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What is the Palatinate?
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Pfalz to english speakers.
The Pfalz former name until 1992 was Rheinpfalz |
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What is the climate of the Pfalz?
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one of the warmest winegrowing regions in Germany. The climate is sunny and dry
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What are the soils of the Pfalz?
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layers of red sandstone, calcium-based limestone, loess, red slate, basalt, igneous granite and alluvial gravel
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TorF. The Pfalz is a natural continuation of France’s Alsace, which borders it to the South.
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TRUE
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What are the Vosges Mountians called in the Plafz?
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Haardt hills
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What vineyard is shared between France and Germany in the Pfalz?
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Kammerberg Grosse Lage
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What are the 2 Bereiche of the Pfalz?
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Südliche Weinstrasse & Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse
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What are the main red and white grape of the Pfalz?
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Riesling & Dornfelder
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What is the second most panted white grape in the Pfalz?
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Müller Thurgau
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What grape is the producer Friedrich Becker known for producing?
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Spätburgunder
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What 2 producers has brought the spotlight to southern Pfalz (Südliche Weinstrasse)?
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Becker and Hansjörg Rebholz
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TorF. Historically in the Pfalz, the most important vineyards of the region lay further north, on the east-facing slopes of the Haardt hills in the Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse
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TRUE
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What are the 7 villages North to South of Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse?
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Kallstadt
Ungstein Bad Dürckheim Wachenheim Forst Deidesheim Ruppertsberg |
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TorF. Forst is home to the Pfalz’s warmest and most exceptional vineyard site, the Grosse Lage Kirchenstück.
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TRUE
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Where is the Grosse Lage Kirchenstück?
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Forst, Pfalz
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Where is the vineyard Jesuitengarten located?
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Forst, Pfalz
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Where is the vineyard Pechstein located?
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Forst, Pfalz
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Where is the vineyard Ungeheuer located?
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Forst, Pfalz
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What are some of the top producers of the Pflaz?
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Bassermann-Jordan
von Buhl Bürklin-Wolf Müller-Catoir |
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What is the monopole of Bürklin-Wolf?
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Gaisböhl in the village of Ruppertsberg
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Where is the vineyard Freundstück located?
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Forst, Pfalz
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What village is Kammerberg Grosse Lage located?
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Schweigen
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What is the main grape if the Nahe?
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riesling
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What are the 6 most important Gemeinden of the Nahe?
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Schlossböckelheim
Oberhausen Niederhausen Norheim Bad Münster Bad Kreuznach |
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What river is the producer Dönnhoff located?
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Nahe
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What river is Oberhauser Brücke located and what is its monopole producer?
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Dönnhoff, Nahe
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What gemeinden is Brücke located?
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Oberhauser
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What gemeinden is Hermannshöhle located?
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Niederhausen monopole of Dönnhoff
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What is the world's most Northernly wine region for red wine?
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Ahr, Germany
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What is the Ahr's most planted grape?
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Spätburgunder
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What shelters the vineyards of the Ahr from cold winds?
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Eifel Mountains
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TorF. The Ahr's steep slopes of rocky, volcanic slate offer warmth, and the region is actually warmer than the Mosel (The VDP describes its climate as “Mediterranean”)
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TRUE
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What is the only Bereich of the Ahr?
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Walporzheim-Ahrtal
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What is the only grosslage of the Ahr?
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Klosterberg
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What are 2 well-known producers from the Ahr?
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Meyer-Näkel
Kreuzberg |
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What river is the Franken located?
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Main River
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TorF. The Franken region produces a lot of beer—Franken and Bavaria overlap.
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TRUE
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What is the climate of the Franken?
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cool climate
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What is the main grape of Franken?
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Müller-Thurgau
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What is the 2nd main grape of Franken?
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Silvaner
The grape succeeds in Franken’s cool climate, where riesling has difficulty ripening |
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What river is Iphofen located on?
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Franken
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What is “Steinwein”?
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an old nickname for Frankish wine in general
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What is Frühburgunder?
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an early-ripening strain of Pinot Noir found in Franken, Germany
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What is a bocksbeutel?
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Traditionally, the wines of Franken are bottled in the squat, flask-shaped bottle
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Where is the vineyard Stein located?
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Würzburg, Franken
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What is the monopole of Toni Jost in Bacharach in the Mittelrhein?
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Hahn Grosse Lage vineyard
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Where is the gemeinde Bacharach located?
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Mittelrhein
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TorF. Hessische-Bergstrasse is one of Germany's smallest. It is also the only region in the country without a VDP Grosse Lage site.
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TRUE
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What is Germany's warmest wine growing region?
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Kaiserstuhl, is located in Baden
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Where is Lake Boden located?
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South Germany on the Swiss border. Baden & Württemberg have wine regions here
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Where can the grape Schwarzriesling mostly be found?
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Württemberg
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Where can the grape Lemberger (Blaufränkisch) mostly be found?
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Württemberg
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What is Weissherbst?
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rosé locally popular in Baden
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What is Schillerwein?
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a style of rosé produced by fermenting red and white grapes together, is more common in Württemberg
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What river is Sachsen located on?
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Elbe River Valley, and is one of Germany’s smallest winegrowing regions
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What is the most widely planted grape of Sachsen?
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Müller-Thurgau
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What is Goldriesling?
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an aromatic crossing developed in Alsace, is a local specialty of Sachsen
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What river is Saale-Unstrut located?
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confluence of the Saale and Unstrut rivers
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What is Germany's Northern most region?
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Saale-Unstrut
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What are the 2 main grapes of Saale-Unstrut?
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Müller-Thurgau Weißburgunder
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What country does Saale-Unstrut border?
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Czech Republic
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