AUSTRIA 🇦🇹

Question 1

Climate in Austria

Answer 1

Cool continental

Question 2

Main grapes in Austria

Answer 2

Primary: Grüner Veltliner, Riesling
Secondary: Welschriesling, Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt, Saint Lauren

Question 3

Zweigelt is a crossing between…

Answer 3

Blaufränkisch and Saint Lauren

Question 4

Wine regions in Austria

Answer 4

Niederösterreich (Lower Austria), Burgenland

Question 5

Main sub-regions of Niederösterreich

Answer 5

Wachau, Weinviertel

Question 6

DAC

Answer 6

Districtus Austriae Controllatus, a wine status (grape variety, wine style, set of regulations) that reflects a designated area

Question 7

Ausbruch

Answer 7

Austrian Prädikat level between Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese

Question 8

Strohwein or Schilfwein

Answer 8

Wine produced from bunches of grapes that are laid out on beds of straw or reeds during the winter, to concentrate sugars

Question 9

Landwein

Answer 9

Austrian PGI

Question 10

The only grape variety permitted in Weinviertel DAC

Answer 10

Grüner Veltliner

Question 11

Styles produced in Weinviertel DAC

Answer 11

Klassik - light, fresh, fruity, no oak flavors

Reserve - higher minimum alcohol, oak

Question 12

Why Lake Neusiedlersee is important

Answer 12

Mists in autumn allow botrytis, then sweet wines from Welschriesling

Question 13

Styles of Prädikatswein in Austria (from the lowest to the highest)

Answer 13

Kabinett, Spatlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, Eiswein, Strohwein/Schilfwein, Ausbruch, Trockenbeerenauslese