Austria & Switzerland Flashcards
(113 cards)
1
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Blauburgunder is a synonym for which grape?
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Pinot Noir
2
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Ausbruch is a specialty of which locale?
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Rust
3
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T/F: Riesling Kabinett may be produced in Austria.
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True
4
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What river runs through Kamptal?
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Kamp
5
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T/F: Austrian Sekt is most often made in the traditional method.
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True
6
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Which grape variety does Eisenberg DAC specialize in?
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Blaufrankisch
7
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T/F: Austrian Trockenbeerenauslese wines are made into dry styles.
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False
8
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Which river runs through Wachau?
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Danube
9
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What scale is used to measure must weight In Austria?
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Klosterneuburger Mostwaage Scale
10
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High quality Sauvignon Blanc is most often associated with which region?
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Steiermark
11
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What designation may appear on an unoaked Riesling of 12% alcohol from the Wachau?
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Federspiel
12
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T/F: The majority of wine in Austria is produced under the DAC designation.
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False
13
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Which Italian region was part of Austria until the end of World War I and continues to use German as a second language today?
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Alto-Adige
14
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Eisenberg, Neusiedlersee, and Leithaberg are regions found in which Weinbaugebiet?
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Burgenland
15
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Near what body of water would you find the village of Rust?
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Lake Neusiedlersee
16
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Where is the Heiligenstein vineyard located?
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Kamptal
17
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Which Burgenland DAC does NOT produce Blaufränkisch-based red wines?
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Neusiedlersee
18
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Schilcher is a specialty of what region?
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Weststeiermark
19
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T/F: Riesling and Welschriesling are varieties that are genetically related to each other.
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False
20
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Zweigelt is a cross of what two grapes?
A
St. Laurent
Blaufrankisch
21
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Ausbruch has to be harvested at what minimum ripeness level?
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27 KMW
22
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T/F: Leithaberg is the only DAC in Burgenland that allows white wine.
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True
23
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Lake Neusiedlersee is bordered by which two European countries?
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Austria
Hungary
24
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Spätrot is produced by blending which two grape varieties? A specialty of?
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a) Rotgipfler, Zierfandler
b) Thermenregion
25
Lamm is an Erste Lage vineyard specializing in what grape variety?
Gruner Veltliner
26
Name 4 Erste Lage vineyards for Gruner Veltliner, their corresponding DACs, and someone that produces it.
Lamm (Kamptal) - Hirsch
Kaferberg (Kamptal) - Loimer
Spiegel (Kamptal) - Loimer
Stein (Kamptal) - Ott
27
Name 4 Erste Lage vineyards for Riesling, their corresponding DACs, and someone that produces it.
Gaisberg (Kamptal) - Hirsch
Helligenstein (Kamptal) - Brundlmayer
Pellingen (Kremstal) - Nigl
Steinmassl (Kamptal) - Brundlmayer
28
1 KMW is equivalent to approximately how many degrees Öchsle?
5
29
Langenlois, Zobing, and Kammern are villages in what region?
Kamptal
30
What is the minimum alcohol by volume required for Kamptal Reserve Riesling?
13%
31
Name four top vineyards in the Wachau and a producer that makes each wine.
Achlethein - Rudi Pichler
Singelriedel - Domaine Wachau
Honivogl - Hirtzberger
Loibenberg - Knoll
32
Weinland, Steierland and Bergland are geographic designations for what level of Austrian wine classification?
Landwein
33
Alois Kracher is a producer in what region?
Neusiedlersee
34
Which red grape of Austria is most likely to undergo carbonic maceration?
Zweigelt
35
Langenlois, Zobing, and Kammern are villages in what region?
Kamptal
36
Who produces "Unendlich" Riesling?
FX Pichler
37
Wagram was named _____ prior to 2007.
Donauland
38
What is the name of the compound that was added to Austrian wines to give them texture leading to a scandal that would forever scar the national wine industry there? What year was this?
a) Diethylene Glycol
| b) 1985
39
What are the four major wine growing regions of Austria from North to South? Which two account for 90% of the country's vineyards?
a) Niederosterreich, Burgenland, Wein (Vienna), Styria (Steiermark)
b) Niederosterreich, Burgenland
40
What are the 6 major white grapes of Austria in decreasing order of acreage under vine?
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Gruner Veltliner
Welschriesling
Muller-Thurgau
Weissburgunder
Riesling
Chardonnay
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41
What are the two synonyms for Chardonnay in Austria?
Morillon
| Feinburgunder
42
What are the four most planed red grapes of Austria in descending order?
Zweigelt
Blaufrankisch
Blauburgunder
Blauer Portugeiser
43
The three tiers of Austrian wine in ascending order of quality.
Wein
Landwein
Qualitastwein
44
Qualitätswein is subdivided into what two categories?
Pradikatswein
| DAC (Districtus Austriae Controllatus)
45
What two additional categories exist in Prädikatswein that do not exist in the German Prädikat system?
Strohwein
| Ausbrusch
46
What is strohwein and what level of ripeness is it equivalent to in the ladder of Prädikatswein?
a) Dried grape wine
| b) BA
47
Name all of the existing DACs for Austria (9) and list them by region from North to South.
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Niederosterreich (4)
Weinviertel
Traisental
Kremstal
Kamptal
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Wien (1)
Wiener Gemischter Satz
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Burgenland (4)
Mittelburgenland
Leithaberg
Eisenberg
Neusiedlersee
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48
Give minimum degrees ripeness for all classified wines according to the KMW scale
Qualitatswein >15 KMW
Kabinett >14 KMW
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Prädikatswein
Spätlese >19 KMW
Auslese >21 KMW
Beerenauslese/Eiswein/Strohwein (Schilfwein) >25 KMW
Ausbruch >27 KMW
Trockenbeerenauslese >30 KMW
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49
What are minimum ABV levels for "Classic" and "Reserve" wines in the Traisental/Kamptal/Kremstal/Weinvertel DACs?
a) 12%
| b) 13%
50
What are the three geographical areas (Weinbauregionen) for Landwein?
Weinland (covers the area defined as Niederösterreich)
Steierland (Steiermark)
Bergland (500ha of vineyard land scattered throughout the remainder of Austria's mountainous countryside)
51
Most of Austria's lusciously sweet wines are produced around what lake? What major wine region is this located in?
a) Neusiedlersee
| b) Burgenland
52
What are the 8 subzones of Niederösterreich?
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Weinviertel
Carnuntum
Traisental
Wagram
Kremstal
Kamptal
Wachau
Thermenregion
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53
What is the name of the Niederösterreich's largest sub zone and Austria's first DAC?
Weinvertel
54
What is the name of the western-most subregion of Niederösterreich? What are the villages that represent the boundaries of this region (between which two villages)?
a) Wachau
| b) Melk (west) and Krems (east)
55
List alcohol ranges and KMW weights for Wachau wines.
Steinfeder - < 11.5% ABV, 15 KMW
Federspiel - 11.5-12.5%ABV, 17 KMW
Smaragd - > 12.5% ABV, 19 KMW
56
What is the name of the organization sworn to uphold the tenets of natural winemaking as spelled out in the Codex Wachau? What are the winemaking stipulations and/or restrictions for members? Name 3 producers who are members.
a) Vinea Wachau
No additives (including chaptalization)
No aromatization (including the use of new barriques)
No "fractionation" (such as dealcoholization)
All wines released by members must be bottled in the region and vilified from grapes grown in the Wachau
b) FX Pichler, Emmerich Knoll, Prager
57
Aside from Riesling/Gruner Veltliner, what does the Wagram specialize in?
Roter Veltliner
58
What is the dominant grape of Carnuntum?
Zweigelt
59
What is the name of the field blend that is very popular in Carnuntum and also has its own DAC in Vienna? What is the DAC called?
a) Gemischter Satz
| b) Wiener Gemischter Satz
60
What are the DAC zones of Burgenland?
Eisenberg
Leithaberg
Mittelburgenland
Neusiedlersee
61
What is the name of the DAC which was the first in Austria to allow both red and white wines?
Leithaberg
62
What is the name of the grape in Austria that is also known as Lemburger in Germany and Kékfrankos in Hungary?
Blaufrankisch
63
Where is Alois Kracher located and what is this estate known for production-wise? What grape is the estate known for that makes one of the finest expressions of TBA?
a) Neusiedlersee
b) BA & TBA sweet wines
c) Scheurube
64
What grapes are used in the production of modern Ruster Ausbruch? (8)
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Furmint
Chardonnay
Muskateller
Pinot Blanc
Neuburger
Welschriesling
Traminer
Pinot Gris
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65
Ausbrusch is most similar in style to this sweet wine?
Tokaji Aszu
66
What are the three subregions of Styria (Steiermark)?
Sudsteiermark
Weststeiermark
Sudosteiermark
67
Manfred Tement is known for?
Some of Austria's best Sauvignon Blanc (Sudsteiermark)
68
What is Schilcher?
Style of rosé that is a specialty in Westeiermark. Produced from the Blauer Wildbacher grape
69
What is "Heuriger?"
Nouveau wine consumed in its infancy in taverns of the same name.
70
What is "Sturm?"
Half-fermented, sparkling grape juice that usually accompanies harvest time meals.
71
What does Niederösterreich translate to in English?
Lower Austria
72
What is the Pannonian Plain?
A former seabed of loess soils stretching from eastern Austria through Hungary and many countries of the former eastern bloc.
73
What is the Österreichishen Traditionsweingütter? What two grapes are the only to be allowed to carry the Austrian Erst Lage logo according to this organization's system?
Roughly the equivalent of Germany's VDP. An association of producers founded in 1992 that has characterized 52 top sites throughout Kremstal, Kamptal, Wagram, and Traisental giving them the designation of Erste Lage. Grüner Veltliner and Riesling are the only two grapes allowed to carry Erste Lage designations under this organization's hierarchy.
74
What does the term Ried represent on Austrian wine labels?
Top vineyard site in a village
75
What is the name of the famous Wachau vineyard located in Weissenkirchen?
Achleiten
76
What is the approximate percentage of Switzerland's annual production that gets exported?
10%
77
What is the name of the most cultivated white grape in Switzerland?
Chasselas
78
What grape is known as Johannisberg in Switzerland?
Sylvaner
79
What are the four most planted white grapes of Switzerland?
Muller-Thurgau
Chasselas
Petit Arvigne
Amigne of Vetroz
80
What is the synonym for Chasselas in Valais?
Fendant
81
What is Dôle and what grapes go into its production? Where is it produced principally?
a) Pinot Noir and Gamay
| b) Valais
82
What is Vin des Glacier (grape, style, and how it's stored)?
Specialty wine of Valais produced from the Rèze grape in a maderized style stored in high altitude soleras.
83
Switzerland is divided into 26 ___________?
Cantons
84
The Vaud canton sits on the northern shore of?
Lake Geneva
85
The two "grand crus" of Vaud?
Dezaley
| Calamin
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What is Salvagnin?
A traditional AOC wine blended from Pinot Noir, Gamay, Garanoir, Gamaret
87
What is the grape used for Mittelburgenland DAC wines?
Blaufrankisch
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In what non DAC region is Rust located in?
Neusiedlersee-Hugelland
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T/F: Wine laws are set by each individual canton, not by a national governing body.
True
90
Which French wine region is directly to the west of Geneva?
Savoie
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Muskateller/Gelber Muskateller is synonymous with what French Grape?
Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains
92
Scheurebe is called what in Austria?
Sämling
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What is Gruner Veltliner a crossing of?
Savignin x St Georgener
94
When was the DAC system first commissioned? What was the first and when?
a) 2001
| b) 2003; Weinvertel; Gruner Veltliner
95
Morillon (Chardonnay) produced in Styria is made in style similar to what French wine region?
Chablis
96
What is "Rouge du Pays?
Swiss indigenous variety known for super-juicy, spicy red wines
97
What is the most planted red grape in Switzerland?
Pinot Noir
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T/F: Switzerland is a member of the European Union and follows EU wine regulations.
False
99
The five major wine-producing cantons of Switzerland?
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Valais
Vaud
Geneva
Ticino
Neuchatel
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100
Swiss Blanc des Blancs is typically produced from which grape?
Chasselas
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Swiss Blanc des Blancs is typically produced from which grape?
Chasselas
102
Three Lakes is a synonym used for this canton?
Neuchatel
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Heida is a Swiss synonym for this grape?
Savagnin
104
Bonvillars, Chablais, and Cote de l'Orbe are regional AOCs found in?
Vaud
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T/F: Swiss wine merchants were allowed to blend imported wine into their own until 2006?
True
106
In the Vaud, Chasselas is known as?
Dorin
107
Where is the Mandement? What is Chasselas known as there?
a) Geneva
| b) Perlan
108
Entre Arv et Rhone and Entre Arv et Lac are subregions in this canton?
Geneva
109
The grape Amigne reaches its highest quality in which Grand Cru of Valais?
Vetroz
110
Ticino's sub-regions of Sopraceneri and Sottoceneri are loosely translated to being "north of" and "south of" what geographic feature?
Mount Ceneri
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Valais is to the ________ of Lake Geneva.
East
112
What is the most planted red grape in Switzerland?
Pinot Noir
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Switzerland's climate can best be described as?
Cool
