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1
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What is the overall terroir of German’s wine regions?

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A huge range of soils. Slate dominates the Mosel Valleys’ best sites. Loess and basalt found in southern Germany

2
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What is the overall climate of German’s wine regions?

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Increasingly cool towards the North; increasingly continental towards the east, but summers can now be quite hot

3
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Where in Germany is the world’s biggest wine festival?

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The Wurstmarkt, held in Bad Dürkheim, Pfalz every September

4
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Ruländer is a synonym of which grape and where would you mostly find it grown?

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Pinot Gris or Grauburgunder; most commonly found in the Pfalz and Baden. Ruländer often used to denote a sweet style of PG

5
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Synonym of Müller-Thurgau, cross, and where was it discovered?

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Rivaner; Riesling x Madeleine Royale; created beginning of the 20th century in Geisenheim by Professor Hermann Müller from Thurgau in Switzerland. It is the 2nd most widely planted grape in Germany

6
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Where is Sylvaner mostly grown?

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Franken has the highest percentage of Sylvaner, but the biggest growing area of Sylvaner in the world is in the Rheinhessen. Cross between Traminer and Österreichisch Weiss (literally Austrian white)

7
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Riesling is the only grape grown in which 3 anbaugabiets?

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Mosel, Nahe, Mittelrhein

8
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Cross of Kerner?

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Riesling x Trollinger (schiava)

9
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Cross of Ehrenfelser and Rieslaner?

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Riesling x Sylvaner

10
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Cross of Bacchus?

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Riesling x Sylvaner, THEN Müller-Thurgau

11
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Cross of Faber?

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Pinot blanc x Müller-Thurgau

12
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Cross of Scheurebe?

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Riesling x Bukettrebe

13
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Cross of Dornfelder (2nd most planted red grape)?

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Helfensteiner x Heroldrebe

14
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Cross of Regent?

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Diana (Muller-Thurgau x Silvaner) x Chambourcin

15
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How long is the Ahr river and where does it meet the Rhine?

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24kim, Ahr meets the Rhine at Remagen (or south of Bonn)

16
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German and Austrian term for RM (for Sekt)?

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German (Winsersekt) and Austria (Hausersekt)

17
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Which body of water borders Germany, Austria and Switzerland?

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Lake Constance

18
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Northernmost region

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Saale-Unstrut

19
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Southernmost region

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Baden

20
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Easternmost region

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Sachsen

21
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Smallest region

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Hessische-Bergstrasse

22
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Largest region (area)

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Rheinhessen

23
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Largest region (production)

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Pfalz

24
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Blaufränkisch synonym in Germany?

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Lemberger

25
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Where does the Rhine river start and end?

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river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the Swiss Alps, flows through the German Rhineland and the Netherlands and empties into the North Sea

26
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Largest city on the Rhine

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Cologne, Germany