Austria

Question 1

Most planted grape in Austria?

Answer 1

Gruner Veltliner with 30% acreage

Question 2

Austrian Synonyms for Chardonnay

Answer 2

Feinburgunder

Morillon

Question 3

Zweigelt’s parents

Answer 3

Blaufrankish

St Laurent

Question 4

Blauburger’s Parents

Answer 4

Blaufrankish and Blauer Portugieser

Question 5

What are the red/white stripes on Austrian bottles and what do they mean?

Answer 5

Banderole

Indicates Qualitatswein

Question 6

What’s the min Alc % for Austrian Pradikatswein?

Answer 6

5%

Question 7

Is Kabinett Qualitatswein or Pradikatswein?

Answer 7

Qualitatswein

No chaptalization or Sussreserve

Question 8

Where does straw wein fit and requirements

Answer 8

Grapes dried at least three months

25 KMW, same as Eiswein and Beerenauslese

Question 9

Where is one likely to find Ausbruch?

Answer 9

Rust in Neusiedlersee-Hügelland in Burgenland

Question 10

What does “Ried” indicate on an Austrian label?

Answer 10

Top site,
Vineyards listed as village first vineyard second as in Germany. “Ried” replaces the name of the village in top sites at old school estates

Question 11

What are the two categories of Qualitatswein?

Answer 11

Pradikatswein and Districtus Austriae Controllatus (later is for dry wine)

Question 12

Where is Langenois? Three vineyards nearby

Answer 12

Langenois is in the Kamptal,
Dechant (Dee Chant)
Lamm (Lamb)
Heligenstein (Hooligen in hell on stein)

Question 13

What was Wagram formerly known as and when was it changed?

Answer 13

Donauland
2007
Donaly Sucking Ram that’s wagging tail in denver driveway

Question 14

What is Sturm? austria

Answer 14

A half fermented wine drunk in Vienna during harvest

Question 15

What is Heuriger? austria

Answer 15

a nouveau wine drunk in Viennese taverns

Question 16

What is the Neusidlersee and what does it do?

Answer 16

A shallow lake in between Neusedlersee-Hugelland, Mittelburgenland, Leithaberg

Question 17

Where is Emmerich Knoll?

Answer 17

Wachau

Question 18

What is schilcher?

Answer 18

Racy Weststeiermark rose made from Blauer Wildbacher

Question 19

Name DACs of Styria

Answer 19

NONE SUCKA

Question 20

Name DACs of Wachau

Answer 20

Wachau is a subregion of Niederosterreich with no further subregions under it, it’s not a DAC

Question 21

What Austrian laws changed on 2016?

Answer 21

Sekt was defined
Burgenland Qualitatswein now only says “Burgenland” other four regions are only bottled as DAC
Sudburgenland becomes grosslagen
Sud-Oststeiermark renamed Vulkanland Steiermark
Vineyard designation MUST contain the word “Reid”
Kamp/Krem/Traisental have Region/Village/Single Vineyard designations connected to alcohol
Ausbruch must be TBA from Rust

Question 22

Legally define Austrian Sekt

Answer 22

Must be classic, reserve, or grand reserve

Question 23

What is Austria’s version of PDO?

Answer 23

g.U. geschutzle Ursprungsbezeichung

Question 24

Where is Rudi Pichler located?

Answer 24

Wosendorf, Wachau, Between Joching and Spitz

Question 25

What's the history of Domain Wachau?

Answer 25

Co-op in Durnstein. Changed name to Wachau in 2008 after a change in winemaker/director. Quality went down in early 2000's due to departure of directors. Director Roman Horvath MW and winemaker Heinz Frischengruber brought on in 2005

Question 26

Geography change from Wachau to Kremstal/Kamptal

Answer 26

Wachau has steep slopes, Kremstal peters out but there are some to the east of Langenlois protecting south facing vineyards from cold Soil is similar, loess

Question 27

What is Austria's largest sub region and first DAC?

Answer 27

Weinviertel Corner of driveway between Wagram and Carnuntum Turtle in wine bottle, white pepper everywhere

Question 28

Where will you find Spatrot-Rotigfler and what is it?

Answer 28

Thermenregion It is a blend of Rotgipfler and Zierfandler (white grapes) South of Vienna In middle of driveway, car on nun's tummy A spatula in front holding Rotweiler Reagan (gipper) holding flower (Spatrot-Rotgipler) also fondaling zoro (Zierfandler)

Question 29

Which region specializes in Blaufrankish only

Answer 29

Mittelburgenland in garage Just to right of door into house "Middle" with burgundy map in Frank yelling "BLAU!"

Question 30

First DAC to allow red/white wines

Answer 30

Leithaberg Right side of garage on wall a lithe iceberg Just west of Nuesiedlersee lake

Question 31

Blaufrankisch synonyms

Answer 31

Lemberger in Germany | Kekfrankos in Hungary

Question 32

Village/Producer in Nuesiedlersee know for TBA

Answer 32

Alois Kracher in Illmitz Just inside garage to right, mittens on Illmatic NAZ album, Cracker shaped like lois Giant noose

Question 33

Minimum KMW for Ausbruch | Process of making it

Answer 33

30 KMW Similar is Tokaij Botrytis affected must is added to less concentrated must

Question 34

Where might you find sauvignon blanc in Austria?

Answer 34

Sudsteiermark especially from Manfred Tement

Question 35

Where might you find Blauer Wildbacher in Austria?

Answer 35

Weststeiermark, makes a rose called schilcher Back left corner of garage Mark's face on westie Bach, wild ooking with leaves in hair, holding rose, but it's empty zilch (schilcher)

Question 36

DACs of Steiermark

Answer 36

Schilcherland DAC in Weststeiermark

Question 37

How many DACs are there? Most recent?

Answer 37

10 | Schilcherland 2017

Question 38

Weinviertel beets

Answer 38

``` Largest subzone and first DAC of Austria Niederosterriech No botrytis or wood, distinctly peppery min 12% alcohol Has reserve category, min 13% and allows botrytis Gruner Veltliner only ```

Question 39

Traisental beets

Answer 39

DAC SE of Kamptal, Kremstal, Wachau Classic or reserve (12/13%) Gruner or Riesling

Question 40

Kamptal beets

Answer 40

DAC Riesling or Gruner Langenlois

Question 41

What are vineyards called in Austria

Answer 41

Ried

Question 42

What is gohfler?

Answer 42

Gneiss, in Wachau

Question 43

Describe Gneiss

Answer 43

Coarse grained rock

Question 44

19 kmw is how many Oeschle

Answer 44

95 (Auslese in Rheingau)

Question 45

Name a vineyard in Weissenkirchen

Answer 45

Wachau, Achtleiten

Question 46

Where is Achtlein

Answer 46

Vineyard in Weissenkirchen, Wachau

Question 47

3 finest estates according to guild somm

Answer 47

FX Pichler Prager Emerich Knoll

Question 48

Wachau Codex is?

Answer 48

Founding principles of Vinea Wachau (established ripeness levels) No additives and chaptalization

Question 49

Where might you find Roter Veltliner and what is it

Answer 49

Red version of Gruner but vinified white | Specialty of Wagram

Question 50

Pannonian refers to

Answer 50

Plains around Niederosterrich

Question 51

Kekfrankos syn

Answer 51

Lemberger (Germany) Blaufrankisch (Austria)