Pfalz

Question 1

What is the climate of the Pfalz?

Answer 1

One of the warmest winegrowing regions in Germany, with a sunny, dry climate

Question 2

The Pfalz is an extension of which French wine region?

Answer 2

Alsace (The Pfalz is directly north of Alsace)

Question 3

What is the soil like in the Pfalz?

Answer 3

The soil is extremely complex, with layers of red sandstone, calcium-based limestone, loess, red slate, basalt, igneous granite and alluvial gravel.

Question 4

What is the mountain range of the Pfalz?

Answer 4

The Haardt Hills (aka the Vosges Mountains)

Question 5

Friedrich Becker (Schweigen) is most known for which grape?

Answer 5

Spätburgunder

Question 6

Hansjörg Rebholz is known for what style/grape?

Answer 6

Dry Riesling and Weissburgunder

Question 7

What is the most important region for vineyards within the Pfalz?

Answer 7

The Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse

Question 8

The most important vineyards in the Pfalz face which direction?

Answer 8

East

Question 9

Important villages in the Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse, from north to south

Answer 9

Kallstadt, Ungstein, Bad Dürkheim, Wachenheim, Forst, Deidesheim, Ruppertsberg

Question 10

Name four important vineyards in the village of Forst?

Answer 10

1. Kirchenstück (very warm site)
2. Jesuitengarten
3. Pechstein
4. Ungeheuer

Question 11

Typical style of Pfalz Riesling?

Answer 11

Full-bodied and almost always dry

Question 12

Important producers in the Mittelhaardt

Answer 12

1. Müller-Catoir
2. The 3 B’s:

Bassermann-Jordan, von Buhl, Bürklin-Wolf

Question 13

Name an important vineyard in Kallstadt

Answer 13

Saumagen

Question 14

Name some important vineyards in Deidesheim

Answer 14

Langenmoregen, Hohenmoregen, Kieselberg

Question 15

Name two important vineyards in Ruppertsberg

Answer 15

Reiterpfad and Gaisböhl

Question 16

The Gaisböhl vineyard is a monopole of which producer?

Answer 16

Bürklin-Wolf

Question 17

Name an important vineyard in Köningsbach

Answer 17

Idig

Question 18

Name an important vineyard in Siebeldingen

Answer 18

Im Sonnenschein

Question 19

Name an important vineyard in Birkweiler

Answer 19

Kastanienbusch

Question 20

Name the Grosse Lage vineyard in Schweigen well known for Spätburgunder (bottlings produced by Freidrich Becker)

Answer 20

Kammerberg