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1
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What are the requirements of Neusiedlersee DAC?

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DAC (2012)
- Red:
## Classic: Zweigelt (12% abv)
## Reserve: min. 60% Zweigelt + Max. 40% local varieties (13% abv)

Sweet:
- Spätlese and Auslese: White Qualitätswein varieties including Welschriesling, Weissburgunder, and Chardonnay
- Reserve - Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese

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Oesterreichische Traditionsweinguter was founded when?

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1992

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3
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Three subzones of Styria in Germany

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Südsteiermark
Weststeiermark
Vulkanlandsteiermark

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4
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name 3 regions within Bergland

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Vorarlberg, Tyrol, and Carinthia

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5
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Which varieties are acceptable for white Leithaberg DAC?
4

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Weissburgunder
Chardonnay
Neuburger
Gruner Veltliner

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6
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DAC Leithaberg for red, at least, has how much % of Braufrankisch?

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0.85

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7
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Neuburger=

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= Roter Veltliner x Sylvaner

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8
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Cross of Sylvaner

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Savagnin and Oestereichisch Weiss

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9
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This region in the east of Niederosterrich was known as Donauland prior to 2007

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Wagram

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10
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Thermenregion and Carnuntum were known as what in the past?

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Donauland

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11
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Who is the pioneer of sparkling wine in Austria?

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Robert Schlumberger
1842

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12
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Parents of Rotgipfler

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TraminerxRoter Veltliner

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13
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What is Uhudler?

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non vinifera hybrid variety in Eisenberg(red grape)

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14
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What is the Weinguter Wagram?

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group of wine maker in Wagram which focuses on Gruner Veltliner and Roter Veltliner<br></br><img></img>

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15
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What are the requirements of Weinviertel DAC?

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1st DAC (2002)
- Dry white wines
- 100% Grüner Veltliner
## Classic: min. 12% abv (no wood, no botrytis)
## Reserve: min. 13% abv (new wood, botrytis)

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16
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What is KMW? What does it stand for?

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  • Klosterneuburger Mostwaage (KMW)
  • Austrian measure for must weight
    1 KMW = about 1.2 Brix
    1 KMW = about 5 Öechsle
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17
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First DAC, year

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Weinviertel in 2003, vintage 2002

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18
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Cross of Muscat Ottonel

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Chasselas and Muscat d’Eisenstadt

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19
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Blauburger is a crossing of which two grapes?

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Bläufränkisch x Blauer Portugieser

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20
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What are the requirements of Neusiedlersee DAC?

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DAC (2012)
- Red from Zweigelt + sweet white from all authorised grapes

## Reserve: min. 60% Zweigelt + Max. 40% local varieties (13% abv)

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21
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Oesterreichische Traditionsweinguter was founded when?

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1992

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22
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Pannobile
9

A

Achs
Beck
Gsellmann
Heinrich
Leitner
Nittnaus
Pittnauer
Preisinger
Renner

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23
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Which varieties are acceptable for white Leithaberg DAC?
4

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Weissburgunder
Chardonnay
Neuburger
Gruner Veltliner

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24
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Cross of Sylvaner

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Savagnin and Oestereichisch Weiss

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Cross of Sylvaner

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Savagnin and Oestereichisch Weiss

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26
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Who is the pioneer of sparkling wine in Austria?

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Robert Schlumberger
1842

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27
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What are the requirements of Weinviertel DAC?

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1st DAC (2002)
- Dry white wines
- 100% Grüner Veltliner
## Classic: min. 12% abv (no wood, no botrytis)
## Reserve: min. 13% abv (new wood, botrytis)

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28
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What is the Weinguter Wagram?

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group of wine maker in Wagram which focuses on Gruner Veltliner and Roter Veltliner<br></br><img></img>

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29
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Who owns largest vineyard of St Laurent?

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Klosterneuburg

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30
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Who is the pioneer of sparkling wine in Austria?

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Robert Schlumberger
1842

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31
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Name the most famous sweet wine producer in Neusiedlersee (Burgenland)

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  • Alois Kracher (Illmitz) [Eiswein, BA, TBA]<br></br><img></img>
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32
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What is KMW? What does it stand for?

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  • Klosterneuburger Mostwaage (KMW)
  • Austrian measure for must weight
    1 KMW = about 1.2 Brix
    1 KMW = about 5 Öechsle
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33
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How sweet is Ruster Ausbruch?

A

TBA
30 KMW

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34
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First DAC, year

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Weinviertel in 2003, vintage 2002

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35
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Blauburger is a crossing of which two grapes?

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Bläufränkisch x Blauer Portugieser

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36
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Lenz Moser

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Kremstal<br></br><img></img>

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37
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Name important villages from east to west in Wachau

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Mautern-Loiben-Durnstein-Rossatz-Weissenkirchen-Joching/Wosendorf-Arnsdorf-Spitz
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38
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Name 2 groups of wine makers in Wagram

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Weinguter Wagram and Wagramer Selektion<br></br><img></img>

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39
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Schilcher is made from which grape variety?

A

Blauer Wildbacher

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40
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Minimum KMW of Spatlese

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19 KMW

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41
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What are the requirements of Eisenberg DAC?

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  • gebietswein: 100 % Blaufränkisch
  • ortswein: Blaufränkisch + Welschriesling
  • riedenwein: Blaufränkisch + Welschriesling
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42
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Head of AWMB

A

Chris York

Вилли Клингер

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43
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What is the crossing of Neuburger?

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White grape
- Roter Veltliner x Sylvaner

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44
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Zierfandler’s syonym

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Spatrot

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45
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Zierfandler’s syonym

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Spatrot

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46
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Minimum alcohol required for Qualitatswein in Austria

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0.05

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47
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When was the new Austria’s wine law introduced?

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  • 1993 (Antifreeze Scandal 1985)
    1) Severe yield limits
    2) Higher min. must weight (compared to Germany)
    3) Chaptalisation is NOT allowed for quality wine
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48
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Head of AWMB

A

Chris York

Вилли Клингер

49
Q

DAC wines from Kreptal, Kremstal, Weinviertal and Traisental must be made from one of these two varietals and maybe be labeled as classic or reserve

A

Gruner Veltliner
Riesling

50
Q

Year FX Pichler left Vinea Wachau

51
Q

Neuburger = parents

A

Roter Veltliner x Sylvaner

52
Q

Heckenklescher is name for which variety?

A

Blauer Wildbacher

53
Q

What is Vinea Wachau?

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  • An organization of estates (Natural winemaking)
  • Founded 1983
  • NO Additives (even Chaptalizatioin)
  • NO use of new barrel
  • NO Fractionation (e.g. de-alcoholization)
  • Must be bottled in the region
  • Grape must grown in Wachau
54
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What is Schilcher?

A
  • Local Rosé wine from Weststeiermark (Steiermark)
  • Made from Blauer Wildbacher grape<br></br><img></img>
55
Q

This person in Austria developed the wire trellising system in the 1950’s

A

Dr Lenz Moser

56
Q

Synonym of Chardonnay in Styria and Burgenland?

A

Klevner and Morillon

57
Q

Minimum KMW of Beerenauslese

58
Q

Austrian Synonyms for Chardonnay

A

Morillion
Feinburgunder

59
Q

Oesterreichische Traditionsweinguter was founded when?

60
Q

name 3 regions within Bergland

A

Vorarlberg, Tyrol, and Carinthia

61
Q

Which varieties are acceptable for white Leithaberg DAC?
4

A

Weissburgunder
Chardonnay
Neuburger
Gruner Veltliner

62
Q

Thermenregion and Carnuntum were known as what in the past?

63
Q

Who is the pioneer of sparkling wine in Austria?

A

Robert Schlumberger
1842

64
Q

Parents of Rotgipfler

A

TraminerxRoter Veltliner

65
Q

What is Uhudler?

A

non vinifera hybrid variety in Eisenberg(red grape)

66
Q

What is the Weinguter Wagram?

A

group of wine maker in Wagram which focuses on Gruner Veltliner and Roter Veltliner<br></br><img></img>

67
Q

What is KMW? What does it stand for?

A
  • Klosterneuburger Mostwaage (KMW)
  • Austrian measure for must weight
    1 KMW = about 1.2 Brix
    1 KMW = about 5 Öechsle
68
Q

First DAC, year

A

Weinviertel in 2003, vintage 2002

69
Q

Blauburger is a crossing of which two grapes?

A

Bläufränkisch x Blauer Portugieser

70
Q

Pannobile
9

A

Achs
Beck
Gsellmann
Heinrich
Leitner
Nittnaus
Pittnauer
Preisinger
Renner

71
Q

Cross of Sylvaner

A

Savagnin and Oestereichisch Weiss

72
Q

What are the requirements of Weinviertel DAC?

A

1st DAC (2002)
- Dry white wines
- 100% Grüner Veltliner
## Classic: min. 12% abv (no wood, no botrytis)
## Reserve: min. 13% abv (new wood, botrytis)

73
Q

Name the most famous sweet wine producer in Neusiedlersee (Burgenland)

A
  • Alois Kracher (Illmitz) [Eiswein, BA, TBA]<br></br><img></img>
74
Q

When was Austrian Wine Marketing Board founded?

A

1986 as a part of the counter to Scandal

75
Q

Landwein can be made from the same 40 varietals as Qualitatswein in Austria but must be labeled one of these three names

A

Weinland
Steierland
Bergland

76
Q

What is the minimum alcohol content of Prädikat level in Austria

A

5% abv (whereas German is 7%)

77
Q

Stift Klosterneuburg

A

Wagram
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78
Q

Maximum residual sugar of Smaragd

79
Q

What are the requirements of Mittelburgenland DAC?

A

DAC (2005)
- Red: 100 % Blaufränkisch
## Classic: 12.5-13% abv
## Classic with site: 13-13.5% abv
## Reserve: min. 13% abv

80
Q

If you want to use ‘Essenz’ for Ausbruch, what is the minimum KMW?

81
Q

What are the differences of Kabinett wines between Germany & Austria?

A

“Kabinett” in…
= Germany: Prädikatswein
# Austria: Qualitätswein

= Germany: Süssreserve is allowed
# Austria: Chaptalization & Süssreserve NOT allowed

82
Q

In Heiligenstein, sandstone with volcanic conglometers soil type is known as what?

83
Q

Where can you find a group called Pannobile?

A

Burgenland

84
Q

Cross of Goldburger

A

Welschriesling and Orangetraube

85
Q

Minimum KMW of Trockenbeerenauslese

86
Q

Synonym of Chardonnay in Wachau?

A

Feinburgunder

87
Q

What are the requirements of Leithaberg DAC?

A

DAC (2009)
- White: GV, Neuburger, Char, PB (blends or 100%)
- Red: 85% Bläufränkisch + Max. 15% PN, St. Laurent, Zweigelt
## Min. 12.5% abv

88
Q

Minimum KMW of Auslese

89
Q

Permitted grape varieties Wagram Riedenwein
3

A

Grüner Veltliner
Roter Veltliner
Riesling

90
Q

Pannobile White grapes
5

A

Weissburgunder
Chardonnay
Neuburger
Grüner Veltliner
Welschriesling

91
Q

Falstaff 5* wineries from Kremstal
2

A

Nigl
Mantlerhof

92
Q

Klosterneuburg was founded

93
Q

The smallest DAC

A

Rosalia 241 ha

94
Q

The largest DAC

A

Weinviertel 14 000 ha

95
Q

The last DAC 18th

A

Thermenregion
leading varieties Zierfandler, Rotgipfler, St. Laurent, Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc and Chardonnay

96
Q

Vintages of Nikolaihof Riesling Vinothek
5

A

1990
1995
1997
2000
2002

97
Q

Owners of Nikolaihof

A

Saahs family

98
Q

the oldest winery in Austria

A

Nikolaihof

99
Q

Schloss Halbturn
Where

A

Burgenland

100
Q

Half fermented sparkling grape juice

101
Q

The most expensive white wine from Austria

A

Alois Kracher TBA

102
Q

Sturm

A

Half fermented sparkling grape juice

103
Q

Introduction of Austrian sekt commitee

104
Q

Sekt was registered as sparkling wine made in Austria and Germany

105
Q

Blauer Wildbacher=

106
Q

Vineyards acreage in Austria

107
Q

Федеральный институт виноградарства и виноделия, где

A

Klosterneuburg

108
Q

The wild boys of batonnage
5

A

Gerhard Kracher
Erich Scheiblhofer
Christian Tschida
Florian Gayer
Markus Altenburger

109
Q

Nikolaihof Vinothek Riesling vintage on the market

110
Q

Carnuntum DAC White grapes 3

A

Pinot blanc
Chardonnay
Grüner Veltliner
Min 2/3

111
Q

Carnuntum DAC Red grapes 2

A

Blaufränkisch
Zweigelt
- min 2/3

112
Q

Rosalia DAC styles

A

Dry red (Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt)
Dry rose (any variety)

113
Q

Kamptal grapes
5

A

Grüner Veltliner
Riesling
Chardonnay
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Gris

114
Q

DAC regions with quality pyramid
6 + 3

A

Wachau
Carnuntum
Eisenberg
Wiener Gemischter Satz
Wagram
Thermenregion

3 from Styria

115
Q

Grapes for Thermenregion DAC
Riedenwein
4+2

A

Rotgipfler, Zierfandler
PB, Chard
PN, SL

116
Q

Sekt Austria PDO pyramid

A

Grosse Reserve - 36 m
Reserve - 18 m
Sekt Austria - 9 m any method

117
Q

New grapes authorised in Austria
2

A

Donauveltliner
Donauriesling

118
Q

How many grapes are authorised

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