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Min aging for Austrian Sekt Klassik

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9 months on lees

Any method

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Name all of the subregions of Niederosterreich

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Weinviertrel DAC
Wachau
Kremstal DAC
Kamptal DAC
Traisental DAC
Wagram
Carnuntum
Thermenregion
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For wein, Landwein and qualiotatswein what is the max yields set at?

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67.5hl/ha

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What is the largest wine growing region in Austria?

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Niederosterreich

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What level of Austrian Sekt permit single vineyard

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Grand Reserve only

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Leithaberg DAC, Year established and allowed varietals?

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Gruner, Neuburger, Chardonnay, Weissburgunder, Blaufrankish 2009

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What is generally planted at higher elevation and why? Gruner or Riesling?

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Riesling is planted higher, needs less water than Gruner does which does well in the wet loess

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What are three diseases that have hit Austria?

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Odium
Peronspera (downey mildew)
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Where would you find ROter Veltliner made as a specialty

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Wagram

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Weiner Gemischter Satz, Year established and allowed varietals?

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White Blends, 2013

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Most Pradikatswein is dry or sweet?

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Sweet

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Qualitatswein may come from where?

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Single Weinbaugebiete or one of the 16 smaller regions, it may be produced from one or more of 35 grapes

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What does the area of steierland cover?

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Steiermark

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Where is Langenlois located?

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Kamptal, it is one of Austria’s most famous wine towns

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Name one major producer and village in Wachau that falls South of the Donau

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Mautern, Nikoliahoff

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What is Heuriger

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A nouveau wine consumed in its youth in taverns of the same name, usually a tavern owners personal wine

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What is Diethylene Glycol?

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Colorless, odorless chemical put into Austrian wines in the 1980s

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What are the two tiers of quality within the DAC system?

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Klassik and Reserve

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Define Ried

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A term on Austrian wine labels replacing the village and indicating a top site

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Traisental DAC, Year established and allowed varietals?

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Gruner, Riesling 2006

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Name two producers in the Wacha that are not part of Vinea Wacha?

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Pichler- Krutzler

Peter Veyder- Malberg

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In Austria, at the Cabinet level, are you allowed to chaptalize

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NO

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What is Strum?

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A half fermented sparkling wine usually accompanied by harvest time meals

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Lieblich means what

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Medium sweet (max 45g/l

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Min aging for Austrian Sekt Reserve
18 months o lees | trad method
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What helps cool much of Austria
The rivers, it is generally a hot Pannonia plain
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Eisenberg DAC, Year established and allowed varietals?
Blaufrankish 2010
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3 soils types of the Wacha
Loess, Gfohler, Gneiss, sand by the rivers edge
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What year was the anti freeze scandal?
1985
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What two tears fall below Qualitatswein and Pradikatswein?
Wein | Landwein
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DAC wines focus on dry or sweet wine production?
Dry
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Landwein may only be labeled with one of the three major geographic areas, what are they?
Weinland (Niederösterreich, Wein, Burgenland) Steierland (Steiermark) Burgenland
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Does Germany or Austria get more rain? How does that effect planting?
Germany gets more rain. They plant on a slope so that the vines drain, where in Austria the priority is water retenetion
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In what year did Wein replace Tafelwein
In time for the 2009 Vintage
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What year was Oesterreichische Traditionsweinguter founded?
1992
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What is Spatrot-Rotgipfler
A blend of Rotgipfler and Zierfandler, both are white
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What is Strohwein
A dried grape wine of at least BA ripeness
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Zweigelt is a crossing of what/
St. Laurent X Blaufrankish
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Blauburger is a crossing of what?
Blaufrankish x Blauer Portugieser
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Who developed the wire trellising system in the 1950's? what did it lead to?
Dr. Lenz Moser (it was a viticultural breakthrough with worldwide ramifications). Made machine harvesting much easier
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What may Wein state on the label
May Carry Vintage date and Varietal
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What two Weinbaugebiete comprise 90% of Austria's vineyards
Niederosterreich & Burgneland
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Since the 2013 vintage how many DACs are there?
9
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Neusiedlersee DAC, Year established and allowed varietals?
Zweigelt 2012
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In Austria where does Cabinet get grouped into?
Qualitatswein NOT Pradikatswein
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Where is Klosternberg (the famous place for the research institute) located?
Eastern Wagram
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min alcohol for weinviertel reserve wines?
13%
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Name 4 Countries that Austria borders
Hungary, Czech, Slovakia, Slovenia
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Qualitatswein must be/ have...
One of the 13 major weinbaugebeite and may include unto 325 grapes Must pass tasting panel and chemical analysis (indicated by pruffnummer) Must have a banderole DAC and Pradiskatswein are within this catagory
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May yield for all 3 levels of Austrian wine?
67.5hl/ha but must weight increases with each level
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Def Weinbauregionen
one of the three major geographic areas allowed for labeling of landwein Weinland (Niederösterreich, Wein, Burgenland) Steierland (Steiermark) Burgenland
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Weinviertel DAC, Year established and allowed varietals?
Gruner 2002
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Min alcohol level for any Pradikatswein?
5%
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What two subregions of the Niederosterreich does the Donau NOT run through?
Weinviertrel and Thermenregion
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What may Wein not state on the label?
May NOT show a more exclusive statement of origin more than Osterrreich
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What does the area of Weinland cover?
Niederösterreich, Wein, Burgenland
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Are Kabinett wines considered to be Qualitatswein or Pradikatswein?
Subset of Qualitatswein
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Who is Dr. Lenz Moser
Developed the wire trellising system in the 1950's in Austria. (it was a viticultural breakthrough with worldwide ramifications). Made machine harvesting much easier
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Most Qualitatswein is dry or sweet?
Dry
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What does DAC stand for?
(Districtus Austriae Controllatus)
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Define Reserve for DAC
Min 13% alcohol, rich more opulent (may have botrytis or oak) reds normally see some new oak
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Blauburger is crossing of what?
Blaufrankish X Blauer Portugeiser
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Define the two major soil types of Western Lower Austria (Krem, Kamp, Wach)
Urgestein (thin soil over primary rock (ie. granite or gneiss))- Riesling Loess (wind driven sand)-Gruner Veltliner
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Landwein must be/have
35 permitted grapes | May carry either Bergenland, WEinland or Steierland on the label
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Wein must be/ have?
May carry a vintage date and varietal May NOT have more than osterreich on the label
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Kremstal DAC, Year established and allowed varietals?
Gruner Riesling 2007
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Define Pannonian
Lowland plains running through eastern Europe
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What are the two sub categories of qualitatswein?
Pradikatswein & DAC (Districtus Austriae Controllatus)
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What are the 9 DACS?
``` Weinvertel (2002) Mittleburgenland (2005) Traisental (2006) Kremstal (2007) Kamptal (2008) Leithaberg (2009) Eisenberg (2010) Neusiedlersee (2012) WEiner-Germischter Satz (2013) ```
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What is the most planted grape is Austria, when was it first developed?
Zweigelt, 1922
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All Qualitatswein and Pradikatswein must carry what?
Banderole along with producers legal registration number
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Min aging for austrian Sekt Grand Reserve
30 months on lees | trad method
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Austrian law defines what three levels of quality?
Wein Landwein Qualitatswein
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Why are so many vineyards in Niederosterreich terraced?
Very dry in the summer, needs to retain more water
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3 names for Austrian sparkling wine
Perlwein (all methods, 1-2.5 ATM) Shaumwein (all Methods, 3ATM) Sekt (trad Method, 3 categories)
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Name two synonyms for Chardonnay in Austria
Morillon | Feinburgunder
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classic or reserve wines in Traisental DAC, Kamptal and Kremstal DAC min alcohol
12% and 13% for reserve wines No oak or botrytis on classic
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Name all 9 DACs
``` Weinviertel 2002 Mittelburgenland 2005 Traisental 2006 Kremstal 2007 Kamptal 2008 Leithaberg 2009 Eisenberg 2010 Neusiedlersee 2012 Weiner Gemischter Satz 2013 ```
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The Krems and Kamps Rivers are tributaries of what larger river
Donau (Danube)
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Who was the first winery in Austria to move entirely into screw top, in what year?
Hirsch from 2002 onwards
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What is a Prufnummer?
All Qualitatswein must have a state control number (Prufnummer) indication it passed a tasting panel and chemical analysis
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What is the Austrian equivalent of RM
Haursekt- must list Village, Vineyard, Vintage and Variety
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Kamptal DAC, Year established and allowed varietals?
Gruner, Riesling 2008
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What are the 4 weinbaugebeite of Austria?
Niederosterreich Wein Burgenlan Styria
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What must Qualitatswein contain? What % of production does it account for
a Prufnummer and a banderole. | Accounts for 2/3 of Austrian wine production
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Name one major producer and village in Wachau that falls South of the Donau
Mautern, Nikoliahoff
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What two categories exist in Austria in the Pradikats system that fo not exist in Germany
Strohwein (dried grapes of at least BA ripeness) Ausbruch
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Min alc for Austrian Pradikatswein
5%
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Define Klassik for DAC
Min 12% Alcohol, Denotes medium body, fruit and freshness
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What is the capital of Austria?
Wein (Vienna)
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At the Kabinett level are winemakers allowed to chaptalize or use sussreserve?
no
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Blaufrankish is also known as what outside of Austria
Lemberger (germany) | Kekfrankos (Hungary)
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Most important vineyard/village wachau
Village- Wissenkirchen | Vineyard- ALchleiten
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Min alcohol for Weinviertel?
12% gruner only, wines must have a distinct peppery note and have no oak or botrytis unless reserve is indicated on the label
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What are the 4 major Weinbaugebiete?
Niederosterreich Wein (Vienna) Burgenland Styria
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Mittelburgenland DAC, Year established and allowed varietals?
Blaufrankish 2005
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What does the area of Bergland cover?
500ha of vineyards scattered through Austria's contryside
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Loibner Schutt Define
Wachau Town- Loibner Vineyard -Schutt
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Austrian wine laws has 3 levels of quality, what are they?
Wein Landwein Qualitatswein
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What helps to cool the Hot panonian Planes of Burgenland?
Laske Nusiderlersee
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Zweigelt is a crossing of what?
Blaufrankish x St. Laurent
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Two synonyms for chardonnay
Morillon (south) | Feinburgunder (North)_
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Weinviertel DAC wines must show what distinct tasting note?
White pepper
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What does Ried mean on a label
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