Austria Flashcards
What is the PGI category called in Austria? What are its divisions?
Landwein, divided geographically into three zones:
weinland ostereich is the majority of the PDO regions on the eastern edge, stiermark is the rest of the PDO regions on the south eastern edge, & burgland is the rest of the country to the center & west, mostly dominated by the austrian alps.
What is PDO category called in Austria? How is it divided?
Qualitatswein, Pradikatswein, & DAC. Its large geographical divisions are 4 weinbaugebiete, and any federal state may also be used as a weinbaugebiete.
Neiderosterreich
Vienna
Burgenland
Steiermark/Styria
There are about 18 subregions, some of which are also DACs
DACs are like AOCs in that they’re more specific with grape growing and wine making rules .
What is VIenna’s Latitude?
48 degrees north!
What important river runs through Austria & Vienna?
The Danube
What important lake sits between Austria & Hungary?
Lake Neuseidl
Europe’s largest closed drainage basin lake.
It flows in but evaporates out.
This is where a lot of botrytis affected wines are made
What is Austria’s climate?
Cool continental
Cooler & drier in N, warmer & more humid in S
What is Austria’s geography?
Landlocked
Steep Austrian Alps in West & Center; Rolling hills with diverse soils in
What are Austria’s major grapes?
Gruner Veltliner & Zweigelt
Welschriesling
riesling
muller thurgau
weissburgunder
chardonnay
blaufrankish/lemberger
portugeiser
What are the wine styles of Austria?
66% white, mostly dry
Sweet wine - trokenbeirenauslese, icewein, & ruster ausbruch DAC
Strohwein - dried grape wine
Bergwein - grown on hillsides with 26%+ gradient
What is KMW?
Klosterneuburger Mostwaage: ripeness of grapes scale
What does DAC stand for?
