General Austria Information Flashcards
Who built the steep terraces along the Danube?
Monks from monasteries in Bavaria and Salzburg.
What is the Austrian classification system based on?
Must weight of grapes
What and when was the anti-freeze scandal?
In 1985, diethylene glycol was found to have been added to bulk wines to add sweetness and body.
Who is believed to have been growing vines in Austria in 5th Century BC?
The Celts
Where was Austria’s first viticultural and oenological school, and when was it founded?
Klosternenberg, 1860
Weinvertal is known for having what climate?
Dry
Austria is known for what kind of vine system?
Lenz Moser
Co-operatives produce how much of Austrian wine?
15%
What is unique about the Lenz Moser system?
Wide rows (35M/11.5ft), higher trunks (1.3m)
For which Austrian wines is chaptalization allowed?
Qualitatswein
Is acidification allowed in Austria?
No (2003 was an exception)
What does KMW stand for?
Klosterneuberger Mostwaage
1 degree KMW is equivalent to ____% of sugar in must weight.
How many degrees Oechsle?
1%
5 degrees Oechsle
Gruner Veltliner accounts for how much of Austria’s vineyard area?
36%
Where is Gruner Veltliner important?
Lower Austria and Vienna
What is the second most important grape variety in Austria?
Welschriesling
What is Austria’s most commonly planted Muscat variety?
Muscat Ottonel
Where are most of Austria’s wine regions?
In the east
Burgenland borders what country?
Hungary
What is Austria’s largest wine region?
Weinvertel
What is Kamptal named after?
The river Kamp
What is the most famous Riesling site of Kamptal?
Zobinger Heiligenstein
What is RS of trocken?
= or less than 9 g/l
What is RS of halbtrocken?
9-12 g/l
What is RS of halbsuss of lieblich?
12-45 g/l
What is RS of suss?
+45 g/l
Tafelwein must achieve what must weight?
10.6 KMW
51 Oechsle
Traditionally, Tafelwein is sold in what bottles?
2 liter bottles
Landwein is required to reach what KMW?
14 KMW
68 Oechsle
What is required must weight of Qualitatswein?
15 KMW
73 Oechsle
What is minimum alcohol of Qualitatswein?
9%
What is minimum must weight of Kabinett?
17 KMW
84 Oechsle
What is minimum must weight of Spatlese?
19 KMW
94 Oechsle
What is minimum must weight of Auslese?
21 KMW
105 Oechsle
What is minimum must weight of Strohwein?
25 KMW
127 Oechsle
What is minimum must weight of Eiswein?
25 KMW
127 Oechsle
What is minimum must weight of Beerenauslese?
25 KMW
127 Oechsle
What is minimum must weight of Ausbruch?
27 KMW
139 Oechsle
What is minimum must weight of Trockenbeerenauslese?
30 KMW
156 Oechsle
Pre WWI, most of Burgenland was a part of what?
Kingdom of Hungary
What is the name of Austria’s eastern plain?
Pannonian plain
What is the granite mountain range north of the Danube?
Bohmerwald