The Other 12 Anbaugebiete Flashcards
(110 cards)
1
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Who spearheaded Charta in the Rheingau?
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Bernhard Breuer (of the Georg Breuer estate) in Rüdesheim
2
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In what anbaugebiet is Kloster Eberbach?
A
Rheingau
3
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In what anbaugebiet is Schloss Johannisberg?
A
Rheingau
4
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What anbaugebiet’s vineyards were the first to be demarcated?
A
Rheingau
Earliest church influence
5
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What anbaugebiet has the highest proportion of its vineyards planted to Riesling?
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Rheingau
6
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What is the sole bereich of the Rheingau?
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Johannisberg
7
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What is the general soil make up of the Rheingau
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Slate at the top of the slopes
Sand, loess, red slate, and clay towards the river
8
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How do the Rieslings of the Rheingau and the Mosel compare?
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Generally more powerful style in the Rheingau
Fuller, more concentrated.
9
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Do Rheingau rieslings tend to be dry of sweet?
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More than half of the Rieslings produced are dry
10
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What anbaugebiete has the most Erste Lage sites?
A
Rheingau
11
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What is the most planted red grape in the Rheingau?
A
Spatburgunder
12
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Where is most of the Spatburgunder in the Rheingau located?
A
Assmannshausen
13
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What is the best vineyard for Pinot Noir in the Rheingau? Who is a prominent producer?
A
Höllenberg
August Kesseler
14
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Where is the Höllenberg vineyard?
A
Assmannshauser Höllenberg in the Rheingau
15
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What are three Berg vineyards in Rudesheim?
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Berg Rottland
Berg Schlossberg
Berg Roseneck
16
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The harnessing of botrytis at what vineyard in the 18th C led to Spatlese and Auslese?
A
Schloss Johannisberg
17
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Where is the Schloss Vollrads vineyard?
A
Winkel
18
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What are two other famed vineyards in Winkel?
A
Winkeler Jesuitengarten
Winkeler Hasensprung
19
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Where is the Kirchenstück vineyard?
A
Trick! There are two
Forster Kirchenstück in Pfalz
Hochheimer Kirchenstück in Rheingau
20
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What are two main producers in Hattenheim?
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Schloss Schonborn and Langwerth von Simmern
21
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What is Schloss Schonborn’s monopole in Hattenheim?
A
Hattenheimer Pffaffenberg
22
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What vineyard is almost owned entirely by Langwerth von Simmern in Hattenheim?
A
Hattenheimer Mannberg
23
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What are three most noted vineyards in Hattenheim?
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Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg
Hattenheimer Mannberg
Hattenheimer Steinberg
24
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What is the most well-known vineyard in Erbach? To what vineyard does it lay directly east of?
A
Erbacher Macrobrunn
touches the eastern edge of Hattenheimer Mannberg, renowned for quality in warmer vintages
25
What are the two most notable vineyards in Hallgarten?
Hallgartener Jungfer
| Hallgartener Schönhell
26
Where is Hallgarten in relation to Hattenheim?
Further up the slope, away from the river at a higher elevation
27
What is the famous producer in Kiedrich? What is his most noted vineyard? Is it near the river?
Robert Weil
Kiedricher Gräfenberg
no, its up slope
28
What is the famous vineyard of Eltville?
| Is it near the river?
Eltville Sonnenberg
| Yes, along the river
29
What are the two famous vineyards of Hochheim?
Hochheimer Hölle
| Hochheimer Kirchenstück
30
What is one of the most respected producers in Hochheim?
Franz Künstler
31
Where is the Franz Künstler estate?
Hochheim in the Rheingau
32
Where is Robert Weil located?
Kiedrich in the Rheingau
33
Where is Langworth von Simmern?
Hattenheim in the Rheingau
34
What are the main rivers of the Rheingau?
The Rhine, which them meats the Main River river
35
Where is the Rheinhessen in regards to the Rheingau?
Directly south.
Rhine River is the northern border & eastern,
Nahe River is its western border
36
Which anbaugebiete has the most land planted under vine?
Rheinhessen
37
What two grape varieties are head to head for most planted in the Rheinhessen?
Muller-Thurgau 16%
| Riesling 15%
38
Where is quality wine produced in the Rheinhessen? Why there?
Rheinterrasse, near the moderating effects of the Rhine River.
Away from here, grapes have a hard time ripening on cooler, frost prone sites.
39
Is the Rheinterrasses on the western or eastern side of the Rhine
Western banks
40
How does the Rheinterrasse compare to the Rheingau
Rheinterrassee is larger than all of the Rheingau
41
From north to south, what are the major wine towns of the Rheinterrass?
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Bodenheim
Nackenheim
Nierstein
Oppenheim
Mettenheim
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42
What and where is the Roter Hang?
180 ha between Nackenheim and Nierstein
Red clay and slate
(literally, red slope)
43
What are the most famous of the Roter Hang vineyards?
Niersteiner Hipping
| Niersteiner Pettenthal
44
Who is the most famous producer in the Roter Hang and arguably in all of Rheinhessen?
Gunderloch
45
What is the most important vineyard of Nackenheim? Who owns most of the vineyard?
Nackenheimer Rothenberg
| Gunderloch
46
Which region has more acres dedicated to Silvaer than any other in the world?
Rheinhessen
| Even more than Franken
47
Who makes GMax?
Weingut Keller, at an unknown vineyard in the Rheinhessen
48
In what town is Keller based?
Flörsheim-Dalsheim in the Rheinhessen
49
Who are two of the top dry riesling producers in Rheinhessen and arguably in Germany?
Keller in Flörsheim-Dalsheim and
| Wittmann in Westhofen
50
What is Message in a Bottle?
Group based in the Rheinhessen dedicated to increasing quality in the region
51
What are two other names for the Pfalz?
The Palatinate in English
| Also used to be called the Rheinpfalz til 1992
52
What is the climate of the Pfalz?
one of the warmest in Germany, sunny, dry, complex soil
53
The Vosges Mountains are rechristenened as what in the Pfalz?
Haardt Hills
54
What producer notably has to cross into France from the Pfalz to work one of his Grosse Lage?
Which Grosse Lage?
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Friedrich Becker (esteemed for his PN)
Kammerberg Grosse Lage
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55
What are the two bereich of the Pfalz?
Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse (Mittel Haardt German Wine Route)
Südliche Weinstrasse (Southern Wine Route)
56
The villages of Kallstadt, Ungstein, Bad Dürckheim, Wachenheim, Forst, Deidesheim, and Ruppertsberg are where in the Pfalz?
Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse
57
While most quality is in the Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse, what two producers have gained recognition in the Südliche Weinstrasse?
Friedrich Becker and Hansjörg Rebholz
58
In what village is the Kirchenstück vineyard>
Forster Kirchenstück
59
What is the Pfalz's warmest and most exceptional vineyard?
Forster Kirchenstück
60
What 4 vineyards are near Forster Kirchenstück and are also highly regarded?
Forster Freundstück
Forster Pechstein
Forster Ungeheuer
Forster Jesuitengarten
61
Who are four of the most recognizable producers in the Mittelhaardt?
Basserman-Jordan
Bürklin-Wolf
von Buhl
and Müller-Catoir
62
Where is the Kammerberg Grosse Lage? What is a notable producer?
Schweigener Kammerberg
| Becker
63
Who is the most prominent producer of the Nahe?
Donnhoff
64
What is Donnhoff's monopole?
Oberhauser Brücke
65
What are the two most prominent vineyards in Niederhausen in the Nahe?
Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle (höhle=cave)
| Niederhäuser Hermannsberg (berg=mountain)
66
What is the world's northernmost wine region dedicated to red wine production?
Ahr
67
How much of the Ahr is dedicated to Pinot Noir?
88% (!)
68
How is the Ahr able to ripen Spätburgunder?
The terraced vineyards are sheltered from cold winds by the Eifel Mountains
Surround the Ahr River
Rock, volcanic slate retains heat
69
What is the sole bereich of the Ahr?
Walporzheim-Ahrtal
70
What is the sole grosselage of the Ahr?
Klosterberg
71
On what river is Franken centered?
the Main River
72
With what other region does Franken overlap
Bavaria - the region also makes a lot of beer
73
What grape thrives here?
Silvaner
74
What is Frühburgunder?
an early-ripening strain of Pinot Noir
75
What is the name for the traditional squat, flask-shpaed bottle of Franken?
Bocksbeutel
| Goat balls!!
76
Who are two of the most notable producers in Franken?
Hans Wirshing in Iphofen
| Horst Sauer in Escherndorf
77
What town is the center of wine production in Franken?
Würzberg
78
What are two important vineyards in Würzberg in Franken?
Stein and Leiste
| Stein lends itself to the nickname Steinwein, a term for Frankish wine in general
79
How are the Mittelrhein and the Mosel the same?
Both are dedicated to Riesling, with steep, terraced
| slate riverside slopes
80
What is the most notable site in the Mittelrhein?
Bacharacher Hahn (Grosse Lage and monopole of Toni Jost)
81
Who are two notable producers in the Mittelrhein?
Toni Jost and Matthias Muller
82
In what village is Matthias Muller based?
Spay in the Mittelrhein
83
What is the only region without a VDP Grosse Lage site?
Hessische-Bergstrasse
84
What is Germany's warmest wine bereichs?
Kaiserstuhl
85
What two grapes are predominant in Württemberg?
Schwarzriesling and Lemberger aka Blaufränkisch
86
What grapes are predominant in Baden?
Mostly Spatburgunder and other red grapes as its too warm for quality riesling
87
What is the name of the rose that is locally popular in Baden?
Weissherbst (white autumn)
88
What is Schillerwein?
a rose made from fermenting red and white grapes together, popular in Württemberg
89
On what river valley is Sachsen located?
Elbe River Valley
90
What two grapes is Sachsen known for?
Müller-Thurgau and Goldriesling, an aromatic crossing developed in Alsace, is a local specialty
91
What is Germany's northernmost wine region?
Saale-Unstrut
92
What two rivers converge in Saale-Unstrut?
The Saale and the Unstrut Rivers!!
93
What are the two most predominant grape varieties in Saale-Unstrut?
Müller-Thurgau and Weißburgunder
94
Where is the Honigsäckel einzellage?
Ungstein and Bad Dürkheim in the Pfalz
95
In what anbaugebiete is Dr. Heger located?
Baden
96
Where is Frtiz Haag?
Mosel
97
Where is Pauly-Bergweiler?
Mosel
98
What Anbaugebiet has the highest minimum must weight for TBA, and what is that minimum?
Though 150º is standard for TBA throughout almost all of Germany, Baden has regions where the minimum is as high as 154º (Baden, like Württemberg, varies widely by variety and region throughout the anbaugebiet).
99
What and where is Gaisböhl?
It is a monopole of Dr. Bürklin-Wolf in Rupertsberg, Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse, Pfalz
100
What is a Stück?
Stück-1200 liter cask commonly used in the Rheingau
101
What is a Füder?
Füder - 1000 liter cask common in the Mosel
102
Where is Berg Schlossberg? Can you name a producer?
Rheingau, Georg Breuer, Josef Leitz
103
If you’re headed to one of those super sexy VDP Sundial Vineyards in the Mosel, which one should you avoid since it isn’t a VDP site?
Zeltingen is not VDP. Wehlen and Brauneberg are.
104
What are the current reqs for Eiswein Prrädikatswein? What is change is being enacted by law?
110-128 degrees min must weight, min 5.5 % alc., no chaptalization, and grapes harvested at no higher than -7 degrees Celsius. Laws are being passed to force producers to file a quantity report by Nov 15 for eiswein to allow the grape quality to be monitored.
105
Which anbaugebiete contain UNESCO world heritage sites that specifically reference their winegrowing tradition in their documents of declaration?
Franken (Bamberg), Rheingau & Mittlelrhein (Upper Middle Rhine Valley)
106
In what month are the majority of the 5 major annual German wine auctions held?
September (Bernkasteler ring, Mosel VDP, Grosser Ring VDP, Rhinegau VDP, Ahr-Nahe VDP)
107
I'm looking at a bottle of Maximin Grunhauser that is tall and made of blue glass with a traditional cork closure. What wine is it?
Abtsberg
108
What Anbaugebeit reaches to the shores of Lake Bodensee?
There are two; Baden and Württemberg
109
Define Winzergenossenschaft.
"Winemaker Association" or Co-op
110
Name two high end German bubbles?
Armin Deil, Cuvee Mo, Naha. Which runs about 90 retail. It is Pinot Noir with some Pinot Blanc. Peter Lauer, Riesling Sekt Late disgorged, Saar, 1993. 60 retail.
