General

Question 1

What is significant about Klosterneuberg?

Answer 1

• Viticultural institute built in 1860
• Focused on grape crossings and production methods
• The start of the “quantity over quality” mindset that lasted through 1985.

Question 2

What does KMW stand for?

Answer 2

Klosterneuberg Must Weight

Question 3

What was significant about 1985 in Austria?

Answer 3

Diethylene Glycol (not actually anti-freeze) scandal. It was added to bolster the wines and give them texture and body.

Created a shift towards quality moving forward.

Now Austria has some of the strictest wine laws in Europe.

Question 4

What are the 4 weinbaugebiete of Austria?

Answer 4

Niederösterreich

Wien (Vienna)

Burgenland

Styria (Steiermark)

Question 5

What country borders Styria to the south?

Answer 5

Slovenia

Question 6

What country borders Burgenland to the east?

Answer 6

Hungary

Question 7

What countries border Niederöstereich to the north and to the east?

Answer 7

Czech Republic (north)

Slovakia (east)

Question 8

Zweigelt is a cross between what two grapes?

Answer 8

Blaufränkisch x St. Laurent

Question 9

Blauberger is a cross between what two grapes?

Answer 9

Blauer Portugieser x Blaufränkisch

Question 10

What are two synonyms for Chardonnay in Austria?

Answer 10

Morillon

Feinburgunder

Question 11

What are the three levels of quality for Austrian wine?

Answer 11

• Wein
• Landwein
• Qualitätswein

Question 12

What are the requirements for Qualitätswein in Austria?

Answer 12

• Must pass a tasting panel and chemical analysis indicated by a state patrol number (Prüfnummer) and the inclusion of the red and white banderole on the bottle’s capsule.
• May be produced from one or more of 3 permitted varieties.

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Question 13

What are the three larger geographic areas for Landwein?

Answer 13

• Weinland (Covers all weinbaugebiete but Styria)
• Steierland (Covers Styria)
• Bergland (500ha scattered throughout the mountainous regions to the west.)

Question 14

How does the prädikat system in Austria differ from that of Germany?

Answer 14

• It does not allow for chaptalization or the addition of süssreserve.
• Additional styles Strohwein (dried wine to the same degrees KMW as Eiswein and BA) and Ausbruch (same degrees KMW as TBA)

Question 15

What are the 4 DACs added in 2018?

Answer 15

• Rosalia DAC in Burgenland
• Südsteiermark DAC
• Vulkanland Steiermark DAC
• Westeiermark DAC

Question 16

What is Austrian Sekt with Protected Designation of Origin?

Answer 16

• Legal category as of 2016
• It must state Klassik, Reserve, or Grosse Reserve on the label.
• Klassik: 9 months on lees, any method, style, or dosage level.
• Reserve: 18 months, must state vintage, max 12 g/l RS (Brut)
• Grosse Reserve: 30 months, must come from a single village, hand harvest required.

Question 17

Define “Hausersekt”

Answer 17

• Wine is made by grape grower (similar to RM, or Winzersekt)
• Only applies to Grosse Reserve Austrian Sekt with Protected Designation of Origin.

Question 18

Which was Austria’s first DAC?

Answer 18

Weinviertel (2002)

Question 19

1 degree KMW is roughly equivalent to how many degrees Öchsle?

Answer 19

5