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What is Pfalz known as to English-speakers?

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Palatinate

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Pfalz was officially named Rheinpfalz until what year?

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1992

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Pfalz

Climate

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  • 1 of warmest winegrowing regions in Germany
  • Sunny and dry
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Pfalz

Soils

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extremely complex makeup - layers of:

  • Red sandstone
  • Calcium-based limestone
  • Loess
  • Red slate
  • Basalt
  • Igneous granite
  • Alluvial gravel
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Year Rheinpfalz name went out of use

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1992

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What are the Vosges Mountains called once they cross into the Pfalz?

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The Haardt Hills

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Pfalz

VDP authorized varietals for Grosse Lage

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Riesling, Weissburgunder, Spätburgunder

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Pfalz

2 Bereiche

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  • Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse
  • Südliche Weinstrass
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Mittelhaard-Deutsche Weinstrasse

7 geimenden N to S

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  • Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse
    • Kallstadt: Saumagen
    • Ungstein
    • Bad Dürkheim
    • Wachenheim
    • Forst: Kirchenstück, Freundstück, Pechstein, Ungeheuer, Jesuitengarten
    • Deidesheim: Langenmorgen, Hohenmorgen, Kieselberg
    • Ruppertsberg: Reiterpfad, Gaisböhl (Bürklin-Wolf monopole)
    • Königsbach: Idig
  • Südliche-Weinstrasse:
    • Siebeldingen: Im Sonnenschein
    • Birkweiler: Kastanienbusch
    • Schweigen: Kammerberg
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Südliche-Weinstrasse

3 gemeinden

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  • Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse
    • Kallstadt: Saumagen
    • Ungstein
    • Bad Dürkheim
    • Wachenheim
    • Forst: Kirchenstück, Freundstück, Pechstein, Ungeheuer, Jesuitengarten
    • Deidesheim: Langenmorgen, Hohenmorgen, Kieselberg
    • Ruppertsberg: Reiterpfad, Gaisböhl (Bürklin-Wolf monopole)
    • Königsbach: Idig
  • Südliche-Weinstrasse:
    • Siebeldingen: Im Sonnenschein
    • Birkweiler: Kastanienbusch
    • Schweigen: Kammerberg
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Kallstadt

Important Einzellage

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Kallstadt (Pfalz)

  • Saumagen
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Kallstadt

  • Einzellage
    • Producer
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Kallstadt

  • Saumagen (pig’s stomach)
    • Koehler-Ruprecht
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Ungstein

  • Einzellagen
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Ungstein

  • Herrenberg-Kanzel (pulpit)
  • Vogelsang (singing bird)
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Ungstein

Pfeffingen

Famous grape

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Scheurebe

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Bad Dürkheim

  • Einzellagen
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Bad Dürkheim

  • Michelsberg
  • Spielberg (Play/Game Mountain)
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Bad Dürkheim

Einzellagen

Producer

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  • Michelsberg
    • Karl Schaefer
  • Spielberg (Play/Game Mountain)
    • Karl Schaefer
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Wachenheim

  • Einzellagen
    • Producers
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Wachenheim

  • Gerümpel
    • Bürklin-Wolf
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Forst, Pfalz

Einzellagen

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  • Kirchenstück
  • Freundstück
  • Pechstein
  • Ungeheuer
  • Jesuitengarten
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Forst, Pfalz

Most famouse einzellagen

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Kirchenstück

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Deidesheim

Einzellagen

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Deidesheim

  • Kieselberg
  • Langenmorgen
  • Hohenmorgen
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Ruppertsberg

Einzellagen

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Ruppertsberg

  • Reiterpfad
  • Gaisböhl (monopole of Bürklin-Wolf)
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Königsbach

Einzellage

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Königsbach

  • Idig
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Siebeldingen

Einzellage

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Siebeldingen

  • Im Sonnenschein
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Birkweiler

Einzellage

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Birkweiler

  • Kastanienbusch
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Schweigen Einzellage
Schweigen * **Kammerberg**
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What anbaugebiet lies directly north of Pfalz?
**Rheinhessen**
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What wine region lies directly south of Pfalz?
**Alsace**
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What is DC Pfalz?
**Districtus Controllatus Pfalz** * **Dry wines of at least 12% in alcohol** * **From varieties: Grauburgunder, Weissburgunder, Spätburgunder, Riesling and Dornfelder**
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In what einzellagen would you be able to compare the producers: **Bassermann-Jordan, Reichstrat Von Buhl and Dr. Bürklin-Wolf?**
**Kirchenstück, in Forst, Pfalz**
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Pfalz Min Öchsle for Kabinett Riesling
**73˙ Öchsle**
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Pfalz Min Öchsle for Spätlese Riesling
**90˙ Öchsle​**
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Pfalz Min Öchsle for Kabinett Spätburgunder
**76˙ Öchsle​**
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Pfalz Min Öchsle for Spätlese, Auslese, and BA/Eiswein for all varietals
* **90˙ Spätlese** * **100˙ Auslese** * **120˙ BA/Eiswein**
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Where would you find the village of Deidsheim?
**Pfalz: Mittelhaardt-Deutche Weinstrasse**
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Where would you find the village of Ruppertsberg?
**Pfalz: Mittelhaardt-Deutche Weinstrasse**
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Siebeldingen and Birkweiler are villages in which anbaugebeit?
**Pfalz**
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Where is Schweigen?
**Located in France, it belongs to the Südliche Weinstrasse in Pfalz**
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When did the name Rheinpfalz go out of use?
1992
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What are the Vosges Mountains called once they cross into the Pfalz?
The Haardt Hills
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What are the bereiche of the Pfalz?
Südliche Weinstrasse Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Kallstadt
Saumagen (pig's stomach): Koehler-Ruprecht
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Ungstein
Herrenberg - Kanzel (pulpit), Mardelskopf, Vogelsang (singing bird): Pfeffingen, Darting
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Pfeffingen in Ungstein is famous for what grape variety?
Scheurebe
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Bad Dürckheim
Michelsberg: Karl Schaefer Spielberg (Play/Game Mountain): Karl Schaefer
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Wachenheim
Gerümpel: Bürklin-Wolf
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Forst, Pfalz
**Kirchenstück (Churchyard):** Bürklin-Wolf, Eugen Müller **Freundstück (A Place for Friends):** Von Buhl, Georg Mosbacher **Pechstein (Bad Luck Stone):** Bürklin-Wolf, Eugen Müller, Georg Mosbacher **Ungeheuer (Enormous):** Bürklin-Wolf **Jesuitengarten:** Bürklin Wolf, Basserman-Jordan
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Deidesheim
Langenmorgen (Long Morning): Bürklin-Wolf, Basserman-Jordan Hohenmorgen (High Morning): Bürklin-Wolf, Basserman-Jordan Kieselberg (Pebble Mountain): Basserman-Jordan, von Buhl
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Ruppertsberg
Reiterpfad (Horse Path): Von Buhl, Bürklin-Wolf, Basserman-Jordan, Von Winning Gaisböhl: Bürklin-Wolf
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Königsbach
Idig: A. Christmann
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Gimmeldingen
Mandelgarten (almond garden): A. Christmann, Müller-Catoir
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Haardt
Bürgergarten "Breumel in den Mauern" (citizen's garden, breumel in the wall): Müller-Catoir
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Who are the "Three B's" of the Pfalz?
Von Buhl (Deidesheim) Von Basserman-Jordan (Deidesheim) Bürklin-Wolf (Wachenheim)
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Who owns Ruppertsberger Gaisböhl?
Bürklin-Wolf
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Siebeldingen
Im Sonnenschein (In the Sunshine) "Ganz Horn" (All Horn): Rebholz
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Birkweiler
Kastanienbusch (chestnut bush): Dr. Wehrheim, Rebholz Mandelberg: Dr. Wehrheim
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Schweigen
Sonnenberg - Kammerberg (Chamber Mountain), Sankt Paul, Rädling: Friedrich Becker
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Which producer is known for Grosses Gewächs Spätburgunder from the Sonnenberg einzellage?
Friedrich Becker
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What is unique about Sonnenberg?
It extends a couple of kilometers past the German border into France. Growers with land in this "border zone" are permitted to market their wines under the German appellation Sonnenberg.
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Gemeinden of the Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse from North to South
``` Kallstadt Ungstein Bad Dürckheim Wachenheim Forst Deidesheim Ruppertsberg Königsbach Gimmeldingen Haardt ```
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Gemeinden of the Südliche-Weinstrasse from North to South
Siebeldingen Birkweiler Schweigen
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Which major Pfalz producer continues to devote a significant amount of production to medium-sweet wines?
Müller-Catoir
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How does Bürklin-Wolf (Pfalz) label its Grosses Gewächs wines?
GC (Grand Cru) rather than GG (Grosses Gewächs)
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Which region launched the Grosses Gewächs concept, and when?
The Pfalz, in 1996.
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Oechsle for Riesling in the Pfalz
73, 90, 100, 120, 150
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What is the most planted red grape in the Pfalz?
Dornfelder (followed by Portugeiser followed by Spätburgunder)
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Who owns Bad Dürkheimer Abtsfronhof?
Fritz-Ritter
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Who owns Haardter Bürgergarten?
Muller-Catoir
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Who is the principal owner of Königsbacher Idig?
A. Christmann
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What town divides the Mittelhardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse and the Sudliche Weinstrasse?
Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
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Pfalz: Topography
``` Haardt mountain range to the west (creating east and southeast facing slopes); includes the Drachenfels peak (570M) in the heart of the Mittelhaardt. Rhine River (less influential than in other regions) Odenfeld forest to the east ```
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Pfalz: Soils
Unterhaardt (north of Bad Dürkheim): lighter, more permeable sandy loam and limestone Haardt (southern Mittelhaardt): buntsandstein, muschelkalk, red marl, rotliegend, plus slate, granite, gneiss. Basalt in Pechstein Sudliche Weinstrasse/Oberhaardt: enduring Loam and Loess
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What changes between the Mittelhaardt and the Oberhaardt/Südpfalz?
The Haardt range no longer protects the vineyards from western wines, so the average temperature is two to three degrees cooler.
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What does DC stand for?
Districtus Controllatus - an indicator of quality in the Pfalz since 2005. Riesling, Weissburgunder, Grauburgunder, Dornfelder, and Spatburgunder are eligible, as long as the wines are dry and have a minimum alcohol of 12%.
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What is Rotliegend?
A sequence of rock strata mainly consisting of sandstone layers.

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