th Parallel, but moderated by Gulf Stream, which elongates growing season. Also, heat retaining slate soils

What is the Bereich of Ahr? How is it divided?

Walporzheim-Ahrtal Upper and Lower Ahr

What are the primary differences between Upper and Lower Ahr?

Upper=pure slate soils, sparsely planted Lower=warmer, more densely planted, clay-basalt over slate

What are primary villages of Upper Ahr?

Dernau | Walporzheim

What are primary Gemeinde of Lower Ahr?

Ahrweiler | Bad-Neuenahr

Primary producers of Ahr?

Meyer-Näkel Jean Stodden JJ Adeneuer

Which producer is largely responsible for the international repute of Ahr Spätburgunder? When?

1980's Meyer-Näkel began shifting towards PN production

Which region of GR is smallest?

Hessische-Bergstrasse (in both size and ha planted)

What is the trans of Hessische-Bergstrasse?

"Hessen Mtn Road"

Which region did the Hessische-Bergstrasse historically belong to? Specifically which producer?

Rheingau part of extensive network of Kloster Eberbach's vineyards

Who owns the vast majority of vineyards in Hessische-Bergstrasse?

Bergstrasse Winzer eG co-op *owns more than 1/2

Which 2 anbaugebiete of GR were added in 1990 during the reunification of the country?

Sachsen (Saxony) and Saale-Unstrut

Which regions are the northernmost in GR?

Both Sachen and Saale-Unstrut are on the 51st parallel

Which river informs Sachsen?

Elbe River

Which grape is most planted in both Sachsen and Saale-Unstrut?

Müller-Thurgau

What is most planted white grape of Franken?

Müller-Thurgau

Which region of GR is fastest growing?

Saale-Unstrut, yet still only 800 ha under vine

What is local specialty of Sachsen? How much exists?

Goldriesling, a crossing developed in Alsace in 1893 Dry to off-dry styles only 12 ha or so exist so, sort of who cares

Which Anbaugebeit of Germany is the worlds most northerly region dedicated to red wine?

Ahr Valley

Where does Saale-Unstrut take it's name?

The region meets at both the Saale and Unstrut rivers

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