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Who spearheaded the Erstes Gerwächs wines of Charta?

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Bernhard Breuer

Georg Breuer estate - Rüdesheim

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Rheingau

% planted to Riesling

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80%

  • Higher proportion of the grape than any other anbaugebiet
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Rheingau

Sole bereich

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Johannisberg

  • Johannisberg Riesling and Rhine Riesling have long been used as synonyms for true Riesling worldwide
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Rheingau

Slope aspects

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  • One long south-facing slope
  • Less dramatic inclines than Mosel
  • Rhine River provides warmth, like Mosel
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Rheingau

General soil types

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  • upper slope - slate
  • lower slope - clay, loess, alluvial sand, red slate (closer to the water)

varied soils and favorable mesoclimate combine to produce a more powerful Riesling than Mosel

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Rheingau

Production devoted to Riesling

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over 50%

  • Dry wines account for over half of the production
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Rheingau Riesling

General style

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  • more powerful than Mosel
  • typically fuller in body and more concentrated, yet acidity bracing
  • dry wines account for more than half of production
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T/F: Rheingau has more Erste Lage than any other anbaugebiet.

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True

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Rheingauer Flöte

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traditional flute-shaped brown bottle

  • Sometimes used to bottle Rheingau Riesling
  • vs Mosel green glass
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Rheingau

Center for red wine production

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Assmannshausen

  • Has the majority of Rheingau’s Spätburgunder
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Assmannshausen

Most planted grape

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Spätburgunder

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Assmannshausen

Best vineyard for Pinot Noir

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Höllenberg

  • August Kesseler - one of finest growers
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Höllenberg vineyard

Finest grower

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August Kesseler

  • Höllenberg vineyard, Assmannhausen (Pinot Noir)
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Rüdesheim

3 notable vineyards

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  • Berg Roseneck
  • Berg Rottland
  • Berg Schlossberg
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Is Geisenheim east or west of Schloss Johannisberg?

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Geisenheim is WEST of Schloss Johannisberg

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1st successful harnessing of botrytis

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  • Schloss Johannisberg
  • late 18th cent
  • led to development of Spätlese and Auslese
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Is Winkel east or west of Johannisberg?

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Winkel is EAST of Johannisberg

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Where will you find the historic ortseil Schloss Vollrads and the lauded Jesuitengarten and Hasensprung vineyards?

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Winkel, Rheingau

(E. of Johannisberg)

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Hattenheim

2 principal growers

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  • Schloss Schönborn
  • Langwerth von Simmern
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Is Hattenheim east or west of Winkel?

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Hattenheim (and Erbach) is EAST (further up river) of Winkel

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Where is Schloss Schönborn and Langwerth Von Simmern from?

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Hattenheim

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Pfaffenberg vineyard is a monopole of what grower?

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Schloss Schönborn

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Mannberg vineyard is almost entirely owned by what grower?

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Langwerth von Simmern

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Where are the Pfaffenberg and Mannberg vineyards located?

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Hattenheim

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The low-lying Erbacher Marcobrunn vineyard is contiguous with the eastern edge of what other notable vineyard?
**Mannberg** ## Footnote (owned mostly by von Simmern, in Hattenheim) * Erbacher Marcobrunn is renowned for quality in warm vintages
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Is Hallgarten up or down slope from Hattenheim?
Hallgarten is **UP** slope from Hattenheim * Higher in elevation
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Hallgarten 2 einzellage
* **Jungfer** * **Schönhell**
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Within what commune will you find the monastery Kloster Eberbach?
**Hallgarten** * Secular evolution saw the cloister buildings used as a Prussian insane asylum and a women's prison before being rededicated as a functional winery and museum
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What is the hill village famous for the wines of Robert Weil?
**Kiedrich**
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Is Kiedrich north or south of Erbach?
Kiedrich is **NORTH** of Erbach * Kiedrich - famous for Robert Weil
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Where is the Gräfenberg vineyard located?
**Kiedrich** - Gräfenberg vineyard * Robert Weil's sweet wines, Auslese and above
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Eltville Einzellage
**Sonnenberg** ## Footnote (Rheingau)
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Hochheim
Hochheim * **Gentler slope** * **Uncharaceristically warm**
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Hocheim * Major Einzellage * Producer
Hochheim * **Kirchenstück** * **Franz Künstler**
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Kirchenstück Major producer
**Franz Künstler** * Kirchenstück is within **Hocheim** (origin of nickname Hock)
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Künstler * Location * Year est.
**1956** - infant by Rheingau standards, yet Künstler produces some of **Hochheim (Kirchentück)**'s finest wines
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Rheingau Center for red wine
**Assmannshausen**
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Rheingau Steepest and hottest site
**Berg Schlossberg**, in Rudesheim * appx. 70% gradient
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phyllite Soil
phyllite * **Blue slate** * **Found in both Kiedrich and Assmannshausen**
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Who founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau
**Cistercian Monks of Burgundy**
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Name a vineyard in the Rheingau exempt from the 5 ha rule.
**Schloss Vollrads** * Ortsteil
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Who founded Kloster Eberbach, and where is it located?
The Cistercian Monks of Burgundy in 1136, located in Eltville.
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What is Steinberg?
An ortsteil in Hattenheim, and an alleinbesitz of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries.
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Where is the birthplace of modern German winemaking?
The Rheingau
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Who spearheaded Charta?
Bernhard Breuer of the Georg Breuer estate in Rudesheim
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What percentage of the Rheingau is planted to riesling? Why is this significant?
80%, the largest proportion in Germany
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What is the sole bereich of the Rheingau?
Johannisberg
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Which is warmer: Rheingau or Rheinhessen?
Rheingau
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What mountain range shelters the north of the Rheingau?
The Taunus Mountains
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What is the Rheingauer Flöte?
The flute-shaped brown bottle traditional in the Rheingau
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What is the westernmost town in the Rheingau? What is the dominant grape?
Assmanhausen Spätburgunder
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What significant development happened at Schloss Johannisberg?
Reportedly the origin of the first botrytized harvest, leading to the development of the spätlese and auslese categories
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Where is Schloss Vollrads? Which other ortsteil lies near the same gemeinde?
Winkel. Schloss Reichartshausen.
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Who owns Pfaffenberg?
Schloss Schönborn
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Who is the majority owner in Mannberg?
Langwerth Von Simmern
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Who is the single most important producer in Kiedrich?
Robert Weil
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Which village of the Rheingau is on the Main River?
Hochheim
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What are the ortsteil of the Rheingau?
``` Schloss Vollrads Schloss Johannisberg Schloss Reichartshausen (Balthasar Ress) Steinberg (Kloster Eberbach) ALL ALLEINBESITZ ```
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Assmanhausen
Höllenberg (hell mountain): August Kessler
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Rüdesheim
Berg Schlossberg (Castle Mountain): Georg Breuer, Josef Leitz, Schloss Schönborn Berg Roseneck: Georg Breuer, Josef Leitz Berg Rottland (Red Land Mountain): Georg Breueur, Josef Leitz Berg Kaisersteinfels (Emperor's Stone, upslope): Josef Leitz
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Geisenheim
Schloss Johannisberg
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Johannisberg
Hölle (Hell): Johannishof
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Winkel
Schloss Vollrads Schloss Reichartshausen (Balthasar Ress) Jesuitengarten (Jesuit Garden): Josepf Spreitzer Hasensprung (Hare Leaps): Josepf Spreitzer, Schloss Schönborn
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Hattenheim
Pfaffenberg: Schloss Schönborn Mannberg: Von Simmern Steinberg (Stone Mountain): Kloster Eberbach
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Hallgarten
Schönhell (Nice and Bright): Fürst Löwenstein, Prinz Jungfer (Virgin): Prinz Hendelberg: Prinz
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Erbach (Rheinagu)
Marcobrunn: Schloss Schönborn, Langwerth Von Simmern
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Kiedrich
Gräfenberg: Robert Weil Turmberg (Spire Mountain): Robert Weil
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Eltville
Sonnenberg (Sunned Mountain): Langwerth Von Simmern
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Rauenthal
Baiken: Langwerth Von Simmern Nonnenberg (Nun's Mountain): Georg Breuer
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Hochheim am Main
Hölle (Hell): Franz Kunstler, Schloss Schönborn Kirchenstück (churchyard): Franz Kunstler
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Rheingau West to East
Assmanhausen, Rüdesheim, Geisenheim, Johannisberg, Winkel, Oestrich, Hallgarten, Hattenheim, Erbach, Kiedrich, Eltville, Rauenthal, Hochheim am Main
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Which villages of the Rheingau are more northerly, away from the river?
Johannisberg, Hallgarten, Kiedrich, Rauenthal, Hochheim am Main
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Öchsle of Riesling in the Rheingau
75, 85, 100, 125, 150
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Who owns Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg?
Schloss Schönborn
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Who owns Kiedricher Turmberg?
Robert Weil
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Who owns Rauenthaler Nonnenberg?
Georg Breuer
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Rheingau: Soils and Subzones
Oberrheingau (Hochheim): Mainz Basin - sedimentary marl, gravel, sand, loam, clay, covered by loess Niederrheingau: Devonian sandstone, quartzite, shale, slate
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What are the parent grapes of Muller-Thurgau?
Riesling x Madeline Royale
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Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg is a monopole of whom ?
Schloss Schönborn
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How many litres are in a Stück?
1200L
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What famous white ale is from the Rheingau?
Hoegaarden
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Einzellagen and producers of Hattenheim, Rheingau
Pfaffenberg; Schloss Schonborn (alleinbesitz) Mannberg; Von Simmern Steinberg; Kloster Eberbach (alleinbesitz)
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When was the first recorded Spätlese harvest? Where was it produced?
- 1775 - Schloss Johannisberg (Rheingau)
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The Hattenheimer Steinberg vineyard, located in _____________, is a monopole of _____________.
Rheingau; Kloster Eberbach
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The VDP mandates that red wines from Grosse Lage vineyards must spend how many months aging in oak barrels?
12 months and they may not be released until 9/1 of second year following harvest
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For GG wines – what is the max RS permitted?
9 g/L
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1. Which Gemeinde and Einzellage boasts the steepest slopes of Rheingau?
a. Rüdesheim am Rhein, Berg Schlossberg $$ b. Geisenheim, Kläuserweg c. Schloss Vollrads, Schlossberg d. Oestrich-Winkel/Geißenheim, Jesuitengarten
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Which two estates first introduced glass bottles in the Rheingau, in the early 1700’s?
Schloss Johannisberg, Schloss Schönborn
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Which category is available to all producers in the Rheingau who adhere to its requirements and have a share in the selected land—which amounts to almost one-third of the entire planted area of the Rheingau—resulting in a watered-down sense of “first growth” by anyone’s standards?
Grosses Gewachs Erstes Gewächs $$ Charta Grosse Lage
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First vintage for Spatlese, Auslese, and Eiswein and by whom?
1775, Spatlese 1787, Auslese 1858, Eiswein Schloss Johannisberg
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Order these villages from west (1) to east (4): Geisenheim Erbach Assmanhausen Winkel
Order these villages from west (1) to east (4): Geisenheim 2 Erbach 4 Assmanhausen 1 Winkel 3
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True or False: Erstes Gewächs predated Grosses Gewachs in Rheingau
True
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True or False: Erstes Gewächs predated Grosses Gewachs in Rheingau
True
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Name the 3 Grosse Lage of Geisenheim:
Rothenberg Kläuserweg Mäuerchen
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Dr. Hermann Müller crossed two varieties of vinifera to create Müller Thurgau in 1882? Where?
Riesling x Madeline Royale, at Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute
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