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Describe Austria's 1985 wine scandal
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Diethylene Glycol was being added to wine. Adds sweet and body. Can kill you.
Led to reform and strict laws |
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Overall quality in Austria?
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Overall very high quality
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Predominantly what kind of wine in Austria?
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white
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Does Austria produce desert wine?
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Some fantastic desert wines from botrytis affected grapes
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Most widely planted white grape in Austria?
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Grüner Veltliner
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Grape varieties in Austria?
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Grüner Veltliner (spicy, citrus, pepper)
Riesling (top notch, full bodied versions) Blaufränkisch (crunchy bright red fruit) Zweigelt (lighter red) |
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Name the important wine regions in Austria
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Wien (Vienna)
Wachau (most prized Riesling and GV) Kremstal Kamptal Burgenland (top qual botrytis) |
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Most known wine area in Hungary?
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Tokaj-Hegyalja
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Name of wine in Hungary's Tokaj-Hegyalja?
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Tokaji Aszú
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Describe Tokaji Aszú and its production?
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Aszú means botrytis affected
Dry wine made from healthy grapes Aszú grapes pounded into paste and added to dry wine More paste makes sweeter wine. Second fermentations happens |
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Describe Puttony
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Traditional 20-25kg container used to measure Aszú paste in Tokaji Aszú production in Hungary
Wine is sold as 3-6 Puttonyos Higher Puttonyos numbr more flavour and more sweet |
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Describe Conc
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136 litre cask traditionally used to measure base wine in Tokaj-Hegyalja in Hungary
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