Ted - Austria

Question 1

Major river of Austria?

Answer 1

Danube, you’re a noob

Question 2

Only european city to have a wine region with it’s boundaries?

Answer 2

Vienna

Question 3

year of the first TBA in austria?

Answer 3

1526

Question 4

Austrian Pradikats include what two additonal levels and exclude which german one?

Answer 4

Strohwien, and Ausbruch excluding Kabinett

Question 5

define Strohwien

Answer 5

dried grape wine of at least BA ripness

Question 6

Define Ausbruch

Answer 6

a specialty of Rust in Neuseelersie Tba ripeness

Question 7

Where is the vititcultural institute of Austria?

Answer 7

Klosterneuberg built in 1860

Question 8

who is Dr. Lenz Moiser? Why should we care?

Answer 8

austrian dood, invented the wire trellis in the 1950’s - whole wine world goes “wha?”

Question 9

what is the scandal of 1985?

Answer 9

anti- freeze scandal - not actually anti freeze but very dumb.

Question 10

di-ethylene glycol?

Answer 10

poisonous chemial used to add texture to wine - tested postive in every single export market

Question 11

Name the 9 current DAC

Answer 11

a. Wienvertal b. Lethaberg c. Eisenberg d. Kamtal e. Kremstal f. Mittelbergenland Triesental Neuseedlersie Wiener Gemeter Sachs

Question 12

north to south the 4 wienbaughebete

Answer 12

a. Niederosterriech b. Wien c.Burgneland d. Styria or Steiermarc

Question 13

what is the most cultivated grape in Austria?

Answer 13

Gruner Veltliner

Question 14

two synonyms of chardonnay

Answer 14

morillon and Fienburgunder

Question 15

Zwiegelt is a crossing of ? When?

Answer 15

Blaufrankish and St. Laurent in 1922

Question 16

What is the most planted red grape?

Answer 16

Zweigelt

Question 17

what are the 3 levels of austrian wine quality?

Answer 17

a.wein b. landwien qualitaswien

Question 18

what is the badarole

Answer 18

red and white stripe on the capsule of every bottle of austrian wine

Question 19

What are the 3 areas of Landwien

Answer 19

Wienland Steirland Burgland

Question 20

What is Schwarzriesling?

Answer 20

Pinot Muenier

Question 21

areas of Wienland

Answer 21

Niederosterriech wien burgenland

Question 22

areas of Steirland

Answer 22

Styria

Question 23

Areas of Burgland

Answer 23

500 hc of vines scattered through out the mountains…

Question 24

DAC

Answer 24

Distric Austrae Contrallatus

Question 25

Min ABV for Pradikat in Austria?

Answer 25

5%

Question 26

2 techniques restricted in Austrain Pradikats?

Answer 26

Sussreserve Chaptilization

Question 27

What is the largest region in Austria?

Answer 27

Niederosterriech aka Lower Austria

Question 28

Where is the Pannonian Plain? Main Soils?

Answer 28

former seabed stretches through lower Austria into hungary and beyond dominated by Loess and Gniess.

Question 29

What is the climate of the Pannonian plain?

Answer 29

continental

Question 30

8 subzones of the Niederosterriech

Answer 30

Wienvertal Carnontum triesental Wagram Kremstal Kamptal Wachau Thermenregion

Question 31

what was the 1st DAC?

Answer 31

Wienvertal also the largest subzone of Niederosterriech located north of the Danube and pannonian plain - cooler climat higher acidity in the wines

Question 32

what are the cinditions of the DAC Wienvertal

Answer 32

Gruner Veltliner 12% ABV tasting panel approval must show distict pepper and no oak

Question 33

reserve wines for Wienvertal DAC?

Answer 33

botrytis tones and oak ok.

Question 34

Kamtal, Treisental DAC rules?

Answer 34

GV or Riesling Classic or Rsv

Question 35

Classic vs Rsv for DAC wines?

Answer 35

12% or 13% ABV

Question 36

name two vnyds near Langelois

Answer 36

Hielenstien and Lamm

Question 37

Name two tributaries of the Danube

Answer 37

Kams and Krems rivers

Question 38

What does Ried mean?

Answer 38

in place of village - producers use the word "Ried" inferring a top site of the region

Question 39

when was Erste Lage vnyds decreed?

Answer 39

2010

Question 40

what regions are the Erste Lage vnyds found - how many erste lage vnyds are there?

Answer 40

Kremstal, Kamtal, Wagram, Triesental - 52vnyds

Question 41

what grape varieties may be produced as Erste Lage from these sites?

Answer 41

Riesling Gruner Veltliner

Question 42

what are the soils of the Wachau

Answer 42

Loess and Gniess and alluvial sand in lower slopes

Question 43

what is the ripeness levels of the wachau

Answer 43

Steinfeder, federspiel and Smaragd

Question 44

what is the min and max abv of Federspiel

Answer 44

Falconry's call, min must of 17KMW - 11.5%abv - 12.5% abv max

Question 45

what is Steinfeder

Answer 45

local wide blade of grass - min degree of 15 KMW, max ABV of 11.5%

Question 46

what is the min and max abv of Smaragd

Answer 46

green lizard… 12.5%min abv and min must 19kmw - equivalent of Auslese

Question 47

crazy sauce amazing wachau vnyd of allcheitin in the village of Wiesencherchen

Answer 47

three classic producers of wachau | Fx Pichler, Prager, Knoll - all members of the vineau wachau

Question 48

what are 3 rules of the Vineau Wachau?

Answer 48

Producer organization - focused on the codex wachau: no additives (chaptilization, acid etc) no aromatization (inculding no new wood) and no fractionation - no de -alc or other manipulation. All wines must be grown and bottled in the region , the org was founded in 1983 - the org covers more than 80% of the regions vnyds.....

Question 49

What is Roter?

Answer 49

red indegenious grape made as a white wine in the wagram

Question 50

what was the wagram known as previously?

Answer 50

donauland

Question 51

Gemiester Sachs

Answer 51

Traditional Field blends in the Carnuntum - minimum 3 varietals?

Question 52

What are the subzones of Burgenland?

Answer 52

Neuseedlersie Neuseedlersie Hugelland Mittelburgenland Sudburgenland

Question 53

where is the village of Illmitz?

Answer 53

Burgenland - Neuseedlersie - home of Alois Kracher

Question 54

what are the four dac zones of burgenland

Answer 54

mittelburgenland lethaberg eisenberg neuseedlersie

Question 55

what does mittelburgenland produce

Answer 55

Blaufrankish only large cask or used wood is allowed

Question 56

Lethaberg DAC produces?

Answer 56

1st DAC to allow both white and red wines: white blend or varietal of gruner, riesling, chard, neuberger or wiessburgunder and reds from blaufrankish

Question 57

Eisenberg DAC

Answer 57

blaufrankish

Question 58

2 syns for Blaufrankish

Answer 58

Limberger and Kekfrankos

Question 59

where is the town of rust?

Answer 59

easter shore of neuseedlersie in Hugelland

Question 60

Ausbruch -

Answer 60

min 27degrees KMW similar to production style of tokaj - concentrated botrytis must blended with non botrytis grapes.

Question 61

What wine style does the Neuseedlersie DAC produce?

Answer 61

red wines based on Zwiegelt??!!!!

Question 62

Styria subzones

Answer 62

Sud West Sud oeste

Question 63

Where does Manfred Temet Produce?.

Answer 63

Sud Steiermark - produces Sauv blnc in oak and steel.

Question 64

What is Schilcher?

Answer 64

rose from blauer Wildbacher

Question 65

What is Heuriger?

Answer 65

blend of white grapes released as nouveau wine - also the name for the taverns it is consumed in.

Question 66

What is Sturm ?

Answer 66

half fermented sparkling grape juice