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1
Q

Who built the steep terraces along the Danube?

A

Monks from monasteries in Bavaria and Salzburg.

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2
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What is the Austrian classification system based on?

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Must weight of grapes

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3
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What and when was the anti-freeze scandal?

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In 1985, diethylene glycol was found to have been added to bulk wines to add sweetness and body.

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4
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Who is believed to have been growing vines in Austria in 5th Century BC?

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The Celts

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5
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Where was Austria’s first viticultural and oenological school, and when was it founded?

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Klosternenberg, 1860

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6
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Weinvertal is known for having what climate?

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Dry

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7
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Austria is known for what kind of vine system?

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Lenz Moser

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8
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Co-operatives produce how much of Austrian wine?

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15%

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9
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What is unique about the Lenz Moser system?

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Wide rows (35M/11.5ft), higher trunks (1.3m)

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10
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For which Austrian wines is chaptalization allowed?

A

Qualitatswein

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11
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Is acidification allowed in Austria?

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No (2003 was an exception)

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12
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What does KMW stand for?

A

Klosterneuberger Mostwaage

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13
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1 degree KMW is equivalent to ____% of sugar in must weight.

How many degrees Oechsle?

A

1%

5 degrees Oechsle

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14
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Gruner Veltliner accounts for how much of Austria’s vineyard area?

A

36%

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15
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Where is Gruner Veltliner important?

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Lower Austria and Vienna

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16
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What is the second most important grape variety in Austria?

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Welschriesling

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17
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What is Austria’s most commonly planted Muscat variety?

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Muscat Ottonel

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18
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Where are most of Austria’s wine regions?

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In the east

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19
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Burgenland borders what country?

A

Hungary

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20
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What is Austria’s largest wine region?

A

Weinvertel

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21
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What is Kamptal named after?

A

The river Kamp

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22
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What is the most famous Riesling site of Kamptal?

A

Zobinger Heiligenstein

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23
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What is RS of trocken?

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= or less than 9 g/l

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24
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What is RS of halbtrocken?

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9-12 g/l

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25
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What is RS of halbsuss of lieblich?

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12-45 g/l

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26
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What is RS of suss?

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+45 g/l

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27
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Tafelwein must achieve what must weight?

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10.6 KMW

51 Oechsle

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28
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Traditionally, Tafelwein is sold in what bottles?

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2 liter bottles

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29
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Landwein is required to reach what KMW?

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14 KMW

68 Oechsle

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30
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What is required must weight of Qualitatswein?

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15 KMW

73 Oechsle

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31
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What is minimum alcohol of Qualitatswein?

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9%

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32
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What is minimum must weight of Kabinett?

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17 KMW

84 Oechsle

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33
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What is minimum must weight of Spatlese?

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19 KMW

94 Oechsle

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34
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What is minimum must weight of Auslese?

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21 KMW

105 Oechsle

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35
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What is minimum must weight of Strohwein?

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25 KMW

127 Oechsle

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36
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What is minimum must weight of Eiswein?

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25 KMW

127 Oechsle

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37
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What is minimum must weight of Beerenauslese?

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25 KMW

127 Oechsle

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38
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What is minimum must weight of Ausbruch?

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27 KMW

139 Oechsle

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39
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What is minimum must weight of Trockenbeerenauslese?

A

30 KMW

156 Oechsle

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40
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Pre WWI, most of Burgenland was a part of what?

A

Kingdom of Hungary

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41
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What is the name of Austria’s eastern plain?

A

Pannonian plain

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42
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What is the granite mountain range north of the Danube?

A

Bohmerwald

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43
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What are grapes of Neusiedlersee DAC?

A

Zweigelt (min 60%)

Indigenous Red Varieties (max 40%)

44
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What are minimum alcohols of Neusiedlersee DAC?

A

Classic: 12%
Reserve: 13%

45
Q

How much longer must Neusiedlersee DAC Reserve wines be aged more than Classic?

46
Q

What was the first Neusiedlersee vintage?

A

2011 (classic)

2010 (reserve)

47
Q

What is the grape variety of Mittelburgenland DAC?

A

Blaufrankisch

48
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What are the min/max alcohol levels of Mittelburgenland?

A

Classic: 12.5-13%
Classic w/ site: 13-13.5%
Reserve: 13% min

49
Q

What is the soil of Mittelburgenland DAC?

50
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What was the first vintage of Mitteelburgenland DAC?

51
Q

What is a subregion of Sudburgenland?

A

Eisenberg DAC

52
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What are the principal grape varieties of Sudburgenland?

A

White: Welschriesling, Gruner Veltliner
Red: Blaufrankisch, Zweigelt

53
Q

What is the grape variety of Eisenberg?

A

Blaufrankisch

54
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What is the soil of Eisenberg?

A

gravel and slate

55
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What was the first vintage of Eisenberg?

A

2009 (2008 for Reserve)

56
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What are 8 subregions of Niederosterreich?

A 
Wachau
Kremstal DAC
Kamptal DAC
Traisental DAC
Wagram
Weinviertal DAC
Carnuntum
Thermenregion
57
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What are the principal white grape varieties in Wachau?

A 
Gruner Veltliner
Riesling
Muller Thurgau
Neuberger
Weissburgunder
Chardonnay
58
Q

What are the principal red grape varieties in Wachau?

A

Zweigelt
St. Laurent
Blauer Portugieser

59
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What is the soil of Wachau?

A

loess, gneiss (gfohler)

60
Q

What are the 3 classifications under Vinea Wachau?

A

Steinfeder
Federspiel
Smaragd

61
Q

What is now allowed in Vinea Wachau?

A

Additives, Concentration, Aromatization, Fractionation, Manipulation of Nature

62
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What are major grape varieties of Kremstal DAC?

A

Gruner Veltliner

Riesling

63
Q

What is the minimum alcohol of Kremstal?

A

12% - Classic

13% - Reserve

64
Q

How many Traditionsweinguter Osterreich Erste Lage are in Kremstal?

A

31 (as of 2012)

65
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How many Erste Lage vineyards are there?

66
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What is the soil of Kremstal?

A

Weathered primary rock toward Wachau and loess toward Kamptal

67
Q

What are the grape varieties of Traisental?

A

Gruner Veltliner

Riesling

68
Q

What are principal red grape varieties in Wagram?

A

Zweigelt
Blauer Portugieser
Blauburger
Pinot Noir

69
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What is the soil of Wagram?

70
Q

What is the major grape of Weinvertel?

A

Gruner Veltliner

71
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What was the first vintage of Weinvertel?

72
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What are the main white grape varieties of Carnuntum?

A 
Gruner Veltliner
Welschriesling
Weissburgunder
Chardonnay
Muller Thurgau
73
Q

What are main red grape varieties of Carnuntum?

A

Zweigelt
Blaufrankisch
Merlot
Blauburger

74
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What is soil of Carnuntum?

A

stony loam and loess

75
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What is the soil of Thermenregion?

A

clay, sandy loam and brown earth

76
Q

What are major red grape varieties of Sudsteiermark?

A

Zweigelt

Blauer Wildbacher

77
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What are the principal grape varieties of Wien?

A

White: Gruner Veltliner, Riesling, Weissburgunder, Chardonnay, Welschriesling, Muller Thurgau

Red: Zweigelt, Pinot Noir, Blauburger

78
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What does DAC stand for?

A

Districtus Austriae Controllatus

79
Q

What is the warmest part of lower Austria?

A

Thermenregion

80
Q

When did Cistercians plant vines in the Thermenregion?

A

12th century

81
Q

What are Henrigen?

A

Wine taverns operated by producers

82
Q

What is Austria’s westernmost wine region?

83
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Where does Carnuntum get its name?

A

A Roman fortress town

84
Q

Zweigelt is a crossing of what?

A

Blaufrankisch x Saint Laurent

85
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What are VC of Gruner Veltliner?

A

Very fruitful, with small greenish-yellow berries. Susceptible to downy and powdery mildews and to grape rust mite. Mid ripening but too late for much of Northern Europe.

86
Q

Weissburgunder is what grape?

A

Pinot Blanc

87
Q

Blauburger is a crossing of what?

A

Blauer Portugieser x Blaufrankisch

88
Q

What does Terrassen mean?

89
Q

What does Alte Reben mean?

90
Q

What does Hefeabzug mean?

91
Q

Trockenbeerenauslese in Austria dates back to when?

92
Q

What are major winemaking regions in Austria called? What are they?

A

Weinbaugebiete

  • Niederosterreich
  • Wien
  • Burgenland
  • Styria
93
Q

How much Austrian wine is Qualitatswein?

94
Q

What is strohwein?

A

A dried grape wine of at least Beerenauslese ripeness.

95
Q

Where is ausbruch produced?

96
Q

When were Erste Lage created?

97
Q

Wachau is between what 2 cities?

A

Melk & Krems

98
Q

What is “steinfeder”?

A

A local Niederosterreich grass found in the woods.

99
Q

What is a “federspiel”?

A

A falconer’s tool

100
Q

What is a “smaragd”?

A

An emerald lizard who basks on the terraces.

101
Q

What is sturm?

A

A half-fermented sparkling grape juice from Wien, usually that accompanies harvest-time meals.

102
Q

How much of Austria’s production is Qualitatswein?

103
Q

Kabinett wines are a subset of what?

A

Qualitatswein

104
Q

Where is Ausbruch made?

105
Q

In observance of an old custom, what word often replaces the village name for a single vineyard wine?

Cert/Adv - Austria (3 decks)

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