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Wine Laws |
- One important factor beside others is maximum yields control.
- Austrian region is half of the German region, controlled max. yields result in quarter of German wine production. |
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PDO Wines
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* Qualitatswein - can made from the 35 permitted varieties, also can be chaptalised except its subcategory Kabinet and wines that is not Pradikatswein in Austria.
*Pradikatswein - can made from the 35 permitted varieties too and have all same Pradikat as Germany plus has two additional: - Ausbruch which is classification between BA and TBA - Strohwein or Schilfwein where bunches of grapes are laid out on beds of straw or reeds (canes) during the winter to concentrate sugars. - The minimum must weight for various Pradikat are higher than their equivalent in Germany. |
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(DAC) Districtus Austriae Controllatus
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*(DAC) Districtus Austriae Controllatus - REGIONAL TYPICITY
- If producers can agree on grape variety (or varieties), style of wine that best expresses their region and set of regulations what comes with it, this region can be awarded DAC status. - 7 DACs |
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Smaragd, Federspiel and Steinfeder
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A stylistic categories that apply only to white wines of the Wachau
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Climate and Geography
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- moderate continental climate with high level of continentality
- area near the Hungarian border are more warmer affected by east winds than north which is under northt winds - Autumn ripening period is long - Rainfall level vary in the driest area irrigations is necessary. |
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Grüner Veltliner
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Grüner Veltliner
- very popular - 30% account on this high-quality variety - it is capable of produce a broad of flavors, green grape, salad, white pepper when is young, with maturation in bottle can develop honey and toasty flavor. - high acidity |
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Welschriesling
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Welschriesling - (Graševina CRO)
- second most planted - good and simple wine - capable to botrytis, can produce sensational dessert wines |
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Riesling
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Riesling
- it is not particulary widely planted but produces wines with outstanding quality especialy from Wachau, Kamptal and Kremstal |
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Zweigelt
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Zweigelt
- crossing with Blaufrankisch x St Lauren - most widely planted black variety - gives very deep coloured red wines, low tannin and flavour of bramble |
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Blaufränkisch
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Blaufränkisch (Frankovka CRO)
- Gamay clone - moderate tannin, crispy acidity, flavor of Red Fruit Sour-cherry and peppery spice. |
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St Laurent
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St Laurent
- simillar in character as Pinot Noir - in Austria is comon used for blending with Cab. Sauvignon and/or Merlot |
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Viticulture and Vinification
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- modern , stainless steel vats, huge investments in education and tehnologies.
- expensive oak barriques |
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Niederösterreich
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Niederösterreich
- Lower Austria - majority of vineyards lie on banks of the Danube river and further north to the Slovak border - of the eight subregions most important are: * Wachau * Kamptal DAC * Kremstal DAC planted with Gruner Veltliner and Riesling - The best single-vineyard Gruner Veltliner compare in quality with the very finest white Burgundies. * Traisental DAC less knowed on export market , produce wine of a similar style and quality. - high prices. |
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Weinviertel DAC
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Weinviertel DAC
- First Austrian DAC - must be made from Gruner Veltliner 100% - the best in Austria - They must be a light, fresh, fruity Gruner Veltliner with oak traces. - Large region but very little production |
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Burgenland
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Burgenland
- lies on east to the Hungarian border - produce top quality sweet wines and the best Austrian red wines - four subregions *Nausidlerese and *Nausidlerse Hugelland - near the shalow lake - subregion climate affect to production of noble rot but also fo higher yields which affect to lower price for botrytised wine from France and Germany - BA and TBA are sold in half bottles - Leithaberg DAC *Mittelburgenland DAC and *Sudburgenland which includes intense mineralic wine from Eisenberg DAC, lie in the rolling hills on SW of the lake - Source of Austria's fines red wine made from Blaufrankisch or from blends of Blaufrankisch and Bordeaux varieties. - Blends are not covered by DAC regulations - The best wines are usually aged in new oak barrels |
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Burgenland
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along Hungarian border
top quality sweet winesincludes: Neusiderlersee andNeusiedersee-Hugelland (Rust village) where get botrytis with fog/mist off lake Mittelburgenland andSudburgenland = fine red wines from blaufrankisch |
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What are the levels of Pradikatswein in Austria?
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Where are all Austrian vineyards located?
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primarily on the east side of country
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What are the 4 main wine regions of Austria?
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Lower Austria (largest region)
Burgenland (top quality sweet wines, borders Hungary) Styria Vienna |
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What is Lower Austria known for?
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Largest region
Includes: Wachau, Kamptal, Kremstal Gruner Vetliner and Riesling |
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Steinfeder |
one of three quality levels in the Wachau less than 11.5% abv lightest of the three levels |
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Federspiel |
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Smaragd |
The most valuable category of white wines made from the ripest grapes on the best sites of the Wachau in Austria. Alcohol levels in the unchaptalized Grüner Veltliners and Rieslings that qualify must be more than 12.5% and commonly range between 13 and 14.5%. The category is named after the green lizard that basks in the sun on the Wachau’s steep stone terraces above the River Danube. |
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The Green Lizard |
Smaragd (Wachau); most concentrated and alcoholic wines of the region |
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For dry wines in Austria, RS is usually less than what? |
4 g/L, which is very dry wine |
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One of the wettest viticultural areas of Europe? |
Styria, Austria |
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Sunniest in Austria - area with over 2000 hours average annual sunlight? |
Burgenland |
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Austria - name the sub-regions of Steierland (Styria) |
Weststeiermark Sudsteiermark Sudosteiermark |
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Wine region for Kremstal? |
Neiderosterreich 2200 ha - towns of Krems and Stein makes dense Gruner Veltliners |
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What are the DACs (Districtus Austriae Controllatus) of Austria's Burgenland? |
Eisenberg Leithaberg Mittelburgenland Neusiedlersee |
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Blade of Grass |
Steinfeder (Wachau) |
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Name the key sub-regions of the Niederosterreich |
Weinviertel Kamptal Kremstal Wachau |
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Austria - Common vine training system |
Lenz Moser trains vines high off the ground to avoid frost |
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What system is used to measure sugar content / must weight in Austria? |
KMW Klosterneuberger Mostwaage 1degree KMW = 1% sugar |
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What does "Heurigen" refer to? |
both the new wines of the season and the Inn's where these new wines re traditionally drank |
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Which regions of Austria are no longer considered wine growing regions?
Effective of what year? |
In 2016, Neusiedlersee- Hugelland and Sudburgenland.
Only DAC still allow to use the name, others will be classified under Burgenland. |
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Name Austria's oldest wine estate?
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Nikolaihof is the oldest wine estate in Austria, whose history goes back almost 2000 years to Roman times
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In which Austrian region will you find Senftenberg?
List an iconic producer as well |
Kremstal
Nigl |
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What is the min maturing on lees for Austria sparkling wine:
Level 1? Level 2? Level 3? |
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What is the landwein or "vin de pays" equivalent of Weinvertel?
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Weinland
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What is the famous wine in Styria?
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Schilcher....a racy rose wine made from blauer wildbacher.....most recently given it's own DAC starting with the 2017 vintage....Schilcherland
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Which DAC only permits reserve bottlings?
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Leithabers DAC
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What are the levels of Quality for Kamptall with corresponding Minimum Alcohol Levels?
What other DAC regions adopted this way of indications of quality? |
Kamptal DAC 11.5
Kamptal plus Village 12 Village Einzellage 12.5 Reserve 13 Kremstal is similar but DAC and Village are combined as one category. |
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Name two wineries that are also monasteries in Austria
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Weingut Stift Göttweig
Stift Kloster Neuburg |
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State the etymology, the KMW and alcohol levels for the three qualities in Wachau.
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Steinfeder max 11,5 alc, min 15kmw
Federspiel 11,5-12,5 alc, min 17kmw Smaragd min 12,5 alc, min 19 kmw |
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What is the name of the vineyard that Knoll is making wine in Kremstal?
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Pfaffenberg
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What is Sturm?
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Produced in Wien, it's a half fermented sparkling grape juice.... available for a short time in the fall (August 1-Dec 31).
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What is Heuriger?
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Heuriger is a tavern in Wien serving only house-produced fresh wine as well as cold bites.
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What is the Styrian version of Heuriger?
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Bushenshanks
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What white Varietals are allowed for Leithaburg DAC?
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Leithaburg DAC is one of the few that allow a host of permitted varietals.
Some include: Gruner Veltliner, Chardonnay, Weissburgunder, Neuberger, Blaufrankisch, Zweigelt, Pinot Noir |
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Excluding ripeness levels; list the other stipulations for the Codex Wachau.
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Codex Wachau was started in 1983 under Vinea Wachau to guarantee the quality and origin of the wines. They were very much into the idea of making wine from the best vineyard sites without using any "tricks" to enhance or manipulate the wines. This includes:
No Chaptalization, No added Aromatics, No Alcohol Manipulation, No Added Grape concentrates/a wood chips etc, and no use of small barriques. The wines must be grown and bottled in the Wachau. |
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What exactly does the KMV measure?
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KMW or Klosterneuberg Mostwaage is an exact measure of sugar.
One gram of sugar per 100 grams of grape must. |
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List three Erste Lage of Kamptal and the associated villages.
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Heilingstein, Gaisberg -Zobing
Lamm, Renner, Grub - Kammern While most of the great wineries are in Lagenlois, the great vineyards are east of Kamp in Kammern and Zobinger. |
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What is the Parentage of Grüner Veltliner and roughly what percentage of all plantings in Austria are of Grüner Veltliner?
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In 2007, DNA analysis confirmed the Grüner Veltliner was a crossing of Savagnin (Traminer) and St. Georgener-Rebe an obscure Austria grapevine from the village of Sankt Georgen am Leithagebirge located outside Eisenstadt in Burgenland region of eastern Austria. In 2008, Grüner Veltliner plantations in Austria stood at 17,151 hectares (42,380 acres), and it accounted for 32.6% of all vineyards in the country. |
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General Requirements for Kabinett level (Austria) |
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Weissgipfler |
Austria AKA - Gruner Veltliner off-spring of Traminer (Savagnin) x St Georgen |
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Rivaner |
Austria AKA - Muller-Thurgau new breed (a882) fro Riesling x Chasselas de Courtillier |
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Klevner |
Austria AKA - Weissburgunder mutation of Grauerburgunder |
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Austria What is the basic difference between a wine of Qualitatswein and Pradikatswein designation? |
Pradikatswein refers to not only the geographical origins of the wine (which is the main goal of Qualitatswein), but also refers to wine quality made according to specific harvesting and maturation methods. At the core, this deals with sugar levels, and is an added "sweet wine" concept really unique to Austria and Germany wine laws. |
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Austria - Spatlese |
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Austria - Auslese |
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Austria - Beerenauslese |
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Austria - Eiswein |
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Austria - Strohwein / Schilfwein |
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Austria - Trockenbeerenauslese |
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Austria - RS content for Trocken |
up to a max of 9 g/L if the total aciity in ot lower than 2 g/L below this value ie: a wine with 8 g/L RS must have acidity of 6 g/L to be "dry" |
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Austria - RS content for Halbtrocken (half-dry) |
Maximum permitted RS is 8 g/L, subject to total acidity being no less than 10g/L below this value |
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Austria - RS content for Lieblich (medium sweet) |
up to 45 g/L of RS |
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Austria - RS content for sweet wines |
from 45 g/L and up |
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Austria - "Reserve" |
some regional wines will have later dates imposed by the local aushtory |
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Weingut |
Austria - Wine Estate / Winery refers to wine produced grapes - grown within the vineyards, either owned or rented by the producer, as long as rented vineyards do not exceed that of the owner |
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Traubenmost |
Austria - Grape Must derived exclusively from grapes harvested and pressed in Austria on the market between August 1 and Dec 31, following, harvest, as in Austria Grape must |
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Sturm |
Austria - Partially fermented grape must with protected geographical indication
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Perlwein |
Austria - Sparkling wine
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Schaumwein |
Austria - Sparkling wine / bubbles from primary or secondary ferment
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Austria - What are the four major climate zones? |
and then there is the Bergland |
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Characteristics of Steinfeder: |
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Name the three classifications of the Wachau: |
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Austria -
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Austria -
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What does Weinviertal mean? |
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Wein |
Austria = Wine
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Schilcher |
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Gemischter Satz
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What is the winemaking process used to make Ausbruch? |
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What reaches 90 degrees in the summer time and is only 1.5m deep? |
Lake Neusiedl in the Burgenland region of easternmost Austria |
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When was the Kremstal officially defined? |
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Falconry |
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What is Bergwein? |
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Zweigelt does what earlier than:
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Austria verses Germany:
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What does the four generic appellations of Austria refer to: |
The Austrian Federal State (source of the wine)
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Wine region for Langenlois? |
Kamptal
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Steiermark - name the sub-appellations: |
Styria - 4,400 ha
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Burgenland - name the sub-appellations: |
14,500ha
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Wien - name the sub-appellations: |
Vienna - 700ha
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What does Niederosterriech mean, and name the sub-appellations: |
Lower Austria - 30,500ha
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D.A.C. |
Austria Districtus Austriae Controllatus Controlled District of Austria = French AOC / Italian DOC/G |
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Smaragd |
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Characteristics of Smaragd: |
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Three quality levels established by the Vinea Wachau Association? |
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Mosler |
Burgenland / Austria name for Furmint |
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What are the climatic conditions of Austria? |
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Austria is divided into how may areas of wine production? |
19 |
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Austria Three reasons why Austria has not had as large an impact on the US market as it has other countries? |
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Austria - One of the driest regions in Europe? |
Weinviertal |
