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When did German wines laws get revised?

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Revised in 2021

Binding in 2026

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Are German wine laws simple?

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No! Complicated and confusing.

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What does traditional German wine law recognize?

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Specificity of regions but still defines quality in each by ripeness

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Description of new system was added to German wine laws in 2021; it will be binding in 2026

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Recognizes terroir and site specificity in relation to quality

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Did the new German wine laws of 2021 replace existing wine laws?

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No - the new system overlaps the old system.

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List the classifications of German wine from basic to premium.

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TBA
BA
Auslese
Spätlese
Kabinett
Qualitätswein
Tafelwein and Landwein
Deutscher Wein and Deutscher Sekt
Sekt

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Prädikatswein chaptalization:

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Nein!!!!

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Define Sekt

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Non-German sparkling wine with mimimum EU quality standards

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Define Deutscher Wein and Deutscher Sekt:

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100% from Germany

Wine without a geographical designation

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Define Landwein in Germany:

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From 1 of 26 larger regions called Landweingebiete.

Must be trocken or halbtrocken in sweetness.

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Define German Qualitätswein:

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Wines are made with approved grapes sourced from one of Germany’s 13 regions (Anbaugebiete)

Chaptalization is legal.

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Define Landweingebiete:

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Larger grape growing region

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Define Anbaugebiete:

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1 of 13 German wine growing regions

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List German Anbaugebiete:

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Mosel
Rheingau
Rheinhessen
Franken
Baden
Pfalz
etc.

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Define German Pradikätswein:

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Wines are qualified by ripeness level and have minimum alcohol requirements.

Chaptalization illegal.

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List German VDP wines from premium to basic.

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VDP Grosses Gëwachs (GG) / VDP Grosses Lage

VDP Erste Lage

VDP Ortswein (i.e., Village)

VDP Gutswein

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Review the following label. Anything you can remember?

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Wine region: Mosel - Saar - Ruwer
Producer: Fritz Haag
Vintage: 2003
Grape Varietal: Riesling
Ripeness Level: Kabinett
Village: Braunenberger
Vineyard: Juffer
Quality Classification: Qualitätswein mit Prädikat

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Giveaway that something is a village:

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“Er” is the tell that it is a village / ortwein

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Grosse Lage definition:

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Grand Cru vineyard

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Meaning of “GG” on label:

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Dry style from a Grosse Lage vinegard

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Mosel climate:

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Cold and marginal

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What is the Mosel?

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A winding river

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Geography of Mosel:

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Extremely steep inclines
Blue slate soils that reflect light

Calmont Vineyard, steepest in Europe, 68% angle

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What is a Bereich?

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German wine subregion

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How many Bereich is the Mosel divided into:
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Two notable Bereichs in Mosel:
Bernkastel Saar
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Describe a Mosel wine:
Often off-dry Low alcohol Delicate citrus, fruit and floral
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Where are the best vineyards in the Mosel?
Concentrated in the Bernkastel Bereich.
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Notable vineyards in Bernkastel:
Piesporter Goldtropfchen Doctor Vineyard Urziger Wurzgarten Sonnenuhr vineyards: - Wehlener - Zeltinger
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Saar Bereich: notable vineyard:
Star of the Saar Scharzhofberg
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Rheingau geography:
One long SOUTH facing slope that sits on the northern bank of the Rhine River.
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What geographical feature protects the Rheingau from wind and rain?
Taunus hills
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How does the Rhine river ripen grapes?
Sunlight reflecting off river assists in grape ripening.
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What is warmer: the Rhiengau or the Mosel
Rhiengau
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Which wines are more fuller bodied: those from the Rheingau or the Mosel?
Rheingau
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What style of wine is most celebrated in the Rheingau?
Dry
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What is the only Bereich in the Rheingau?
Johannisberg
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Exceptional vineyard in the Rhiengau that grows Pinot Noir:
Assmanhausen
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Four exceptional vineyards in the Rheingau?
Schloss Vollrads Jesuitengarten Hocheimer Holle Hocheimer Kirchenstuck
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What is notable about Schoss Johannnisberg in the Rheingau?
First spatlëse made here.
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Rheinhessen size:
Larger region with the largest number of acres under vine of any of the Anbaugebiete
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Quality of wine made in Rheinhessen:
Variable quality Lots of lower quality bulk wine made here
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Where are the best sites in Rheinhessen?
Close to the Rhine's moderating influence
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What grape thrives in Rheinhessen?
Silvaner More here than Franken
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In what anbaugebiete(s) does Silvaner grow in Germany?
Rheinhessen and Franken
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Baden climate:
Warmest subregion with nearly a Mediterranean climate
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Baden soil characteristics:
Heterogenous soils
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What factors moderate the Baden climate?
Black Forest protects from severe winds Mild rain shadow from Vosges
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Dominant grape in Baden:
Pinot Noir
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What is the most celebrated Bereich in Baden?
Kaiserstuhl (the King's Chair)
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Notable geographical feature of the Kaiserstuhl:
Covers an extinct volcano and its surrounding areas
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Best sites in Kaiserstuhl:
Steep Protected from the winds and rain
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How big is the Pfalz:
Second largest region by acres under vine
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Pfalz grapes:
Diversity of grapes grown Pinot and Riesling thrive Some Pinot clones authorized for Grosse Lage bottlings
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Name of mountain range that provides some rain shadow protection to Baden:
Haardt Hills
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Two best terroirs in the Pfalz:
Forster Kirchenstuck Forster Jesuitengarten ## Footnote In the forest, Jesuits fall in the churchstuck
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Best gimmeldinger in the Pfalz
Mandelgarten | David Mandel falls in the gimmeldinger garden
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Where is Nahe?
West of the Rheinhessen
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Notable geographical feature of Nahe:
High level of heterogeneity for such a small region
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Nahe climate:
Moderate by German standards Driest region in Germany
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Notable Nahe producer:
Emrich Schönleber ## Footnote [https://glossary.wein.plus/emrich-schoenleber]
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Notable bald Nahe producer:
Donhoff
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Donhoff monopole:
Oberhauser Brücke
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Give 2 notable Nahe producers:
Nigh, Rich shon and Don!
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Smallest wine growing region in Germany:
Ahr
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Dominant grape focus in Ahr:
Pinot Noir, despite northerly location
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Moderating factors in Ahr:
Canyon in the Eifel hills Slopes drain cold air Dark slate soil
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Ahr Pinot Noir characteristics:
Pinot Noir clone: cold hardy, earlier ripening Fruhburgunder: PN clone that is thicker skin, softer acid and earlier ripening
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Alleinbesitz meaning:
A vineyard owned by one owner, similar to a monopole in France
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Alte Reben meaning:
Old vine
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Edelfäule meaning:
Noble rot
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Einzellage meaning:
Single vineyard
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Erstes Gëwachs meaning:
VDP classification of dry wines from Premier Cru vineyards Formerly a legal term used for dry wines in the Rheingau from the best vineyards
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Feinherb meaning:
Half-dry, no legal definition
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Füder meaning:
1,000 litre cask common in the Mosel
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Gemeinde meaning:
Local community or village such as Piersport
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Grosses Gëwachs meaning:
VDP classification of dry wines from Grand Cru (best) vineyards
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Grosse Lage meaning:
Single vineyard Grand Cru
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Gutsabfüllung meaning:
Grown, produced and bottled by the same person / estate
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Schloss meaning:
German word for castle On wine label, equivalent to French word "Château"
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Sonnenuhr meaning:
A sundial Often, very large and on steep vineyard sites
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Stück meaning:
1,200 litre cask used in the Rheingau
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Trocken meaning? Levels of RS? Exception:
Dry, generally 4 g/l or less RS can be up to 9 g/l if total acidity is within 2 g/l of total RS
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Winzer meaning:
Winegrower
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VDP meaning:
Verband Deutscher Pradikatweingüter
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Liebfraumilch
German style of semi-sweet wine. Regulations state that at least 70 percent of the wine must be made from one or more of Riesling, Silvaner, Kerner or Müller-Thurgau. Rheinhessen area
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Grosses Gëwachs wines must be at least what level of ripeness?
Spätlese

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