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1
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Most planted grape in Austria?

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Gruner Veltliner with 30% acreage

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Austrian Synonyms for Chardonnay

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Feinburgunder

Morillon

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3
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Zweigelt’s parents

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Blaufrankish

St Laurent

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4
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Blauburger’s Parents

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Blaufrankish and Blauer Portugieser

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5
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What are the red/white stripes on Austrian bottles and what do they mean?

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Banderole

Indicates Qualitatswein

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6
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What’s the min Alc % for Austrian Pradikatswein?

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5%

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7
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Is Kabinett Qualitatswein or Pradikatswein?

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Qualitatswein

No chaptalization or Sussreserve

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8
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Where does straw wein fit and requirements

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Grapes dried at least three months

25 KMW, same as Eiswein and Beerenauslese

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9
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Where is one likely to find Ausbruch?

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Rust in Neusiedlersee-Hügelland in Burgenland

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10
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What does “Ried” indicate on an Austrian label?

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Top site,
Vineyards listed as village first vineyard second as in Germany. “Ried” replaces the name of the village in top sites at old school estates

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11
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What are the two categories of Qualitatswein?

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Pradikatswein and Districtus Austriae Controllatus (later is for dry wine)

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12
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Where is Langenois? Three vineyards nearby

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Langenois is in the Kamptal,
Dechant (Dee Chant)
Lamm (Lamb)
Heligenstein (Hooligen in hell on stein)

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13
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What was Wagram formerly known as and when was it changed?

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Donauland
2007
Donaly Sucking Ram that’s wagging tail in denver driveway

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14
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What is Sturm? austria

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A half fermented wine drunk in Vienna during harvest

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15
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What is Heuriger? austria

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a nouveau wine drunk in Viennese taverns

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16
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What is the Neusidlersee and what does it do?

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A shallow lake in between Neusedlersee-Hugelland, Mittelburgenland, Leithaberg

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17
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Where is Emmerich Knoll?

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Wachau

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18
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What is schilcher?

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Racy Weststeiermark rose made from Blauer Wildbacher

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19
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Name DACs of Styria

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NONE SUCKA

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20
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Name DACs of Wachau

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Wachau is a subregion of Niederosterreich with no further subregions under it, it’s not a DAC

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21
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What Austrian laws changed on 2016?

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Sekt was defined
Burgenland Qualitatswein now only says “Burgenland” other four regions are only bottled as DAC
Sudburgenland becomes grosslagen
Sud-Oststeiermark renamed Vulkanland Steiermark
Vineyard designation MUST contain the word “Reid”
Kamp/Krem/Traisental have Region/Village/Single Vineyard designations connected to alcohol
Ausbruch must be TBA from Rust

22
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Legally define Austrian Sekt

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Must be classic, reserve, or grand reserve

23
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What is Austria’s version of PDO?

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g.U. geschutzle Ursprungsbezeichung

24
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Where is Rudi Pichler located?

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Wosendorf, Wachau, Between Joching and Spitz

25
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What’s the history of Domain Wachau?

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Co-op in Durnstein. Changed name to Wachau in 2008 after a change in winemaker/director. Quality went down in early 2000’s due to departure of directors.
Director Roman Horvath MW and winemaker Heinz Frischengruber brought on in 2005

26
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Geography change from Wachau to Kremstal/Kamptal

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Wachau has steep slopes, Kremstal peters out but there are some to the east of Langenlois protecting south facing vineyards from cold
Soil is similar, loess

27
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What is Austria’s largest sub region and first DAC?

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Weinviertel
Corner of driveway between Wagram and Carnuntum
Turtle in wine bottle, white pepper everywhere

28
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Where will you find Spatrot-Rotigfler and what is it?

A

Thermenregion
It is a blend of Rotgipfler and Zierfandler (white grapes)
South of Vienna
In middle of driveway, car on nun’s tummy
A spatula in front holding Rotweiler
Reagan (gipper) holding flower (Spatrot-Rotgipler) also fondaling zoro (Zierfandler)

29
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Which region specializes in Blaufrankish only

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Mittelburgenland
in garage Just to right of door into house
“Middle” with burgundy map in
Frank yelling “BLAU!”

30
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First DAC to allow red/white wines

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Leithaberg
Right side of garage on wall a lithe iceberg
Just west of Nuesiedlersee lake

31
Q

Blaufrankisch synonyms

A

Lemberger in Germany

Kekfrankos in Hungary

32
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Village/Producer in Nuesiedlersee know for TBA

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Alois Kracher in Illmitz
Just inside garage to right, mittens on Illmatic NAZ album, Cracker shaped like lois
Giant noose

33
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Minimum KMW for Ausbruch

Process of making it

A

30 KMW
Similar is Tokaij
Botrytis affected must is added to less concentrated must

34
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Where might you find sauvignon blanc in Austria?

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Sudsteiermark especially from Manfred Tement

35
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Where might you find Blauer Wildbacher in Austria?

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Weststeiermark, makes a rose called schilcher
Back left corner of garage
Mark’s face on westie
Bach, wild ooking with leaves in hair, holding rose, but it’s empty zilch (schilcher)

36
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DACs of Steiermark

A

Schilcherland DAC in Weststeiermark

37
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How many DACs are there? Most recent?

A

10

Schilcherland 2017

38
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Weinviertel beets

A 
Largest subzone and first DAC of Austria
Niederosterriech
No botrytis or wood, distinctly peppery
min 12% alcohol
Has reserve category, min 13% and allows botrytis
Gruner Veltliner only
39
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Traisental beets

A

DAC
SE of Kamptal, Kremstal, Wachau
Classic or reserve (12/13%)
Gruner or Riesling

40
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Kamptal beets

A

DAC
Riesling or Gruner
Langenlois

41
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What are vineyards called in Austria

A

Ried

42
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What is gohfler?

A

Gneiss, in Wachau

43
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Describe Gneiss

A

Coarse grained rock

44
Q

19 kmw is how many Oeschle

A

95 (Auslese in Rheingau)

45
Q

Name a vineyard in Weissenkirchen

A

Wachau, Achtleiten

46
Q

Where is Achtlein

A

Vineyard in Weissenkirchen, Wachau

47
Q

3 finest estates according to guild somm

A

FX Pichler
Prager
Emerich Knoll

48
Q

Wachau Codex is?

A

Founding principles of Vinea Wachau (established ripeness levels)
No additives and chaptalization

49
Q

Where might you find Roter Veltliner and what is it

A

Red version of Gruner but vinified white

Specialty of Wagram

50
Q

Pannonian refers to

A

Plains around Niederosterrich

51
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Kekfrankos syn

A

Lemberger (Germany) Blaufrankisch (Austria)

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