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Deutscher Wein
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- 150 hL/ha
- Formerly Tafelwein
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Landwein
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- PGI wine like Vin de Pays
- DE: 105 hL/ha, min 85% from Germany
- AU: 67.5 hL/ha max across all categories and classification systems
- 26 Landwein areas in Germany
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Q
VDP
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- Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter
- About 200 members
- 3% in production but 7.5% of total value
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Pendelbogen
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Replacement-cane pruning with canes arched in trellis, thought to improve sap movement and therefore yields
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Riverner
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Muller-Thurgau
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Q
Trollinger
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Schiava
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Q
Schwarzriesling
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Meunier
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Lemberger
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Blaufrankisch, often made in a oaked style in Wurttemberg
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Liebfraumilch
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- Medium-dry, inexpensive German white wine
- Mostly made of Muller Thurgau
- Majority from Rheinhessen and Pfalz
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Scheurebe
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- Good quality German cross
- Riesling x unknown vine
- Can produce full-bodied wines of ripe grapefruit and peach
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Kerner
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- Good quality German cross
- Riesling x Trollinger/Schiava
- Can have high acidity and some floral, fruit aromas up to Pradikat level
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Fuder
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- 1,000L German old oak casks
- Oval shape
- Common in the Mosel
- Most likely made with German oak from Pfalz
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Stuck
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- 1,200L German old oak casks
- Common in Rhine
- Most likely made with German oak from Pfalz
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Süssreserve
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“Sweet reserve”
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Anbaugebiete
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“Quality wine region”
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Qualitatswein
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- PDO category like AOC
- DE: Must come from one of the 13 wine regions/anbaugebiete, min 7% abv; 50-72 degree Oechsle; must undergo lab analysis and blind tasting prior to release
- 90% of wine production in Germany
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Bereich
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- 40+ recognised wine producing districts in DE
- Smaller than Anbaugebiete
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Prädikatswein
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- “Distinction wine”
- Measured by Oechsle in Germany; must be 70-154 degree Oechsle
- Measured by Klosterneuberg Mostwaage (KMW) in Austria; must be 19+
- Must undergo lab analysis and blind tasting prior to release
- No chapitalisation allowed
- 70 hL/ha in Austria
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German Prädikatswein categories (5)
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- Kabinett
- Spatlese
- Auslese
- Beerenauslese (TBA)
- Eiswein
- Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA)
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Austrian Prädikatswein categories (7)
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- Spatlese - 19 KMW+
- Auslese - 21 KMW+
- Beerenauslese (TBA) - 25 KMW+
- Ausbruch - 25 KMW+
- Eiswein - 25 KMW+
- Strohwein / Schilfwein - 25 KMW+
- Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) - 30 KMW+
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KMW
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- Klosterneuberg Mostwaage
- Indication x grams of sugar over 100 grams of must
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Oechsle
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A way to measure sugar like Brix and Baumé
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Lieblich
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“medium sweet”
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German geographically based labeling hierarchy
(Before the 2021 revisions)
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- Anbaugebiete = 13 regions
- Bereich = 40+ districts
- Grosslagen = collective vineyard sites
- Einzellage = individual vineyard sites
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Grosslagen
- Made of several vineyard sites/Einzellage
- 600-1,800 ha
- Not the same as Gross Lage in VDP system "Grand Cru"
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Einzellage
- Smaller singer vineyard sites
- Eg. Piesporter Goldtropfchen, Bernkasteler Doctor, Wehlen Sonnenuhr
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VDP hierarchy (4)
1. VDP Gutswein = Regional wine, 75 hL/ha
2. VDP Ortswein = Village wine, 75 hL/ha
3. VDP Erste Lage = Priemier Cru, 60 hL/ha, Spatlese+
4. VDP Grosse Lage = Grand Cru, 50 hL/ha, of permitted varieties only
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VDP GG
VDP Grosses Gewächs "Big growth" = dry wine from VDP Grosses lagen sites
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VDP Grosse Lage
- Burgundy Grand Cru equivalent
- 50 hL/ha
- Of site specific grapes, but mostly Riesling and Spatburgunder
- Dry whites released 1yr or later
- Reds must go through 12mo ageing in oak
- Sweets released the following May later
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The Rheingau Charta
- Introduced 1984
- Used the term "Erste Gewächs" to denote top quality single vineyard wine
- Now most members joined the VDP and can use GG instead
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2021 revised Qualitatswein hierarchy (4+3)
1. Winegrowing region / Anbaugebiete
2. Region (formerly bereich)
3. Village / Ortwein
4. Vineyard / Einzellage
4a. Single Vineyard / Einzellage
4b. Erstes Gewächs "first growth" = Premier Cru
4c. Grosses Gewächs "big growth" = Grand Cru
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Gewann
- Similar to lieux dits and indicates a smaller parcel
- Under the 2021 revised law
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Two types of styles within Austrian Qualitatswein
1. Klassik - declared vintage, showing varietal character
2. Reserve - dry, min 13% abv
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DAC
- Districtus Austriae Controllatus
- Regional typicity rather than quality
- 9 DACs currently as of 2023
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Vinea Wachau
- 200 estates in Wachau
- Standing for quality
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ÖTW
- Österreichische Traditionsweingüter
- Founded in 1992 by a group of producers from Kamptal, Kremstal, Wagram and Vienna
- Inspired by Burgundy's vineyard and terroir based philosophy, 80+ vineyards qualified under this
- Applied for legal status but no results yet
- Usese "1 ÖTW" on label to indicate quality
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Ried
Single vineyard in Austria
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Wachau wine hierarchy (3)
For DRY white only (less than 9g/L RS)
1. Steinfeder = "stone feather" local grass - 11.5% abv
2. Federspiel = local falcon - 11.5-12.5% abv
3. Smaragd = "emerald" local lizard - 12% abv and above
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DAC wine hierarchy (3)
1. Gebietswein "regional wine"
2. Ortswein "village wine"
3. Riedenwein "vineyard wine"
Inspired by the French AOC system
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Sussreserve
Unfermented or partially-fermented grape must, used to enrich must for higher alcohol. Not allowed in the Pradikatswein.
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2021 revised Einzellage categories (3)
1. Einzellage
2. Estes Gewachs - Single varietal, picked selectively, 60 hL/ha (70 hL/ha if steep slopes), subject to sensory test
3. Grosses Gewachs - Single varietal, 50 hL/ha picked to at least 12% abv, subject to sensory test, longer ageing time
All can be sweet or dry. Must be of one or more recommended varieties and at least Kabinett quality
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Hunsruck
One of the two mountain ranges that shelter Rheinhessen (and Nahe to an extent) from cold weather. The other is Taunus.
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Taunus
One of the two mountain ranges that shelter Rheinhessen from cold weather. The other is Hunsruck
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Roter Hang
A strip of vineyards around Nierstein in the Rheinterrasse that is highly regarded
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Rotliegenden
Roter Hang's iron-rich red soil of slate, clay and sandstone, giving the wine a "smoky" character
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Rheinterrasse
- A stretch of steeply-sloping vineyards on the west bank of the Rhine around Nierstein and Oppenheim
- Legendary Gunderlock and Keller are around here
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Haardt
- Mountains west of Pfalz giving it an warming rainshadow effect
- Continuation of the Vosges
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Mittelhaadt
Where renowned vineyards are in Pfalz
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Kaiserstuhl
An extinct volcano in Baden that has high-quality vineyards on its south-facing slopes, making wines of fullest-body, high alc and complex, smoky flavours
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Bocksbeutel
Traditional bottle shape of the Franken
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Cistercian monks
Brought Burgundian wine culture to many parts of Europe and laid foundation to famous regions such as Wachau
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Diethylene glycol
An antifreeze agent added to Austria wine in the 1980s to stimulate sweetness. Became a scandal to the world in 1985.
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Urgestein
Crystalline bedrock for many renonwed wine regions in Austria
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Lenz Moser
- Trellised cordon system trained to the height of 1.2-1.4m popular in the 1980s
- Good for high volume production
- Suitable for mechanisation
- Common still in Weinviertel
- Now largely replaced by single/double Guyot on replacement cane with VSP
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Pannonian winds
Bring dry warmth to Austria (Niederösterreich and Burgenland) and Tokaj
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Bohemian winds
Bring dry cold air to Niederösterreich. From the Bohemian Massif
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Rotgipfler
Full bodied peachy white variety grown in Thermenregion
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Zierfandler
Aromatic peachy, honeyed spice white variety grown in Thermenregion
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Neusiedlersee
- A series of shallow lakes near Rust on the Hungarian border
- Named from the Austrian town of Neusiedl and the Hungarian word for “swamp lake.”
- Heats up easily over 30°C in peak summer
- Enables the foggy conditions for Austrian TBA Ruster Ausbruch
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Heurigen
- "This year's"
- Wine culture in Austria where local wine is served with locally sourced cold cuts
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