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Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Unpronounceable Eastern Block Flashcards

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What are important vineyards and producers in Dürnstein?

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Hollerin
Kellerberg (Knoll, FX Pichler)
Schütt (Knoll)

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What are primary red varietals of Bulgaria?

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  • Cab and Merlot for Int’l
  • Ganza (Kadarka) and Mavrud for ind.
  • Melnik in Struma River Valley
  • Pamid
  • Rubin (Nebbiolo x Syrah)
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What are the “Great 1st Growth” vineyards of Tokaj?

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Szarvas

Mézes Mály

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What is the oldest Austrian producer? Where are they based?

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Nikolaihof 
in Wachau (Mautern, producing Vinothek vineyard)
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Name several producers from Wachau?

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Emmerich Knoll
FX Pichler 
Rudi Pichler 
Prager 
Nikolaihof 
Hirtzberger
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What are the prominent white varietals of the Styria regions?

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*Welschriesling
-Weissburgunder
some SB

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What are main grape varieties of Austria?

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GV, Riesling SB

Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch (Lemburger), St. Laurent

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What are most cultivated grapes of Romania?

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white indigenous Feteascâ Albâ and Feteascâ Regalâ

Also Riesling Italico, Chard, SB, Muscat Otl PG

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What are 3 major regions of production in Hungary?

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Ésak Magyaroszág (N. Hungary)
Duna (Danube/Great Plain)
Dunántu (Transdanubia)

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What is the Klosterneuburger Mostwaage?

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KMW, Must weight scale

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What are the 2 GC AOCs of Switzerland? Which AOC?

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Dézaley and Calamin GC’s in Lavaux AOC

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What is Schilcher?

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racy local style of rosé from Weststeiermark made from ancient Blauer Wildbacher (95% of red grape agerage in region)

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What are DAC req’s for Weinvertel?

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GV
Alc 12%, reserve 13%
tasting panel, pappery note, no wood or botrytis, reserve may be hints of wood/botrytis

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Which Austrian wine regions contain classified Erste Lagen?

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Kamptal
Kremstal
Traistental
Wagram

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Vineyards of which regions of Italy and Slovenia cross political borders?

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  • Friuli (Collio Goriziano) is Goriska Brda in Slovenia

- Friuli (Carso) is Kras in Slovenia

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What does the Austrian term “Gemischter Satz mean?

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traditional field blends

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What varietal(s) are most common in Ausbruch?

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traditionally Furmint

modernly chard, Muskateller, PB, Neuberger, Welschriesling, Traminer, PG

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What Mtn range runs through Romania? Which river marks it’s Southern Border?

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Carpathian Mtns

Danube (border w/ Serbia)

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What are DAC req’s for

  • Traitenstal
  • Kamptal
  • Kremstal
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GV or Riesling
classic= 12%, reserve=13%
no oak or botrytis
lighter pepper than Weinvertel

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What region is Szekszárd in? Dominant style of wine?

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Transdanubia

Bikavér

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Which Austrian wine regions are known for producing red and dessert wines?

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Burgenland (reds) and it’s sub-district Neusiedlersee (reds and desserts)

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What is Hungary’s hottest region? What styles of wine?

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Villány (in Transdanubia)

BDX and Kékfrankos/Kékoportó

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Which river cuts through Wachau?

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Danube

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What style of wine is produced in Cotari DOC? Which region?

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Moldavia (Romania)
sweet vinous wines from Grasa de Cotnari
Cotnari may be dry but sweet wines more famous

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What style of wine is a specialty of Wagram?

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wine wine produced from red grape Roter Veltliner

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What are primary white varietals of Bulgaria?

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  • Rhatsiteli and Dimiat (most planted)

- Red Misket (Misket Cherven)=aromatic specialty of Sungurlare

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What are important vineyards and producers in Weisenkirchen?

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Achleiten (Prager, Rudi Pichler)

Klaus (Prager)

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name the 4 main Weinbaugebiet in Austria?

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Niederösterreich
Wein (Vienna)
Burgenland
Styria (Steirmark)

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29
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What is the parentage of Zweigelt?

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Blaufränkisch x St. Laurent

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30
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which village and vineyard w/ in are considered the best in Wachau?

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Weissenkirchen village, Achleiten vineyard

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What is the producer association of the Südsteiermark? Eminent producers?

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STK
Tement, Muster
High quality SB, Weissburgunder, Chardonnay, Zweigelt
Own Erste Lage and Grosse Lage classifications

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What is the breakdown of Romania’s quality system? Established when?

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2002

-Table Wines=
   VM=Vin de Masa
   VMS=Vin de Masa Superior 
-Quality Wines=
   -VS=Vin de Calitate Superioara (PGI)
   -DOC (Denumire de Origine Controlata (PDO)
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33
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What is most cultivated variety of Switzerland? 2nd Varietals? common reds?

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Chasselas followed by Müller-Thurgau and Silvaner (Johannisberg)
-PN and Gamay

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Which estate in the village of Illmitz in Neusiedlersee is known for epic dessert wine?

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Alois Kracher

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What are Fardítás and Málás wines?

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produced by refermenting wine w/ pressed paste or spent lees of Tokaj Aszú

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36
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What is local name for Chasselas in Vaud?

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Dorin

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What Mtn range surrounds Tokaj? What is it’s climate? Soil type?

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Carpathian Mtns
warm continental climate w/ long humid autums

volcanic, loess and clay

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38
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What is a Controliran?

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A superior controlled app. of origin w/in a DGO

-has permitted varietals, max yields, RS content defined for each

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39
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What does Bulgarian labeling term “Barik” indicate?

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fermented in oak casks of 500L or less

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Which DAC is 1st to allow both R&W wines?

req’s for each?

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Leithaberg
r=85% Blaufrankisch
W=blend or varietal of GV, Chard, Neuberger, Weissburgunder

41
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What are important vineyards and producers in Oberloiben/Unterloiben?

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Loibenberg (Knoll)
Mühlpoint (Altzinger)
Steinertal (Altzinger, FX Pichler)

FX Pichler (Oberloiben), Knoll (Unterloiben), Altzinger (Unterloiben)

42
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What are ripeness levels of Qualitätswein in Austria?

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Kabinett 
Spätlese
Auslese
Beerenauslese
Ausbruch, Strohwein
Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA)
43
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What are the Slovenia translations for the following grapes:

  • Ribolla Gialla
  • PG
  • Blaufrankisch
  • Refosco
A

Rebala
Sivi Pinot
Frankija
Refosk

44
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What are primary red varietals of Romania?

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Feteasca Neagra, Burgund Mare, Bâbeasca Neagra

Rosioara for table wines

45
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What are the specs of modern (post 2013) Tokaj Azsú?

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aged 2yrs (18 mo in cask) before release, min 120 g/L RS, achieve actual alc of min 9%

46
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what are the important wine producing villages of the Wachau W-E?

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  • Spitz
  • Weisenkirchen
  • Wösendorf
  • Joching
  • Dürnstein
  • Oberloiben/Unterloiben
  • Mautern
47
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What are the 4 DACs of Burgenland?

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  • Mittleburgenland
  • Leithaberg
  • Eisenberg
  • Neusiedlersee
48
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Which region of Hungary has most acreage under vine? What is Hungary’s largest region?

A

Great Plain
Kunság
*mainly mass produced locally consumed wine from indigenous varietals

49
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What are key villages, vineyards, and producers in Kamptal DAC?

A

Langelois (Heiligenstein)
Kammern (Lamm, Renner)

Bründlmayer, Gobelsberg, Hirsch

50
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List the codex classifications of Wachau and designated alc levels

A

Steinfeder (11.5% max, 15 kmw)
Federspiel (11.5-12.5%, 17 kmw)
Smaragd (12.5% min, 19 kmw)

51
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What is Tokaji Szamorodni?

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“As it comes” made from mix of aszú and non-aszú berries, often oxidative, aged in cask min 2 yrs, sometimes under yeast. May be sweet or dry

52
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What style of wines are created in Mittleburgenland?

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reds from Blaufränkisch
min alco 12.5%, reserve=13%
either large oak or used barrique

53
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What are the most widely produced wines of Vallais?

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Fendant (Chasselas)

Dôle (blend of PN and Gamay)

54
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What are the 8 sub-regions that make up the Neiderösterreich?

A 
Weinvertel DAC
Wagram 
Wachau
Kamptal DAC
Kremstal DAC
Traitenstal DAC
Carnentum 
Thermenregion
55
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What is Strohwein?

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Dried grape wine of BA ripeness

generally produced in Burgenland

56
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What is min alc % for Austrian Prädikat wine?

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5%

57
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What is the DAC?

A

Districtus Austriae Controllatus

System devised to indicate origin of Austrian wine. Focus is dry wines, each DAC has specific varietals, min alc, stylistic choices, etc.

58
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What is soil structure of Wachau?

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Loess and gföhler (gneiss)

59
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What is the Hungarian term for wine from 100% Botrytised grapes?

A

Eszencia

60
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Which region of Romania is located in the center of the Coutry and possesses the highest vineyards?

A

Transylvania

61
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What is Ausbruch?

A

sweet wine made in similar method to Tokaji that is a specialty of Rust in Neusiedlersee-Hügelland

62
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What do Bulgarian labeling terms “reserve” and “special selection” indicate?

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R=1 yrs aging
SS=2yrs aging

For DGO wines only

63
Q

what are botryised grapes called in Hungary?

A

Aszú

64
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How many 1st growth vineyards are in Tokaj?

A

74

65
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Who is benchmark producer in Wagram?

A

Bernhard Ött

66
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Which scandal damaged opinion of Austrian wine?

A

anti-freeze scandal of 1985

67
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3 main quality categories of Austrian wine?

A

Wein
Landwein
Qualitätswein

68
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Which region is shared between Austria and Hungary? Varietal?

A

Sopron (Transdanubia) and into Burgenland (Austria)

-Kékfrankos on both sides

69
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What is the max yield for all quality levels of Austrian wine?

A

9,000 kg/ha (67.5 hl/ha)

70
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What are the post 2013 terms for Tokaj wines?

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3=Szamorodni (száraz or édes)
4= Fordítás (száraz or édes)
5= Máslás (száraz or édes)
6=Késői szüretelésű bor (“Late Harvest”)

Fehér bor=white table wines

71
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What are the primary grape varietals of Tokaj?

A

Furmint
Hárslevelü
Sárga Muskatály (Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains)
Zéta

72
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What are the primary regions of Romania?

A

(clockwise starting NE)
Moldavia, Muntenia-Oltenia, Banat, Crisana-Maramures

Transylvania in center

73
Q

What village is Emmerich Knoll located in?

What are some of his single vineyard bottlings?

A

Unterloiben

Dürnsteiner Kellerberg
Dürnsteiner Shütt
Loibner Loibenberg
Kreutles

74
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What are the 3 general req’s of the Vinea Wachau?

3 eminent members?

A

fd 1983
no additives (including chap)
No aromatization (including new barrique)
no “fractionation” (tech. like “de-alcoholization)
bottled in region from grapes produced in Wachau

-FX Pichler, Prager, Emmerich Knoll

75
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What is Hungarian term for:

  • Dry
  • Sweet
  • Sparkling
A

száraz
édes
pezgo

76
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Name 10 DAC districts of Austria. What is Newest?

A 
Weinvertel
Mittelburgenland 
Traistental 
Kremstal 
Kamptal 
Leithaberg 
Eisenberg 
Neusiedlersee 
Weiner Gemischter Satz 
Schilcherland (2017)
77
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What are some notable Controlarians of Bulgaria and corresponding regions?

A

Suhindol and Svichtov (Danubian Plain)
Sungurlare (Rose Valley)
Harsovo (Struma River Valley)
Khan Krum (Black Sea Region)

78
Q

What is the name for a Bulgarian AOP?

A

DGO (Decalred Geographic origin)

79
Q

What is unique about the Pfaffenberg site in Kremstal?

A

In village of Stein

geologically aligns with Wachau, produced by Knoll, politically just across the border of Wachau into Kremstal

80
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What are requirements for Austrian Sekt Qualitätswein?

A

Klassic=any production method, 12.5% max abv, 9mo lees aging, any sweetness
Reserve=trad. method, min 18 mo lees, no blending for rosé, no more specific origin than state, up to Brut only
Grand Reserve=trad. method, min 30 mo lees, no blending for rosé, vineyard designation allowed, up to Brut only

81
Q

What is the historical grape variety of Bikavér?

A

Kadarka (ironically low tannin, light bodied grape)

82
Q

What is vin des Glacier?

A

rare maderized wine stored in high altitude soleras from indigenous rèze varietal

83
Q

What are the 3 primary regions of Slovenia?

A

Primorska (Borders Friuli)
Podíavje
Posavje (eastern border w/ Croatia)

84
Q

How is the sweetness of Tokaj measured?

A

3-6 puttonyos (baskets)

85
Q

What is most important DOC of Romania? Which region? Style of wine?

A

Tarnave DOC in Transylvania

high acid whites from Feteascâ and Traminer Rosé

86
Q

What are 5 large Bulgarian wine regions?

A 
Danubian Plain (North)
Thracian Lowlands (South)
BLack Sea Region (East)
Struma River Valley (West)
Rose Valley (Center)

*Danubian Plain and Thracian Lowlands

87
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What is the 1st DAC of Austria?

A

Weinvertel

88
Q

Name several producers from Kamptal

A 
Bründlmayer 
Schloss Gobelsburg 
Hirsch 
Heidler 
Loimer
89
Q

What are gönci?

A

barrels of must (base wine) used in production of Tokaj

Gönc=approx. 136L Hungarian cask

90
Q

What region contains Eger PDO? What are dominant styles of wine?

A

N. Hungary

-Bikavér (“Bulls blood”)=blend of 4 grapes including Kékfrankos (Blaufrankisch)

91
Q

What are important vineyards and producers in Spitz?

A

Bruck (Veyder-Malberg)
Buschenberg (Veyder-Malberg)

Franz Hirtzberger also in Spitz

92
Q

What is min RS for Tokaj eszcencia?

A

450 g/l

93
Q

What is the breakdown of Romania’s DOC wines?

A

DOC-CMD=Grapes harvested at full maturity
DOC-CT=Late harvest
DOC-CIB=botrytis affected grapes

94
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What is most important village of Kamptal DAC? Best Vineyards and producers of each?

A

-Langenlois
Heiligenstein (Gobelsberg, Bründelmayer, Hirsch)
Lamm (Hirsch)
Dechant

95
Q

What are important vineyards and producers in Wösendorf?

A

Hochrain (Rudi Pichler)

96
Q

What is the primary style of wine in Carnentum?

A

reds from Zweigelt

97
Q

Where would you find Gamaret and Garanoir?

A

Switzerland

98
Q

What region of Slovenia is contiguous w/ Tokaj?

A

Tokajske

99
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What 2 rivers influence Tokaj?

A

Bodrog

Tisza

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