Austria

Question 1

Haueursekt

Answer 1

Tirage, disgorgement and expedition performed by the grape grower

Grower-producer

Question 2

Subcategories of Qualitatswein

Answer 2

Pradikatswein

Districtus Austriae Controllatus (DAC)

Question 3

What is strohwein?

Answer 3

A dried grape wine of at least Beerenauslese ripeness

Question 4

What is Bergwein?

Answer 4

A term that may be used under the label of “Wein” to indicate a vineyard slope that exceeds 26%

Question 5

Antifreeze Scandal year?

Name?

Answer 5

1985 - Diethylne Glycol

Question 6

What is Smaragd?

Answer 6

Emerald lizard
19°KMW (equivalent to 95 Oschle, or Spatlese)
Alc. 12.5%+

Question 7

What is the Vinea Wachau? When was it founded?

Answer 7

1983
An organization of estates sword to uphold the tenets of natural winemaking as spelled out in the Codex Wachau.
Members control more than 85% of the region’s vineyard acreage

Question 8

What are the 13 DACs?

Answer 8

Weinviertel (2002)
Mittelburgenland (2005)
Traisental (2006)
Kremstal (2007)
Kamptal (2008)
Leithaberg (2009)
Eisenberg (2010)
Neusiedlersee (2012)
Wiener Gemischter Satz (2013)
Rosalia (2018)
Vulkanland Steiermark (2018)
Sudsteiermark (2018)
Weststeiermark (2018)

Question 9

Klassik in Sekt requirements

Answer 9

Grapes harvested in a single Austrian state
Base wine and secondary fermentation in Austria
Area of origin no more specific than the state in which the grapes were grown
Not sold before Oct 22 year after harest
Any production method
Max. Alcohol 12.5%
Lees aging min. 9 months
Any sweetness level

Question 10

What does Reserve indicate?

Answer 10

Min. 13% abv (Qualitatswein)
Whites - March 15 release
Reds - Nov. 1 release

Question 11

What term did Wein replace? When? Qualifications?

Answer 11

Tafelwein - 2009
Generic category that may have a vintage varietal on the label, but may not exhibit a more exclusive statement of origin other than Osterreich.

Question 12

What does Sweet indicate?

Answer 12

Min. 45 g/L

Question 13

What specialty wine is made in Wagram?

Answer 13

Roter Veltliner

A red grape that makes white wine in this region

Question 14

Prufnummer

Answer 14

State Control Number

Question 15

Three Levels of Quality

Answer 15

Wein
Landwein
Qualitatswein

Question 16

As of 2015 what percentage of acreage in Austria was devoted to white?

Answer 16

67%

Question 17

What regions does Stiererland cover?

Answer 17

Steiermark

Question 18

Grosse Reserve in Sekt

Answer 18

Grapes harvested and whole-cluster pressed (in a basket or pneumatic press) in a single Austrian municipality (village)
Blending is not permitted for rose
Not sold before Oct. 22 three years after harvest
Hand-harvest only
Max Press Yield = 50%
Traditional method only
Max. Alc. = None
Min. lees aging = 30 months
Brut, Extra Brut, Brut Nature

Question 19

What is Ausbruch?

Answer 19

A sweet speciality of Rust in Neusiedlersee

Question 20

What does Lieblich indicate?

Answer 20

Medium-sweet

max 45 g/L

Question 21

Where is the vineyard Achleiten? Who are some of the top producers here and in all of the Wachau?

Answer 21

Village of Weissenkirchen

FX Pichler
Emmerich Knoll
Prager

Question 22

White grapes of Austria in order of importance

Answer 22

Gruner Veltliner
Welschriesling
Muller Thurgeau
Weisburgunder
Riesling
Chardonnay (Morillon & Feinburgunder)
Neuburger

Question 23

What year did Sekt make it to Qualitatswein?

Answer 23

2016

Question 24

What is the soil structure of the Wachau?

Answer 24

Loess and Gföhler (gneiss) with a proportion of alluvial sand in the lower vineyard sites near the river’s edge

Question 25

What does Ried indicate?

Answer 25

A term found on Austrian wine labels that indicates a top site. Many producers observe the old custom of replacing the village name with the word Ried.

Question 26

What is Carnantum known for?

Answer 26

Reds from Zweigelt and Gemischter Satz

Question 27

What qualifications must Qualitatswein reach before being released?

Answer 27

Tasting panel and chemical analysis Sourced from a single Weinbaugebiete or one of the 16 smaller wine regions Produced from one or more of the 36 permitted grapes

Question 28

Red grapes of Austria in order of importance

Answer 28

``` Zweigelt (St. Laurent x Blaufrankisch) Blaufrankisch Blauer Portugieser Blauburger (Blaufrankisch x Blauer Portugieser) St. Laurent ```

Question 29

What is Traisental known for?

Answer 29

Riesling and Gruner Veltliner

Question 30

What is Steinfeder?

Answer 30

Local grass 15°KMW Max Alc. 11.5%

Question 31

Where is Langenlois located?

Answer 31

Kamptal

Question 32

Reserve in Sekt

Answer 32

Grapes harvested and whole-cluster pressed in single Austrian state Base and secondary fermentation in Austria Not sold before Oct. 22 two years after harvest Blending not permitted for rose Max Press yield = 60% Hand-harvest only Traditional method only Lees aging min. 18 months Brut, Extra Brut, Brut Nature

Question 33

What does Halbtrocken indicate?

Answer 33

Off-dry | max 18 g/L

Question 34

What does the Codex Wachau state?

Answer 34

``` No additives (including chaptalization) No aromatization (including the use of new barrique) No "Fractionation" (techniques such as de-alcoholization) ``` All wines released by members must be bottled in the region and vinified from grapes grown in the Wachau

Question 35

What regions does Weinland cover?

Answer 35

Niederosterreich Wien Burgenland

Question 36

What is Shaumwein?

Answer 36

Sparkling wine Min. 8.5% abv 3 ATM All methods (including added CO2)

Question 37

What regions does Bergland cover?

Answer 37

Around 500 ha of vineyard land scattered throughout the remainder of Austria's mountainous countryside

Question 38

What does Trocken indicate?

Answer 38

Dry | max 9 g/L

Question 39

What was the first DAC in Austria? When? What makes it stand out?

Answer 39

Weinviertel (2002) | Gruner Veltliner only

Question 40

When was the first record of trockenbeerenauslese in Austria?

Answer 40

1526 Predating Germany Spatlese by 200 years

Question 41

What is Federspiel?

Answer 41

Falconer's tool 17°KMW Alc. 11.5%-12.5%

Question 42

What was the name of the person who created the wire trellising system?

Answer 42

Dr. Lenz Moser

Question 43

Landwein restrictions and qualifications?

Answer 43

Restricted to the same 36 varieties permitted for Qualitatswein Must be labeled with one of three broad geographic areas: Bergland Steirerland Weinland

Question 44

What is Perlwein?

Answer 44

Sparkling wine Min. 9% abv 1 to 2.5 ATM All methods (including added CO2)

Question 45

What is Spatrot-Rotgipfler? Where is it found?

Answer 45

A blend between the rare white grapes Rotgipfler and Zierfandler in the Thermenregion

Question 46

What is the only European city to have its own wine appellation within city limits?

Answer 46

Vienna (Wien)

Question 47

What is Heuriger?

Answer 47

A Nouveau wine consumed in its infancy in taverns of the same name

Question 48

What was Wagram known as prior to 2007? What is the main varietal? The Speciality?

Answer 48

Donauland Gruner Veltliner White wine made from Roter Veltliner

Question 49

Where is the institute of Klosterneuburg?

Answer 49

Wagram

Question 50

What is Mittelburgernland known for?

Answer 50

Red wines from Blaufrankisch May be sold March 1 year following harvest

Question 51

What is Leithaberg known for?

Answer 51

First DAC to allow both red and whites | White wines may be blends or single varietals produced from Gruner Veltliner, Chardonnay, Neuburger, or Weissbugunder

Question 52

What is Neusiedlersee known for?

Answer 52

Red wines produced from Zwiegelt

Question 53

Rosalia DAC

Answer 53

2018 Monovarietal wines from Zweigelt or Blaufrankisch ``` Min. alcohol 12% (Reserve - 13%) Max sugar - 4 g/L Rose wines permitted Varietal labeling not allowed Single vineyards allowed ```

Question 54

Where is the Kracher estate? Known for what?

Answer 54

Village of Illmitz in Neusiedlersee Eiswein, BA, and TBA

Question 55

What winemaking practice does Ausbruch share?

Answer 55

Methods of Tokaji

Question 56

Subzones of Steieirmark

Answer 56

Sudsteiermark DAC Weststeiermark DAC Sudosteiermark DAC

Question 57

What is the Schilcherland DAC known for? Where its it located?

Answer 57

Racy rose from Blue Wildbacher Weststeiermark

Question 58

Levels of the System of Origin Steiermark

Answer 58

Regional wine Orstwein (Village) Reidenwein (Single Vineyard)