Germany

Question 1

What is the most widely planted grape variety in Germany?

Answer 1

Riesling

Question 2

What is Qualitätsweine?

Answer 2

Dry Rieslings that range from light and fruity to very concentrated and intense.

Question 3

What are Grosses Gewächs (GG)?

Answer 3

The very best dry Rieslings from the best vineyard sites.

Question 4

What are wines called with residual sugar?

Answer 4

Prädikatsweine - indicator of style

Question 5

What is the most delicate Prädikatsweine?

Answer 5

Kabinett -light in body, with high acidity and flavours of green apple or citrus fruit often balanced with residual sweetness.

Question 6

What are the common characteristics of a Spätlese wine?

Answer 6

• These wines are made in the same way as Kabinett but are more concentrated, riper and have a little more body, alcohol and sweetness.
• Citrus and stone fruit aromas (peach or apricot)

Question 7

What are the common characteristics of a Auslese wine?

Answer 7

These wines are made from individually selected, extra-ripe bunches of grapes. Can be dry or sweet. They are richer and riper compared to Spätlese.
May have honey aromas

Question 8

How are Beerenauslese (BA) and Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) made?

Answer 8

• Noble rot is essential to achieve the must weights for TBA, but not essential for wines labelled BA.
• Not necessarily made every year.
• These wines are sweet, low in alcohol, with flavours of honey, dried stone fruit, candied peel and flowers.
• Best sweet wines in the world.

Question 9

What is the most popular grape in Mosel?

Answer 9

Riesling

Question 10

What are the best villages in Middle Mosel?

Answer 10

• Piesport, Bernkastel and Wehlen

- The wines here are lighter in body, lower in alcohol, higher in acidity with floral and green fruit flavours.

Question 11

What are the names of the two most prestigious villages in the Pfalz region which are often referred to as the Mittelhaardt?

Answer 11

Deidesheim and Forst

Question 12

Pfalz is very close to the French border, and the vineyards can be viewed as a continuation of those in Alsace; the Vosges mountain range have a considerable impact on the vineyards of Alsace. However, what is the effect of the Haardt mountains on the vineyards of Pfalz?

Answer 12

They create rain shadows, making the area dry with risk of water stress.

Question 13

Listed below are some of the typical aromas and flavours detailed in the SAT. Which aromas would be characteristic of a young Riesling Trocken from the Pfalz region?

Answer 13

Apple, lemon, peach, apricot and melon

Question 14

What four regions would you expect to find Riesling?

Answer 14

Alsace, Wachau, Eden Valley and Pfalz

Question 15

What are the 3 notable villages in Mosel?

Answer 15

Piesport, Bernkastel and Wehlen

Question 16

What are the 2 notable villages in Nahe?

Answer 16

Schlossböckelheim and Bad Kreuznach

Question 17

What is the one notable village in Rheinhessen?

Answer 17

Nierstein

Question 18

What are the 2 notable villages in Rheingau?

Answer 18

Johannisberg and Rüdesheim

Question 19

What are ‘first growth’ wines called in Rheingau?

Answer 19

Erstes Gewächs