Lj. Test Questions, Germany

Question 1

What region in Germany does the village of Piesport reside in?

a) Rheingau
b) Mosel
c) Pfalz

Answer 1

b) Mosel

Question 2

What is an Anbaugebiet?

a) designated regions for PDO wine
b) individual vineyard site
c) a district within a region

Answer 2

a) designated regions for PDO wine

Question 3

In which of these 2 regions is the Silvaner grape most widely planted?

a) Mosel and Pfalz
b) Rheingau and Ahr
c) Rheinhessen and Franken

Answer 3

c) Rheinhessen and Franken

Question 4

How many Anbaugebiete are there in Germany?

a) 8
b) 13
c) 11

Answer 4

b)13

Question 5

What does the region of Baden have a reputation for?

a) white wines from Silvaner and Muller-Thurgau
b) crisp and elegant Rieslings
c) red wines from Spätburgunder

Answer 5

c) red wines from Spätburgunder

Question 6

What does the term Erste Lage mean?

a) off dry Rieslings from anywhere in Germany
b) top vineyard sites of the VDP members
c) botrytis wines in distinctive flask shaped bottles

Answer 6

b) Top vineyard sites of the VDP members

Question 7

What is the minimum temperature for picking eiswein?

a) – 15 C
b) – 2 C
c) – 8 C

Answer 7

c) – 8 C

Question 8

What is Sϋssreserve?

a) unfermented grape juice
b) rectified concentrated grape must
c) sugar from sources other than grapes

Answer 8

a) unfermented grape juice

Question 9

Which region does the village of Johannisberg reside in?

a) Rheingau
b) Pfalz
c) Nahe

Answer 9

a) Rheingau

Question 10

Which style best describes a Riesling Spätlese?

a) light in body with green apple and citrus flavours
b) light to medium body with flavours of stone fruits and citrus
c) medium body with flavours of stone fruits and tropical

Answer 10

b)
Light to medium body
Flavours of stone fruits / citrus

Question 11

Alte Reben

Answer 11

Old Vines

Question 12

What is Einzellage?

Answer 12

Individual vineyard site

Question 13

What is Oechsle?

Answer 13

German scale for measuring must weight

Question 14

What is Rulander grape know as?

Answer 14

Pinot Gris.

GrauBurgunder

Question 15

Designated wine-growing REGIONS for PDO wine is called?

Answer 15

Anbaugebiete

Question 16

Prädikatswein must be produced from allowed varieties in one of the 39 SUBREGIONS (districts) called?

Answer 16

Bereich

Question 17

Individual vineyard site is called?

Answer 17

Einzellage

Question 18

What is the term used for a group of Vineyards?

Answer 18

Grosslage

Question 19

How is German wine graded. According to?

Answer 19

Must Weight at Harvest

Question 20

Wines that do not have a Geographical location Identification will now be labeled?

Answer 20

Deutscher Wien

Question 21

What is the Abbreviated version for a German PDO Wine?

Answer 21

g.U.

Question 22

QBA are produced from grapes grown exclusively in one of the 13 Anbaugebiet sites. True / False

Answer 22

True

Question 23

QBA. Blending of wines from outside individual Anbaugebiet is allowed. True / False

Answer 23

False

Question 24

Chapiilization is allowed for a QBA wine? True / False

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Pradikatswein must come from a single Bereich? True / False

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Can a Pradikatswein wine be enriched?

Answer 26

No

Question 27

Can a Pradikatswein have Sussreserve added?

Answer 27

Yes

Question 28

When is Sussreserve added?

Answer 28

After fermentation before bottling.

Question 29

What must a Pradikatswein show on its label?

Answer 29

What quality level it belongs to.

Question 30

What are the levels of a Pradikatswein wine?

Answer 30

``` Kabinet. Spatlesse. Auslesse. BernAuslesse. Icewine. TrockenBernAuslesse. ```

Question 31

What is Grosses Gewachs?

Answer 31

Dry wine from a VDP member from a Erste Large Site

Question 32

What percentage of white grapes are grown in Germany?

Answer 32

60%

Question 33

What is Rivaner aka?

Answer 33

Muller - Thurgau

Question 34

Muller - Thurgau is a crossing? T/F

Answer 34

True

Question 35

Silvaner has moderate acidity and moderate fruit? T/ F

Answer 35

True

Question 36

What is Scheurebe predominate aroma?

Answer 36

Grapefruit

Question 37

Scheurebe and Kerner are well suited to?

Answer 37

Icewine

Question 38

What type of yield does Dornfelder produce?

Answer 38

High

Question 39

Dornfelder, light or deep coloured?

Answer 39

Deep

Question 40

Germany's great white wines, dry, white are characterized by?

Answer 40

Purity of fruit

Question 41

What type of soil is to be found in the best vineyards of the Mosel?

Answer 41

Stoney Slate

Question 42

A typical Mosel Riesling is what?

Answer 42

Light Body. High Acid. Low Alcohol

Question 43

Which wine is slightly more fruitier, Mosel or Nahe?

Answer 43

Nahe

Question 44

What percentage of Dornfelder is planted in the Nahe?

Answer 44

25%

Question 45

Which hills protect the Rhinegau?

Answer 45

Taunus

Question 46

What style of wine started being produced in Rudeshiem in the 1980's?

Answer 46

Dry White

Question 47

The town of Assmannshausen is known for which grape?

Answer 47

Spatburgunder

Question 48

What is the most planted grape in the Rhine-Hessen?

Answer 48

Muller - Thurgau

Question 49

Which is the largest wine growing region in Germany?

Answer 49

Rhinehessen.

Question 50

Which is the second largest wine growing region in Germany?

Answer 50

Pfalz

Question 51

Which mountains are located in the Pfalz?

Answer 51

Haardt

Question 52

Which region in Germany is known to be the dries?

Answer 52

Pfalz

Question 53

What are the three red varieties grown in the Pfalz?

Answer 53

Spatburgunder. Dornfelder. Portugieser

Question 54

Wachenheim, Forst, Deidesheim and Ruppertsberg collectively are referred to as ?

Answer 54

MittelHardt

Question 55

Which villages are considered to be producing the best wines out of the Pfalz?

Answer 55

Deidesheim. | Forst

Question 56

Baden produces the fullest bodied German wines with the highest alcohol? T/F

Answer 56

True

Question 57

Deeply coloured and often oaked Pinot Noir come from?

Answer 57

Baden

Question 58

Which two grape varieties dominate and Franken and are considered to be the most prestigious?

Answer 58

Silavaner. | Muller - Thurgau

Question 59

What is the name of the Franken distictly shaped bottle?

Answer 59

BocksBeutal

Question 60

In Franken the best wines are from the south facing slopes around?

Answer 60

Wuzburg

Question 61

Dry with a richness on the palate and a marked earthy quality, describes which wine?

Answer 61

Franken Silvaner