Austria

Question 1

What is the most planted white and red grape in Austria?

Answer 1

Gruner Veltliner

Zweigelt

Question 2

What synonym is used for gneiss in Wachau?

Answer 2

gfohler

Question 3

What red grape dominates in Weststeiermark?

What style of wine is usually made with it?

Answer 3

Blauer Wildbacher

Schilcher- a racy style of local rose

Question 4

What field blend do you still find popular in Carnuntum?

Answer 4

Gemischter Satz

Question 5

What areas does the Weinland cover?

Answer 5

Niederosterreich

Wein

Burgenland

Question 6

What grape is recognized within the Neusiedlersee DAC?

Answer 6

Zweigelt

Question 7

What two sub-categories can Qualitatswein be divided into in Austria?

Answer 7

Pradikatswein

Districtus Austriae Controllatus (DAC)

Question 8

Where is Rust located?

What style of wines come from the town of Rust?

How are wines from the town of Rust made?

Answer 8

Leithaberg along the coast of Neusiedlersee, across from the village of Illmitz where Kracher is located.

Ausbruch- traditional sweet wine

Similar to the process of Tokaji: richly concentrated botrytis-affected must is added to less concentrated must—from fruit harvested in the same vineyard—and the two are fermented together, then aged in barrel before release

Question 9

What is Vinea Wachau?

Answer 9

an organization of estates sworn to uphold the tenets of natural winemaking as spelled out in the Codex Wachau

Question 10

In what region would you find Rotgipfler and Zierfandler?

Answer 10

Thermenregion, Niederosterreich

Question 11

What is the minimum number of varietals present to be considered for Gemischter Satz DAC

Answer 11

Three

Question 12

What region corresponds with Steierland?

Answer 12

Steiermark

Question 13

What is Heuriger?

Answer 13

In Wein, a nouveau wine consumed in its infancy in taverns of the same name

Question 14

What tributary of the Danube is located in the Kamptal DAC?

Answer 14

Kamp river

Question 15

Synonym for Weissburgunder?

Answer 15

Pinot Blanc

Question 16

What is Niederosterriech’s largest subzone?

Answer 16

Wienvertel

Question 17

Where is the Alois Kracher estate located?

Answer 17

Village of Illmitz within Neusiedlersee

TBA Scheurebe is the finest example of the grape

Question 18

In what village would you find the vineyard Achleiten?

Answer 18

Weissenkirchen

Question 19

How many Erste Lage vineyards have been designated by the Österreichischen Traditionsweingüter?

Answer 19

52

Question 20

Carnuntum and Thermenregion are south of ________?

Answer 20

Vienna

Question 21

Mittelbergenland DAC produces red wine from what grapes?

Answer 21

Blaufrankisch

Question 22

What are the subzones of Burgenland?

Answer 22

-4-

Nuesiedlersee

Nuesiedlersee-Hugelland

Mittelburgenland

Sudburgenland

Question 23

What is diethylene glycol?

Answer 23

a colorless, odorless, poisonous chemical—gave a light wine some added texture. The “antifreeze” scandal of 1985 surfaced when one of the guilty parties tried to claim the chemical as a legitimate winery expense on his tax return.

Question 24

Name three top producers of the Wachau?

Answer 24

Emmerich Knoll

Prager

F.X. Pichler

Question 25

What are the regions of Niederosterreich?

Answer 25

-8- Wachau Kremstal Kamptal Traisental Wagram Weinviertel Carnuntum Thermenregion

Question 26

What is the most planted grape in both Carnuntum and Thermenregion?

Answer 26

Zwiegelt

Question 27

What things are the tasting panel looking for in a classic Gruner Veltliner from Wienvertel?

Answer 27

Peppery tones No wood No botrytis minimum 12% alcohol

Question 28

The institute at Klosterneuburg lies within which region?

Answer 28

Wagram, Niederosterreich

Question 29

What was the first DAC to allow both white and red varietals?

Answer 29

Leithaberg- major varietals: Gruner Veltliner, Blaufrankisch

Question 30

What are the three levels of wine quality in Austria?

Answer 30

Wein Landwien Qualitatswein

Question 31

What grape is authorized under DAC Eisenberg?

Answer 31

Blaufrankisch

Question 32

What two grapes are allowed to be considered for Erste Lage vineyard by Österreichischen Traditionsweingüter?

Answer 32

Gruner Veltliner Riesling

Question 33

What river do many of the subzones of Niederosterriech lie along?

Answer 33

Danube

Question 34

What three broad geographic areas may wines labeled as Landwein list on the label?

Answer 34

Weinland Steierland Bergland

Question 35

Synonym for sturm in Germany?

Answer 35

federweiss

Question 36

The Pannonian Plains have what climate?

Answer 36

Continental- hot

Question 37

What are the Pannonian Plains?

Answer 37

former seabed of loess soils stretching from eastern Austria through Hungary and many countries of the former eastern bloc

Question 38

What four villages encompass all of the Erste Lage vineyards designated by the Österreichischen Traditionsweingüter?

Answer 38

Kamptal Kremstal Wagram Trasiental

Question 39

Most of Austria's sweet wines are produced around what lake in Burgenland?

Answer 39

Neusiedlersee

Question 40

What does the DAC stipulate on the use of barriques in Mittelburgenland?

Answer 40

Classic- stainless steel or old wood

Question 41

What are the 9 DACs of Austria?

Answer 41

Weinviertel (2002) Mittelburgenland (2005) Traisental (2006) Kremstal (2007) Kamptal (2008) Leithaburg (2009) Eisenberg (2010) Neusiedlersee (2012) Weiner Gemischter Satz (2013)

Question 42

What is the most cultivated varietal in Steiermark?

Answer 42

Welschrielsing

Question 43

What are the sub-regions of Steiermark (Styria)?

Answer 43

-3- Sudsteiermark Weststeiermark Sudosteiermark

Question 44

What is Leithakalk?

Answer 44

a unique regional marine limestone, found in Leithaberg

Question 45

What is Ausbruch?

Answer 45

a sweet specialty of Rust in Neusiedlersee-Hügelland

Question 46

What is the DAC of Wein?

Answer 46

Gemischter Satz

Question 47

What surrounds the wine region of Wein?

Answer 47

Niederosterriech subzones: Wienvertel Thermenregion Carnuntum

Question 48

What is a synonym for Chardonnay in Austria?

Answer 48

Morillon Feinburgunder

Question 49

What is strohwein?

Answer 49

a dried grape wine of at least Beerenauslese ripeness

Question 50

What is a major town located within Kamptal DAC and what are 3 of its most famous vineyards?

Answer 50

-Langenlois- Heiligenstein Lamm Dechant

Question 51

When Rotgipfler and Zierfandler are blended together what is it called?

Answer 51

Spatrot-Rotgipfler

Question 52

What is the only authorized grape varietal in the DAC Wienvertel?

Answer 52

Gruner Veltliner

Question 53

Zweigelt is a crossing between what two grapes?

Answer 53

Blaufrankisch St Laurent

Question 54

What is a synonym for Lemberger?

Answer 54

Blaufrankisch- used in Germany

Question 55

What is Lenz Moser known for?

Answer 55

Development of high trained wire trellising

Question 56

What two weinbaugebiete make up 90% of vineyards in Austria?

Answer 56

Niederosterreich Burgenland

Question 57

Describe the tenets of the Codex Wachau.

Answer 57

No additives (including chapitalization) No aromatization (no new barrique) No fractionation (no dealcoholization) Must be bottled in the region Grapes must be grown in the Wachau Started in 1983 and covers 85% of vineyards

Question 58

What is sturm?

Answer 58

Half fermented sparkling grape juice found during September/October in Wein

Question 59

Wagram was formerly known as __________ prior to 2007.

Answer 59

Donauland

Question 60

What are the DACs of Burgenland?

Answer 60

-4- Mittelburgenland Leithaburg Eisenburg Neusiedlersee

Question 61

What are the two subzones of Niederosterriech that do not lie along the Danube river?

Answer 61

Thermenregion Wienvertel

Question 62

What is a synonym for Kekfrankos?

Answer 62

Blaufrankisch- in Hungary