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21 Cards in this Set
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Avg German ABVs |
8-10% |
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4 Quality German Regions |
Rhein Hessen Mosel Rhein gay Pfalz |
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# and names of the German Regions |
13 Rheinhessen Mosel Pfalz Rheingau Ahr Baden Fraken Heissische-Bergstrasse Mittelrhein Nahe Saale-Unstrut Sachsen Württemberg |
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3 basic German wine styles |
Trocken: dry Halbtrocken: med-dry Fruity: semi-dry to sweet |
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Two Categories of German Wine |
Tafelwein (table wine) Qualitätswein (quality wine) |
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Two Types of Qualitätswein |
Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA) Pradikatswein |
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When did phylloxera infect Germany? |
1874 |
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Are Pradikatsweins chapitalized? |
No |
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Pradikatswein Levels (ascending order) |
Kabinett Spotless Auslese Beerenauslese Auslese Beerenauslese Trockenbeerenauslese Eiswein |
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Kabinett |
Light, semi-dry Normal, ripened grapes |
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Spätlese |
Medium style, late-picked grapes (Spät--late, lese--picking) |
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Auslese |
Medium to fuller style Selectively picked out from ripe bunches ("Out Picked") |
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Beerenauslese |
"Berries picked individually" Rich dessert wines Only made 2-3 times every ten years |
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Trockenbeerenauslese |
"Dried picked out berries" Rich, sweet, honey-like wine |
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Eiswein |
Concentrated wine made from berries that are frozen when pressed *1971-grapes must be ripe enough to make a Beerenauslese |
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Süssreserve |
Unfermented grape juice that's added back into the wine after fermentation |
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Mosel Villages |
Erden Piesport Bernkastel Graach Ürzig Brauneberg Wehlen |
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Pfalz Villages |
Deidesheim Forst Wachenheim Ruppertsberg Dürkheimer |
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Rheingau Villages |
Eltville Erbach Rüdesheim Rauenthal Hochheim Johannisberg |
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Rheinhessen Villages |
Oppenheim Nackenheim Nierstein |
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Gutsabfüllung |
Estate-bottled |
