General Austria Flashcards
Parents of Gruner
Traminer x St. Georgener-Rebe
1 KMW is equal to this much degrees Oeschle
5
Sweetness levels of Sekt
Brut zero
Extra herb
herb
Extra trocken
trocken
halbtrocken
mild
What is a heurigen
An Inn, Legalized in 1784, proprietor can only serve wine and food of Its own production. Often serve cold, simple plates. Also called Buschenchänke (bunches)
Min abv for Qualitatswein in Austria
9%
What is the Reich hereditary farm act?
Austria
(1938)
Mandates a vineyard size of min 7.5 hectares, led to an unprecedented restructuring, mergers, and influx of cooperatives
48 Cooperatives by 1938
71 by 1943
When was the thirty years war and how did it affect Austria
(1618-1648) left villages in ruins, vineyards in hands of peasants.
What year was the republic of German-Austria established after the end of the great war?
Nov 12 1918
This part of Austria was annexed to Italy as a result of the German Austria republic being established
South Tyrol
What is “Ried” in Austria
Single Vineyard
Lower tiers of quality in Austrian wine law
Wein: state vintage/variety, includes grapes not associated with DAC, but fall into permissable qualitatswein varieties
Landwein: equivalent to EU PGI. Produced from grapes approved for qualitatwein 100% of grapes from Weinland, Burgenland, or Styria
When was the OTW founded?
Osterreichischen Traditionsweinsguter
1992
How Many Erste Lage sites are there in Austria as of 2019
81
First classification of OTW Austria (Established 92) was this year
2010
Main varieties of Austria
- Gruner Veltliner
- Muller Thurgau
- Zweigelt
- Welschriesling
- Blaufrankisch
Who developed wire trellising in Austria, which must be 1.25 meters off ground?
Dr. Lenz Moser in the 1950s
Strohwein must be this Pradikat level
Beerenauslese
25 degrees KMW (same as eiswein)
KMW stands for this
Klosterneuberg must weight scale:
1 gram of sugar per 100g of grape must. 1 degree KMW is 5 degrees Oeschle
Name for superior varieties in Austria
Frankisch
Name for high yielding grapes but lower quality
Heunisch
New oak is not allowed for these categories in Austria
Ortswein, Riedenwein or Vinea Wachau status
Steinfeder
Federspiel
Smaragd
Min must weight for Smaragd
19 KMW
12.5% ABV
Top tier of Austrian wine law
Qualitätswein: makes up 84% of production, corresponds with EU. PDO.
Must be harvested in a single wine region, and produced in facility in or bordering that region.
40 approved varieties
typicity of region
minimum must weight of 15 KMW
Adhere to max yields of 65.7 hl.ha
Min 9% ABV, 5% for pradikatswein
Marked with Banderole and federal inspection number
Name of Austrian governing body for agricultural production and distribution in 1943 Austria
Reichsnährstand
Dr. Fritz Zweigell was involved with this school (Controversial because of allegiance with Nazis)
Higher School and experimentation Station of Viticulture and fruit production at Klosterneuberg
Hochkultur (1924) is this
Dr. Lenz Mosel’s high stake training. Created for easier mechanized harvest during the third reich.
Austria’s most planted red and white varieties
Gruner Veltliner
Zweigelt
By this year, all vineyards established with Moser’s high stake training
1983
Sweet wines came into favor in the 60s and 70s, and in 1970 a new tax policy no longer mandated a cellar inspection. How did this affect Austrian wine production?
from 1970-1983, vineyard area climbed 43,000-56,000 hectares
Antifreeze added to wine to bolster sweetness
Year of the antifreeeze scandal
1985
Ringleader chemist Otto Nadrasky admitted practice began in 1978
Importers of Austrian Wine
Circo Vino, Thierry Theise
What year was the Austrian wine act passed? What organizational board was established to regulate?
1986
AWMB (Austrian Wine Making board)
Two winemakers instrumental in showing their wines for quality control during scandal
Alois Kracher, Willi Opitz
(Both in Neusiedl, makes sense, sweet wines)
In Landwein, “Weinland” covers these areas:
Niederosterreich, Wein and Burgenland
In Landwein, “Steierland” covers these areas
Steiermark
Bergland covers these areas
500 ha of vineyard land scattered throughout Austria’s mountainous countryside
(Tyrol, Kärnten, Oberoesterich, Salzburg, Worlsburg)
Max yields for all quality levels of Austria
9000kg/ha
67.5 hl/ha
Zweigelt was developed in this year
1922
Blaufrankisch x St. Laurent
Blauburger is a crossing of these grapes
Blauer Portugeiser x Blaufrankisch
Synonyms for Welschriesling, the second most planted white grape in Austria
Riesling Italico, Grasevina (Croatia)
As of 2019 how many OTW Erste Lage?
81
Tiers of OTW (Austria)
Gebeitswein (broadest)
Ortswein (village)
Riedenwein
Pradikatswein levels and ripeness (Austria)
Kabinett in Austria is not considered Pradikatswein, it is qualitatswein but still may not be chaptalized
Spatlese: 19KMW 94.2 oeschle. (perfectly ripe)
Auslese: 21KMW 105 oeschle (selection of grapes spoiled and diseased removed)
Beerenauslese: 25KMW 127.3 oeschle (overripe, botritized grapes)
Eiswein: 25KMW 127.3 oeschle (Grapes harvested and pressed when frozen)
Strohwein/Schilfwein: 25KMW. 127.3 oeschle (fully ripe, sugar rich, hung on reed (schilf) or straw mats for 3 months
Trockenbeerenauslese: 30KMW. 156 oeschle (late harvested grapes shriveled and affected by botrytis
What is schilfwein (Austria)
Dried on reeds, similar to appasionamento
TBA in Austria dates back to this year
1526
From donnerskirchen in the Pannonian region
In 1784, Emperor Joseph II decreed each Austrian vintner could sell his own wine on premises without a restaurant license. What is this practice called?
Der Heurige Wein or “This year’s Wine”
Four overarching designations labeled as qualitatswein in Austria
Kabinett, DAC wines, Pradikatswein (with its own style categories) and Austrian Sekt g.U
Requirements for Kabinett Austria
No Chaptalization, must weight of 17KMW and above, potential alc max 13%
unfermented sugars not exceeeding 9 g/l of RS
Two most significant styles of Austria DAC
Klassik: dry, unchaptalized, medium bodied styles: crisp, fruity, unoaked, moderate alcohol
Reserve: fuller styles, higher must weight and 13% min abv. Often oak aged and more extracted
For Spatlese and Auslese, when can wines be submitted to the tasting comission
Jan 1 following harvest
For Beerenauslese, Eiswein, Strohwein, Schilfwein and Trockenbeerenauslese, when can wines be submitted?
April 1 following harvest
What is a mostwägerbescheinigung?
a certificate to verify grape quality in Prädikatswein
In these years, 35 grape varieties froze, leading to Dr. Lenz Mosel focusing on Zweigelt and Gruner Veltliner for Hochkultur training
1928
1929
When did Phyloxerra arrive in Austria
1872
What year was the first official Austrian wine law introduced?
1907
How many federal states in Austria?
Nine:
Vienna
Lower Austria
Burgenland (All called Weinland)
Styria (Steierland)
Upper Austria
Carinthia
Tirol
Vorarlberg (Bergland)
How long does the Danube run?
From the black forest in Germany (Brigach and Breg rivers) to the black sea
The isolated and steep sandy hillsides of __________ are the source of much of the activity in Carnuntum
Stixneusiedl
In 1992 25 producers formed the Rubin Carnuntum Wine Producers association and spelled out standards for high-quality Zweigelt. What are the requirements for the category? 1
100% Zweigelt, a minimum must weight of 18 degrees KMW (about 12.5% alcohol by volume), and a minimum of six months in wood. This group still exists and today has about 40 members
How many OTW wineries are there today
62
What was the inaugural year of OTW classification, how many sites were classified
2010
53 classified
Today 81
Does the OTW classify any “Grosse Lage” Sites?
No, only 81 Erste Lage sites, though Grosse Lage has been approved
