Wines from Austria
Austria was always seen as a wine country similar to Germany . It went through the 'anti freeze scandal'. In 1985 and looking backwards it was some type of god send since the wine industry was under a lot of pressure. With the introduction of tough new measures the wine industry today is one of the safest one in the world.
Wine lovers have always recognized, that Austria produces some of the greatest botrytised wines in the world. Over the last few years Austria has started to produce Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay also to very high standards. This also includes the obscure grape variety St. Laurent.
Austria has 4 main wine regions and these are:
Lower Austria wine region to include
Wachau, Kamtal Donauland, Weinviertel, Donauland Carnuntum and Thermenregion.
- Wine region Vienna
Area around the city of Vienna.
- Wine region Burgenland
Neusiedler See, Neusiedlersee Huegelland, Mittelburgenland, Suedburgenland.
- Wine region Steiermark
Weststeiermark, Sued-Ost Steiermark, Suedsteiermark, Intesive wien growing zone.
Grape varieties
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Oechsle level: ' a system of measuring the sugar content in grapes for wine catogorie in Germany and Austria
| Quality Category | Austria | Germany |
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| Tablewine | 63° |
44-50° |
| Countrywine | 63° |
47-55° |
| Qualitywine | 73° |
50-72° |
| Kabinett | 83.5° |
67-85° |
| Spaetlese | 94° |
76-95° |
| Auslese | 105° |
83-105° |
| Beerenauslese | 127° |
110-128° |
| Eiswein | 127° |
110-128° |
| Ausbruch | 138° only in Austria |
n/a |
| Trockenbeerenauslese | 156° |
150-154° |
Vineyards
New Vineyards F.X. Pichler, uwe Schiefer,
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