Auslese is produced from which type of grapes?

• A. From green unripe grapes.
• B. From very ripe grapes picked by hand.
• C. From grapes harvested mechanically.
• D. From dried grapes.

Answer: (B)

Auslese is about selecting grapes that have reached a very high level of ripeness, and those berries are picked by hand to ensure only the best, fully ripe fruit goes into the juice. This careful berry-by-berry selection creates wines that are richer and more concentrated in sweetness and aroma than earlier harvest levels. Hand-picking helps remove underripe or damaged berries that mechanical harvesting might miss. It’s not made from green, unripe grapes, nor from grapes harvested mechanically, and dried-grape wines belong to different categories such as Beerenauslese or Trockenbeerenauslese.