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Austria: What are the 3 Sekt Austria PDOs

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Sekt Austria gU
Sekt Austria Reserve gU
Sekt Austria Grosse Reserve gU

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Austria: What is OTW and how many are there

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‘Osterreich Traditions Weinguter”; a winegrowers association with an aim of classifying Austria’s vineyards (Rieds)

120 OTW.ERSTE LAGE (1^OTW)

0 OTW.GROSSE LAGE (G^OTW) so far

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Austria: What is the ABV of Reserve wine and when is it released

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min 13% ABV
Whites - March 15 release
Reds - Nov 1 release

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Austria: Villages of Kremstal

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Krems, Senftenberg, Rohrendorf, Gedersdorf, Furth, Angern, Hollenberg, Palt, Stein, Stratzing

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Austria: Which producer doesn’t take part of Vinea Wachau

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Pichler

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Austria: DACs of Niederosterreich

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Weinviertal, Wagram, Wachau, Traisental, Kremstal, Kamptal, Thermenregion, Carnuntum

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Austria: Why is loess good for Gruner Veltliner

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water retaining, high carbon content (nutrients) suits Gruner very well

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Austria: How is Sekt Austria Grosse Reserve gU harvested

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hand-harvested

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Austria: Sugar level of Halbtrocken and how it’s defined

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max 18 g/L
Off dry

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Austria: What is Schaumwein

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“foaming” sparkling wine
min 8.5% ABV
3 ATM
from primary/secondary fermentations such as methode rural, method ancestrale, method charmat, transfer, TM

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Austria: DACs of Ruster Ausbruch

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Ruster Ausbruch DAC (TBA grown in Rust affected by Botrytis, hand selected)
30 KMW
min 45 g/l RS
hand-harvested

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Austria: Which Sekt Austria wines allow for no more than 12 g/l of sugar

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Sekt Austria Reserve and Sekt Austria Grosse Reserve

due to Brut Nature, Extra Brut, Brut

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Austria: Who participates in OTW

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Kremstal, Kamptal, Wagram, Traisental, Carnuntum, Vienna, Thermenregion,

The ÖTW is a winegrowers’ association, founded in 1992 and headquartered in Krems an der Donau. According to the ÖTW charter, its primary objective is to create a classification of Austria’s vineyards

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Austria: What are the major vineyards of Wachau

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Loibenberg (Unterloiben/Oberloiben), Kellerberg (Durnstein), Hollerin (Durnstein), Achleiten (Weissenkirchen), Singerriedel (Spitz)

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Austria: What is Erzeugerabfüllung

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Producer-bottled wine

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Austria: Dosage styles of Sekt Austria Grosse Reserve gU

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Brut, Extra Brut, and Brut Nature

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Austria: What is Sturm

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partially fermented grape must, slightly sparkling

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Austria: When was the Vineau Wachau developed

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1983

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Austria: How to characterize the Vinea Wachau style

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dry, no new wood, maybe neutral wood for creaminess and richness

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Austria: What are the parents of Zweigelt

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Blaufrankisch x St. Laurent

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Austria: How to describe northern Austrian climate

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Competing cold and hot patterns.

Hot -> red grapes ripen. Also lots of mountains to help wines retain acid.

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Austria: Dosage styles of Sekt Austria Reserve gU

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Brut, Extra Brut, and Brut Nature

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Austria: Grapes on Weinviertal DAC and characteristic

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Gruner Veltliner, with a characteristic peppery note

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Austria: DACs of Weststeiermark

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Blauer Wildbacher (Schilcher ROSE) + 8 white grapes: Welchriesling, PG, PB, Morillon, SB, Riesling, Traminer, Muskateller

5:
Riedenwein
Ortswein
Gebietswein
Reserve
Schilcher Klassik

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Austria: ABVs of Vineau Wachau

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Steinfeder (max 11.5% ABV)
Federspiel (11.5-12.5% ABV)
Smaragd (12.5% ABV)

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Austria: DACs of Eisenberg

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3 DACs:

DAC Gebietswein (Blaufrankish, 12.5%)

DAC Riedenwein (Blaufrankish, Welschriesling 12.5%)

DAC Reserve (13%)

NO ORTSWEIN LEVEL.

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Austria: ABVs of the Weinviertal DACs

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12% for Weinviertal DAC

13% for Weinviertal DAC Reserve

13% for Weinviertal DAC Grosse Reserve (aged 6m longer)

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Austria: How is Sekt Austria gU harvested

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Hand or Machine harvest

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Austria: What are the Wachau levels and associated KMWs

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Steinfeder (feather grass, 15 KMW)

Federspiel (falcon bird, 17 KMW)

Smaragd (lizard, 18.2 KMW)

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Austria: How does clay affect wine

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retains water and creates silky, dense, long-lived wines

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Austria: DACs of Neusiedlersee

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red and sweet white.

Neusiedlersee DAC (Zweigelt, Spatlese/Auslese)

Neusiedlersee DAC Reserve (Zweigelt, BA/TBA)

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Austria: DACs of Wachau

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Wachau DAC Riedenwein (white only; Gruner Veltliner, Riesling)

Wachau DAC Ortswein (white only, 9 grapes)

Wachau DAC Gebietswein (red/white), NO RESERVE LEVEL

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Austria: What are the DAC wine styles

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Klassik (L-M body, fruit, easier drinking), Reserve (F body, richer, age-worthy oak/botrytis)

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Austria: Soil of Wagram

35
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Austria: Soil of Traisental

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Limestone and gravel

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Austria: DACs of Styria/Steiermark

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Vulkanland Steiermark, Sudsteiermark, Weststeiermark

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Austria: Where are grapes from for the 3 PDO levels of Sekt Austria

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one of Austria’s 9 federal states

38
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Austria: DACs of Thermenregion

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Red and white at different levels.

Thermenregion Riedenwein DAC: Rotgipfler, Zierfandler, CH, PB; PN, Sankt Laurent

Thermenregion Ortswein DAC: Rotgipfler, Zierfandler, CH, PB + PG; PN, Sankt Laurent

Thermenregion Gebietswein DAC: Rotgipfler, Zierfandler, CH, PB + PG, Neuburger; PN, Sankt Laurent + Zweigelt, Blauer Portugieser

NO RESERVE LEVEL.

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Austria: DACs of Kremstal

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White only: Gruner Veltliner, Riesling

Reserve
Riedenwein
Ortswein
Gebietswein

40
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Austria: What is Schilcher Klassik

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It is a rose wine made out of Blauer Wildbacher. Styles are still, frizzante, sparkling wine at the Klassik level. Found in Weststeiermark

41
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Austria: Most planted red grape

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Blaufrankisch

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Austria: What villages are in Neusiedlersee, type of wine, and how they are labeled

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Sweet white from Illmitz, Apetlon, and/or Podersdorf are labeled “Seewinkel”

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Austria: AKAs of Blaufrankisch

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Lemberger (Germany), Kekfrankos (Hungary)

44
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Austria: Sugar level of Sweet

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min. 45 g/L

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Austria: How is Sekt Austria Reserve gU harvested

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hand-harvested

46
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Austria: Soil of Carnuntum

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stony loam andloess

47
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Austria: What is Chadonnay called

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Grauburgunder

48
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Austria: Sugar level of Lieblich(medium-sweet)

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max. 45 g/L

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Austria: What is Weinkellerei: Winery

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Austria: What is Weinkellerei: Winery

50
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Austria: What is part of the Slow Food “Ark of Taste” category

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Gemischter Satz

51
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Austria: Name all 9 Federal States of Austria

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Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Oberösterreich, Salzburg, Steiermark, Tirol, Vorarlberg, and Wien (Vienna)

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Austria: What are the parents of Blauburger

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Blaufrankisch x Blauer Portuguiser

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Austria: What is the AKA of Ruster Ausbruch

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“Free city of Rust”

54
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Austria: What is the KMW and ABV for Kabinett

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17 KMW, max 13% ABV

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Austria: What special item is allowed on Sekt Austria Grosse Reserve gU

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Village + Vineyard name

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Austria: Soil of Thermenregion

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clay, sandy loam, and brown earth

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Austria: DACs of Rosalia

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can make red and rose out of Blaufrankish and Zweigelt. Rose is not allowed for Reserve. Rosalia DAC Rose/DAC (12%)/Ortswein/Riedenwein/Reserve (13%)

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Austria: At the Weststeiermark Ortswein (village) level, what grapes are found

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Blauer Wildbacher and Sauvignon Blanc

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Austria: What is Austrian Sekt

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normale sekt without a PDO

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Austria: What 2 items does Vineau Wachau do and what is it

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a winegrowers association. First: classification of wine based on alcohol categories (Steinfeder, Federspiel, Smaragd). Second: upholds tenets of natural winemaking, no additives, no chapitalization, no aromatization/use of new oak, no frattionation (de-alcoholization). Wines must be bottled in the region, grapes grown in Wachau. Producers of Wachau

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