Question
In Early Modern England, wine from along this non-English river was called hock, named for a town which also pioneered a tall, slim style of bottle. For 10 points each:
[10m] The first mention of the Riesling grape was in the 1435 records of an estate along one of the tributaries of what river?
ANSWER: Rhine River [or Rhein Fluss; prompt on Mosel or Main Rivers by asking “what river does it flow into?”]
[10h] This city was a major producer of wine in the 15th century, with one contemporary estimate claiming that it made 7 million liters per year. A meeting in this city commissioned the [emphasize] first text called the Ars moriendi, detailing how one might die a good, Christian death.
ANSWER: Konstanz [or Constance; accept 1414-1418 Council of Constance or Konzil von Konstanz]
[10e] Cooler temperatures in the later Middle Ages made ripening wine grapes much more difficult, increasing production of this good. A 1516 Reinheitsgebot (“rine-HYTES-geh-boat”) law from Bavaria limited this good to being made with only four ingredients.
ANSWER: beer [or bier]
<Alex Fregeau, European History>
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