https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerlanden-USTelligent Community 13https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerlandSun, 04 Jan 2026 02:02:03 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdSandra Banhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Study-Guide by Sandra Ban on 1/4/2026 2:02:03 AM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/242Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:44:51 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 242 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 8/21/2025 11:44:51 AM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/241Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:19:06 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 241 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 10/23/2024 4:19:06 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/240Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:08:58 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdGuildSomm Adminhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 240 posted to Study-Guide by GuildSomm Admin on 6/18/2024 3:08:58 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/239Wed, 29 May 2024 13:31:02 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 239 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 5/29/2024 1:31:02 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/238Wed, 17 Jan 2024 08:59:13 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 238 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 1/17/2024 8:59:13 AM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/237Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:16:37 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 237 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 1/8/2024 2:16:37 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/236Thu, 07 Dec 2023 22:06:52 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 236 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 12/7/2023 10:06:52 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/235Mon, 02 Oct 2023 14:28:03 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 235 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 10/2/2023 2:28:03 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/234Mon, 28 Aug 2023 03:04:26 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 234 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 8/28/2023 3:04:26 AM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/233Mon, 03 Jul 2023 17:13:53 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 233 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 7/3/2023 5:13:53 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/232Fri, 23 Jun 2023 22:28:58 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdStacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 232 posted to Study-Guide by Stacy Ladenburger on 6/23/2023 10:28:58 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/231Wed, 31 May 2023 20:11:09 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 231 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 5/31/2023 8:11:09 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/230Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:25:27 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 230 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 3/17/2023 4:25:27 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/229Thu, 16 Mar 2023 19:34:05 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 229 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 3/16/2023 7:34:05 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/228Fri, 18 Nov 2022 21:13:02 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdStacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 228 posted to Study-Guide by Stacy Ladenburger on 11/18/2022 9:13:02 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/227Mon, 28 Mar 2022 22:12:31 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdSandra Banhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 227 posted to Study-Guide by Sandra Ban on 3/28/2022 10:12:31 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p>v<a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/226Wed, 16 Feb 2022 18:13:12 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdJennifer Angelosantehttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 226 posted to Study-Guide by Jennifer Angelosante on 2/16/2022 6:13:12 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/225Wed, 16 Feb 2022 17:59:35 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdJennifer Angelosantehttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 225 posted to Study-Guide by Jennifer Angelosante on 2/16/2022 5:59:35 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/224Fri, 11 Feb 2022 21:01:20 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdJennifer Angelosantehttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 224 posted to Study-Guide by Jennifer Angelosante on 2/11/2022 9:01:20 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland/revision/223Fri, 11 Feb 2022 21:00:24 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fdJennifer Angelosantehttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/164/germany-austria-and-switzerland#commentsRevision 223 posted to Study-Guide by Jennifer Angelosante on 2/11/2022 9:00:24 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Germany</li> <li>The VDP &amp; Classic/Selection Wines</li> <li>Mosel</li> <li>Rheingau</li> <li>Rheinhessen</li> <li>Pfalz</li> <li>Nahe</li> <li>Ahr</li> <li>Franken</li> <li>Mitterlrhein</li> <li>Hessische-Bergstrasse</li> <li>Baden &amp; W&uuml;rttemberg</li> <li>Sachsen &amp; Saale-Unstrut</li> <li>Austria</li> <li>Nieder&ouml;sterreich</li> <li>Burgenland</li> <li>Styria</li> <li>Wien (Vienna)</li> <li>Switzerland</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Germany <p class="callout">The northerly winemaking regions of Germany straddle the 50th parallel and are amongst the world&rsquo;s coolest vineyards.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Nonetheless, vine cultivation dates to the ancient world&mdash;wild vines had been growing on the upper Rhine previously, but Vitis vinifera arrived in Germany with the Romans. Near the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Probus overturned Domitian&rsquo;s 92 CE ban on new vineyard plantings, and viticulture followed the Romans into provinces north of the Alps. By the fourth century winemaking was definitively established along the steep slopes of the Mosel River. Charlemagne, the legendary beard-stained lover of wine&mdash;whose newly minted Carolingian calendar replaced the Roman October with Windume-Manoth, &ldquo;the month of the vintage&rdquo;&mdash;introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century. During the Middle Ages, the Church was instrumental in shepherding the development of vineyards, and many of Germany&rsquo;s modern einzellagen (vineyards) owe their nomenclature to monastic influence. As in France, the Church essentially operated its own feudal economy: it collected a tithe, or tax, from the parishioners who worked the vineyards, and wine made a suitable substitute for cash. The Cistercians of Burgundy founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau in 1136, where they amassed the largest vineyard holdings in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, with over 700 acres of vines. The walled Steinberg vineyard, an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim, was the monks&rsquo; centerpiece and remains wholly intact today&mdash;an alleinbesitz (monopole) of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '9e11ae30-3dc3-496f-ac95-958ccc7fd8fd' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div>