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What is Gemischter Satz? Where is it still popular?

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  • A traditional field blend

- Carnuntum and Wien

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What subregions of Niederösterreich have a DAC status?

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  • Weinviertal
  • Traisental
  • Kamptal
  • Kremstal
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Is Welschriesling related to Riesling?

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No and it is inferior

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What region of Austria shares many viticultural and climatic traits with Hungary?

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Burgenland

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Describe the climate of the Burgenland.

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-Hot Pannonian (Continental) Climate - Tempered by the cooling influence of the Neusiedlersee Lake

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What grape are the DAC wines of Weinviertal? What are the min ABVs for both Normal and Reserve? What is required of the wines?

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  • Grüner Veltliner
  • Min ABV 12%
  • Approved by tasting panel - must show a distinct peppery note
  • No obvious wood or botrytis notes
  • RESERVE
  • Debuted w/the 2009 vintage
  • Fuller-bodied wines
  • Min ABV - 13%
  • May reveal hints of wood or botrytis
  • Supported by richer character in the wine
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Describe the Wachau’s location.

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A narrow band of steep slopes

  • Along the Danube’s bank
  • Located between the Melk and Krems Rivers
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Where are the Wachau’s best vineyards located?

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Terraced along the northern banks of the Danube

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What is local name for the soil in the Wachau?

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gföhler

It is a combination of Loess and gföhler (gneiss)

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What is the min ABV of Austrian Prädikatswein?

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5%

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What is peculiar about Austrian Kabinett?

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-Rather than the beginning rung of Prädikatswein it is a subset of Qualitätswein

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What is the scale for must weights used in Austria? What is the ratio for sugar to must weight?

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Klosterneuberger Mostwaage Scale

1ºKMW = 1% Sugar content of the must

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What are the min must weights for Austrian wine?

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  • Generic Wine - 10.6ºKMW
  • Landwein - 14ºKMW
  • Qualitätswein - 15ºKMW
  • Kabinett - 17ºKMW
  • Spätlese - 19ºKMW
  • Auslese - 21ºKMW
  • Beerenauslese - 25ºKMW
  • Strohwein - 25ºKMW
  • Eiswein - 27ºKMW
  • Ausbruch - 27ºKMW
  • Trockenbeerenauslese - 30ºKMW
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14
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What village is Achleiten in?

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  • A vineyard located in the village of Weissenkirchen (Wachau)
  • Home to the region’s most pedigreed vines
  • Produced by some of Wachau’s finest producers
  • FX Pichler
  • Prager
  • Emmerich Knoll
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What is the Vinea Wachau?

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-Founded in 1983
-Members control more than 85% of the Wachau’s vineyard acreage
-An org. or estates sworn to uphold the tenets of natural winemaking
-As spelled out in the Codex
›No additives (including chaptalization)
›No aromatization (including the use of new barrique)
›No fractionization (techniques such as de-alc’ing)
-All wines released by members must be bottled in the Wachau and vinified from grapes grown there

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When does the first Trockenbeerenauslese in Austria date to?

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  • 1526

- Predating German Spätlese by over 200 years

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What is the largest wine growing region in Austria?

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-Niederösterreich (Lower Austria)

Contains twice the planted vineyard area of the next leading weinebaugiete - Burgenland

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What is the Pannonian Plain?

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  • Located in the southern Niederösterreich
  • A former seabed of loess soils stretching from eastern Austria through Hungary and many countries of former eastern bloc
  • Continental climate - hot, dry summers/severe winters
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What are Austria’s 3 major winemaking regions (Weinbaugebiete)?

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  • Niederösterreich
  • Burgenland
  • Styrie (Steiermark; contains less than 10% of the country’s vineyards)
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What are the 3 quality levels of Austrian wine? What are their max yields?

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  • Wein
  • Landwein
  • Qualitätswein

-All share the same max yield of 9,000kg/ha (67.5hl/ha)

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21
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What was Wagram formerly known as?

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Donauland - it changed in 2007

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What are the 8 subzones of Niederösterreich? Which are long the Danube? Which are not?

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  • Along the Danube
  • Carnuntum
  • Traisental
  • Wagram
  • Kremstal
  • Kamptal
  • Wachau
  • Not along the Danube
  • Weinviertal
  • Thermenregion
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23
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What was Austria’s first DAC?

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Weinviertal (2002)

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What is required for Qualitätswein bottles?

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  • Prüfnummer (State control number)
  • Red & white banderole on the bottle’s capsule
  • A tasting panel and chemical analysis
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What is the KAMPTAL’s most important town of production?

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-Langenlois

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What tributary of the Danube is the Kremstal on?

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Krems River

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What is the synonym for Blaufränkisch in Germany? Hungary?

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Germany - Lemberger

Hungary - Kékfrankos

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Where is Roter Veltliner considered a local specialty? What is it?

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  • A specialty of Wagram
  • Unrelated to Grüner
  • Red grape - produced as a white wine
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Where is the Klosterneuberg Institute located?

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Wagram

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30
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What is the main grape of Wagram?

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Grüner Veltliner

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What is Steiermark’s most cultivated grape? Second?

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  • Welschriesling

- Weissburgunder

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What is the Österreichischen Traditionsweinguter?

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  • An association of producers founded in 1992
  • Created the “Erste Lage” status - which is not legally recognized
  • The organization is closely aligning itself w/the DAC concept
  • Only GV & RS may carry the Austrian “Erste Lage” logo
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33
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What is the most cultivated white variety in Austria? What portion of the vineyards are planted to it?

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Grüner Veltliner

  • Indigenous
  • Nearly 30% of the total vineyard acreage
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34
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What is Strohwein?

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  • A dried grape wine

- Of at least Beerenauslese ripeness

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35
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What is Ausbruch?

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A sweet-specialty of Rust in Neusiedlersee-Hügelland

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36
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What does Federspiel mean? What are the reqs?

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  • Named for falconer’s tool
  • Min 17ºKMW
  • ABV - 11.5% - 12.5%
37
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What region produces the best red and sweet wines in Austria?

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Burgenland

38
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What are the reqs for Smaragd? What was it named for?

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  • An emerald lizard that basks in the sun on the terraces
  • Min ABV - 12.5%
  • Min Must Weight - 19ºKMW ~ 95ºOechsle or Spätlese ripeness
  • Wines must be dry
  • They can show signs of botrytis
39
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What two Burgenland subzones are divided by Lake Neusiedlersee?

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  • Neusiedlersee

- Neusiedlersee-Hügelland

40
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What are Burgenland’s subzones?

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  • Neusiedlersee
  • Neusiedlersee-Hügelland
  • Mittelburgenland (South)
  • Südburgenland (South)
41
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What are the DACs of the Burgenland?

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  • Mittelburgenland
  • Leithaberg (Neusiedlersee-Hügelland)
  • Eisenberg
  • Neusiedlersee
42
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What are the red DACs of Austria?

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Blaufränkisch:
•Mittelburgenland
•Leithaberg
•Eisenberg

•Neusiedlersee (Zweigelt)

43
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Which 3 DACs of Niederösterreich are very similar? Describe the regulations.

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  • Traisental, Kamptal, and Kremstal DACs
  • May be Grüner or Riesling
  • Grüner may show a more delicate spice
  • Standard or “Reserve”
  • Min ABV - 12% & 13%
  • Standard may have no obvious notes of wood or botrytis
44
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What tributary of the Danube is the Kamptal located on?

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Kamp River (Neighbor to Kremstal)

45
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How many “Erste Lage” sites are there? When were they promoted? What regions are they in?

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  • 2010
  • 52 sites
  • Kremstal, Kamptal, Wagram & Traisental
46
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What varieties may carry the Austrian “Erste Lage” logo?

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GV & RS

47
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Describe the wines of the Mittelburgenland DAC regulations.

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  • Red from Blaufränkisch
  • Normal
  • Not sold until 3/1 of the year following harvest
  • Min ABV - 12.5%
  • RESERVE
  • Not sold until 3/1 of the 2nd year following harvest
  • Min ABV - 13%
  • Large cask or used; in the event of barrique aging (Although many producers experiment w/barriques)
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Where is the Leithaberg DAC located? What varieties are permitted?

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•Neusiedlersee-Hügelland

  • White - may be single variety or blends
  • Grüner Veltliner
  • Chardonnay
  • Neuburger
  • Weissburgunder
  • Red
  • Min 85% Blaufränkisch
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What are the 6 most important white grapes in Austria?

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  • Grüner Veltliner
  • Welschriesling
  • Müller Thurgau
  • Weißburgunder
  • Riesling
  • Chardonnay
50
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How many grapes are permitted for Austrian Qualitätswein and Landwein?

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The same 35 grapes

51
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What is allowed on the label for “wein” category wines?

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  • Vintage
  • Variety
  • May not be more exclusive than Österreich
52
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What white grape performs especially well in Südsteiermark?

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Sauvignon Blanc

53
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What grapes are used to produce modern Ausbruch from Ruster?

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  • Chardonnay
  • Muskatellar
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Neuburger
  • Welschriesling
  • Traminer
  • Pinot Gris
54
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What is Blauer Wildbacher?

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  • An ancient red grape
  • Comprised over 95% of the red grape acreage in Weststeiermark
  • Often vinified as Schicher (a racy style of local rosé)
55
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What are the subregions to Steiermark (Styria)?

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  • Südsteiermark
  • Weststeiermark
  • Süduststeiermark
56
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What are the main grapes of Thermenregion?

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  • Rare white grapes
  • Rotgipfler
  • Zierfandler
  • Produced varietally or blended Spätrot-Rotgipfler
57
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What are the synonyms for Chardonnay in Austria?

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  • Morillon

- Feinburgunder

58
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Where was Alois Kracher located? What was he known for?

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  • Illmitz (Neusiedlersee)
  • Eiswein, BA & TBA are legendary
  • Especially TBA Scheurebe, considered one of the finest expressions
59
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What is the leading red grape in Austria?

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Zweigelt

  • Blaufränkisch x St. Laurent
  • Developed in 1922
60
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What are the 4 most important red grapes in Austria?

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  • Zweigelt
  • Blaufränkisch
  • Blauer Portugieser
  • Blauburger
61
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What are the levels of classification the producers have developed in the Wachau?

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  • Steinfeder
  • Federspiel
  • Smaragd
62
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What does Steinfeder mean? What are the reqs?

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  • Named for the local grass in the vineyard
  • Min must - 15ºKMW
  • Max ABV 11.5%
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What are the 2 additional categories in the Austrian Prädikatswein that is not found in the German?

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  • Strohwein

- Ausbruch

64
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Are winemakers allowed to chaptalize or add Süssreserve to Qualitätsweins?

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No

65
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What are the Blaufränkisch based DACs of Austria?

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  • Mittelburgenland
  • Leithaberg
  • Eisenberg
66
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What is the sole Zweigelt DAC of Austria? When was it promoted?

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  • Neusiedlersee

- 2012

67
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What is Schicher?

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-A racy style of local rosé in Weststeiermark

68
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When did “Wein” replace “Tafelwein”?

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In time for the 2009 vintage

69
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What portion of Austrian wine is Qualitätswein?

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two-thirds

70
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How many hectares is Wien (Vienna)?

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700ha

71
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Where is Rust located?

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-Neusiedlersee-Hügelland

72
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Describe the production process of Ausbruch.

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  • Richly concentrated, botrytis-affected must is added to less concentrated must
  • Traditionally Furmint grapes were used
  • From fruit harvested in the same vineyard
  • The two are cofermented
  • Then aged in barrel before release
73
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What 3 broad geographic regions (Weinbauregionen) may be labeled “landwein”?

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  • Weinland (Niederösterreich, Wien, Burgenland)
  • Steierland (Steiermark)
  • Bergland
74
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Where are most of Austria’s lusciously sweet wines produced?

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Around the lake of Neusiedlersee in the Burgenland (but a vast majority of Austria’s wines are fermented to dry)

75
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What is Spätrot-Rotgipfler?

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A blend of Rotgipfler and Zierfandler, produced in Thermenregion

76
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What is the “Erste Lage” logo?

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1ötw

77
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What is the main grape of Carnuntum?

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Zweigelt

78
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What two categories can Qualitätswein be divided into?

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  • Prädikatswein

- Districtus Austriae Controllatus (DAC)

79
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What is Heuriger? Sturm?

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Heuriger
-A primeur wine consumed in its infancy in taverns of the same name

Sturm

  • Even fresher than Heuriger
  • Half-fermented, sparkling grape juice
  • Usually accompanies harvest-time meals
80
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What is Blauburger a cross of?

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Blaufrankisch x Blauer Portugieser

81
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What percentage of Austria’s acreage is white varieties?

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-65% (2012)

82
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What are the 9 DACs that have been developed?

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  • Weinviertel (2002)
  • Mittelburgenland (2005)
  • Traisental (2006)
  • Kremstal (2008)
  • Kamptal (2008)
  • Leithaberg (2009)
  • Eisenberg (2010)
  • Neusiedlersee (2012)
  • Wien Gemischter Satz (2013)
83
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What is the only European city to have its own wine appellation within city limits?

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Vienna

84
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Which subregions of Niederösterreich do NOT have a DAC status?

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  • Carnuntum
  • Thermenregion
  • Wagram
  • Wachau
85
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Which sub-regions of Niederösterreich are not along the Danube?

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Weinviertal

Thermenregion

86
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Which sub-regions of Niederösterreich are along the Danube?

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Carnuntum
Traisental
Wagram
Kremstal
Kamptal
Wachau
87
Q

Where is the Dechant vineyard?

A

Langelois (Kamptal)

88
Q

Where is the Heiligenstein vineyard?

A

Zöbing (Kamptal)

89
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Where is the Lamm vineyard?

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Kammern (Kamptal)

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