Ted - Austria Flashcards

1
Q

Major river of Austria?

A

Danube, you’re a noob

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2
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Only european city to have a wine region with it’s boundaries?

A

Vienna

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3
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year of the first TBA in austria?

A

1526

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4
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Austrian Pradikats include what two additonal levels and exclude which german one?

A

Strohwien, and Ausbruch excluding Kabinett

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5
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define Strohwien

A

dried grape wine of at least BA ripness

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6
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Define Ausbruch

A

a specialty of Rust in Neuseelersie Tba ripeness

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7
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Where is the vititcultural institute of Austria?

A

Klosterneuberg built in 1860

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8
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who is Dr. Lenz Moiser? Why should we care?

A

austrian dood, invented the wire trellis in the 1950’s - whole wine world goes “wha?”

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9
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what is the scandal of 1985?

A

anti- freeze scandal - not actually anti freeze but very dumb.

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10
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di-ethylene glycol?

A

poisonous chemial used to add texture to wine - tested postive in every single export market

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11
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Name the 9 current DAC

A

a. Wienvertal b. Lethaberg c. Eisenberg d. Kamtal e. Kremstal f. Mittelbergenland Triesental Neuseedlersie Wiener Gemeter Sachs

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12
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north to south the 4 wienbaughebete

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a. Niederosterriech b. Wien c.Burgneland d. Styria or Steiermarc

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13
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what is the most cultivated grape in Austria?

A

Gruner Veltliner

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14
Q

two synonyms of chardonnay

A

morillon and Fienburgunder

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15
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Zwiegelt is a crossing of ? When?

A

Blaufrankish and St. Laurent in 1922

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16
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What is the most planted red grape?

A

Zweigelt

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17
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what are the 3 levels of austrian wine quality?

A

a.wein b. landwien qualitaswien

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18
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what is the badarole

A

red and white stripe on the capsule of every bottle of austrian wine

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19
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What are the 3 areas of Landwien

A

Wienland Steirland Burgland

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20
Q

What is Schwarzriesling?

A

Pinot Muenier

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21
Q

areas of Wienland

A

Niederosterriech wien burgenland

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22
Q

areas of Steirland

A

Styria

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23
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Areas of Burgland

A

500 hc of vines scattered through out the mountains…

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24
Q

DAC

A

Distric Austrae Contrallatus

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25
Q

Min ABV for Pradikat in Austria?

A

5%

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26
Q

2 techniques restricted in Austrain Pradikats?

A

Sussreserve Chaptilization

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27
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What is the largest region in Austria?

A

Niederosterriech aka Lower Austria

28
Q

Where is the Pannonian Plain? Main Soils?

A

former seabed stretches through lower Austria into hungary and beyond dominated by Loess and Gniess.

29
Q

What is the climate of the Pannonian plain?

A

continental

30
Q

8 subzones of the Niederosterriech

A

Wienvertal Carnontum triesental Wagram Kremstal Kamptal Wachau Thermenregion

31
Q

what was the 1st DAC?

A

Wienvertal also the largest subzone of Niederosterriech located north of the Danube and pannonian plain - cooler climat higher acidity in the wines

32
Q

what are the cinditions of the DAC Wienvertal

A

Gruner Veltliner 12% ABV tasting panel approval must show distict pepper and no oak

33
Q

reserve wines for Wienvertal DAC?

A

botrytis tones and oak ok.

34
Q

Kamtal, Treisental DAC rules?

A

GV or Riesling Classic or Rsv

35
Q

Classic vs Rsv for DAC wines?

A

12% or 13% ABV

36
Q

name two vnyds near Langelois

A

Hielenstien and Lamm

37
Q

Name two tributaries of the Danube

A

Kams and Krems rivers

38
Q

What does Ried mean?

A

in place of village - producers use the word “Ried” inferring a top site of the region

39
Q

when was Erste Lage vnyds decreed?

A

2010

40
Q

what regions are the Erste Lage vnyds found - how many erste lage vnyds are there?

A

Kremstal, Kamtal, Wagram, Triesental - 52vnyds

41
Q

what grape varieties may be produced as Erste Lage from these sites?

A

Riesling Gruner Veltliner

42
Q

what are the soils of the Wachau

A

Loess and Gniess and alluvial sand in lower slopes

43
Q

what is the ripeness levels of the wachau

A

Steinfeder, federspiel and Smaragd

44
Q

what is the min and max abv of Federspiel

A

Falconry’s call, min must of 17KMW - 11.5%abv - 12.5% abv max

45
Q

what is Steinfeder

A

local wide blade of grass - min degree of 15 KMW, max ABV of 11.5%

46
Q

what is the min and max abv of Smaragd

A

green lizard… 12.5%min abv and min must 19kmw - equivalent of Auslese

47
Q

crazy sauce amazing wachau vnyd of allcheitin in the village of Wiesencherchen

A

three classic producers of wachau

Fx Pichler, Prager, Knoll - all members of the vineau wachau

48
Q

what are 3 rules of the Vineau Wachau?

A

Producer organization - focused on the codex wachau: no additives (chaptilization, acid etc) no aromatization (inculding no new wood) and no fractionation - no de -alc or other manipulation. All wines must be grown and bottled in the region , the org was founded in 1983 - the org covers more than 80% of the regions vnyds…..

49
Q

What is Roter?

A

red indegenious grape made as a white wine in the wagram

50
Q

what was the wagram known as previously?

A

donauland

51
Q

Gemiester Sachs

A

Traditional Field blends in the Carnuntum - minimum 3 varietals?

52
Q

What are the subzones of Burgenland?

A

Neuseedlersie Neuseedlersie Hugelland Mittelburgenland Sudburgenland

53
Q

where is the village of Illmitz?

A

Burgenland - Neuseedlersie - home of Alois Kracher

54
Q

what are the four dac zones of burgenland

A

mittelburgenland lethaberg eisenberg neuseedlersie

55
Q

what does mittelburgenland produce

A

Blaufrankish only large cask or used wood is allowed

56
Q

Lethaberg DAC produces?

A

1st DAC to allow both white and red wines: white blend or varietal of gruner, riesling, chard, neuberger or wiessburgunder and reds from blaufrankish

57
Q

Eisenberg DAC

A

blaufrankish

58
Q

2 syns for Blaufrankish

A

Limberger and Kekfrankos

59
Q

where is the town of rust?

A

easter shore of neuseedlersie in Hugelland

60
Q

Ausbruch -

A

min 27degrees KMW similar to production style of tokaj - concentrated botrytis must blended with non botrytis grapes.

61
Q

What wine style does the Neuseedlersie DAC produce?

A

red wines based on Zwiegelt??!!!!

62
Q

Styria subzones

A

Sud West Sud oeste

63
Q

Where does Manfred Temet Produce?.

A

Sud Steiermark - produces Sauv blnc in oak and steel.

64
Q

What is Schilcher?

A

rose from blauer Wildbacher

65
Q

What is Heuriger?

A

blend of white grapes released as nouveau wine - also the name for the taverns it is consumed in.

66
Q

What is Sturm ?

A

half fermented sparkling grape juice