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What is an abfuller?

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Bottle or shipper who assumes responsibility for origin and quality of wine

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What is an Absetzen?

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The process of settling of solids (dead yeast cells, leftover grape skin fragments, etc.) to the bottom of a vat of wine or must.

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What is an Alleinbesitz?

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A Vineyard which is owned by only one owner (similar to a monopole in France)

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What is “Alte Reben”

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Old Vines

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What is “Amtliche Prufungsnumme”?

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Commonly referred to as the AP number; a quality control number on all QbA and QmP wines. The number contains the Exam board, commune number, producers registered number, an application number, and the year of the application. Some producers use the application number as a sequential indication of sweetness.

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What is “Anreicherung”?

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Broad term for sweetening must before or during fermentation. Whereas chaptalization means the addition of sugar only, enrichment also includes the addition of grape must, concentrated grape must, and RCGM

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What is “Badisch Rotgold”?

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A rotling from the Baden region. Made from Grauburgunder (min. 51%) and Spatburgunder grapes. Composition must be declared on the label.

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What is Biologische Saureabbau?

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Malolactic fermentation

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What is Blauen Schiefer?

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Blue slate

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What is buntsandstein?

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Red sandstone

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What is Duetscher sekt?

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Sparkling wine made from any method from grapes grown in Germany

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What is Edelfaule?

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Noble Rot

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What is an Einzellage?

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Vineyard

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What is Einzelpfahlerziehung?

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A vine individually trained to a single stake. Used on very steep slopes such as the Mosel

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What is Erste Gewaches?

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Legal term used for dry wines in the Rheingau from the best vineyards

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What is Erste Lage?

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Premier Cru vineyards

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What is Erzeugerabfullung?

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Grown and produced by the same grower or coop?

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What is Federweisser?

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Unfiltered must contain CO2 and yeast that is still in the process of fermenting.

An autumn specialy served with onion quiche or roasted chessnuts.

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What is Feinherb?

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Half-Dry - No legal definition

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What is Flashenbarung?

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Bottle-fermented sekt

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What is Flurbeingung?

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Restructuring of Germany vineyards - mostly from the 1971 German Wine law

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What is a Fuder?

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1,000L cask common in the Mosel

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What is a gemeinde?

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Village

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What is Gerbstoff?

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Tannin

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What is Grosser Ring?
Mosel Grower's Association
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What is Grosse Gewaches?
VDP Classification of dry wines from the Grosse Lage Vineyard. Must be Spatlese ripeness
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What is Grosslage?
A collection of vineyards; misleading term for inexpensive wines
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What is Gross Lage?
Grand Cru Vineyards
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What is Gutswein?
Regional wine
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What is Gutsabullung?
Grown, produced and bottled by the same estate
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What is Halbtrocken?
Half-Dry - generally less than 18 g/L RS
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What is Handgeruttelt?
Hand-riddled
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What is Hauptlese?
The main harvest
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What is Kalkstein?
Limestone
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What is Kellerei?
Wine cellar (or wholesaler)
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What is a Kelter?
Wine press
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What is Keuper?
Clay and slate soil
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What is Klassiche Flaschengarung?
Traditional method sparkling wine
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What is Lehm?
Loam soil
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What is Mergel?
Heavy loam
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What is Mostgewicht?
Must weight
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What is Ortsteil?
Part of a village or town
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What is Orstwein?
Village wine - may be produced from typical grape varieties sourced from multiple vineyard sites in a single village
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What is perlwein?
Semi-sparkling wine with 1-2.5 atmospheres of pressure. Either really cheap and horrible or technically a decent quality wine with a protect designation of origin (PDO). Not a protected term.
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What is Reinzuchthenfen?
Pure, culture yeasts. Used by growers afraid of risk such as stuck fermentations
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What is Restzucker?
Residual sugar
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What is Rotliegendes?
Reddish Slate
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What is Rotliegendes?
Reddish Slate
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What is Rotling?
Rose wine that is produced from mixture of red and white grapes. Pale red or clear red in color
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What is schielerwein?
A rotling from Sachsen
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What is schillerwein?
A rotling from Wurrtemberg
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What is a Schloss?
German word for castle
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What is schneewein?
Snow wine - ice wine when snow covered the vineyards
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What is schotter?
Gravel
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What is Sonnenuhr?
Sundial
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What is Spoontangarung?
Wines made from native yeast ferment
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What is Spritzig?
Taste sensation of a wine which contains just enough CO2 to be apparent on the tounge as a prickly sensation but not enough to be obviously sparkling
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What is steillage?
Steep site - 30 degrees or more
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What is a stuck?
1,200-liter cask. Common in the Rheingau
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What is ton?
Clay
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What is trocken?
Dry generally 4 g/L or less but residual sugar BUT can be up to 9 g/L if totally acidity is within 2 g/L of total residual sugar
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What is Vorlese?
A pre-harvest before main harvest to eliminate rotten or defective bunches
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What is a Weinberg?
Vineyard
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What is a Weinkellerei?
Wine cellar or winery
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What is weinsaure?
Tartaric acid
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What is Weissherbst?
Rose from a single variety of red grape
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What is a Winzer?
Winegrower
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What is Winzersekt?
Single-varietal, estate-grown sparkling wines. Most common with Riesling but also made with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir (as rose), Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris. Grape and vintage must be on the label. Must be produced by traditional method. Grapes must come from producer or co-op's combined vineyards. Wines must be made in the same region they are grown.
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What is a Winzergenossenschaft?
Co-Op
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What is a Zentralkellerei?
A central cooperative that gets it's wine or must from smaller cellar in the area and blends, produces and bottles the wine.

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