Austria Flashcards
(129 cards)
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What is the most planted red grape of Austria?
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Zweigelt
2
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Name Traditional dishes of Austrian cuisine?
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Wiener Schnitzel (veal cutlet),
Knödel (Dumplings),
Tafelspitz (beef boiled with vegetables and served with minced apples and horseradish),
Sachertorte (chocolate cake),
Kardinalschnitte (pastry with thick cream - meringue and cornmeal butter)
3
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What was Austria’s first DAC (Districus Austriae Controllatus)?
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Weinviertel (2003)
4
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Who spearheaded the Hauersekt movement in Austria ?
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Gerard Malat 1970s- growers use own grapes
5
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What are the parent grapes of Gruner Veltliner?
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Traminer x St. Georgener-Rebe
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What is the name of Austria’s bi-annual wine conference/festival/tradeshow?
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Vie Vinum
7
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Austrian term for Brut
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Herb
8
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Name 3 Austrian beers?
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Stiegl - Radler, Vienna Lager,
Ottakringer,
Zillertal
9
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Most planted red grape in the Wachau?
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zweigelt
10
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Who pulled out of the Vinea Wachau 2020
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FX Pichler - no reason after DAC established
11
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Ried Lamm focuses on what grape?
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gruner veltliner (Kammern)
12
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Ried Renner is on the same slope as?
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Gaisberg (Kammern)
13
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Ried Lamm is on the same slope as?
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Heiligenstein (Zobing)
14
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Largest DAC land under vine and production
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Weinviertel - 10x production of Wachau
15
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Osteirecsen Trationsweinsguter
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Growers association - Kamptal, Kremstal, Wagram, Traisental, Wien, Carnuntum
16
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DAC south of the Wachau and Kremstal
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Traisental - gruner and riesling
highest percentage of gruner of any DAC
Markus Huber, Neumayer
17
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Wagram was formerly known as…
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Donauland
18
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T or F, ‘steinfeder’ wines are equivalent to ‘kabinett’ on the KMW scale?
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False - steinfeder is min. 15 KMW,
Kabinett is min. 17 KMW (same as federspiel)
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T or F, ‘smaragd’ wines are equivalent to ‘spatlese’ on the KMW scale
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True - 19 KMW
20
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T or F, ‘strohwein’ is equivalent to ‘beerenauslese’ on the KMW scale
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True - 25 KMW
21
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T or F ‘ausbruch’ is equivalent to ‘eiswein’ on the KMW scale
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False - ausbruch is 30, eiswein is 25
22
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Which winebauregionen are classified in the Ostereichsen Traditonsweinsguter (Association of Traditional Wine Estates) - 6 ?
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Kamptal, Kremstal, Traisental, Wagram (approved 2022), Wien, Carnuntum
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What is ‘schilcherwein’ and where does it come from?
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still, frizzante, or sparkling rose made from blauer wildbacher from Weststiermark
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Which sparkling style is typically bottled with more pressure: perlwein or schaumwein?
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schaumwein 3 atm (8.5% alc)
vs
perlwein 1-2.5 atm (9% alc)
25
What sweetness level does the term ‘Lieblich’ indicate?
up to 45 g/L (medium sweet)
26
What is ‘sturm’?
partially fermented grape juice
27
‘Grosse Reserve’ austrian sekt must be aged on the lees for how long?
30 months
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'Reserve’ Sekt aging?
18 months
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Name 2 rules of the Codex Wachau
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No additives (chaptalizing),
No aromatization (new oak),
No fractionation (de-alcoholization),
vinification and bottling in region from Wachau grapes, 90% of producers vineyards must be located in the Wachau (other 10% in adjacent region)
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30
Gamaret and Garanoir crossings of what?
Gamay x Reichensteiner
31
Name one producer in the Wachau who makes wine from the Achleiten vineyard?
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Prager,
Jager,
Jamek,
Rainer Wess,
Domane Wachau,
Stierschneider-Kartausherhof
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32
What is the difference between ausbruch and strohwein?
botrytis-style wine sim. to Tokaj (min. 30 KMW)
vs.
straw wine (dried grapes) (min. 25 KMW)
33
Willi Opitz created which style
1989 strohwein (reed wines or “schilfwein) - now located in Illmitz - collects reeds from Neusiedl and dries out the grapes for 3-6 months (6 months for “Opitz One” - his zweigelt schilfwein enjoyed by Bill Clinton) - only 7hl / ha yields!
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ausbruch is the oldest documented botrytis wine
TRUE
35
Wiener Gemischter Satz?
min. 3 varieties, none over 50% in blend (none less than 10%),
co-planted (historically, but no longer required) and co-fermented,
no perceptible oak
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What grape is used to make the specialty blanc de noir wine of the Wagram?
Roter Veltliner
37
zweigelt is a cross of ______
blaufränkisch x sankt laurent (1922)
38
What styles of wine are permitted in Rosalia DAC?
dry, still red or rose,
blaufrankisch or zweigelt (non-DAC dried grape wines;
Rosolo (dry) Rosolita (sweet))
39
What DACs specialize in reds made from blaufrankisch?
Leithaberg,
Mittelburgenland,
Eisenberg
(Carnuntum, Rosalia)
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from zweigelt?
Neusiedlersee,
| Carnuntum, Rosalia
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Neusiedlersee DAC can now include sweet wines
TRUE
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What grapes are blended to make spatrot-rotgipfler in the Thermenregion?
Zierflander & Rotgipfler (Near to Gumpoldskirchen)
Thermenregion in the south specializes in PN and Sankt Laurent
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Bergwein
vineyard slope > 26 degrees
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“Samling 88”
scheurebe
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1st red wine DAC in Austria
Mittelburgenland - blaufränkisch (2005)
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KMW to Ochsle conversion
multiple of 5
Ex. 19 KMW (x 5) = 85 ochsle
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synonyms for chardonnay a) wachau b) steiermark c)
a) feinburgunder b) morillon c) klevener
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gelber muskateller
petit grains
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what 2 countries border the weinviertel
czech republic & slovakia
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organic/biodynamic producers in the wachau
organic - muthenthaler,
biod - nikolaihof
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heunisch?
Charlemagne term for grading grapes - lesser quality; better quality were called “frankisch”
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Traisental was formerly part of which DAC
Donauland-Hugelland
| divided into kamptal, kremstal, traisental, wagram
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4 primary climate zones of Austria
Oberosterreich - cool, mountainous;
Pannonian continental - Burgenland;
Niederösterreich (Danube) - temperate/mixed Pannonian + cool continental (Northern forests);
Styria - Mediterranean (Adriatic)
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Vinotek’ is the top bottling for what producer?
Nikolaihof (aged for 14 years)
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Best 90s vintages Austria
90, 97, 99
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When is Austria Sekt day
Oct 22nd
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Lens Moser training system
Hockultur’ - Higher off the ground, maximizing ripeness, more sun
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Minimum RS for Ruster Ausbruch
45 g/L
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Circle Ruster Ausbruch
Growers association - Heidi Schrock
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Which DAC of Austria is authorized for both white and red?
Carnuntum, Neusiedlersee, Liethaberg, Wachau (2020)
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When was Ruster Ausbruch authorized as a DAC?
2020
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Wachau became DAC in what year?
2020
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Blaufrankisch is called ____ in Germany; Hungary, Italy
lemberger, kekfrankos, franconia
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Star producers of Blaufrankisch
Gesellmann,
Wellanschitz,
Krutzler,
Moric
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Oldest winery in Austria?
Klosterneuberg
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What is Hauersekt
Grower producer Austrian sekt
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Roter Veltliner
Wagram - red vinified as white
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Spatrot - Rotgipfler
Gumpoldskirchen in Thermenregion - zierflander and rogipfler
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Franz Hirtzberger is located in what village?
Spitz
70
Undendlich (riesling) cuvee is made by
FX Pichler (gruner ‘M’)
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2 producers not member of Codex Wachau
Peter Veyder-Malberg,
| Pichler-Kreutzler
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jegbor
eiswein (Hungarian term)
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2 important vineyards in Durnstein
Kellerberg, Hollerin
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Achleiten vineyard is divided into how many parcels
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Moric is located in what DAC
Mittelburgenland
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Define Leithathakalk
limestone
77
One vineyard in Kremstal
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Pfaffenberg,
Goldberg,
Kogl,
Gaisberg,
Steiner Hund,
Lindberg,
Gotschelle
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78
Who makes wine from the Pfaffenberg vineyard?
Emmerich Knoll,
Salomon Undhof,
Pichler Krutzler,
Malat (first Hauersekt?)
79
These vineyards are in what DAC?
Lamm, Renner, Heiligenstein - Kamptal
80
What is the oldest viticulture school in the world?
Klosterneuberg
81
Weinviertel vineyards (Gemischter Satz vyds)
Bissenberg,
Nussberg,
Colinberg,
Georgenberg
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Producers in Wien
Weninger
| Neuman
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DACs of Burgenland that only allow 750 formats
Leithaberg and Rosalia
84
1st vintage of Steiermark DACs
2018
85
Sudsteiermark producers
Sattlerhof, Tement, Polz, Neumeister, Gross, Gamlitz
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Best sites in Steiermark for sauvignon blanc?
Ziereg (Tement)
| Kranachberg (Sattlerhof)
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Is Steiermark workable by tractor?
NO! - there was a producer who tried and his tractor rolled over and exploded
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Sauvignon Blanc parents - Klosterneuberg
Chenin x Traminer?
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What are the grape specialties of Steiermark?
Traminer (Savagnin and Gewurz), and SB
90
Steiermark borders what country?
Slovenia
91
Sopron in Hungary is basically a continuation of what Austrian region?
Burgenland
92
FX Pichler top cuvees
Undendlich,
Durnsteiner Kellerberg,
“M” smaragd,
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Lyre training system widely used by which producer?
Brundlmayer
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Only authorized DAC varietal in Weinviertel
Gruner
95
Weststeiermark subsumed which former DAC
schilcherland
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The only Burgenland DAC that does not produce blaufrankisch-based reds
Neusiedlersee (min. 60% zweigelt)
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3 villages in Kamptal
Langenlois
Zobing
Kammern
Gobelsburg
98
Traditional method becomes mandatory at what level of sekt production
Reserve
99
3 producers based in Wagram
Bernard Ott,
Leth Scheiben,
Karl Fritsch
100
What is the STK and who are some high profile members?
Steirische Terroir- und Klassikweingüter - Styria Grower’s association dedicated to higher and steeper vineyards (classified STK ried (PC) and Grosse STK ried (GC) -
Sattlerhof, Polz, Tement
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Top producers of SB in sudsteiermark?
Sattlerhof
Tement
Neumeister
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Ausbruch ‘Essenz’ min. KMW
35 KMW
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DAC
Districus Austricus Controllatus
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Landwein Regions (3)
Weinland
Steierland
Bergland
105
Maximum abv for Qualitatswein
5%
106
Maximum yields for Austrian quality wine
67.5 hl/ha
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Who are some producers of Ruster Ausbruch?
Heidi Schrock,
Robert Wenzel,
Ernst Triebaumer,
Fritz Seiler
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Which Pradikatswein are minimum 30KMW?
Ausbruch and TBA
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Parents of Zweigelt
blaufränkisch x sankt laurent (1922)
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Lees aging requirements for Austrian Sekt categories
9 / 18 / 30
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When is Austria Sekt day
October 22nd- 3 years after harvest is allowed to be released
112
Vinotekfullung?
Cuvee of Emmerich Knoll
labeled as Smaragd, described as dry auslesen of gruner and riesling
Kellerberg, Loibenberg, Kreutles
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Red and Whites permitted in which DAC’s
Wachau, Carnuntum, Leithaberg, Neusiedlersee,
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Grape Variety once labelled ‘Muscat Sylvaner’ in Steiermark?
Sauvignon Blanc
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Most planted grape of Steiermark
Welschriesling
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What is ‘junker’ wein?
Nouveau style wine from Sudsteiermark
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When was the great frost of Austria, leading to a streamlining of their encepagement?
1928
118
Name a producer traditionally incorporating botrytized fruit in their “Smaragd” level offering
Franz Hirtzberger
Alzinger
FX Pichler
119
What is the parentage of Blaufrankisch?
Blauer Zimmetraube x Weisser Heunisch
120
Styria borders which country to the South?
Slovenia
121
What is the source and mouth of the Donau / Danube river?
Source: confluence of Berg R. & Brigach R. @ town of Donauschingen, DE
mouth: Danube Delta (Black sea) - Romania (Tulcea) and Ukraine (Odessa Oblast)
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What is the max RS of Kabinett Qualitatswein in Austria?
9 g/L
123
Silberbichl and Im Weingebirge are rieden in which village?
Mautern
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Axpoint, Singerriedel, and Offenberg are rieden in which village?
Spitz
125
Alois Kracher wines are labeled what appellation?
Burgenland
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Austrian Qualitatswein Requirements
Originates in one single weinbaugebiete (wine growing region).
Must be produced from one of Austria’s 40 approved grape varieties.
Minimum must weight of 15 ° KMW
Free of defects (tasting panel judged)
Minimum ABV of 9% (5% for Pradikatswein)
Undergo a chemical analysis
After a wine meets these obligations (there are also several more), it may receive the classic Austrian banderole on the cap.
127
What are the DAC of Burgenland?
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Neusiedlersee
Leithaberg
Rosalia
Mittelburgenland
Eisenberg
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128
What DAC of Niederosterreich are south of the Danube?
Thermenregion
| Carnuntum
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The first Trockenbeerenauslese was recorded in what year?
TBA - 1526 in Austria
first Kabinett - 1712 Eberbach
first Spatlese - 1775 Johannisberg
(archbishop Fulda rider was late... vintage praised by Jefferson)
first Auslese - 1787
first Eiswein - 1794 Franken
first botrytis harvest - 1630 Tokaji
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