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Other name for Austria

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Osterreich

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Where did Trockenbeerenauslese originate?

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Austria

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Who developed the wire trellising system?

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Austrian Dr. Lenz Moser

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What decimated Austria’s wine industry in 1985

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A scandal because of winemaker’s artificially bostering their wine

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What did winemaker’s use to bolster their wines?

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Diethylene glycol - antifreeze

It gave light wine some added texture

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Why does Austria have some of the strictest wine laws in Europe?

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to regain their reputation after the antifreeze scandal

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Austrian climate

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moderate continental

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Name for Austrian winemaking region

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weinbaugebiete

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4 major weinbaugebiete

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Niederosterreich
Wien (Vienna)
Burgenland
Styria (Steiermark)

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Where are 90% of the country’s vineyards

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Niederosterreich

Burgenland

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Main white grapes of Austria

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Gruner Veltliner
Welchriesling
Muller-Thurgau
Weissburgunder
Riesling
Chardonnay
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Austrian names for Chardonnay

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Morillon

Feinburgunder

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Welchriesling

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Pinot Blanc

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Most planted white in Austria

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Gruner Veltliner

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Most planted red in Austria

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Zweigelt

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Major red grapes of Austria

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Zweigelt
Blaufrankisch
Blauer Portugieser
Blauburger

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Blauburger

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Blauer Portugieser x Blaufrankisch cross

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Zweigelt

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Blaufrankisch x St. Laurent cross

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Most of Austria’s plantings are?

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White

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3 Levels of quality in Austria’s wine laws

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Wein
Landwein
Qualitatswein

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Requirements for Qualitatswein

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  • sourced from a single Weinbaugebiete or one of the 16 smaller wine regions
  • one or more of 36 grapes
  • must pass tasting panel and chemical analysis
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How much of Austria’s production is Qualitatswein?

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Two-thirds

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What shows the tasting inspection on a bottle?

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State control number (Prufnummer)

Red and White Banderole on bottle’s capsule

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Number of allowed varieties in Austria

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36

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Former name for Wein
Tafelwein (replaced for the 2009 vintage)
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Limitation on Wein
may carry a vintage date and varietal, but may not exhibit a more exclusive statement of origin than osterreich
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Landwein restrictions
36 varieties | labelled w/ one of 3 broad geographic areas
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3 Broad geographic areas of Landwein
Weinland Steierland Bergland
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Winbauregionen
broader geographic area
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Weinland
covers Niederosterreich, Wien, Burgenland
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Steierland
covers Steiermark
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Bergland
Covers around 500 ha of vineyard land scattered throughout the remainder of Austria's mountainous countryside
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Sub categories of Qualitatswein
Pradikatswein | Districtus Austriae Controllatus (DAC)
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Minimum alcohol content of wines labelled by pradikat
5%
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Difference between German and Austrian Kabinett
In Austria, Kabinett is considered a subset of Qualitatswein rather than a beginning rung on the ladder of Pradikatswein
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What is forbidden in Austria, even at the Kabinett level?
both Chaptalization and Sussreserve addition
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Austria's pradikats
``` Spatlese Auslese Beerenauslese Ausbruch Eiswein Trockenbeerenauslese Strohwein/Schilfwein ```
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Strohwein
dried grape wine of at least Beerenauslese level
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Ausbruch
sweet specialty of Rust, a free city on the western shore of Neusledelersee
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Where are most of Austria's sweet wines produced?
around the lake of Neusiedlersee in Burgenland
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What did the DAC aim to do?
designed to align Austrian regions with wine profiles in the mind of the consumer, in the tradition of the French and Italian systems
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How many DACs are there?
13
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What are the 13 DACs?
``` Weinviertel Mittelburgenland Traisental Kremstal Kamptal Leithaberg Eisenberg Neusiedlersee Weiner Gemischter Satz Rosalia Vulkanland-Steiermark Sudsteiermark Weststeiermark ```
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High quality Austrian Sekt
Austrian Sekt with Protected Designation of Origin
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3 tiers of Austrian Sekt with Protected Designation of Origin
Klassik Reserve Grosse Reserve
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Klassik
- grapes come from one of Austria's federal states - 9 months on lees - Tank, transfer, traditional method - all dosage levels/styles and colors
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Reserve
- traditional method - grapes grown/vinified in Austria's federal states - 18 months on the lees - may list vintage - only Brut, Extra Brut, Brut Nature
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Grosse Reserve
- grapes from single wine village (ex. Langelois) - hand harvesting - vineyard names allowed along with the vintage - 30 months on the lees - may not be released until 3 years after harvest - only Brut, Extra Brut, or Brut Nature
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Hauersekt
corresponds to German Winzersekt Wine is made by the grape grower (Recoltant Manipulant) Hauersekt must also list the village/vineyard, grape variety, and vintage
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How is Austrian Sekt with Protected Designation of Origin different from Austrian Sekt?
-bottles must carry the official seal on the capsule with | "Geschutzter Ursprung, geprufte Qualitat" (protected designation of origin and certified quality)
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Meaning of Niederosterreich
Lower Austria
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Largest winegrowing region in Austria
Niederosterreich
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Pannonian Plain
former seabed of loess soils stretching from eastern Austria through Hungary and many countries of the former eastern bloc
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Climate of Niederosterreich
continental; the seasonal divide is more pronounced than in many of the milder winegrowing climates of western Europe
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Main river in Niederosterreich
Danube
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8 subzones of Niederosterreich
``` Weinviertel Carnuntum Traisental Wagram Kremstal Kamptal Wachau Thermenregion ```
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Niederosterreich's largest subzone
Weinvertel
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Rules for DAC Weinviertel
- must be Gruner Veltliner - minimum alcohol 12% - approved by a tasting panel - wine must show a distinct peppery note and no obvious wood or botrytis
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Weinviertel Reserve
debuted with 2009 vintage fuller-bodied wines show a minimum alcohol of 13% and may reveal hints of both botrytis and wood supported by the richer character of the wine
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Rivers of Kamptal & Kremstal
Krems & Kamp
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Where are many of the best vineyards of Austria found?
Within Wachau in Niederosterreich
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Soil of Wachau
loess and gfohler (gneiss) with a proportion of alluvial sand in lower vineyard sites near the rivers edge
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Difference in flavor of Traisental, Kamptal, and Kremstal vs Weinviertel
The 3 show more delicate spice rather than the pungent white pepper of weinviertel
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3 levels of classification in Wachau?
Steinfeder Federspiel Smaragd
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Steinfeder
named for a local grass found in the vineyards the lightest style, with a minimum must weight of 15 degrees KMW and a maximum alcohol of 11.5%
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Why does Wachau make the best wines?
- unique climate - the river and cool norhtern winds chill the summer nights enabling the wines to retain natural acidity - soil - aspect mimics terraced slopes of Mosel - makes extracted, age-worthy whites
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Federspiel
named for a Falconer's tool Minimum must weight of 17 degrees KMW and a final alcohol range of 11.5% - 12.5%
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Meaning of Weinviertel
wine quarter
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Austria's main region for sparklin
Weinviertel
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What's important about Vienna?
World's only capital with significant vineyards within its city limits
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Smaragd
Named for an emerald lizard who basks on the terraces -minimum alchohol of 12.5% and a minimum must weight of 19 degrees KMW (approximately 95 degrees Ochsle or Spatlese ripeness)
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Wachau's most pedigreed vines are where?
vineyard of Achleiten, in the village of Weissenkirchen
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Some of Wachau's finest estates
FX Pichler Prager Emmerich Knoll -- all members of Vinea Wachau
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Vinea Wachau
organization sworn to uphold the tenets of natural winemaking as spelled out in the Codex Wachau
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Codex Wachau requirements
- no additives (including chaptalization) - no aromatization (Including use of new barriques) - no "fractionation" (techniques such as de-alcoholization) - must be bottled in region and vinified from grapes grown in Wachau
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Wagram
Formerly Donauland -- Gruner Veltliner & Roter Veltliner (unrelated grape) is specialty
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Vienna's wine
- mostly white grapes (Gruner Veltliner, Roter Veltliner, Riesling, Traminer, etc.) - mostly coplanter and cofermented - Weiner Gemischter Satz DAC (since 2017) Viennese Field Blend style
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Burgenland Wines
- mostly red wines historic reputation for sweet wines | - Welchriesling, Furmint, Neuburger, Pinot blanc, Pinot Gris, Traminer
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Climate surrounding Lake Neusidl is highly favorable for?
Noble Rot
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Rust/Seewinkel
- Lakeside town of Rust is famous for their Ausbruch (Botrytis) - Seewinkel opposite shore; famous for Trockenbeerenauslese
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Neusiedlersee DAC
All about reds, especially Zweigelt
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Leithaberg DAC
- slate & limestone soils - white wines based on Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc) & Chardonnay - Blaufrankisch reds
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Rosalia DAC
- Latest appellation - Rosalia Mountains south of Leithaberg Mountains - Reds from Blaufrankisch and Zweigelt - Dry rose
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Mittelburgenland DAC & Eisenberg DAC
Elegant, peppery, and long-lived Blaufrankisch
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Steiermark/Styria
- Only 10% of Austrian production - Whites & one very famous rose - Chardonnay locally known as Morillon
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Westeiermark is known for
Schilcher, a pink wine made from the Blauer Wildbacher grape
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Vulkanland Steiermark
- volcanic soils | - vast array of white varieties
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Gelber Muskateller
Muscat Blanc
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Notable Austrian producers
Emmerick Knoll Nikolaihof Brundlmayer
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3 subregions of Styria (Steiermark)
Sudsteiermark Weststeiermark Sudoststeiermark (also known as Vulkanland Steiermark)
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Most cultivated grape of Steiermark
Welchriesling
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Schilcherland DAC
promotes the racy rose produced from Blauer Wildbacher -only existed in 2017, in 2018 absorbed into Weststeiermark
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System of Origin Steiermark
Regional Wine Ortswein (Village wine) Reidenwein (Single Vineyard)
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Sturm
half-fermented sparkling grape juice

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