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11 Cards in this Set
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RHEINGAU
landscape, soil |
- LANDSCAPE: Rhine River provides uninterrupted strip of hillside running up from river w/ almost perfect exposure to summer sun during daytime
- top of hillside is heavily forested, providing barrier to colder air from north - SOIL: high red slate content in soil, w/ quartzite |
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PFALZ
landscape, climate, soil, grapes |
- LANDSCAPE/CLIMATE: warm area separated into north and south. most of finest Rieslings come from north. revival of great wines in south.
- SOIL: sandstone, gravel, granite - WHITE GRAPES: Riesling, Müller-Thurgau - RED GRAPES: Dornfelder, Portugieser |
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RHEINHESSEN
grapes, landscape, soil |
- Germany's largest viticultural region
- WHITE GRAPES: Müller-Thurgau**, Silvaner, Riesling - RED GRAPES: Portugeiser, Dornfelder - LANDSCAPE: fertile, flat plain on plateau - SOIL: loess, marl, clay |
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NAHE
landscape, soil, grapes |
- LANDSCAPE: south-facing vineyards on banks of Nahe River
- SOIL: volcanic - WHITE GRAPES: Riesling, Müller-Thurgau - RED GRAPES: Dornfelder |
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AHR
wines, grapes |
- WINES: mostly red wines
- RED GRAPES: spätburgunder, portugeiser - WHITE GRAPES: riesling |
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MITTELRHEIN
climate, wines, grapes |
- CLIMATE: northerly
- WINES: mostly white - GRAPES: riesling** |
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BADEN
location, wines, grapes |
- LOCATION: Germany's most southerly region, in Upper Rhine Valley w/ Black Forest
- WINES: reds, whites - GRAPES: spätburgunder** |
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FRANKEN
wines, grapes |
- WINES: mostly whites
- GRAPES: silvaner |
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WÜRTTEMBERG
climate, landscape, wines |
- CLIMATE: warmer southern climate
- LANDSCAPE: broad valley - WINES: reds and whites |
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HESSISCHE BERGSTRASSE and SAALE-UNSTRUT
wines |
mostly whites
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SACHSEN
location, wines |
- a.k.a. Elbtal
- LOCATION: Germany's most easterly wine region - WINES: mostly whites |
