History Flashcards
1
Q
When did viticulture start to flourish in Austria?
A
In the Roman era after Probus’s repeal of the ban on provincial viticulture.
2
Q
Who influenced the development of the vine?
A
Charlemagne & Cistercian monks
3
Q
Who created the first Trockenbeerenauslese, Germany or Austria?
A
Austria, by over 200 years
4
Q
What two primary factors permanently shrunk the vineyards of Austria?
A
Taxes & war in the 1700s
5
Q
When did Austria’s wine industry rebound?
A
After WWII
6
Q
1985 would prove to be what for the Austrian wine industry?
A
It was decimated due to the purported use of Diethylene glycol to artificially bolster their wines.
7
Q
When did phylloxera epidemic begin?
A
1872
