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Dry wine never having more then 18 grams of sugar |
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Sachsen
Franken
Baden
Nache
Ahr
Rheinhessen
Pflaz |
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German Classification System |
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Qualitatswein mit pradikat
Qualitatsein Bestmmter Anbaugebiete
Deutcher Tafelwein
Tafelwein ( may not be german) |
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Kabinett
Spatelese
Auslese
Beerenauslese
Eiswein
Trockenbeerenauslese |
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Maintain some sweetness in the wine, hold back some of the unfermented wine to be blended in later to balance the wine. |
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Derived the scale of sweetness for harvesting the grape
Does not reflect if the wine is sweet or not |
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Hand picked rippened grpae with possilbe noble rot. |
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Dry to sweet regular harvest level grapes |
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select berries, sweet dessert wine style, |
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Frozen grape version. 32 degree f. |
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dry select berries, these are the berries that have been effected by the noble rot |
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Resling, Gewurztraminer, Silvaner, Rulander(Pinot Gris),
Pinot Blanc ( Weissburgunder) |
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Germany's most Famous wine-growing region
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80% of the small amount of vineyards are QMP
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Only red grape so far, based on Pinot Noir |
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First-growth vineyards, the best sites in the regions |
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Largest German wine-growing region
Birthplace of Liebfraumilch, #1 export wine to UK and US |
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Nahe Region Classification |
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Grosses Gewiches, "Great Growth" |
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Brix is the measure desired level of alcohol
24 brix = 12% |
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Late Harvest Zinfandels
Late Harvest Shiraz |
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Made in California
Made in Australia |
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Created from grapes that have been left on vine til they are frozen in the winter time. |
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Originally Germany, but Canade has overtaken them. |
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Vidal Blanc
Merlot
Pinot Noir
Cabernet Franc |
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The use of a machine to freeze the grape. Making less expensive versions of ice wine. |
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Vintage Year
Variety of Grape
Village/Vineyard
Name of Bottler |
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