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1
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What are Austria’s 4 main wine regions?

A

Niederosterreich
Wien (Vienna)
Burgenland
Styria

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What are the 3 most important subregions of Niederosterreich?

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Wachau
Kamptal
Kremstal

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Austria’s easternmost wine growing areas borders what country?

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Hungary

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Austria’s wine growing regions are in which half of the country? western or eastern?

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Eastern half

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5
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What is Austria’s largest wine growing regions?

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Niederosterreich

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6
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Why aren’t wine regions in the western half of Austria?

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Because the Alps are too rugged and too high in elevation to support grape growing.

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7
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What is the climate of Austria?

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Continental

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8
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What are the climate moderators for Austria’s wine growing regions?

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The Danube River and it tributaries

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9
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What is the landscape of Austria?

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Rolling foothills, with most vineyards being planted on slopes facing the Danube.

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What are the white grapes of Austria?

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Gruner Veltliner
Riesling

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11
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What distinctive aroma can you find on most Gruner Veltliners?

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white pepper

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12
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What are the red grapes of Austria?

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Blaufrankisch
St.Laurent
Zweigelt

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13
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What are the parent grapes of Zweigelt?

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Blaufrankish
St.-Laurent

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14
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Wachau is home to many of Austria’s top vineyards. There top vineyards are planted on:
*flat riverbanks of the Danube
*steep slopes overlooking the Danube

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Steep slopes overlooking the Danube

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15
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Grapes destined for inexpensive wines are planted where?
*steep hills
*flatter plains

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flatter plains

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16
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Austrian wine styles are typically:
*bone dry or very sweet, nothing in between
*bone dry to very sweet, everything in between

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Bone dry or very sweet, nothing in between. Off-dry styles of wine really do not exist in Austria.

17
Q

For the most part, white wines in Austria do or do not see new oak?

What about reds?

A

White wines generally do not see new oak.

Red wines from Burgenland will sometimes see new oak

18
Q

Austrian wines without geographic indications are called:

A

Wein

19
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Austrian wines with geographic indication have 4 classification levels:

A

Landwein (PGI)
Qualitatsweing (PDO)
Districtus Austriae Controllatus (DAC)
Pradikatswein (PDO)

20
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Is Austrian Landwein usually exported?

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seldom exported. Landwein wines are Austrians’ everyday table wines.

21
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What is the DAC?

A

A subset of Qualitatswein that focuses on dry wines. It also only allows certain grapes,like Riesling and Gruner Veltliner to be classified as DAC.

22
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Austrian Pradikatswein focuses on what style of wine?

A

Sweet styles, such as Eiswein, BA and TBA

23
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What does Niederosterreich translate to in English?

A

Lower Austria

24
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What wine style does Niederosterreich focus on?

A

White wines made from Riesling and Gruner Veltliner that are dry and unoaked of high quality.

25
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What River, and Danube tributary, flows through Kremstal?

A

The Krems River

26
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What River, and Danube tributary, flows through Kamptal?

A

The Kamp River

27
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What River flows through Wachau?

A

The Danube River

28
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Which Niederosterriech sub-region is known for having most of the top producers and vineyards?

A

Wachau

29
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Wachau classifies its dry wines with its own classification system.

What are the 3 classification levels?

A

Steinfeder (lightest)
Federspiel
Smaragd (richest)

30
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What is Steinfeder named after?

A

A grass that grows in Wachau’s vineyards

31
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What is Steinfeder’s maximum abv?

A

11.5% light body

32
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What is Federspiel’s abv range?

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11.5%-12.5% medium body

33
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What is Smaragd’s minimum abv?

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12.5% fullest body and richest texture; intense and dry

34
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What is Smaragd wine named after?

A

A brightly colored, emerald lizard found in Wachau’s vineyards

35
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Smaragd wines can sometimes be affected by which rot?

A

Botrytis

36
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Grapes destined for Smaragd are harvested at _______ ripeness.

A

Spatlese ripeness

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