French Wine Scholar – Alsace Exam Questions with Correct Answers

Alsace location Correct Answer -Northeast corner of France along the border of Germany Alsace wine region lies in between which parallel Correct Answer -47th and 49th parallel -Runs North to South as a slender tip of land 75 miles / 120kms long, (on average 3 miles/4.8kms in width) Alsace lies in which Graben Correct Answer -Rhine Graben -A section of the Western European rift system that zigzags across Europe from the Mediterranean to the North Sea. Did Rhine River form the graben Correct Answer -No, it flows through it but did not form it. -Created by pressure which results in the plains falling along parallel fault lines What is located on the Western side of Rhine Graben Correct Answer -It is a trench whose vertical uplifts include the Vosges Mountains and the Alsace on its western side What is located on the Eastern side of Rhine Graben Correct Answer -Germany's Black Forest and Baden wine region on the eastern side. Remind me of Graben Correct Answer -A graben is a piece of Earth's crust that is shifted downward in comparison to adjacent crust known as "horsts," which are shifted upward (like a Rift Valley) Types of Soil due to formation of Graben Correct Answer -Together with million years of geological activity and erosion has created 13 different major types of soil Name a few types of Soil formed due to Graben Correct Answer -Volcanic elements -Granite -Gneiss -Schist -Sandstone -Limestone -Marl -Sand -Loess & Loam (either alone or in combination) Affect of Vosges Mountain Correct Answer -Provide a Rain shadow effect or a Foehn effect -Provide the Vineyards with a variety of aspects and elevation