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1
Q

What is strohwein?

A

botrytized, sweet wine made from grapes dried on straw mats min 3 months
- most common in Burgenland

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2
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What is the only DAC authorized grape in Neusiedlersee?

A

zweigelt

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3
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What are the new GUs for Austrian sekt? What are the lees aging requirements?

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Austria Sekt - 9 months (6 if in tank)
Austria Reserve Sekt - 18 months
Austria Grosse Reserve Sekt - 36 months (previously 30 months)

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4
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What are the 4 approved white varieties in Leithaberg DAC?

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  • gruner
  • chard
  • neuburger
  • weissburgunder
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5
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What is the min ABV of Kamptal DAC?

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11.5%

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6
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What are the two top end cuvees of FX Pichler?

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  • Unendlicht
  • M
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7
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What is the difference between perlwein and schaumwein?

A

all sparkling methods allowed, but
perlwein - min 9% abv, 1-2.5 ATM
schaumwein - min 8.5% abv, 3 ATM

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8
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What is the primary grape in Wagram?

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gruner veltliner

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9
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Name a key producer in Wagram

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  • Stift Klosterneuberg
  • Bernhard Ott
  • Wimmer Czerny
  • Leth
  • Anton Bauer
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10
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List a top vineyard in Krems, Kremstal

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  • Wachtberg
  • Gebling
  • Lindberg
  • Kapuzinberg
  • Marthal
  • Thurnerburg
  • Weinzierlberg
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11
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List 2 top vineyard sited in Kammern, Kamptal

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  • Renner
  • Lamm
  • Grub
  • Gaisberg
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12
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List a top vineyard site in Langenlois, Kamptal

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  • Kaferberg
  • Loiserberg
  • Spiegel
  • Steinmassel
  • Dechant
  • Kittmannsberg
  • Schenkenbichl
  • Seeburg
  • Steinhaus
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13
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What are the permitted white varieties of Carnuntum DAC?

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  • gruner veltliner
  • weissburgunder
  • chardonnay
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14
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What Carnuntum vineyard is the benchmark for blaufrankisch?

A

Spitzberg

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15
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When was Vinea Wachau established?

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1983

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16
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List 2 top vineyard sites in Durnstein, Wachau

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  • Hollerin
  • Kellerberg
  • Hohereck
  • Superin
  • Schutt (shared with Unterloiben)
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17
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List 2 top vineyards sites in Unterloiben/Oberloiben, Wachau

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  • Loibenberg
  • Schutt (shared with Durnstein)
  • Muhlpoint
  • Steinertal
  • Klostersatz
  • Kreutles
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18
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List a top vineyard site in Zobing, Kamptal

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  • Heiligstein
  • Gaisberg
  • Kogelberg
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19
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What are the two famous hillside vineyards in Vienna?

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  • Nussberg
  • Bisamberg
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20
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What is the most planted red grape in Austria?

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zwiegelt

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21
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Name a key producer in Kremstal DAC

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  • Stadt Krems
  • Nigl
  • Solomon Undhof
  • Malat
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22
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What is the most planted grape in Styria?

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welschriesling

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23
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What is the only authorized grape of Weinviertel DAC?

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gruner veltliner

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24
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What is the min abv for Austrian pradikatswein?

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5%

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25
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What is the name of a blend of rotgipfler and zierfandler?

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Spatrot-Rotgipfler

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26
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What 2 grapes are the specialty of the village of Gumpoldskirchen in Thermenregion?

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  • zierfandler
  • rotgipfler
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27
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What is schilcher?

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rose made from blauer wildbacher in Styria, Austria

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28
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What are the 4 weinbaugabiete of Austria?

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  • Niederosterreich
  • Wien
  • Burgenland
  • Styria
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29
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What does the term ‘hauersekt’ indicate on a label of Austrian sekt?

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grower producer (RM)

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30
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List two aliases of blaufrankisch

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  • lemburger (Germany)
  • kekfrankos (Hungary)
  • francova (Croatia)
  • burgen mare (Romania)
  • game (Bulgaria)
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31
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What was Austria’s first DAC?

A

Weinviertel (2003)

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32
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Austrian Qualitatswein is subdivided into what 4 categories?

A
  • Pradikatswein
  • Distructus Austriae Controllus (DAC)
  • Sekt Austria gu
  • Kabinet
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33
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Where is Klosterneuberg located?

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Wagram, Niederosterreich

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34
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What is the only approved variety in Mittelburgenland DAC?

A

blaufrankisch

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35
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What are the 3 levels/categories of Austrian wine?

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  • wein
  • Landwein
  • Qualitatswein
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36
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Franz Mayer and Wieninger are producers best known for what type of wine?

A

Gemischtersatz

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37
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What was Austria’s first DAC to allow red and white wine?

A

Leithaberg

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38
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Where is the Achleiten vineyard located?

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Weissenkirchen, Wachau, Niederosterreich

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39
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List 3 key producers in Wachau

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  • Emmerich Knoll
  • Franz Hirtzberg
  • Rudi Pichler
  • FX Pichler
  • Prager
  • Veyder Malberg
  • Alzinger
  • Domaine Wachau
  • Nickolaihof
  • Jager
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40
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What percentage of Wachau producers are members of Vinea Wachau?

A

90%

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41
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List 3 prominent producers in Kamptal DAC

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  • Brundlmeyer
  • Heidler
  • Hirsch
  • Jurtschitch
  • Laurenz V
  • Schloss Gobelsberg
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42
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What are the 3 geographical designations of Austrian Landwein?

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  • Weinland
  • Stierland
  • Burgland
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43
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What is the min aging for Austrian Sekt Grosse Reserve?

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36 months on lees

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44
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What Austrian producer is known for legendary TBA scheurebe bottlings?

A

Alois Kracher

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45
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What are the requirements for Austrian sekt Reserve?

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  • grapes coming from a single estate
  • hand harvested
  • traditional methos
  • min 18 months lees aging
  • brut, extra brut, brut nature only
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46
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What percentage of Austria’s total production is Qualitatswein?

A

84%

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47
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List 3 of the important villages of Wachau

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  • Durnstein
  • Unterloiben/Oberloiben
  • Spitz
  • Elsern
  • Viessling
  • Weissenkirchen
  • Wosendorf
  • Joching
  • Mautern
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48
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What is the min abv in Austria for wein and landwein?

A

8.5%

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49
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What grape is the regional specialty of Vulkland Stiermark?

A

traminer

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50
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When did Wachau receive DAC status?

A

2020

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51
Q

Roter Veltliner is a specialty of what region?

A

Wagram

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52
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What is the only approved variety in Eisenberg DAC?

A

blaufrankisch

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53
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What are the 6 DAC zones of Burgenland?

A
  • Mittelburgenland
  • Leithaberg
  • Eisenberg
  • Rosalia
  • Neusiedlersee
  • Ruster Ausbruch
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54
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List 2 top producers in Mittleburgenland

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  • Moric
  • Heinrich
  • Iby
  • Franz Weninger
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55
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What is the primary topographical feature of Niederosterreich?

A

Pannonian Plain

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56
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What are the main tenets of the Codex Wachau?

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  • no additives
  • no chaptalization
  • no aromatization
  • no de-alcoholization techniques
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57
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Where are the producers Markus Huber and Ludwig Neumayer located?

A

Traisental DAC, Niederosterreich

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58
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What is the soil type of Traisental DAC?

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limestone and gravel

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59
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What is the min percentage of blaufrankisch required in Leithaberg DAC?

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85%

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60
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What are the primary grapes of Sudstiermark DAC?

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  • gewurtz
  • chard
  • sauv blanc
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61
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What is the largest region (by size) of Niederosterreich?

A

Weinviertal DAC

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62
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What is the legal RS in Austria to be considered trocken?

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9 g/L

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63
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What grape is the Kellerberg vineyard known for?

64
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What non DAC wine of Rosalia has a min 13.5 % abv and prevalent oak character?

A

Grande Rosalia

65
Q

In what year was the Austrian antifreeze scandal?

66
Q

What is sturm?

A

half fermented sparkling grape juice served during harvest in Vienna

67
Q

What region of Austria borders Hungary?

A

Burgenland

68
Q

What are the 2 permitted grapes in Wachau Riedenwein?

A
  • riesling
  • gruner
69
Q

What is the primary soil type of the Pannonian Plain?

A

former seabed of loess

70
Q

Who developed wire trellising in the 1950s?

A

Lenz Moser

71
Q

What are the allowed red grapes in Carnuntum DAC?

A
  • zweigelt
  • blaufrankisch
72
Q

What styles of wine are allowed in Rosalia DAC?

A

dry red and rose

73
Q

Rubin Carnuntum is a group which focuses in what grape?

74
Q

In Austria, kabinett wines fall under what quality designation?

A

Qualitatswein

75
Q

What is the warmest and driest winegrowing region in Austria?

A

Burgenland

76
Q

List 2 of the important wine towns in Kamptal

A
  • Langenlois
  • Engabrunner
  • Kammern
  • Strass im Strassertal
  • Zobing
77
Q

Where is Brundlmeyer located?

A

Langenlois, Kamptal

78
Q

What 3 regions comprise the Weinland designation of Austrian Landwein?

A
  • Niederosterreich
  • Wien
  • Burgenland
79
Q

In what subzone of Styria does sauvignon blanc shine?

A

Sudstiermark

80
Q

What is the largest winegrowing region in Austria?

A

Niederosterreich

81
Q

What is the primary soil type of Wachau?

A

loess and gneiss with alluvial sand near rivers edge

82
Q

What are the 2 approved varieties of Rosalia DAC?

A
  • zwiegelt
  • blaufrankisch
83
Q

What is Austria’s most cultivated white variety?

A

gruner veltliner (31%)

84
Q

What is the primary soil type in Wagram?

85
Q

What is the minimum number of varietals required in Wiener Gerischter Satz DAC?

86
Q

What is the large, shallow lake of Burgenland?

A

Lake Nieusiedl

87
Q

What term indicates a top site in Austria?

88
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What is the 3 tiered hierarchical system of the DAC label?

A
  • Gebietsweine (regional)
  • Ortsweine (village level)
  • Riedenwein (single vineyard)
89
Q

What are the classification levels of Vinea Wachau?

A
  • Steinfeder (max abv 11.5%)
  • Ferderspiel (max abv 12.5%)
  • Smaragd (max abv 12.5%, spatlese ripeness equivalent)
90
Q

What is the difference between Classic and Reserve wine in the DAC zones of Niederosterreich?

A
  • Classic allows no botrytis or oak influence
  • Classic has a max abv of 12%
  • Reserve wines can show botrytis/oak influence with a max abv of 13%
91
Q

What lake allows for the production of the majority of Austria’s lusciously sweet wine?

A

Lake Nieusedl

92
Q

What are Rosolo and Rosolita?

A

wine made from hand harvested, dried grapes
- Rosolo is dry, min 15% abv
- Rosolita is sweet

93
Q

What 2 weinbaugebiete contain 90% of Austria’s vineyards?

A
  • Niederosterreich
  • Burgenland
94
Q

What is the warmest region in Burgenland?

A

Neusiedlersee

95
Q

How many subzones are in Niederosterreich?

96
Q

What is the primary soil type of Achleiten?

A

gfohler gneiss (sand over igneous rock)

97
Q

What does STK stand for in Austria?

A

Steirisch Terroir & Klassic Weinguter

98
Q

List a top site in Spitz, Wachau

A
  • Axpoint
  • Offenberg
  • Burgberg
  • Singerriedel
  • Setzburg
99
Q

What type of wine is the village of Kloch famous for?

A

gewurtz grown on volcanic soil

100
Q

The primary growing area of Sudstiermark lies in which river valley?

101
Q

What is the soil type of Mittelburgenland?

102
Q

What is the primary soil type of Styria?

A

clay and volcanic

103
Q

Name a producer of the Eisenberg DAC?

A
  • Krutzler
  • Wallner Deutsch-Schutzen
  • Uwe Schiefer
  • Wachter-Wiesler
104
Q

What is the Österreichischen Traditionsweingünter? Where is it located?

A
  • producer association created in 1992 in Austria
  • organization of the Austrian Erste Lage classifications (not officially recognized but aligning to the DAC system)
  • developed and classified in 2010, the 52 Ried (top sites) through Kamptal Kremstal, Wachau and Traisental

located in Kremstal

105
Q

What is Leithakalk?

A

name of the local soil type go the Leithaberg DAC
- gneiss, mica slate, limestone

106
Q

The vineyard of Schutt is shared between what two villages?

A
  • Durnstein
  • Unterloiben/Oberloiben
107
Q

Describe Ruster Ausbruch DAC

A
  • sweet wine of the Rust city (western shore of the Neusiedlersee lake)
  • furmint base, blended with muskateller and other local grapes
  • in the free town of Eisenstalt (In former Neusiedlersee-Hügelland)
  • Minimum Must Weight: 30º KMW (equivalent to Trockenbeerenauslese)
  • Minimum Residual Sugar: 45 g/l
  • Uses botrytized grapes
  • Must be hand-harvested
  • Production and bottling must occur within Rust
  • Must be vintage labeled
108
Q

What is the minimum RS for Ruster Ausbruch DAC?

109
Q

In what DAC is Ruster Ausbruch nested?

A

Leithaberg DAC

110
Q

List a top producer of Ruster Ausbruch

A
  • Heidi Schrock
  • Ernst Triebaumer
111
Q

The Kamp and Krems rivers are tributaries of what river?

112
Q

List 3 well regarded villages in Kremstal

A
  • Angern
  • Furth
  • Gedersdorf
  • Hollenberg
  • Krems
  • Oberfucha
  • Palt
  • Rohrendorf
  • Senftenberg
  • Stein
  • Stratzing
113
Q

What is Bergwein?

A

a label implying grapes grown on a vineyard slope of 26 degrees or more

114
Q

What two countries border Austria to the south?

A
  • Italy
  • Slovenia
115
Q

Feinburgunder and morillon are Austrian synonyms for what grape?

A

chardonnay

116
Q

What is Heuriger?

A
  • wine produce in Wien like a “nouveau” wine
  • drunk locally in the taverns seasonally run by producers
117
Q

What is the only capital in Europe with a significant wine production?

118
Q

What is the parentage of Gruner Veltliner?

A

savagnin (traminer) X st georgen

119
Q

What is the parentage of neuburger?

A

silvaner X roter veltliner

120
Q

In what village is Kracher estate located?

121
Q

Manfred Tement is a leading producer in what region?

122
Q

What is the parentage of zweigelt and in what year was it developed?

A

st laurent X blaufrankisch

1922

123
Q

Johanneshof Reinisch is a top producer in what village?

A

Gumpoldskirchen

124
Q

How is Schilfwein different from Strohwein?

A
  • Strohwein is dried on straw
  • Schilfwein is dried on reeds.
125
Q

Name 2 DACs where hand harvesting is mandatory

A
  • Wachau
  • Rust
126
Q

What producers bottle a Reid Achleiten?

A
  • Rudi Pichler
  • Prager
  • Domaine Wachau
127
Q

What is the max RS permitted for Sekt Austria Grosse Reserve?

128
Q

What are the age requirements for Mittleburgenland DAC?

A
  • DAC is matured in ss or used oak, can be released Aug 1 YFH
  • DAC with specified site matured in large oak or used barrique, can be released Oct 1 YFH
  • DAC Reserve matured in new or used oak, can be released March 1 2YFH
129
Q

Sweet wine made with grapes from Apelton, Illmitz, or Podersdorf (Neusiedlersee) may use what label term?

130
Q

What river influences Rosalia DAC?

A

Wulka River

131
Q

What are the allowed grapes of Ruster Ausbruch DAC?

A

Qualitatswein grapes such as:
- weissburgunder
- chardonnay
- muskateller
- grauburgunder
- furmint

132
Q

List a prominent producer in Carnuntum DAC

A
  • Dorli Muhr
  • Gerhard Markowitz
  • Glatzer
133
Q

What are the age requirements for Kremstal and Kamptal DAC?

A

DAC - released Jan 1 YFH
DAC with reid - released March 1 YFH
DAC Reserve - released July 1 YFH

134
Q

Who is the main producer in Thermenregion DAC?

A

Johanneshof Reinisch

135
Q

What 3 varieties are allowed in Wagram DAC reinenwein?

A
  • gruner
  • riesling
  • roter veltliner
136
Q

When did Austria join the EU?

137
Q

When was the DAC system approved?

138
Q

What is the min KMW scale for Austrian pradikatswein?

A

Spatlese - 19
Auslese - 21
BA/Eiswein/Strohwein/Schilfwein - 25
TBA - 30

139
Q

What was the first Austrian sparkling brand?

A

Goldeck (owned by Schlumberger)

140
Q

What are the aliases for riesling in Austria?

A
  • rhineriesling
  • weisser riesling
141
Q

What are the two main styles of Sauv blanc in Austria?

A

klassik - unoaked, zippy
lagen - site specific, often see barrel age or malo

142
Q

What are the greatest viticultural risks of zweigelt?

A
  • excessive yields
  • berry shriveling (leaf pulling often necessary)
143
Q

Where is most of the blauer portuguiser in Austria found?

A

Weinviertel DAC

144
Q

What is the general soil type of Lower Austria?

A

loess and granite

145
Q

Who is the most famous Austrian barrel maker?

A

Stockinger

146
Q

What is stinkerl?

A

A term used in Austria to describe a petrichor minerality (of used in ref. to Achliten riesling and gruner)

147
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List 2 producers who bottle a ried Loibenberg

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  • Knoll
  • Domaine Wachau
  • Alzinger
  • FX Pichler
  • Pichler Krutzler
148
Q

What is the oldest winery in Austria?

A

Nickolaihof (located in Mautern, Wachau)

149
Q

Why is Heiligstein vineyard (Zobing, Kamptal) so unique?

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It is a 345 m outcrop of Permian desert sandstone (sandstone w/ volcanic conglomerates) not found in any other vineyard in Austria
- produces some of the best riesling

150
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List 2 producers who bottle a Reid Heiligstein

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  • Schloss Gobelsburg
  • Brundlmeyer
  • Hirsch
  • Heidler
  • Jurtitsch
151
Q

What are the three geographic regions of Carnuntum DAC?

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  • Leitha Mountains
  • Arbesthal Hills
  • Hundesheimer Mountains
152
Q

Gfohler gneiss is found at what altitude?

153
Q

What is hockculture?

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“high culture”
- Lenz Moser’s trellising system

154
Q

What is the name for the mica slate soil in Burgenland?

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gliemerschiefer (glimmer slate)

155
Q

What is Primus and where is it found?

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  • label term used in Carnuntum DAC
  • representing light, crisp gruver
156
Q

What region in Austria has the most erste lage sites?

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