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Define sussreserve |
unfermented grape juice added to a finished wine for sweetening purposes |
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T or F: Sylvaner originated in Austria |
TRUE |
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What is Tresterbrand? |
German pomace spirit |
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Who is the most highly regarded producer of sweet wines from the Kiedricher Grafenberg vineyard? |
Robert Weil |
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What grapes are permitted for GG wines in the Rheinhessen? |
Riesling Spatburgunder |
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What is Blaufrankish called in Germany? |
Lemberger |
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What grapes are permitted for GG wines in the Pfalz? |
Riesling Spatburgunder Weissburgunder |
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What grapes are permitted for GG wines in the Mosel? |
Riesling |
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What grapes are permitted for GG wines in the Nahe? |
Riesling |
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What grapes are permitted for GG wines in the Rheingau? |
Riesling Spatburgunder |
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What might the bottle color of a 1990 German Riesling tell you about its origin? |
Green: Mosel Brown: Rheingau |
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T or F: Riesling is permitted for GG wines in all 13 anbaugebiete |
TRUE |
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What is the prominent village for Spatburgunder production in the Rheingau? |
Assmannshausen |
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Name the village of Schloss Johannisberg |
Geisenheim (Rheingau) |
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In which village is Schloss Vollrads located? |
Winkel |
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Where is Schlossbockelheim located? Name its 2 most important einzellagen |
Nahe Kupfergrube Felsenberg |
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Describe the soils of Schloss Johannisberg |
Taunus quartzite & clay |
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T or F: Ruwer is cooler than the Mittel Mosel |
TRUE |
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What is the dominant grape of the Obermosel & Moseltor? |
Elbing |
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What is another name for the Burg Cochem bereich? |
Terrassenmosel |
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Where is the Maximin Grunhauser estate located? |
Ruwer |
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Name the 6 bereiche of the Mosel |
Bernkastel Burg Cocheim Saar Ruwertal Obermosel Moseltor |
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Define alleinbesitz |
monopole |
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Define Edelfaule |
botrytis (Noble Rot) |
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Name the synonyms: Spatburgunder Grauburgunder Weissburgunder Blauburgunder Schwarzriesling |
Spatburgunder - Pinot Noir Grauburgunder - Pinot Gris Weissburgunder - Pinot Blanc Blauburgunder - Pinot Noir Schwarzriesling - Meunier |
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What is the German word for vintage? |
Jahrgang |
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T or F: Chaptalization is allowed for Pradikatswein |
FALSE |
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What is the min alcohol for Pradikatswein? |
7% 5.5% for BA or higher |
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Name the bereiche of the Pfalz |
North: Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrabe South: Sudliche Weinstrasse |
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Define leiblich |
medium-sweet |
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How large is a traditional Stuck barrel? |
1200L |
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Where is the village of Westhofen? |
Rheinhessen |
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What is the max. temperature at which a German producer may harvest grapes for Eiswein? |
-7 C |
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Define Sonnenuhr |
sundial |
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What is Josephshofer? |
monopole vineyard of von Kesselstatt in Graach |
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Where is Wurzgarten? |
Urzig |
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Describe the soil of Urzig |
rocky, red slate |
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What is the warmest vineyard in the Mosel? |
Pralat in Erden |
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Which river runs through the Franken? |
Main |
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What is Centgrafenberg? |
A Grosse Lage vineyard in the village of Burgstadt, Franken |
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What 2 anbaugebiete does the Main River flow through? |
Rheingau Franken |
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Where is Forst located? |
Pfalz |
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Where is Scharzhofberger? |
Wiltigen, Saar Valley |
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In what region does Schaefer-Frolich produce wine? |
Nahe |
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Where is the Nackenheimer Rothenberg vineyard located? |
Roter Hang, Rheinhessen |
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What is Franken's most celebrated varietal? |
Silvaner |
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What is the German term for chaptalization? |
anreicherung |
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Where is Birkweiler located? |
Pfalz |
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What is Flaschengarung? |
bottle-fermented Sekt |
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What is the largest region of production for Pinot Noir? |
Baden |
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What is the traditional flask-shaped bottle used in Franken? |
bocksbeutel |
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Name the sole bereiche in Rheingau |
Johannisberg |
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Name a synonym for the Haardt hills |
Vosges Mnts |
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Name a synonym for the Pfalz |
Palatinate |
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Name the 3 famous producers located in the Mittelhaardt |
von Buhl Burklin Wolf von Bassermann-Jordan |
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Name the warmest & most exceptional vineyard site in the Pfalz |
Forster Kirchenstuck |
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Where is Kallstadt located? |
Mittelhaardt, Pfalz |
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Name the top vineyard of Oberhausen |
Brucke (Donnhoff monopole) |
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Name the Nahe's best vineyard site |
Niederhaussen Hermannshohle |
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Name the 2 exceptional vineyard sites of Niederhaussen |
Hermannshohle Hermannsberg |
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Describe the soil of Ahr |
rocky, volcanic |
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Where is the Grosse Lage Klosterberg located? |
Ahr |
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What is Schillerwein? |
style of rose produced by fermenting red & white grapes together Wurttemberg |
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Name the 4 levels of quality defined by the VDP |
Gutswein Ortswein Erste Lage Grosse Lage |
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When was the VDP formed? |
1910 |
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Define Grosses Gewachs |
dry wine from a Grosse Lage vineyard, harvested at Spatlese ripeness level labelled as 'GG' -replaces 'trocken' on the label |
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What is Amtliche Prufungsnummer? |
AP # -Given to wines that pass a chemical/sensory analysis for Pradikat level |
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T or F: AP numbers contain 6 sets of numbers |
FALSE (5) |
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Name the 5 sets of numbers of an AP # |
1: location of exam board 2: village of production 3: producer 4: unique bottling code 5: year that the wine was tested (usually +1 from vintage) |
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What is a goldkapsel? |
a gold-colored capsule indicating a higher level of sweetness & distinction than the wine's labelled Pradikat used in Mosel & Rheingau |
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In which anbaugebiete would one find stars on a gold capsule to distinguish tiers of quality? |
Mosel |
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Pfaffenberg is an alleinbesitz of which Rheingau producer? |
Schloss Schonborn |
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When was 'Landwein' introduced as a legal category? |
1982 |
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In which anbaugebiete is Kiedricher Turmberg located? |
Rheingau |
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What is the min ha allowed for a single vineyard site according to the 1971 Wine Law? |
5 ha *Some famous vineyards are exempt |
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Define the following soil terms that may appear on a label: Kalkstein Blauen Schiefer Muschelkalk Buntsandstein |
Kalkstein - limestone Blauen Schiefer - blue slate Muschelkalk - shell limestone Buntsandstein - red sandstone |
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Name some excellent vintages since 2000 |
2015 2011 2009 2007 2005 |
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Name some tricky vintages since 2000 |
2006 2008 2010 |
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What is Hock? |
traditional English term used to describe Rhine wines derived from the name Hochheim |
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What is the sole bereiche of the Nahe? |
Nahetal |
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What is the difference between the Middle and Lower Nahe? |
Lower Nahe is warmer with clay, loess, slate, and quartzite. Fuller styles of Riesling, Spatburgunder |
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Schlossgut Diel is a producer in which region? |
Nahe |
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Monzingen is a village in which anbaugebiete |
Nahe |
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T or F: Shafer-Frohlich is a producer in the Rheinhessen |
False; Nahe |
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Name the soils of the Nahe |
volcanic, slate, limestone, schist |
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Dr. Crusius is a producer in which region |
Nahe |
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T or F: Frost is a concern for the Nahe |
False, very rare |
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Which anbaugebiete receives the driest weather? |
Nahe |
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Which anbaugebiete holds the world's highest acreage of Riesling? |
Pfalz |
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What is arguably the greatest vineyard site of the Pfalz? |
Forster Kirchenstuck |
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Besides the "Big 3," name three other prominent producers in the Pfalz |
Koehler-Ruprecht von Winning Muller-Catoir Rebholz A. Christmann |
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Konigsbacher Idig is a vineyard in which anbaugebiete? |
Pfalz |
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Name some of the great villages of Pfalz |
Kallstadt Forst Deidesheim Gimmelding |
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What is the second most planted red grape in GER?
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Dornfelder
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What is Germany's largest anbaugebiete? Smallest?
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Largest - Rheinhessen Smallest - Hessische-Bergstrasse |
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Kaiserstuhl is a bereiche of which region? Top grape?
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Baden PN |
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What is the most planted grape in Wurttemberg?
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Trollinger (Schiava)
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Markgraferland bereich is located where?
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Baden (Gutedal is main grape)
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What is a synonym for Gutedal?
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Chasselas
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What two grapes are most prominent in Baden?
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PN & Muller-Thurgau
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In what village is the Berg Roseneck vineyard?
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Rudesheim
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What is the village of the Baiken vineyard?
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Rauenthal (Rheingau)
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Which river is the village of Hochheim (Rheingau) located on?
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Main
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Name a top site and producer in Assmannshausen?
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Hollenberg August Kesseler |
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T or F: Georg Breuer is a top producer in Rheinhessen?
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FALSE - Rheingau
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T or F: a bottle of 1997 Rheingau Riesling may be labelled as Erstes Gewachs
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FALSE - 1999 forward
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When was Charta est? What region?
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1984 Rheingau |
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Lorcher Schlossberg is a famed site in which anbaugebiete?
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Rheingau
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The Taunus range affects which region?
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Rheingau
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The Lay vineyard is located within which Gemeinde?
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Berkastel (Mosel)
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Name the three vineyards from which Maximin Grunhauser producers Riesling
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Bruderberg Abtsberg Herrenberg |
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Where is the Kastanienbusch vineyard?
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Birkweil (Pfalz)
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Where is the Pechstein vineyard?
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Forst (Pfalz)
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Name the bereiche of Rheinhessen
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Bingen Nierstein Wonnegau |
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Name the Gemeinde of the following Rheinhessen einzellage; Hubacker Rothenberg Morstein Kirchberg Kirchspiel Brunnenhauschen |
Hubacker - Florsheim-Dalsheim Rothenberg - Nackenheim Morstein- Westhofen Kirchberg- Bingen Kirchspiel- Westhofen Brunnenhauschen - Westhofen Burgel - Florsheim-Dalsheim |
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The Westhofen Kirchspiel vineyard is located in which bereiche?
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Wonnegau (Rheinhessen)
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Keller's G-Max comes from undisclosed parcels in which bereiche?
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Wonnegau
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Keller's Abts Erde is a sub-plot of which vineyard?
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Brunnenhauschen (Westhofen)
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Which anbaugebiete is closest to the Czech border?
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Sachsen
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Name the northernmost anbaugebiete
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Saale-Unstrut
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Schloss Proschwitz is a prominent producer in which anbaugebiete?
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Sachsen
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What is the prominent varietal of Sachsen & Saale-Unstrut?
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Muller-Thurgau
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What is the most planted red grape in Rheinhessen?
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Dornfelder
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Where is the Hipping vineyard located?
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Nierstein (Rheinhessen)
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T or F: Kabinett wines may not be chaptalized?
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TRUE
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Muller-Thurgau is a crossing of what two grapes? |
Riesling x Madeleine Royale
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Which region mandates the highest min must weights for Pradikatswein? Why?
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Baden warmest |
