Austria

Question 1

Where is Rosalia and what wines are made there?

Answer 1

Rosalia DAC is in the Burgenland in Austria. It is named for the Rosaliengebirge (Roalia Mountain Range). Only dry red and rose wines are produced. Red from Blaufrankish and Zweigelt and Rose from any red varieties.

Question 2

What are Heurigen?

Answer 2

Heurigen are seasonal wine taverns in Vienna.

Question 3

What is Neuburger?

Answer 3

Neuburger is an Austrian white grape from Leithaberg. It is an indigenous cross of Roter Veltliner and Silvaner.

Question 4

What is the main grape of Mittleburgenland?

Answer 4

Blaufrankish

Question 5

What wines are produced in Weststeiermark?

Answer 5

Schilcher Rose is the main wine of Weststeiermark, with the grape Red Blauer Wildbacher (Schilcher) making up 85% of the grape growing area. Weissburgunder, welschriesling, Muller-Thurgau and Blauer Wildbader are also grown.

Question 6

Describe the Thermenregion.

Answer 6

The Thermenregion is a wine region in Austria, in the Niederosterreich, far from the moderating influence of the Danube. Zweigelt, Rotgipfler and Zierfandler are the most common wines.

Question 7

What is Zierfandler?

Answer 7

Zierfandler (also known as spatrot) is a red grape grown in the Thermenregion of Austria.

Question 8

Where is Neusiedlersee and what grapes are planted there?

Answer 8

Neusiedlersee is in the Burgenland region of Austria. Zweigelt is the dominant grape. Sweet white wines were approved for the appellation in 2020.

Question 9

What percentage of Austria’s wine production is white?

Answer 9

66% of Austria’s wine production is white.

Question 10

What percentage of Austria’s wine production is Grüner Veltliner?

Answer 10

33% of Austria’s wine production is Grüner Veltliner.

Question 11

Where is Carnuntum and what wine is produced there?

Answer 11

Carnuntum is southeast of Vienna in Austria. They produce red and white varieties including Chardonnay, Weissburgunder, Grüner Veltiner, Zweigelt, and Blaufrankisch.

Question 12

Where is Traisental and what wine is made in the region?

Answer 12

Traisental DAC is in Niederösterreich in Austria. It produces wines from Grüner Veltliner or Riesling, and are more delicate than Weinviertal.

Question 13

What is Eisenberg?

Answer 13

Eisenberg is a wine region in Austria in the southern portion of the Burgenland region. They produce unoaked wines from Blaufrankisch.

Question 14

Describe Leithaberg.

Answer 14

Leithaberg is in the Burgenland of Austria between Neusidelersee and the Leitha Mountains. Warm winds around the lake encourage ripeness and the mountains provide large diurnal shift.

Question 15

What wines are produced in Leithaberg?

Answer 15

The following wines are allowed in the Leithaberg DAC:
Red wines based on Blaufränkisch with an allowed maximum of 15% Zweigelt, St. Laurent and/or Pinot Noir.
White wines either single variety or blended using Grüner Veltliner, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay and/or Neuburger.

Question 16

What type of wine is made in Schilcher Klassik Westeiermark DAC?

Answer 16

Schilcher Rosé.

Question 17

How many varieties are approved for Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC?

Answer 17

15, including both traditional Austrian varieties as well as international varieties.

Question 18

What are Austria’s wine classification categories?

Answer 18

Wein
Landwein (PGI wines)
PDO Wines:
Qualitätswein
Prädikatswein
DAC

Question 19

What are Austria’s three Landwein regions?

Answer 19

Weinland Österreich
Steierland
Bergland

Question 20

What is required for an Austrian wine to be a Qualitätswein?

Answer 20

It must have a minimum 15° KMW (sweetness level) from a quality wine region.

Question 21

What is required for an Austrian wine to be a Prädikatswein?

Answer 21

It must be Spätlese or above (19° KMW)

Question 22

What are the Austrian Prädikatswein categories?

Answer 22

Spätlese
Auslese
Beerenauslese
Eiswein
Schilfwein
Trockenbeerenauslese

Question 23

What wines are DACs in Austria?

Answer 23

The highest level of quality wines, can only be used for specified grape varieties in delineated regions.

Question 24

What is a Bergwein in Austria?

Answer 24

A mountain wine, grown on mountain slopes with at least a 26% gradient.

Question 25

What is Strohwein?

Answer 25

A dried-grape wine that uses grapes of at least BA ripeness, air dried on mats of straw, or hung on strings, much like the recioto wines of Veneto. Makes a sweet wine.

Question 26

What is Schilfwein?

Answer 26

A dried-grape wine that uses grapes of at least BA ripeness, air dried on mats of reeds, or hung on strings, much like the recioto wines of Veneto. Makes a sweet wine.

Question 27

Where is Weinviertel, and what wines are made there?

Answer 27

Weinviertel DAC is the largest subregion of Niederösterreich. Must be 100% Grüner Veltliner.

Question 28

Where is Wachau DAC and what wines are made there?

Answer 28

In Niederösterreich, produces a variety of wine styles. The top-tier from designated, single-vineyard sites (Rieden) are made exclusively from Riesling and Grüner Veltliner

Question 29

Where is Wagram and what wines are produced there?

Answer 29

Wagram is in Niederösterreich. Grüner Veltliner is most planted. Roter Veltliner, Riesling, Pinot Noir, and Zweigelt are also grown in the area.

Question 30

Prior to 2007, what was Wagram known as?

Answer 30

Donauland.

Question 31

What is Ruster Ausbruch?

Answer 31

A DAC wine produced on the western shore of Lake Neusiedl in Rust, in the Leithaberg/Burgenland region of Austria. It is a sweet, botrytis-affected white wine.

Question 32

What grapes are allowed in Ruster Ausbruch?

Answer 32

Chardonnay (Morillon)
Muskateller (Muscat)
Pinot Gris
Pinot Blanc

Question 33

What are the sub-regions of Steiermark?

Answer 33

Südsteiermark
Vulkanland
Weststeiermark

Question 34

What is Steiermark also known as?

Answer 34

Styria

Question 35

What are the requirements for a Wiener Gemischter Satz?

Answer 35

Grapes are grown and fermented together. Must have no more than 50% from any single grape variety, and a minimum of 10% each of at least three varieties.