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1
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Other name for Austria

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Osterreich

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2
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Where did Trockenbeerenauslese originate?

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Austria

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3
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Who developed the wire trellising system?

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Austrian Dr. Lenz Moser

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4
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What decimated Austria’s wine industry in 1985

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A scandal because of winemaker’s artificially bostering their wine

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What did winemaker’s use to bolster their wines?

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Diethylene glycol - antifreeze

It gave light wine some added texture

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6
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Why does Austria have some of the strictest wine laws in Europe?

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to regain their reputation after the antifreeze scandal

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7
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Austrian climate

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moderate continental

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8
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Name for Austrian winemaking region

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weinbaugebiete

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9
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4 major weinbaugebiete

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Niederosterreich
Wien (Vienna)
Burgenland
Styria (Steiermark)

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10
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Where are 90% of the country’s vineyards

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Niederosterreich

Burgenland

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11
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Main white grapes of Austria

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Gruner Veltliner
Welchriesling
Muller-Thurgau
Weissburgunder
Riesling
Chardonnay
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12
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Austrian names for Chardonnay

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Morillon

Feinburgunder

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13
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Welchriesling

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Pinot Blanc

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14
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Most planted white in Austria

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Gruner Veltliner

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15
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Most planted red in Austria

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Zweigelt

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16
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Major red grapes of Austria

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Zweigelt
Blaufrankisch
Blauer Portugieser
Blauburger

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17
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Blauburger

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Blauer Portugieser x Blaufrankisch cross

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18
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Zweigelt

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Blaufrankisch x St. Laurent cross

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19
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Most of Austria’s plantings are?

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White

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20
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3 Levels of quality in Austria’s wine laws

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Wein
Landwein
Qualitatswein

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21
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Requirements for Qualitatswein

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  • sourced from a single Weinbaugebiete or one of the 16 smaller wine regions
  • one or more of 36 grapes
  • must pass tasting panel and chemical analysis
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22
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How much of Austria’s production is Qualitatswein?

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Two-thirds

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23
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What shows the tasting inspection on a bottle?

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State control number (Prufnummer)

Red and White Banderole on bottle’s capsule

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24
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Number of allowed varieties in Austria

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36

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25
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Former name for Wein

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Tafelwein (replaced for the 2009 vintage)

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26
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Limitation on Wein

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may carry a vintage date and varietal, but may not exhibit a more exclusive statement of origin than osterreich

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27
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Landwein restrictions

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36 varieties

labelled w/ one of 3 broad geographic areas

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28
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3 Broad geographic areas of Landwein

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Weinland
Steierland
Bergland

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29
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Winbauregionen

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broader geographic area

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30
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Weinland

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covers Niederosterreich, Wien, Burgenland

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31
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Steierland

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covers Steiermark

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32
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Bergland

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Covers around 500 ha of vineyard land scattered throughout the remainder of Austria’s mountainous countryside

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33
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Sub categories of Qualitatswein

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Pradikatswein

Districtus Austriae Controllatus (DAC)

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34
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Minimum alcohol content of wines labelled by pradikat

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5%

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35
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Difference between German and Austrian Kabinett

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In Austria, Kabinett is considered a subset of Qualitatswein rather than a beginning rung on the ladder of Pradikatswein

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36
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What is forbidden in Austria, even at the Kabinett level?

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both Chaptalization and Sussreserve addition

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37
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Austria’s pradikats

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Spatlese
Auslese
Beerenauslese
Ausbruch
Eiswein
Trockenbeerenauslese
Strohwein/Schilfwein
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38
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Strohwein

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dried grape wine of at least Beerenauslese level

39
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Ausbruch

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sweet specialty of Rust, a free city on the western shore of Neusledelersee

40
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Where are most of Austria’s sweet wines produced?

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around the lake of Neusiedlersee in Burgenland

41
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What did the DAC aim to do?

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designed to align Austrian regions with wine profiles in the mind of the consumer, in the tradition of the French and Italian systems

42
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How many DACs are there?

43
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What are the 13 DACs?

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Weinviertel
Mittelburgenland
Traisental
Kremstal
Kamptal
Leithaberg
Eisenberg
Neusiedlersee
Weiner Gemischter Satz
Rosalia
Vulkanland-Steiermark
Sudsteiermark
Weststeiermark
44
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High quality Austrian Sekt

A

Austrian Sekt with Protected Designation of Origin

45
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3 tiers of Austrian Sekt with Protected Designation of Origin

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Klassik
Reserve
Grosse Reserve

46
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Klassik

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  • grapes come from one of Austria’s federal states
  • 9 months on lees
  • Tank, transfer, traditional method
  • all dosage levels/styles and colors
47
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Reserve

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  • traditional method
  • grapes grown/vinified in Austria’s federal states
  • 18 months on the lees
  • may list vintage
  • only Brut, Extra Brut, Brut Nature
48
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Grosse Reserve

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  • grapes from single wine village (ex. Langelois)
  • hand harvesting
  • vineyard names allowed along with the vintage
  • 30 months on the lees
  • may not be released until 3 years after harvest
  • only Brut, Extra Brut, or Brut Nature
49
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Hauersekt

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corresponds to German Winzersekt

Wine is made by the grape grower (Recoltant Manipulant)

Hauersekt must also list the village/vineyard, grape variety, and vintage

50
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How is Austrian Sekt with Protected Designation of Origin different from Austrian Sekt?

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-bottles must carry the official seal on the capsule with

“Geschutzter Ursprung, geprufte Qualitat” (protected designation of origin and certified quality)

51
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Meaning of Niederosterreich

A

Lower Austria

52
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Largest winegrowing region in Austria

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Niederosterreich

53
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Pannonian Plain

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former seabed of loess soils stretching from eastern Austria through Hungary and many countries of the former eastern bloc

54
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Climate of Niederosterreich

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continental; the seasonal divide is more pronounced than in many of the milder winegrowing climates of western Europe

55
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Main river in Niederosterreich

56
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8 subzones of Niederosterreich

A 
Weinviertel
Carnuntum
Traisental
Wagram
Kremstal
Kamptal
Wachau
Thermenregion
57
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Niederosterreich’s largest subzone

A

Weinvertel

58
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Rules for DAC Weinviertel

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  • must be Gruner Veltliner
  • minimum alcohol 12%
  • approved by a tasting panel
    • wine must show a distinct peppery note and no obvious wood or botrytis
59
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Weinviertel Reserve

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debuted with 2009 vintage
fuller-bodied wines show a minimum alcohol of 13% and may reveal hints of both botrytis and wood supported by the richer character of the wine

60
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Rivers of Kamptal & Kremstal

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Krems & Kamp

61
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Where are many of the best vineyards of Austria found?

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Within Wachau in Niederosterreich

62
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Soil of Wachau

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loess and gfohler (gneiss) with a proportion of alluvial sand in lower vineyard sites near the rivers edge

63
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Difference in flavor of Traisental, Kamptal, and Kremstal vs Weinviertel

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The 3 show more delicate spice rather than the pungent white pepper of weinviertel

64
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3 levels of classification in Wachau?

A

Steinfeder
Federspiel
Smaragd

65
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Steinfeder

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named for a local grass found in the vineyards

the lightest style, with a minimum must weight of 15 degrees KMW and a maximum alcohol of 11.5%

66
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Why does Wachau make the best wines?

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  • unique climate - the river and cool norhtern winds chill the summer nights enabling the wines to retain natural acidity
  • soil
  • aspect mimics terraced slopes of Mosel
  • makes extracted, age-worthy whites
67
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Federspiel

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named for a Falconer’s tool

Minimum must weight of 17 degrees KMW and a final alcohol range of 11.5% - 12.5%

68
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Meaning of Weinviertel

A

wine quarter

69
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Austria’s main region for sparklin

A

Weinviertel

70
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What’s important about Vienna?

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World’s only capital with significant vineyards within its city limits

71
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Smaragd

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Named for an emerald lizard who basks on the terraces

-minimum alchohol of 12.5% and a minimum must weight of 19 degrees KMW (approximately 95 degrees Ochsle or Spatlese ripeness)

72
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Wachau’s most pedigreed vines are where?

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vineyard of Achleiten, in the village of Weissenkirchen

73
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Some of Wachau’s finest estates

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FX Pichler
Prager
Emmerich Knoll

– all members of Vinea Wachau

74
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Vinea Wachau

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organization sworn to uphold the tenets of natural winemaking as spelled out in the Codex Wachau

75
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Codex Wachau requirements

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  • no additives (including chaptalization)
  • no aromatization (Including use of new barriques)
  • no “fractionation” (techniques such as de-alcoholization)
  • must be bottled in region and vinified from grapes grown in Wachau
76
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Wagram

A

Formerly Donauland

– Gruner Veltliner & Roter Veltliner (unrelated grape) is specialty

77
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Vienna’s wine

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  • mostly white grapes (Gruner Veltliner, Roter Veltliner, Riesling, Traminer, etc.)
  • mostly coplanter and cofermented
  • Weiner Gemischter Satz DAC (since 2017) Viennese Field Blend style
78
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Burgenland Wines

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  • mostly red wines historic reputation for sweet wines

- Welchriesling, Furmint, Neuburger, Pinot blanc, Pinot Gris, Traminer

79
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Climate surrounding Lake Neusidl is highly favorable for?

80
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Rust/Seewinkel

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  • Lakeside town of Rust is famous for their Ausbruch (Botrytis)
  • Seewinkel opposite shore; famous for Trockenbeerenauslese
81
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Neusiedlersee DAC

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All about reds, especially Zweigelt

82
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Leithaberg DAC

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  • slate & limestone soils
  • white wines based on Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc) & Chardonnay
  • Blaufrankisch reds
83
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Rosalia DAC

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  • Latest appellation
  • Rosalia Mountains south of Leithaberg Mountains
  • Reds from Blaufrankisch and Zweigelt
  • Dry rose
84
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Mittelburgenland DAC & Eisenberg DAC

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Elegant, peppery, and long-lived Blaufrankisch

85
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Steiermark/Styria

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  • Only 10% of Austrian production
  • Whites & one very famous rose
  • Chardonnay locally known as Morillon
86
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Westeiermark is known for

A

Schilcher, a pink wine made from the Blauer Wildbacher grape

87
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Vulkanland Steiermark

A
  • volcanic soils

- vast array of white varieties

88
Q

Gelber Muskateller

A

Muscat Blanc

89
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Notable Austrian producers

A

Emmerick Knoll
Nikolaihof
Brundlmayer

90
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3 subregions of Styria (Steiermark)

A

Sudsteiermark
Weststeiermark
Sudoststeiermark (also known as Vulkanland Steiermark)

91
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Most cultivated grape of Steiermark

A

Welchriesling

92
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Schilcherland DAC

A

promotes the racy rose produced from Blauer Wildbacher

-only existed in 2017, in 2018 absorbed into Weststeiermark

93
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System of Origin Steiermark

A

Regional Wine
Ortswein (Village wine)
Reidenwein (Single Vineyard)

94
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Sturm

A

half-fermented sparkling grape juice

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