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102 Cards in this Set
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When did Vitis vinifera arrive in Germany? |
Near the end of the 3rd century. |
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Which Roman emperor overturned Domitian's 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings? |
Emperor Probus |
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What month is Windume Manoth (The month of the vintage)? |
October |
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What does Einzellagen mean? |
Vineyards |
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What is special about the Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau? |
Founded in 1136 by Cistercian monks of Burgundy. Amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages |
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What is an Ortsteil? |
A town or commune |
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What is an alleinbesitz? |
Monopole |
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When did the Holy Roman Empire lose control over Germany? What effect did it have on German wine? |
1806. Napolean defeated them. Alsace was taken by the french and the church lost all of its vineyard holdings |
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What was important about the German Wine Law of 1971? |
Took the 30,000+ einzellagen that were fractured as a result of Napoleanic Code and condensed them into 2,600 registered vineyards. Each had a minimum size of 5 hectares |
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What are the only vineyards to have less than 5 hectares in Germany? |
Doctor, Kirchenstuck, Freundstuck, and Schloss Vollrads |
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What are the 13 anbaugebiet of Germany? |
Ahr, Baden, Franken, Hessische Bergstrasse, Mittelrhein, Mosel, Nahe, Pfalz, Rhiengau, Rheinhessen, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen, Wurttemberg |
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What are the most planted red and white grapes in Germany? |
Spatburgunder and Riesling |
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What is the German word for Botrytis Cinerea? |
Edelfaule |
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When was the first Eiswein made in Germany? |
1858 by Schloss Johannisberg |
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What did the English call wine produced along the Rhine in the 1800's? |
Hock |
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What are the main rivers on which German viticulture is focused? |
Mosel, Rhine, Maine, Nahe and Elbe |
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When was the Geisenheim Wine Institute founded? Where is it located? |
1872, Rheingau |
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What role did the Geisenheim Wine Institute play in German wine making in the late 1800's? |
Developed a number of crosses; Muller-Thurgau, Bacchus, Scheurebe, and Faber |
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What is Muller-Thurgau a cross of? |
Riesling x Madeleine Royale |
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What is Germany's second most planted red grape? |
Dornfelder |
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Where is the town of Worms located? |
Rheinhessen |
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What became the face of German wines worldwide between WWII and 1990? |
Liebfraumilch |
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What does Liebfraumilch stand for? |
Beloved Lady's Milk in reference to the Virgin Mary |
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What grape primarily made up Liebfraumilch? |
Muller-Thurgau |
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What anbaugbiet may be blended for Liebfraumilch? |
Rheinhessen, Nahe, Rheingau and Pfalz |
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What percent of Germany's vineyards are Riesling? |
20% |
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What percent of Germany's vineyards are occupied by white varietals? |
65% |
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What percent of Germany's vineyards are occupied by Spatburgunder? |
10% |
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What are the levels of the Pradikatswein system? |
Kabinett, Spatlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, and Eiswein |
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What is the name of the scale used for the Pradikat system? |
Ochsle |
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What is the minimum alcohol for Pradikatswein? |
7%, 5.5 for Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, and Eiswein |
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True or false: Chaptalization is permitted for Pradikatswein |
False |
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What does the AP number stand for? |
Amtliche Prufungsnummer |
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What do the specific number of the AP number represent? |
First number refers to the region the wine was tested, Second set of numbers refers to the bottling commune, third set of numbers is the bottlers code, fourth set is a unique code for the bottling and the final 2 indicate the year in which the application was filed |
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What are the levels below qualitatswein? |
Landwein and Deutscher Wein |
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True or false: Landwein must origionate from one of 22 broad regions and must be Trocken or Halbtrocken in style? |
False. There are 26 broad regions. Trocken or Halbtrocken is still true |
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What style of secondary fermentation is generally used for Sekt? |
Charmat |
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Ochsle range for Kabinett wines? |
70-85 |
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Ochsle range for Spatlese wines? |
80-95 |
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Ochsle range for Auslese wines? |
88-105 |
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Ochsle range for Beerenauslese wines? |
110-128 |
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Ochsle range for Trockenbeerenauslese wines? |
150-154 |
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Ochsle range for Eiswein? |
110-128 |
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What is the VDP |
Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter. German association of producers commited to top quality. Founded in 1910 |
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What is the icon of the Charta system. What does it indicate? |
3 Roman arches. Indicates dry Rheingau Riesling |
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What does Erste Lage translate to? |
First site |
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What logo is found on Erste Lage wines? |
1 followed by a grape cluster |
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What are the requirements from Grosses Gewachs wines? |
May not be released until September 1 of the year following harvest with reds receiving 1 more year of aging. Maximum of 9 g/l of sugar. Must come from an anbaugebiet |
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What is found on Grosses Gewachs bottles? |
GG |
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What year did Grosse Lage wines take over the former Erste Lage tier? |
2012 |
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How do you know if a Grosse Lage wine is sweet or dry? |
GG - Dry Pradikat level - Sweet |
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What do producers of Erste Lage wines label their dry wines? |
Trocken |
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What is important about Ortswein and Gutswein? |
Lower tiers on the VDP hierarchy. Village and regional wines respectively |
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Maximum yields for Grosse Lage wines? |
50 hl/ha |
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Maximum yields for Erste Lage wines? |
60 hl/ha |
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Maximum yields for Ortswein and Gutswein? |
75 hl/ha |
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What does the VDP logo look like? Where will you find it on wines belonging to the VDP? |
Black eagle with a grape cluster in its middle. Found on the capsule |
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What are maximum sugar contents for German wines labeled Classic and Selection? |
Classic - 15 g/l Selection - 9 g/l |
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What is another name for the Mosel? |
Mosel-Saar-Ruwer |
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What is the Mosel known for? |
Light, low abv Riesling, precipitous slate slopes |
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What does a goldkapsel indicate? |
Additional sweetness in Mosel Riesling |
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What does Trocken mean? |
Dry |
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How long has the warm spell lasted in Mosel? |
15 years |
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What river does the Mosel drain into? |
Rhine |
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In terms of PDO level German wines - List of area sizes from largest to smallest |
Anbaugebiete, Bereiche, Grosslagen, Einzellagen |
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What are the 6 bereiche of the Mosel? |
Bernkastel, Burg Cochem, Saar, Ruwertal, Obermosel, and Moseltor |
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What style of wine dominates the Mittelmosel? |
Riesling grown on dark blue Devonian slate |
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What is the most important bereich of the Mosel? |
Bernkastel |
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Where is the Piesport Grosslage? |
Bernkastel |
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What are the most famous Einzellagen of Bernkastel? |
Goldtropfchen, Juffer-Sonnenuhr, Doctor, Urziger Wurzgarten, and Treppchen |
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What is Germany's oldest winemaking region? |
Mosel |
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What anbaugebiete are the estates of Kloster Eberbach and Schloss Johannisberg located? |
Rheingau |
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What bank of the Rhine is Rheingau located on? |
North |
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What percent of vineyard acreage is planted to Riesling in the Rheingau? |
80% |
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What is the most famous city of the Rheingau? |
Johannisberg |
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Between which 2 cities are the majority of Rheingau's vineyards? |
Rudesheim (West) and Wiesbaden (East) |
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Near which village in the Rheingau would you expect to find red wine production? |
Assmannshausen (Western edge, just after river cuts north) |
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What village did the term "Hock" most likely originate from? |
Hochheim in Rheingau |
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Where is Mainz and what is its importance? |
Rheinhessen, home to the German Wine Institute |
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Which anbaugebiet has the greatest amount of land under vine? |
Rheinhessen |
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What is Rheinhessen's most planted varietal? |
Riesling |
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What is the Rheinterrasse? |
Region of Rheinhessen that is protected from much of the frost and wind. Contains the Roter Hang whose vineyards make excellent Riesling |
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Beyond Riesling, what is the Rheinhessen known for? |
Silvaner |
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What French wine region abuts Pfalz? |
Alsace |
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What are the Vosges mountains rechristened in Pfals? |
Haardt hills |
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What lake is at the center of German wine? What other countries touch the lake? |
Lake Constance. Switzerland and Liechtenstein |
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What type of Riesling do you expect from Pfalz? |
Full bodied, dry |
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What varietals besides Riesling are grown in Pfalz? |
Spatburgunder, Grauburgunder, Weissburgunder, Scheurebe, Sauvignon Blanc, Sangiovese |
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What are Pfalz 2 main subregions? |
Mittelhaardt-Deutche Weinstrasse, Sudliche-Weinstrasse |
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What river flows through Nahe? |
Nahe river, a tributary of the Rhine |
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What type of Riesling is expected from Nahe? |
Sweet |
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What is Germany's most northerly wine region? |
Saale-Unstrut |
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What style of wine is Ahr known for? |
Spatburgunder |
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What Anbaugebiet overlaps Bavaria? |
Franken |
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What grapes is Franken known for? |
Silvaner and Muller-Thurgau |
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What are wines of Franken bottled in? |
Squat, flask shaped bocksbeutel |
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What type of wine would you expect from Mittelrhein? |
Trocken or halbtrocken Riesling |
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Where is Germany's warmest region? |
Baden |
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What tends to grow best in Baden and Wurttemberg? |
Spatburgunder, Schwarzriesling, Blaufrankish |
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What is Schillerwein |
Rose produced with cofermented red and white grapes. Generally found in Wurttemberg |
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What 2 anbaugebiete are disconnected from the rest? |
Sachsen (East) and Saale-Unstrut (West) |
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What river is Sachsen located on? |
Elbe |
