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12 Cards in this Set
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What are the 8 districts of Lower Austria?
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Wachau
Kamptal Kremstal Carnuntum |
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What are the main wine making regions of Austria?
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Lower Austria
Burgenland Styria Vienna |
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What are the main grape varietals in Austria?
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*Grüner Veltliner – most planted grape variety
*Riesling *Blaufränkisch (Lemberger) *St Laurent – somewhat similar to Pinot Noir *Zweigelt (Blaufränkisch and St Laurent) Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc) Sauvignon Blanc Welshriesling |
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What is the Klosterneuburger Mostwaage?
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Klosterneuburger Mostwaage scale or KMW is the measure by which grape sugar and sweetness is determined.
The grapes are weighed at harvest – weight of the grape sugar – ripeness levels are based on these weights |
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What are the quality categories in Austria?
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Tafelwein – consumed locally
Landwein - similar to table wines to those in Germany *Qualitätswein - the basic level of good drinking wine made from the least ripe grapes. It must come from a single wine region and be made from an authorized grape variety. *Kabinett – subcategory of Qualitätswein – rarely used *Pradikatswein |
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What are the characteristics of Prädikatswein?
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regulate where the grapes can be grown
the maximum yield of vines per hectare no chaptalization methods of fermentation what information must appear on the label Grapes are allowed to come from only one region Any residual sugar must be present naturally each wine must be examined, tasted and found true to type each wine is tested and coded with a number must weight is officially certified Minimum alcohol is 5 % |
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Name the terms used to describe ripeness levels for QmP in Austria.
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Spätlese
Strohwein Auslese Beerenauslese Ausbruch Trockenbeerenauslese Eiswein |
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Name the four districts of Burgenland.
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Neusiedlersee (includes Rust – village)
Neusiedlersee-Hügelland Mittelburgenland – rolling hills to the south-west Südburgenland – wines from Blaufrankisch and Bordeaux varieties |
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What types of wines are grown in Styria, Austria?
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77 % of the vineyards are devoted to white-wine varieties
12 % to red wines 11 % to Schilcher - Austrian Rosé |
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Vienna is classically associated with what type of wine?
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Classically associated with red wine
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Wine Regions, _____, are split into Districts called _____.
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Weinbaugebiete
Grosslage |
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Where does noble rot occur in Austria?
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Noble rot in areas where it’s humid – around lakes and rivers
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