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What is the min alcohol form Classic and Reserve in Traisental, Kamptal and Kremstal?

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Classic - 12%

Reserve - 13%

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Niederösterreich

Regions in ha, Largest to Smallest

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Niederösterreich 27,128 ha:

  • Weinviertel 13,356 ha
  • Kamptal 3,802 ha
  • Wagram 2,451 ha
  • Kremstal 2,243 ha
  • Thermenregion 2,196 ha
  • Wachau 1,350 ha
  • Carnuntum 910 ha
  • Traisental 790 ha
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Wachau

Soils

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  • Gföhl - mineral rich migmatitic granite gneiss
  • Steep terraces - Granite - Riesling
  • East-facing - Ice age carried Sand resulting in Layers of Loess - opulent Grüner
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Wachau

Leading Towns W to NE

  • Where is Prager located?
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  • Spitz - Cooler, Hirtzberger
  • Arnsdorf
  • Wösendorf - Rudi Pichler
  • Joching
  • Weißenkirchen - Prager
  • Rossatz
  • Dürnstein
  • Loiben - Warmer, FX Pichler, Emerrich Knoll
  • Mautern - Nikolaihof
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Wachau

Climate

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  • 2 Major climatic influences - western Atlantic, eastern Pannonian
  • Hot dry summer, harsh winter, evened by Danube
  • Winds from northern Waldviertel region increases diurnal range during important months prior to harvest
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Name 6 producers of Wachau, all from different towns.

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Staritng in Spitz to the West and moving 7 miles NE

  • Hirtzberger - Spitz, late 1800s
  • Rudi Pichler - Wösendorf, 1904
  • Prager - Weissenkirchen, 1715
  • FX Pichler - Oberloiben, 1898
  • Emmerich Knoll - Unterloiben, 1825
  • Nikolaihof - Mautern, 1894
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What town in the Wachau is cooler, Spitz or Loiben?

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Spitz

(prod Hirtzberger is located)

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Viticultural towns in Kremstal are divided into what three zones?

  • In what zone will you find deep loess soils?
  • In what zone will you find the Stift Göttweig monastery?
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  • West - weathered rocky soils, geologically similar to Wachau, GV + R
    • Stein
    • Krems
    • Senftenberg
  • East - deep loess soils, softer opulent GV
    • Rohrendorf
    • Gedersdorf
  • South - Stift Göttweig monastery, down to earth, “Heuriger” wine taverns
    • Furth
    • Benedectine Stift Göttweig est 1072
    • Palit
    • Krustetten
    • Hollenberg
    • Oberfucha
    • Tiefenfucha
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What are three leading viticultural towns on the western side of Kremstal?

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West - weathered rocky soils, geologically similar to Wachau, GV + R

  • Stein
  • Krems
  • Senftenberg
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What is the general style of wine from the eastern viticultural towns of Kremstal?

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East Krems - deep loess soils, softer opulent GV

SW to NE

  • Rohrendorf
  • Gedersdorf
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What are two leading viticultural towns in eastern Kremstal?

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East Krems - deep loess soils, softer opulent GV

  • Rohrendorf
  • Gedersdorf
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What area of Kremstal is identified with deep loess soils that produce softer, more opulent styles of Grüner Veltliner?

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East Kremstal - deep loess soils, softer opulent GV

leading towns

  • Rohrendorf
  • Gedersdorf
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In what year was the Benedectine Stift Göttweig monastery established?

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1072

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In what area of Kremstal will you find the towns of Furth, Palit, Krustetten, Hollenberg, Oberfucha, Tiefenfucha?

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South

  • Known for Stift Göttweig monastery, and down to earth, “Heuriger” wine taverns
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What is Kremstal’s climate?

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cool, humid northern breezes from nearby Waldviertel coliding with warm eastern winds from Pannonian plain

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Besides spicy Grüner Veltliner and delicate, mineral Rieslings, what other varietals is Kremstal known for?

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  • Weissburgunder
  • Expressive reds
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What is Kremstal’s size in ha?

(DAC - 2007)

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2,243 ha

vs

  • Weinviertel - 13,356 ha
  • Kamptal - 3,802 ha
  • Wagram - 2,451 ha
  • Wachau - 1,350 ha
  • Traisental - 790 ha
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What is Austria’s largest wine-producing town?

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Lagenlois

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Name five leading viticultural towns of Kamptal.

(3,802 ha, DAC -2008)

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  • Lagenlois - Austria’s largest wine-producing town
    • Heiligenstein
    • Volcanic soils
    • Name derived from blazing hot sunshine and dry climate
    • 270 million year old Permian Period, desert-lke sandstone base with volcanic particles
  • Zöbing
  • Gobelsburg
  • Kammern
  • Strass - Straß im Sraßertale
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Describe the soils of Kamptal.

  • Where are you more likely to find Riesling planted?
  • Where are you more likely to find Grüner Veltliner planted?
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  • Steep terraces, S facing, no loess, powerful Riesling
  • South towards Danube - loess and loam terraces, full GV / red and white Pinot, Zweigelt released as Niederösterreich
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Describe the climate of Kamptal.

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  • Cooler Waldviertel from NW
  • Hot Pannonian plain from E

Creates diurnal

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What is the Loisium, and within what major region will you find it?

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Loisium - futuristic visitors’ center, underground labyrinth of several hundred year old wine cellars, light and sound wine experience

  • Located in Kamptal
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Name five leading viticultural towns of Traisental.

(790 ha, DAC - 2006)

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W of Traisen River, N to S

  • Nussdorf
  • Reichersdorf
  • Inzersdorf
  • Herzogenburg - larger, fruity spicy GV, mineral Riesling

E of Traisen River

  • Traismauer - larger, fruity spicy GV, mineral Riesling
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List seven leading viticultural towns of Wagram.

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  • Fels
  • Feuersbrunn
  • Gösing
  • Grossriedenthal - environmentally conscious, Eiswein, quality
  • Kirchberg - vinotheque Weritas, quality
  • Großweikersdorf
  • Klosterneuburg - country’s largest privately owned winery, Stift Klosterneuburg / small family Heuriger to large Sekt, next door to capital city Vienna
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Where is Klosterneuburg located?
**Wagram** ## Footnote (2,451 ha, known as Donauland until 2007) _Klosterneuburg_ * Country's largest privately owned winery, Stift Klosterneuburg * Small family Heuriger to large Sekt * Next door to capital city Vienna
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Wagram Soils
**loess** * From receding promordial ocean (Wagram comes from "Wogenrain", means "shore")
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Wagram get its name from "Wogenrain", which means what?
**"shore"** * Wagram has loess soils from receding promordial ocean
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What is the world's first viticultural and oenology school?; when was it established and where is it located?
**Bundeslehranstalt Für Wein und Obstbau** ## Footnote (Federal institute for viticulture and pomology) * **Est. 1860** * **Located in Wagram**
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Can you name eight major winemaking towns of Weinviertel? ## Footnote (13,356 ha, DAC - 2002)
* **Röschitz** * **Retz** * **Haugsdorf** * **Falkenstein** * **Poysdorf** * **Herrnbaumgarten** * **Wolkersdorf** * **Mannersdorf**
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In what town of Wagram will you find the environmentally conscious and Eiswein?
**Grossriedenthal**
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Wachau min must weights Steinfeder, Federspiel, Smaragd
**Steinfeder 15 KMW** min 11.5% alc **Federspiel 17 KMW** range 11.5-12.5% alc **Smaragd 19 KMW** min 12.5% alc / appx 95 Ochsle (Spätlese), must be dry
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What is Vineau Wachau?; name 3 members.
Org of estates sworn to uphold the tenets of natural winemaking spelled out in Codex Wachau * No additives (incl chaptalization) * No aromatization (incl new barrique) * No "fractionation" (such as de alcoholization) founded 1983, members control more than 85% regions vineyards
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What are the 8 regions within Niederösterreich?
* **Weinviertel** * Largest, 1st DAC / GV (peppery, no obv wood or botrytis, min 12% alc) * **Kamptal** * **Kremstal** * **Wachau** * **Traisental** * **Wagram** * **Carnuntum** * **Thermenregion**
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In what year was Vineau Wachau founded?
**1983**
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Wagram was known as Donauland until what year?
**2007**
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Where are you most likely to find Roter Veltliner?
**Wagram** * Roter Veltliner - unrelated to GV; \* RED grape produced as WHITE wine
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In what village is the vineyard Achleiten located?
**Weissenkirchen** * Home to some of Wachau's most popular wines - FX Pichler, Prager, Emmerich Knoll
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What vineyard is considered home to FX Pichler, Prager, and Emmerich Knoll?
**Achleiten** * In village of Weissenkirchen
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What is the primary grape variety of Carnuntum?
**Zweigelt** * Carnuntum - sunny climate, prim red grapes
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Where are the rare white grapes Rotgipfler and Zierfandler cultivated?
**Thermenregion** (HOT Pannonian summers) * Rotgipfler, Zierfandler - sin var or blended as Spätrot-Rotgipfler
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Weinviertel DAC
* Niederösterreich's largest, 1st DAC * Ligher, fresher \> cooler climate, N Danube and Pannonian Plain * Must be GV * Min 12% alc * Tasting panel \> peppery note, no obv wood or botrytis * Reserve - 2009 - fuller, richer, min 13% alc - hints of botrytis and wood
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Where is Langenlois located?
**Kamptal** * Langenlois - one of Austria's most important wine towns * Nearby, highly regarded vineyards - Heiligenstein, Lamm, Dechant
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What are 3 highly regarded vineyards near Langenlois?
* **Heiligenstein** * **Lamm** * **Dechant** ## Footnote Langenlois, Kamptal
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Wachau Soils
**loess and gföhler** (gneiss)
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Weinviertel Quality Levels
* **Klassik**: submission to Prüfnummer tast comm **Jan 1** year following harvest * **Reserve**: submission to Prüfnummer tast comm **March 15** year following harvest
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Weinviertel Alcohol Levels
* **Klassik: min 12%** * **Reserve: min 13%**
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Weinviertel RS
* **Klassik: max 6 g/l** * **Reserve: dry**
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Weinviertel Taste Profile
* **Klassik**: aromatic, spicy, pepper notes, *no botrytis*, *no oak* notes * **Reserve**: dry, full-bodied, spicy, *subtle botrytis* notes, *oak aging allowed*
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Name 6 great single vineyards of Traisental DAC.
* **Alte Setzen** * **Berg** * **Fuchsenrand** * **Hochschopf** * **Sonnleiten** * **Zwirch**
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Name 9 great single vineyards of Kamptal.
* **Dechant** * **Gaisberg** * **Heiligenstein** * **Käferberg** * **Kogelberg** * **Lamm** * **Seeeberg** * **Steinmassl** * **Wechselberg**
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When was Kamptal recognized as DAC?
**from 2008 vintage**
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Langenlois: Erste Lagen and Varieties
* **Dechant:** Grüner * **Käferberg:** Grüner * **Kittmannsberg:** Grüner * **Loiserberg:** Riesling, Grüner * **Schenkenbichl:** Grüner * **Seeberg:** Riesling * **Spiegel:** Grüner * **Steinhaus:** Riesling, Grüner * **Steinmassl:** Riesling * **Thal:** Grüner
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What are the 8 subzones of Niederösterreich?
``` Kremstal Kamptal Traisental Wagram Weinveirtel Carnuntum ThermenregionWachau ```
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Which grapes are permitted to carry the Erste Lage designation?
Riesling Gruner Veltliner
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Where is Roter Veltliner mostly produced?
Wagram
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What is the previous name of Wagram, and when did it change?
Donauland (2007)
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Where is the Klosterneuberg institute located?
Eastern Wagram
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Weinviertel: Geology and Climate
Very, very large region, encompassing a number of different microclimates. Loess throughout West: dry, Molasse, sand, gravel, clay silt Central: hard limestone, calcareous sandstone, marl East: limestone, unconsolidated calcareous rock
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Wagram: Geology
Loess over marine deposits and river gravels
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Getzersdorf: Erste lagen and varieties
Berg: Grüner, Riesling
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Inzersdorf-Getzersdorf: Erste lagen and varieties
Rothenbart: Riesling Zwirch: Grüner
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Where is Markus Huber located? What are his key vineyards?
Reichersdorf (Traisental) Reichersdorfer Alte Setzen Getzersdorfer Berg
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Where is Ludwig Neumayer located? What are his key vineyards?
Inzersdorf (Traisental) Inzersdorfer Rothenbart Inzersdorfer Zwirch
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Erste Lagen-holding vineyards of the Traisental
Reichersdorf, Getzersdorf, Inserzdorf
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Traisental: Climatological influences
Warm wind from the Pannonian Plain Cool wind from the Alps Large diurnal shift
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Traisental: Geology
Narrow terraces of gravelly, calcareous soils
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Where is Stadt Krems located? What is unusual about its ownership? What are its key vineyards?
Krems; the winery is owned by the city (founded originally in 1452 to provide for the hospital). Kremser Grillenparz Kremser Wachtberg
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Where is Nigl located? What are his key vineyards?
``` Senftenberg (Kremstal). Senftenberger Hochäcker Senftenberger Pelligen Senftenberger Piri Rehberger Goldberg (not Erste Lage) ```
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Where is Stein? What are its most famous vineyards?
Kremstal, across the river from Mautern (Wachau). Steiner Pfaffenberg (bottled by Knoll) Steiner Kögl Steiner Gaisberg
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Kremstal: Climatological influences
Cool, humid northern breezes from the Waldviertal Warm, dry, eastern winds from the Pannonian Plain The Danube and smaller Krems tributary
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Kremstal: Soils
In the west (Stein, Krems, Senftenberg), similar to the Wachau with weathered bedrock soils. East of the Krems river, deeper loess terraces produce a more opulent style of wine.
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Langenlois: Erste Lagen and Varieties
``` Dechant: Grüner Käferberg: Grüner Kittmannsberg: Grüner Loiserberg: Riesling, Grüner Schenkenbichl: Grüner Seeberg: Riesling Spiegel: Grüner Steinhaus: Riesling, Grüner Steinmassl: Riesling Thal: Grüner ```
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Zöbing (Kamptal): Erste Lagen and Varieties
Gaisberg: Riesling Kogelberg: Grüner, Riesling Heiligenstein: Riesling
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Kammern (Kamptal) Erste Lagen and Varieties
Gaisberg (shared): Riesling Grub: Grüner Lamm: Grüner Renner: Grüner
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Strauss im Strassertal: Erste Lagen and Varieties
Gaisberg (shared): Riesling, Grüner Ofenberg: Grüner Wechselberg Spiegel: Riesling
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Engabrunner: Erste Lagen and Varieties
Stein: Grüner
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Which 3 villages share Gaisberg?
Zöbing, Kammern, Strauss im Strassertal
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Erste Lagen-holding villages of the Kamptal
``` Langenlois Zöbing Kammern Strauss im Strassertal Engabrunner ```
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Where is Schloss Gobelsburg? What are its most important vineyards?
``` Gobelsburg Zöbinger Heiligenstein Kammerner Gaisberg Kammerner Renner Kammerner Lamm ```
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Where is Bründlmayer? What are his most famous vineyards?
Langenlois (Kamptal) Langenloiser Steinmassel Zöbinger Heiligenstein
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Where is Brandl located? What are his most famous vineyards?
Zöbing (Kamptal) Zöbinger Heiligenstein Zöbinger Kogelberg
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Where is Hirsch located? What are his most famous vineyards?
Kammern (Kamptal) Kammerner Gaisberg Kammerner Lamm Zöbinger Heiligenstein
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Where is Hiedler located? What are his most famous vineyards?
``` Langenlois (Kamptal) Langenloiser Steinhaus Langenloiser Thal Langenloiser Kitmannsberg Kammerner Gaisberg Zöbinger Heiligenstein ```
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Where is Bernhard Ott located? What are his most famous vineyards?
Wagram Feuersbrunner Spiegel Feuersbrunner Rosenberg Engabrunner Stein (Kamptal)
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Kamptal: Climatological influences
Cool, humid northern breezes from the Waldviertal Warm, dry, eastern winds from the Pannonian Plain. Large diurnal shift. The Kamp River (tributary of the Danube) flows through the region.
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Kamptal: Geology
Highly varied; loess to gravel to sandstone to conglomerates. Generally, northern sites with steep slopes of gneiss and schist produce riesling, and southerly, lower elevation vineyards bear deep loess and loam. Heiligenstein is sandstone and volcanic conglomerates.
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What is the main product of Carnuntum?
Red wine, particularly of Zweigelt
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Where is Muhr-van der niepoort located?
Spitzerberg (Carnuntum)
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Where is Gerhard Markowitsch located?
Göttlesbrunn (Carnuntum)
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Carnuntum: Climatological influences
Continental, heated by the Pannonian Plain, moderated by the Danube and Neusiedlersee All vineyards are south of the Danube
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What are the three principal hilltops of Carnuntum, and what are their soils?
Leithagebirge, Arbesthaler Hügelland, Hainburger Berge Loam, loess, sandy gravels
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What is Gumpoldskirchen?
The town in Thermenregion where Spätrot-Rotgipfler originates
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What is the synonym for Zierfandler?
Spätrot
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What are the varietal wines of Stadlmann?
Rotgipfler Tagelsteiner Zierfandler Mandel-Höh
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Thermenregion: Climate
Continental, very dry, huge amounts of sunshine.
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Thermenregion: Soils
Loam, with gravel, sand, and marine sediments Well draining Influenced by sulphurous springs
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What districts contain the Erste Lage sites elevated by Österreichischen Traditionsweingüter in 2010?
Kamptal, Kremstal, Traisental, Wagram
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What are the Erste Lage bearing villages of the Wagram?
``` (West to east) Feuersbrunn Fels am Wagram Kirchberg Grossweikersdorf ```
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What are the Erste Lage sites of Feuersbrunn?
Rosenberg: Gruner (Ott) Spiegel: Gruner (Ott)
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What are the Erste Lage sites of Fels am Wagram?
Brunnthal: Gruner (Leth) Scheiben: Gruner (Leth)
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What are the Erste Lage sites of Kirchberg?
Schlossberg: Gruner (Fritsch)
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What is Alte Setzen?
The Ried(Cru) Alte Setzen is located in the village of Reichersdorf and is an east-facing site with a slight incline. The soil is loamy, silty and calcareous – from loess that is two meters thick.
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What are the Erste Lage sites of Grossweikersdorf?
Mordthal: Riesling and Gruner (Fritsch)
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What is the Hollenburg-Karlstetten formation?
Underneath Alte Setzen is the conglomerate of the Hollenburg-Karlstetten formation, consisting of limestone and dolomite rocks deposited by a river (the “Ur-Traisen”) from the Kalkalpen, or Limestone Alps, around 15 million years ago.
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What is the soil breakdown of the Wachau, and how does it affect grape distribution?
Granite and Gföhler (gneiss) on the higher hillsides; mostly planted to Riesling. Deep loess lower down by the river; mostly planted to Grüner Veltliner
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What is the minimum KMW and maximum alcohol for Steinfeder?
15º max 11.5% abv
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What is the minimum KMW and minimum/maximum alcohol for Federspiel?
17º 11.5-12.5% abv
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What is the minimum KMW and alcohol for Smaragd?
19º min. 12.5% abv
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What village houses Achleiten? (Wachau)
Weissenkirchen
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Who are the top three producers of Achleiten? (Wachau)
FX Pichler Prager Emmerich Knoll
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What is the Codex Wachau?
The tenets of natural winemaking codified by Vinea Wachau: No additives (incl chaptalization) No concentration (reverse osmosis, cryo-extraction, etc.) No aromatization (incl new barrels) No fractionation (de-alcoholization, etc.) No manipulation of nature (incl machine harvesting) Wines must be grown, vinified, and bottled in the Wachau
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What are the major villages of the Wachau from west to east?
``` Spitz Wösendorf Joching Weissenkirchen Dürnstein Oberloiben Unterloiben Mautern ```
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What are the major vineyards and producers of Spitz?
``` Axpoint (Hirtzberger, Lagler) Rotes Tor (Hirtzberger) Singerriedel (Hirtzberger) ```
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What are the major vineyards of Wösendorf? (Wachau)
Kollmütz (Rudi Pichler, WEISSBURGUNDER) Hochrain (Rudi Pichler, Veyder-Malberg, Hirtzberger)
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What are the major vineyards of Joching? (Wachau)
Stein am Rain (Jamek) Pichlpoint (Schmelz, Bäuerl) Kollmitz (Franz Pichler) Postaller (Schmelz)
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What are the major vineyards of Weissenkirchen? (Wachau)
Achleiten (Prager, Rudi Pichler, Jager, Jamek) Hinter der Burg (Prager) Hinter Seiber (Prager - source of Wachstum Bodenstein Riesling) Klaus (Prager)
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What are the major vineyards of Dürnstein? (Wachau)
Hollerin (Pragr, Alzinger, FX Pichler) Kellerberg (FX Pichler) Höhereck (Alzinger)
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What are the major vineyards of Unterloiben/Oberloiben? (Wachau)
Loiben Berg (Alzinger, Knoll) Mühlpoint (Alzinger) Klostersatz (FX Pichler, Pichler-Kreutzler) Steinertal (Alzinger, FX Pichler)
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Where is Emmerich Knoll located? (Wachau)
Unterloiben (Wachau)
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Where is Franz Hirtzberger located? (Wachau)
Spitz (Wachau)
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Where is Rudi Pichler located?
Wösendorf (Wachau)
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Where is FX Pichler located?
Oberloiben (Wachau)
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Where is Prager located?
Weissenkirchen (Wachau)
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Where is Veyder-Malberg located?
Spitz (Wachau)
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Where is Altzinger located?
Unterloiben (Wachau)
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What is the main cooperative of the Wachau?
Domaine Wachau
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What is the capital of the Wachau? What historical point of interest is located there?
Dürnstein. The castle at Dürnstein is where Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned by the Austrians in 1192.

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