Austria

Question 1

What are the lees aging requirements for Sekt Austria gU?

Answer 1

Min 9 months for traditional method

Min 6 months for tank

Question 2

What are the lees aging requirements for Sekt Austria Reserve gU?

Answer 2

Min 18 months

Question 3

What are the lees aging requirements for Sekt Austria Grosse Reserve gU?

Answer 3

Min 36m months

Question 4

Which styles of Austrian Sekt must be produced by the traditional method?

Answer 4

Reserve and Grosse Reserve

Question 5

What is the maximum RS for Austrain Sekt?

Answer 5

max 12g/L

Question 6

What is the main grape(s) and styles produced in the Eisenberg DAC?

Answer 6

Dry, still red exclusively from Blaufrankisch

Question 7

What is the main grape(s) and styles produced in the Leithaberg DAC?

Answer 7

Dry, still white and red wines.

Whites can be produced from varietal expressions or blends of Chardonnay, Gruner Veltliner, Neuberger, and/or Weissburgunder

Reds are produced from min 85% Blaufrankisch plus max 15% Pinot Noir, St. Laurent, and/or Zweigelt

Question 8

What is the main grape(s) and styles produced in the Mittelburgenland DAC?

Answer 8

Dry, still red from exclusively Blaufrankisch

Question 9

Wines with “Seewinkel” on the label indicate what?

Answer 9

Sweet white wines produced from Apelton, Illmitz, and/or Podersdorf in Neusiedlersee DAC.

Question 10

From what DAC do wines sometimes have the term “Seewinkel” listed? What style is this exclusive to?

Answer 10

Neusiedlersee DAC; exclusive to sweet white wines.

Question 11

What are the major white grapes used for the production of white wines in the Neusiedlersee DAC?

Answer 11

Chardonnay, Weissburgunder, and Welschriesling

Question 12

What is the minimum RS for white wines produced in the Neusiedlersee DAC?

Answer 12

min 45g/L

Question 13

What is the principal red grape for red wine produced in the Neusiedlersee DAC?

Answer 13

Zweigelt

Question 14

What is the main grape(s) and styles produced in the Rosalia DAC?

Answer 14

Dry, still red and rosé produced from Blaufrankisch and/or Zweigelt with one making up at least 85% of the blend.

Question 15

What is the main grape(s) and styles produced in the Ruster Ausbruch DAC?

Answer 15

One or more Qualitätswein white grapes including Chardonnay, Weissburguner, Grauburgunder, Furmint, and Muskateller.

Exclusively sweet, still white wines with a minimum of 45g/L and KMW of at least 30 (same as TBA)

Question 16

What is the minimum KMW for Ruster Ausbruch DAC?

Answer 16

Min 30 KMW (same as TBA)

Question 17

Krutzler and Wachter-Wiesler are top producers in what DAC?

Answer 17

Eisenberg DAC

Question 18

Prieler, Gernot Heinrich and Nittnaus are top producers in what DAC?

Answer 18

Leithaberg DAC

Question 19

Gessellmann and Moric are top producers in what DAC?

Answer 19

Mittelburgenland DAC?

Question 20

Alois Kracher is a top producer in what DAC?

Answer 20

Neusiedlersee DAC

Question 21

Ernst Triebaumer and Heidi Schrock are top producers in what DAC?

Answer 21

Ruster Ausbruch DAC

Question 22

What is Cercle Ruster Ausbruch? Who is the leader of this group?

Answer 22

An organization whose goal is to elevate the reputation of Ausbruch wines.

Heidi Schrock is the leader

Question 23

What is Uhundler?

Answer 23

Specialty wine, usually pink and smelling of wild strawberries, made in Eisenberg produced from phylloxera-resistant American hybrids Isabella, Concord, and Delaware.

Question 24

Dry wines in the Ruster Ausbruch DAC may carry what DAC?

Answer 24

Leithaberg DAC

Question 25

Off-dry Spatlese, Auslese, BA, and TBA wines in Ruster Ausbruch are bottled under what DAC?

Answer 25

Neusiedlersee DAC

Question 26

What does "Ausbruch" mean?

Answer 26

Means "broke out" and refers to the grapes having to be picked individually on clusters while still on the vine.

Question 27

Who is the producer of Unendlich? What is the grape and from where is this sourced?

Answer 27

FX Pichler Riesling The source is never revealed and changes depending on the vintage.

Question 28

Who is the producer of the "Tradition Heritage Cuvee" and what is it?

Answer 28

Produced by Schloss Gobelsburg is a blend of 9 different grape varieties from over 30 vintages across 50 years.

Question 29

Where is the Achleiten vineyard and what are a few producers of this? Top grapes?

Answer 29

Wachau DAC (Weissenkirchen) Domaine Wachau, Prager and Rudi Pichler produce here. Riesling and Gruner Veltliner

Question 30

Where does Kollwentz produce wine and what is their top bottling?

Answer 30

Burgenland | Gloria Chardonnay

Question 31

Where does Tement produce wine and what grape are they a master of?

Answer 31

Sudsteiermark | Sauvignon Blanc

Question 32

Where is Ried Pfaffenberg and what is the top grape produced there? What are a couple of producers of this vineyard?

Answer 32

Kremstal Riesling Salomon Undhof, Emmerich Knoll, and Winzer

Question 33

Where is the Gaisberg vineyard and who are three producers of it?

Answer 33

Kamptal DAC Hirsch, Schloss Gobelsberg, Hiedler Riesling performs best here.

Question 34

Where is the Heiligenstein vineyard and who are three producers?

Answer 34

Kamptal DAC | Brundlmayer, Schloss Gobelsberg, and Hirsch

Question 35

Where is the Loibenberg vineyard, what grapes grow there, and what are three producers?

Answer 35

Wachau DAC Riesling and Gruner Veltliner Alzinger, FX Pichler, Pichler-Krutzler

Question 36

What are the 5 worst vintages in Austria for Riesling and Gruner in the past 25 years?

Answer 36

``` 2014 2010 2004 2003 2001 ```

Question 37

What are the 5 best vintages for Austrian white wines of the past 25 years?

Answer 37

``` 2020 2019 2015 2008 2006 ```

Question 38

What are three producers of Austrian Sekt?

Answer 38

Loimer, Szigeti, Brundlmayer