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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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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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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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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?
-Langenlois
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What tributary of the Danube is the Kremstal on?
Krems River
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What is the synonym for Blaufränkisch in Germany? Hungary?
Germany - Lemberger | Hungary - Kékfrankos
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Where is Roter Veltliner considered a local specialty? What is it?
- A specialty of Wagram - Unrelated to Grüner - Red grape - produced as a white wine
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Where is the Klosterneuberg Institute located?
Wagram
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What is the main grape of Wagram?
Grüner Veltliner
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What is Steiermark's most cultivated grape? Second?
- Welschriesling | - Weissburgunder
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What is the Österreichischen Traditionsweinguter?
- 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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What is the most cultivated white variety in Austria? What portion of the vineyards are planted to it?
Grüner Veltliner - Indigenous - Nearly 30% of the total vineyard acreage
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What is Strohwein?
- A dried grape wine | - Of at least Beerenauslese ripeness
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What is Ausbruch?
A sweet-specialty of Rust in Neusiedlersee-Hügelland
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What does Federspiel mean? What are the reqs?
- Named for falconer's tool - Min 17ºKMW - ABV - 11.5% - 12.5%
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What region produces the best red and sweet wines in Austria?
Burgenland
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What are the reqs for Smaragd? What was it named for?
- 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
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What two Burgenland subzones are divided by Lake Neusiedlersee?
- Neusiedlersee | - Neusiedlersee-Hügelland
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What are Burgenland's subzones?
- Neusiedlersee - Neusiedlersee-Hügelland - Mittelburgenland (South) - Südburgenland (South)
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What are the DACs of the Burgenland?
- Mittelburgenland - Leithaberg (Neusiedlersee-Hügelland) - Eisenberg - Neusiedlersee
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What are the red DACs of Austria?
Blaufränkisch: •Mittelburgenland •Leithaberg •Eisenberg •Neusiedlersee (Zweigelt)
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Which 3 DACs of Niederösterreich are very similar? Describe the regulations.
- 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
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What tributary of the Danube is the Kamptal located on?
Kamp River (Neighbor to Kremstal)
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How many "Erste Lage" sites are there? When were they promoted? What regions are they in?
- 2010 - 52 sites - Kremstal, Kamptal, Wagram & Traisental
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What varieties may carry the Austrian "Erste Lage" logo?
GV & RS
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Describe the wines of the Mittelburgenland DAC regulations.
- 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?
•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?
- Grüner Veltliner - Welschriesling - Müller Thurgau - Weißburgunder - Riesling - Chardonnay
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How many grapes are permitted for Austrian Qualitätswein and Landwein?
The same 35 grapes
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What is allowed on the label for "wein" category wines?
- Vintage - Variety - May not be more exclusive than Österreich
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What white grape performs especially well in Südsteiermark?
Sauvignon Blanc
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What grapes are used to produce modern Ausbruch from Ruster?
- Chardonnay - Muskatellar - Pinot Blanc - Neuburger - Welschriesling - Traminer - Pinot Gris
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What is Blauer Wildbacher?
- An ancient red grape - Comprised over 95% of the red grape acreage in Weststeiermark - Often vinified as Schicher (a racy style of local rosé)
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What are the subregions to Steiermark (Styria)?
- Südsteiermark - Weststeiermark - Süduststeiermark
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What are the main grapes of Thermenregion?
- Rare white grapes - Rotgipfler - Zierfandler - Produced varietally or blended Spätrot-Rotgipfler
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What are the synonyms for Chardonnay in Austria?
- Morillon | - Feinburgunder
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Where was Alois Kracher located? What was he known for?
- Illmitz (Neusiedlersee) - Eiswein, BA & TBA are legendary - Especially TBA Scheurebe, considered one of the finest expressions
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What is the leading red grape in Austria?
Zweigelt - Blaufränkisch x St. Laurent - Developed in 1922
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What are the 4 most important red grapes in Austria?
- Zweigelt - Blaufränkisch - Blauer Portugieser - Blauburger
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What are the levels of classification the producers have developed in the Wachau?
- Steinfeder - Federspiel - Smaragd
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What does Steinfeder mean? What are the reqs?
- 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?
- Strohwein | - Ausbruch
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Are winemakers allowed to chaptalize or add Süssreserve to Qualitätsweins?
No
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What are the Blaufränkisch based DACs of Austria?
- Mittelburgenland - Leithaberg - Eisenberg
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What is the sole Zweigelt DAC of Austria? When was it promoted?
- Neusiedlersee | - 2012
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What is Schicher?
-A racy style of local rosé in Weststeiermark
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When did "Wein" replace "Tafelwein"?
In time for the 2009 vintage
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What portion of Austrian wine is Qualitätswein?
two-thirds
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How many hectares is Wien (Vienna)?
700ha
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Where is Rust located?
-Neusiedlersee-Hügelland
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Describe the production process of Ausbruch.
- 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
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What 3 broad geographic regions (Weinbauregionen) may be labeled "landwein"?
- Weinland (Niederösterreich, Wien, Burgenland) - Steierland (Steiermark) - Bergland
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Where are most of Austria's lusciously sweet wines produced?
Around the lake of Neusiedlersee in the Burgenland (but a vast majority of Austria's wines are fermented to dry)
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What is Spätrot-Rotgipfler?
A blend of Rotgipfler and Zierfandler, produced in Thermenregion
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What is the "Erste Lage" logo?
1ötw
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What is the main grape of Carnuntum?
Zweigelt
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What two categories can Qualitätswein be divided into?
- Prädikatswein | - Districtus Austriae Controllatus (DAC)
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What is Heuriger? Sturm?
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
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What is Blauburger a cross of?
Blaufrankisch x Blauer Portugieser
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What percentage of Austria's acreage is white varieties?
-65% (2012)
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What are the 9 DACs that have been developed?
- Weinviertel (2002) - Mittelburgenland (2005) - Traisental (2006) - Kremstal (2008) - Kamptal (2008) - Leithaberg (2009) - Eisenberg (2010) - Neusiedlersee (2012) - Wien Gemischter Satz (2013)
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What is the only European city to have its own wine appellation within city limits?
Vienna
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Which subregions of Niederösterreich do NOT have a DAC status?
- Carnuntum - Thermenregion - Wagram - Wachau
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Which sub-regions of Niederösterreich are not along the Danube?
Weinviertal | Thermenregion
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Which sub-regions of Niederösterreich are along the Danube?
``` Carnuntum Traisental Wagram Kremstal Kamptal Wachau ```
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Where is the Dechant vineyard?
Langelois (Kamptal)
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Where is the Heiligenstein vineyard?
Zöbing (Kamptal)
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Where is the Lamm vineyard?
Kammern (Kamptal)

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