Austria

Question 1

What is the river that flows though Vienna?

Answer 1

Danube River

Question 2

Who invented trellising? When and where?

Answer 2

Dr. Lenz Moser. 1950s Klosterneuburg viticultural research institute.

Question 3

What happened in Austria in 1985?

Answer 3

“Antifreeze scandal”. Producers adding Diethylene glycol to wine to increase body. As a result, Austria drafted the strictest wine laws in the Europe.

Question 4

What are the major wine regions of Austria called?

Answer 4

Weinbaugebiete

Question 5

What are the weinbaugebiete of Austria from north to south?

Answer 5

Niederösterreich
Wien (Vienna)
Burgenland
Styria (Steiermark)

Question 6

What are the weinbaugebiete of Austria from largest to smallest?

Answer 6

Niederösterreich
Burgenland
Steiermark
Wien

Question 7

What are the most planted white varieties in Austria from most to least?

Answer 7

Grüner Veltliner
Welschriesling
Müller Thurgau
Weißburgunder
Riesling
Chardonnay

Question 8

What are the synonyms for Chardonnay in Austria?

Answer 8

Morillon

Feinburgunder

Question 9

What are the most planted red varieties in Austria?

Answer 9

Zweigelt
Blaufränkisch
Blauer Portugieser,
Blauburger

Question 10

What is the Zweigelt crossing?

Answer 10

Blaufränkisch x St. Laurent crossing developed in Austria in 1922

Question 11

What are the wine quality levels in Austrian wine law from lowest to highest?

Answer 11

Wein
Landwein
Qualitätswein

Question 12

What percentage of wine in Austria is produced as Qualitätswein?

Answer 12

~90%

Question 13

What percentage of Austria wine production is white wine?

Answer 13

~70%

Question 14

What are the categories of Qualitätswein in Austria?

Answer 14

Prädikatswein and Districtus Austriae Controllatus (DAC)

Question 15

What percentage of Austria wine production is white wine?

Answer 15

~70%

Question 16

What are the categories of Qualitätswein in Austria?

Answer 16

Prädikatswein and Districtus Austriae Controllatus (DAC)

Question 17

What is Ausbruch?

Answer 17

Botrysized dessert wine of at least TBA ripeness from the town of Rust in Burgenland. Produced by adding botrysized must to less concentrated must from the same vineyard and fermented together.

Question 18

What is Strohwein?

Answer 18

A dried grape wine of at least Beerenauslese ripeness

Question 19

What is Ausbruch?

Answer 19

Botrysized dessert wine of at least TBA ripeness from the town of Rust in Burgenland

Question 20

How many DAC are there in Austria?

Answer 20

16

Question 21

What are the quality levels of Sekt PGO?

Answer 21

Klassik
Reserve
Grosse Reserve

Question 22

What practice is permitted only in the Klassik quality level of Sekt PGO?

Answer 22

Charmat. Reserve and Grosse Reserve must be traditional method.

Question 23

What the requirements for Grosse Reserve Sekt PGO?

Answer 23

Must be single wine village.
Hand-harvesting is required.
Vintage and vineyard permitted on label.
3 years aging w/ 30 months sur lees.
Only Brut, Extra Brut, or Brut Nature styles permitted.

Question 24

What the requirements for Grosse Reserve Sekt PGO?

Answer 24

Must be single wine village.
Hand-harvesting is required.
Vineyard names are allowed on labels along with the vintage. The wine must sit on the lees for a minimum of 30 months and may not be released until three years after harvest. Like Reserve, Grosse Reserve may not hold more than 12 grams per liter of residual sugar, meaning the wines must be Brut, Extra Brut, or Brut Nature. At the Grosse Reserve level, the term Hauersekt

Question 25

What is Hauersekt in Austria?

Answer 25

Grower-Producers (like Champagne's RM). Only permitted at Grosse Reserve Sekt PGO level. Must list vintage, vineyard, and variety.

Question 26

What does Niederösterreich translate to? Where does the name come from?

Answer 26

"Lower Austria". The region is composed of plains vs mountains.

Question 27

What is the geography and climate of the Niederösterreich?

Answer 27

Pannonian Plain. Former seabed of loess soils. Continental climate w/ hot, dry summers and severe winters. Primarily located along the Danube River.

Question 28

What are the 8 sub-zones of the Niederösterreich?

Answer 28

``` Wachau DAC Kremstal DAC Kamptal DAC Traisental DAC Wagram Weinviertel DAC Carnuntum DAC Thermenregion ```

Question 29

What is the largest DAC of Niederösterreich? What else is notable about it?

Answer 29

Weinviertel. First and largest DAC.

Question 30

What are the most notable vineyards of the Kamptal?

Answer 30

Heiligenstein Lamm Dechant

Question 31

What are the geographical qualities of the Wachau?

Answer 31

A narrow band of vineyards along the steep terraced northern slopes of the Danube. Loess and gneiss soil. A proportion of alluvial sand accumulate along the river.

Question 32

What is the Austrian synonym for Gneiss?

Answer 32

Gföhler

Question 33

Who are some top producers from the Wachau?

Answer 33

FX Pichler Prager Emmerich Knoll

Question 34

What is the "top" vineyard of the Wachau? Within which town is it located?

Answer 34

Achleiten, in the village of Weissenkirchen

Question 35

What are the three stylistic categories of the Wachau?

Answer 35

Steinfeder (named for a local grass found in the vineyards) Federspiel (referencing a falconer's tool) Smaragd (taking its name from the emerald lizard who basks on terraces)

Question 36

What styles of wine are Burgenland most known for?

Answer 36

Red and sweet.

Question 37

What country does Burgenland border?

Answer 37

Hungary

Question 38

What is the lake in Burgenland?

Answer 38

Neusiedlersee

Question 39

How is Neusiedlersee pronounced?

Answer 39

"Noyced-lir-sey"

Question 40

What are the DAC zones of Burgenland?

Answer 40

``` Mittelburgenland Leithaberg Eisenberg Neusiedlersee Rosalia Rust ```

Question 41

What was the first DAC of Burgenland to allow the production of white in addition to red?

Answer 41

Leithaberg

Question 42

What are some synonyms for Blaufränkisch? From which countries are the synonyms?

Answer 42

Lemberger (Germany) | Kékfrankos (Hungary)

Question 43

What are the varietal requirements for Neusiedlersee DAC?

Answer 43

Red: Mostly Zweigelt, with other permitted red grapes | Spätlese and Auslese: Welschriesling, Weissburgunder, and Chardonnay

Question 44

Where is Alois Kracher located?

Answer 44

Town of Illmitz in the Neusiedlersee DAC of Burgenland.

Question 45

What does Ried mean on a bottle of Austrian wine?

Answer 45

Replacement for the name of a village before a vineyard. Used to designate a "top site".

Question 46

What is Sturm?

Answer 46

Half-fermented semi-sparkling grape juice from Wein.