Austria Flashcards
(136 cards)
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Austria: What are the 3 Sekt Austria PDOs
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Sekt Austria gU
Sekt Austria Reserve gU
Sekt Austria Grosse Reserve gU
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Austria: What is OTW and how many are there
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‘Osterreich Traditions Weinguter”; a winegrowers association with an aim of classifying Austria’s vineyards (Rieds)
120 OTW.ERSTE LAGE (1^OTW)
0 OTW.GROSSE LAGE (G^OTW) so far
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Austria: What is the ABV of Reserve wine and when is it released for both white and red
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min 13% ABV
Whites - March 15 release
Reds - Nov 1 release
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Austria: Villages of Kremstal
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Krems, Senftenberg, Rohrendorf, Gedersdorf, Furth, Angern, Hollenberg, Palt, Stein, Stratzing
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Austria: Which producer doesn’t take part of Vinea Wachau
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Pichler
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Austria: DACs of Niederosterreich
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Weinviertal, Wagram, Wachau, Traisental, Kremstal, Kamptal, Thermenregion, Carnuntum
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Austria: Why is loess good for Gruner Veltliner
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water retaining, high carbon content (nutrients) suits Gruner very well
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Austria: How is Sekt Austria Grosse Reserve gU harvested
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hand-harvested
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Austria: Sugar level of Halbtrocken and how it’s defined
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max 18 g/L
Off dry
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Austria: What is Schaumwein
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“foaming” sparkling wine
min 8.5% ABV
3 ATM
from primary/secondary fermentations such as methode rural, method ancestrale, method charmat, transfer, TM
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Austria: DACs of Ruster Ausbruch and type of wine
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Ruster Ausbruch DAC (TBA grown in Rust affected by Botrytis, hand selected)
30 KMW
min 45 g/l RS
hand-harvested
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Austria: Which Sekt Austria wines allow for no more than 12 g/l of sugar
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Sekt Austria Reserve and Sekt Austria Grosse Reserve
due to Brut Nature, Extra Brut, Brut
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Austria: Who participates in OTW, what is it for, and when was it founded
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Kremstal, Kamptal, Wagram, Traisental, Carnuntum, Vienna, Thermenregion,
The ÖTW is a winegrowers’ association, founded in 1992 and headquartered in Krems an der Donau. According to the ÖTW charter, its primary objective is to create a classification of Austria’s vineyards
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Austria: What are the major vineyards of Wachau
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Loibenberg (Unterloiben/Oberloiben), Kellerberg (Durnstein), Hollerin (Durnstein), Achleiten (Weissenkirchen), Singerriedel (Spitz)
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Austria: What is Erzeugerabfüllung
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Producer-bottled wine
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Austria: Dosage styles of Sekt Austria Grosse Reserve gU
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Brut, Extra Brut, and Brut Nature
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Austria: What is Sturm
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partially fermented grape must, slightly sparkling
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Austria: When was the Vineau Wachau developed
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1983
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Austria: How to characterize the Vinea Wachau style
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dry, no new wood, maybe neutral wood for creaminess and richness
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Austria: What are the parents of Zweigelt
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Blaufrankisch x St. Laurent
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Austria: How to describe northern Austrian climate
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Competing cold and hot patterns.
Hot -> red grapes ripen. Also lots of mountains to help wines retain acid.
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Austria: Dosage styles of Sekt Austria Reserve gU
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Brut, Extra Brut, and Brut Nature
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Austria: Grapes on Weinviertal DAC and characteristic
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Gruner Veltliner, with a characteristic peppery note
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Austria: DACs of Weststeiermark
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Blauer Wildbacher (Schilcher ROSE) + 8 white grapes: Welchriesling, PG, PB, Morillon, SB, Riesling, Traminer, Muskateller
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Riedenwein
Ortswein
Gebietswein
Reserve
Schilcher Klassik
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Austria: ABVs of Vineau Wachau
Steinfeder (max 11.5% ABV)
Federspiel (11.5-12.5% ABV)
Smaragd (12.5% ABV)
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Austria: DACs of Eisenberg and ABVs
3 DACs:
DAC Gebietswein (Blaufrankish, 12.5%)
DAC Riedenwein (Blaufrankish, Welschriesling 12.5%)
DAC Reserve (13%)
NO ORTSWEIN LEVEL.
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Austria: ABVs of the Weinviertal DACs
12% for Weinviertal DAC
13% for Weinviertal DAC Reserve
13% for Weinviertal DAC Grosse Reserve (aged 6m longer)
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Austria: How is Sekt Austria gU harvested
Hand or Machine harvest
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Austria: What are the Wachau levels and associated KMWs
Steinfeder (feather grass, 15 KMW)
Federspiel (falcon bird, 17 KMW)
Smaragd (lizard, 18.2 KMW)
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Austria: How does clay affect wine
retains water and creates silky, dense, long-lived wines
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Austria: DACs of Neusiedlersee
red and sweet white.
Neusiedlersee DAC (Zweigelt, Spatlese/Auslese)
Neusiedlersee DAC Reserve (Zweigelt, BA/TBA)
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Austria: DACs of Wachau
Wachau DAC Riedenwein (white only; Gruner Veltliner, Riesling)
Wachau DAC Ortswein (white only, 9 grapes)
Wachau DAC Gebietswein (red/white), NO RESERVE LEVEL
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Austria: What are the DAC wine styles
Klassik (L-M body, fruit, easier drinking), Reserve (F body, richer, age-worthy oak/botrytis)
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Austria: Soil of Wagram
loess
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Austria: Soil of Traisental
Limestone and gravel
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Austria: DACs of Styria/Steiermark
Vulkanland Steiermark, Sudsteiermark, Weststeiermark
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Austria: Where are grapes from for the 3 PDO levels of Sekt Austria
one of Austria’s 9 federal states
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Austria: DACs of Thermenregion
Red and white at different levels.
Thermenregion Riedenwein DAC: Rotgipfler, Zierfandler, CH, PB; PN, Sankt Laurent
Thermenregion Ortswein DAC: Rotgipfler, Zierfandler, CH, PB + PG; PN, Sankt Laurent
Thermenregion Gebietswein DAC: Rotgipfler, Zierfandler, CH, PB + PG, Neuburger; PN, Sankt Laurent + Zweigelt, Blauer Portugieser
NO RESERVE LEVEL.
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Austria: DACs of Kremstal
White only: Gruner Veltliner, Riesling
Reserve
Riedenwein
Ortswein
Gebietswein
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Austria: What is Schilcher Klassik and styles
It is a rose wine made out of Blauer Wildbacher. Styles are still, frizzante, sparkling wine at the Klassik level. Found in Weststeiermark
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Austria: Most planted red grape
Blaufrankisch
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Austria: What villages are in Neusiedlersee, type of wine, and how they are labeled
Sweet white from Illmitz, Apetlon, and/or Podersdorf are labeled “Seewinkel”
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Austria: AKAs of Blaufrankisch
Lemberger (Germany), Kekfrankos (Hungary)
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Austria: Sugar level of Sweet
min. 45 g/L
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Austria: How is Sekt Austria Reserve gU harvested
hand-harvested
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Austria: Soil of Carnuntum
stony loam and loess
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Austria: What is Chadonnay called
Morillon
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Austria: Sugar level of Lieblich (medium-sweet)
max. 45 g/L
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Austria: What is Weinkellerei
Winery
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Austria: What is part of the Slow Food “Ark of Taste” category
Gemischter Satz
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Austria: Name all 9 Federal States of Austria
Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Oberösterreich, Salzburg, Steiermark, Tirol, Vorarlberg, and Wien (Vienna)
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Austria: What are the parents of Blauburger
Blaufrankisch x Blauer Portuguiser
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Austria: What is the AKA of Ruster Ausbruch
“Free city of Rust”
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Austria: What is the KMW and ABV for Kabinett
17 KMW, max 13% ABV
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Austria: What special item is allowed on Sekt Austria Grosse Reserve gU
Village + Vineyard name
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Austria: Soil of Thermenregion
clay, sandy loam, and brown earth
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Austria: DACs of Rosalia
can make red and rose out of Blaufrankish and Zweigelt. Rose is not allowed for Reserve. Rosalia DAC Rose
Gebietswein (12%)
Ortswein
Riedenwein
Reserve (13%)
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Austria: At the Weststeiermark Ortswein (village) level, what grapes are found
Blauer Wildbacher and Sauvignon Blanc
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Austria: What is Austrian Sekt
normale sekt without a PDO
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Austria: What 2 items does Vineau Wachau do and what is it
a winegrowers association.
First: classification of wine based on alcohol categories (Steinfeder, Federspiel, Smaragd).
Second: upholds tenets of natural winemaking, no additives, no chapitalization, no aromatization/use of new oak, no frattionation (de-alcoholization). Wines must be bottled in the region, grapes grown in Wachau. Producers of Wachau
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Austria: What is Sekt Austria
sekt with a PDO, designated with an official red/white seal and the words “Geschutzer Ursprung”
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Austria: Main river in Austria
Danube
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Austria: What does KMW stand for and what is the measurement
Klosterneuburg Must Weight Scale. In German: Klosterneuburger Mostwaage. 1 g sugar is 100 g grape must
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Austria: What is Traubenmost
grape must
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Austria: DACs of Carnuntum
Reserve
Riedenwein
Ortswein
Gebietswein.
For each level, red and white grapes. Red (Blaufrankish, Zweigelt + cuvees with 1/3 of other Qual grapes), White (Gruner Veltliner, CH, PB + cuvees with 1/3 of other Qual grapes)
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Austria: How does limestone affect wine
creates high acid, high tannins
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Austria: What is Winzergenossenschaft
Winegrowers co-operative
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Austria: What special item is allowed on Sekt Austria Reserve gU
Village name
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Austria: How many Qualitatswein grapes are there
42; 28 white, 14 red
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Austria: Where is Neuburger found
Burgenland
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Austria: Sparkling method for 3 PDO levels of Sekt Austria
Sekt Austria gU (9 months lees traditional or 6 months lees tank)
Sekt Austria Reserve gU (TM, 18m lees)
Sekt Austria Grosse Reserve gU (36 m lees)
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Austria: What are the Weinbaugebietes
Niederosterreich, Burgenland, Styria/Steiermark, Wien (Vienna)
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Austria: What is Uhudler and where is it found
wine speciality of pressed ungrafted vine hybrids; smells like wild strawberries, Eisenberg
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Austria: DACs of Vulkanland Steiermark
Welchriesling, PG, PG, Morillon, SB, Riesling, Traminer, Muskateller (8 grapes, white only); Riedenwein, Ortswein, Gebietswein, Reserve.
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Austria: Style of 3 PDO levels of Sekt Austria
red/white/rose
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Austria: What is perlwine
“bubbling” sparkling wine, min 9% ABV, 1-2.5 ATM, manufactured from wine/grape must/partially fermented wine, includes added CO2
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Austria: How does sand/gravel affect wine
Good drainage. Easy drinking.
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Austria: What are the KMWs and ABVs for the levels of wine law
1) Wein/Tafelwein (10.7 KMW, min 8.5% ABV)
2) Landwein (14 KMW, min 8.5% ABV)
3) Qualitatswein (15 KMW, min 9% ABV)
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Austria: Where is Alois Kracher situated and wine style
Illmitz in Neusiedlersee DAC; eiswien, TBA, and BA, such as the famous TBA Scheurebe
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Austria: Dry wines of Ruster Ausbruch
Leithaberg DAC
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Austria: Describe Blaufrankisch
medium body, supple, deep color, spicy red and black fruit; distinct spice and mineral expressions
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Austria: What is loess
wind blown sandy soil
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Austria: What are the requirements of STK
Hand-harvested, single varietal only, no blends.
Grosse STK Ried (SV Grand Cru): 15 y/o vines, released year 2, min 18m aging, max yield 4500 l/ha, presence 10 yrs on the market
Erste STK Ried (SV Premier Cru): 12 y/o vines, released year 1, max yield 4500 l/ha, presence 5 yrs on the market
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Austria: What is another term for continental climate in Austria
Pannonia
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Austria: DACs of Leithaberg
red/white wine; white (Gruner Veltliner, Neuburger, Chardonnay, PB, or a cuvee of the varietals), red (Blaufrankish); Leithaberg DAC/Ortswein/Riedenwein/Reserve
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Austria: What is Rotwein
Red wine
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Austria: What is Gutsabfüllung
Estate-bottled wine
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Austria: DACs of Kamptal
White only: Gruner Veltliner, Riesling; Kamptal DAC Reserve/Riedenwein, Ortswein, Gebietswein
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Austria: Dosage styles of Sekt Austria gU
any level
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Austria: Villages of Kamptal
Engabrunner, Kammern, Langenlois, Strass im Strassertal, Zöbing, Gobelsburg
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Austria: Where do you find Zierfandler and Rotgipfler
In Thermenregion (Niederosterreich)
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Austria: How is Sekt Austria Grosse Reserve gU pressed
whole-cluster
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Austria: How many white Qualitatswein grapes are there
28
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Austria: What is Pinot Noir called
Blauburgunder
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Austria: What does Qualitatswein PDO include
DAC, Pradikatswein
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Austria: DACs of Sudsteiermark
Welchriesling, PG, PG, Morillon, SB, Riesling, Traminer, Muskateller (8 grapes, white only); Riedenwein, Ortswein, Gebietswein, Reserve.
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Austria: What is Halbtrocken
Medium-dry
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Austria: How many grapes are allowed in Austrian sekt compared to Deutscher Sekt
42 Qualitatswein grapes v 6 grapes
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Austria: Producers of Kremstal
Stadt Krems, Nigl, Salomon Undhof, Malat
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Austria: What is Weisswein
White wine
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Austria: What does DAC stand for and define it
Districts Austriae Controllatus; “Legally defined wine requirements specific to a geographical area, which can include single vineyards, village-level, and regional-level areas”
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Austria: What is STK
it’s a membership group applicable only to Vulkanland Steiermark and Sudsteiermark
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Austria: What are the major villages of Wachau
Elsern, Spitz, Weissenkirchen, Joching, Durnstein, Unterloiben, Oberloiben, Mautern
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Austria: DACs of Wagram
Wagram DAC Riedenwein (white only, Gruner Veltliner, Riesling, Roter Veltliner)
Wagram DAC Ortswein (red/white; variety of grapes)
Wagram DAC Gebietswein (red/white; even more variety of grapes), NO RESERVE LEVEL
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Austria: How is the continental climate tempered and botrytis conditions created in Burgenland
via Lake Neusiedl, which is shallow (3 feet). It heats up during the growing season, released stored daytime heat during the evening, and creates morning fog and humidity.
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Austria: What is Geschutzer Ursprung
Austrian Sekt with PDO of origin and quality, along with an indication a quality level
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Austria: Villages of Wagram
Feuersbrunn, Fels, Grossriedenthal, Gösing, Kirchberg, Grossweikersdorf, Klosterneuburg
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Austria: 2 climate factors of Austria
continental climate with cold air from the Alps and warm eastern Pannonian plain.
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Austria: What is Weingut
Wine estate
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Austria: DACs for Vienna/Wien and what is it called
Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC; min 3 Qualitatswein white must be planted together in the same vineyard;
Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC Riedenwein
Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC Ortswein
Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC Gebietswein
NO RESERVE LEVEL
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Austria: Grapes of Sudsteiermark DAC and Vulkanland Sudsteiermark DAC
Welschriesling, Pinot Blanc, Morillon, Pinot Gris, Riesling, Muscat, Sauvignon blanc, Traminer
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Austria: What is Spatrot
Zierfandler, where it is traditionally vinified with Rotgipfler as “Spatrot-Rotgipfler”
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Austria: Sugar level of Trocken (dry)
max 9 g/L
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Austria: What is an abfüller
bottler or shipper
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Austria: What are the levels of wine law
Wein/Tafelwine, Landwein (PGI), Qualitatswein (PDO)
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Austria: DACs of Mittelburgenland
Blaufrankish only for all 3 levels; Mittelburgenland DAC (12%); Mittelburgenland DAC + vineyard (13%), Mittelburgenland DAC Reserve (13%). NO ORTSWEIN LEVEL.
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Austria: What’s the difference between Klassik and Reserve
Klassik is basic DAC level, Reserve is fuller bodied, higher alcohol with some oak and botrytis influence
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Austria: What is Heuriger
wine consumed in its infancy in taverns of the same name
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Austria: Vineyards of Kamptal
Stein (Engabrunner), Gaisberg (Kammern), Lamm (Kammern), Renner (Kammern), Dechant (Langenlois), Gaisberg (Zöbing), Gobelsburg
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Austria: What is Gemischter Satz
field blend; different varieties are grown together in the same vineyard, harvested together, turned into 1 wine
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Austria: How is Sekt Austria Reserve gU pressed
whole-cluster
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Austria: How many Wein grapes are there
42
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Austria: What are the Pradikatswein levels and associated KMWs
Spatlese (late harvest, min 19 KMW)
Auslese (select harvest, some botrytis, min 21 KMW)
Beerenauslese (super-ripe, only botrytis is selected, min 25 KMW)
Ausbruch (only botrytis from Rust, min 30 KMW, 45 g/l RS)
TBA (botrytis and raisenated when hand-picked, min 30 KWM)
Eiswein (pressed when frozen, min 25 KMW)
Strohwein/Schilfwein (air-dried min 3 months to concentrate flavors. min 25 KMW)
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Austria: DACs of Weinviertal
Weinviertal DAC, Weinviertal DAC Reserve, Weinviertal DAC Grosse Reserve
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Austria: Producers of Kamptal
Schloss Gobelsburg, Brundlmayer, Hirsch, Hiedler
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Austria: Soil of Kamptal
Loess, Clay, Loam
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Austria: How many DACs are there
18
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Austria: What are the Qualitatswein areas
Weinbaugebiete: Niederosterreich, Burgenland, Styria/Steiermark, Wien (Vienna)
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Austria: What re the DAC pyramid levels
Gebietswein (region), Ortswein (village), Riedenwein (vineyard)
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Austria: Soils on the lower and steeper vineyards
loess (lower), gneiss/granite (steeper)
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Austria: Chardonnay AKAs
Morillon, Feinburgunder
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Austria: DACs of Burgenland
Neusiedlersee, Ruster Ausbruch, Leithaberg, Rosalia, Mittelburgenland, Eisenberg
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Austria: DACs of Traisental
White only: Gruner Veltliner, Riesling; Traisental DAC Reserve/Riedenwein, Ortswein, Gebietswein
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Austria: What is Pannonia
continental climate
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Austria: What are the zones for Landwein
Bergland, Weinland, Steirerland
