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Austria Flashcards

1
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Where would you find the Pfaffenberg vineyard?

A

On the border of the Wachau in the Town of Stein

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2
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Name for the Mica slate soils of Kremstal?

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Glimmerschiefer

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3
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What vineyards would you find glimmersheifer?

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Hund

Kogl

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4
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Where is Nigl located?

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Northern Kremstal toward kamptal in the town of Senftenberg

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5
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Where are the towns of Gedersdorf

Strazing

Rohrendorf located?

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Kremstal northwest of the Krems

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6
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What is the dominant red grape of the Kremstal?

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Zweigelt

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7
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Where is the producer Malat located?

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Palt Kremstal

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8
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What are 3 regions of Kremstal?

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Krems and north

East Northeastkremstaltoward Kamptal

South of Danube toward Traisental

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9
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What is a ried?

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Single Vineyard

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10
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What is landwein?

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Wine made from grapes sourced solely from 1 of 3 winegrowing regions

Weinland

Steirerland

Bergland

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11
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What % of Austria’s wine is Qualitatwein?

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84%

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12
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What are the Erste Lage Ruppersthal?

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Mordithal

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13
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What is the main soil type of Wagram?

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Loess

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14
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What are the DAC authorized grapes of Wagram?

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None it’s not a DAC

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15
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What does KMW stand for?

What does 1 KMW equal?

What is the Ochsle conversion?

A

Klosterneuberger Mostwaage

1KMW is measured as 1 gram of sugar per 100 grams of must

1 KMW = 5 ochsle

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16
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What are the 3 levels of quality in Austria?

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Wein

Landwein

Qualitatswein

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17
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What are the most commonly use grapes for Sekt?

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Grunner Veltliner

Welschriesling

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18
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What is the parentage of Grunerveltliner?

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Savagnin X St Georgener

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19
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Synonym for Mueller Thurgau?

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Rivaner

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20
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Informal name for basic Kremstal wines? What are the Stipulations?

A

Klassik

Min alcohol 12% abv

Show no Oak or Botrytis

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21
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Kremstal Reserve wines have what standards?

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Min 13% abv

Max 9 grams RS

May have oak and Botrytis

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22
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What are the rules for GrunnerVeltliner and Riesling?

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No Botrytis or Oak unless wine is of reserve level

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23
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Where would you find the Loiserberg Vineyard?

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Langenlois, Kamptal

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24
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Where would you find the Lamm vineyard?

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Kammern, Kamptal

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25
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Where is the Stein vineyard located in Austria?

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Engabrunner, Kamptal

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26
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What are the typical soils of Langenlois?

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Gfohl gneiss

Slate

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27
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What is the organization OTW stand for?

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Osterreichische Traditionweinguter

Organization much like the German VDP dedicated to identifying vineyard site for quality and distinctiveness

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28
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Where is the Heiligenstein vineyard located?

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Zobing, Kamptal

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29
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Name 2 producers of wine from the Heiligenstein vineyard?

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Brundlmayer

Schloss Gobelsburg

Hirsch

30
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Under the Osterreichische Traditionweinguter what is the highest designation for a vineyard?

A

Erste Lage

31
Q

What are the DAC authorized grape varieties of Traisental?

A

GrunerVeltliner

Riesling

32
Q

What wine growing states are located in Berland

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Carinthia (Karnten)

OberosterreichTyrol

Vorarlberg

Salzberg

33
Q

What are the major villages of Leithaberg?

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Eisenstadt

Jois

Winden

Breitenbrunn

Purbach

Donnerskirchen

Schutzen

34
Q

Name the major vilages of Kamptal?

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Langenlois

Zobing

Kammern

Gabelsburg

Strass im Strassertal

Handorf

Langenfeld

Schonberg

35
Q

What are the 3 quality levels that may be labeled on bottles of wine in the Kremstal?

A

Gebeitswein (regional)

Ortswein (village)

Lagenwein (single vineyard

36
Q

who are the original members of Vinea Wachau?

A

Josef Jamek Franz Hirtzberger

Franz Prager

Coop Durnstsin (Domaine Wachau)

37
Q

What is the soil type of the top sites of Spitzer Graber?

A

Slate and Schist

38
Q

What are the 3 best sites of the Spitzer Graber?

A

Bruck

Schon

Kalkofer

39
Q

Where would you find the Tausendeimerberg vineyard?

A

Spitz Wachau

40
Q

Where are you going to find the ripest wine?

Kamptal

Kremstal

Wachau

41
Q

Name for layered shale w/ greywacke?

42
Q

When was the DAC created? What was the First region to become a DAC?

A

2002 Weinviertel

43
Q

Association dedicated to uplifting the quality of the Weinviertal?

A

Premium Weinguter Weinviertel

44
Q

Where in the Weinviertel do the most prestigous wine come from? What are the soil?

A

North Western near the czech border granite soils

45
Q

Name of the Valley of Northwestern Weinviertel know for red wine?

A

Pulkau Valley

46
Q

Where is the Pulkau Valley? Name 3 villages

A

Northwestern Weinviertel

Villages

Haugsdorf

JetelDorf

Mailberg

47
Q

What is the parentage of Blauburger?

A

Blauer Portugieser

Blaufrankisch

48
Q

What is the parentage of Blaufrankisch?

A

Gouais Blanc

x

Zimmetraube

49
Q

What are the major grape varieties of the Wagram?

A

Gruner Veltliner

Zweigelt

Muller Thurgau

Roter Veltliner

50
Q

When was the DAC introduced? What was the first DAC?

A

2002

Weinviertel

51
Q

What are the 2 categories of Wein?

A

Wein - Grapes from anywhere

Osterreich - Sourced from anywhere in Austria

52
Q

What is the minimum KMW for Qualitatswein?

A

15 degrees

53
Q

Where would you find most of the vineyards of the Wagram?

A

Northern Shore of the Danube on the border of the Kamptal

54
Q

Name 3 important villages of Wagram?

A

Feuersbrunn

Fels

Grossriedenthal

Gosing

Kirchberg

Grossweikersdorf

Klosterneuberg

55
Q

Where is Engabrunner? what is the sole Erste lage?

A

Kamptal - Stein

56
Q

What are the Erste Lage of Fels am Wagram?

A

Brunnthal

Scheiben

57
Q

Where is the village Oberstockstall? What are the Erste Lage of Oberstockstall?

A

Wagram

Rosenberg

Spiegel

58
Q

Name the major villages of the Traisental?

A

Nussdorf

Reichersdorf

Inzersdorf

Traismauer

Herzogenburg

59
Q

Name 1 major producer of Traisental?

A

Markus Huber

Ludwig Neumayer

60
Q

Name 4 Erste lage sites of Traisental and their village?

A

Berg - Getzersdorf

Rothenbart, Zwirch - Inzensdorf-Gotzerdorf

Alte Setzen - Reichersdorf

61
Q

What separates the Traisental from the Wachau?

A

Dunkelsteinerwald an extension of the Bohemian Massif

62
Q

What tributary of the Danube influences the Traisental?

A

The Traisen river

63
Q

What 2 DAC’s make up the former Donaland?

A

Wagram

Traisental

64
Q

What verifies an Austrian wine has past strict measures of quality?

A

Banderole capsule and

federal inspection Number

65
Q

Term used on Austrian sekt official Seal?

A

Geschutzter Ursprung Geprufte Qualitat

Protested Origin

Prove Quality

66
Q

Name 3 members of the Panobile?

A

Paul Ache

Heinrich

Pittnauer

Judith Beck

Gernot Leitner

Preisinger

Gsellmann

Resner

Nittnaus

67
Q

What are the major differences between German and Austrian Pradikatswein?

A

Final sweetness can only be acheived an iterrupted fermentation

No Chaptalization or addition of Grape

No Kabinet

Strohwein

Schilfwein

68
Q

Lees Aging for Grosse Reserve?

69
Q

What are the requirements of Klassik Sekt?

A

Grape sourced from 1 federal state but can be vinified anywhere in Austria

70
Q

What are the authoriaed white grapes of Leithaberg?

A

Gruner Veltliner

Chardonnay

Neuberger

Weissbergunder

71
Q

Partially fermented grape must drank during harvest in Austria?

72
Q

Former name for Wagram?

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