Austrian wine

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Welschriesling is a white wine grape variety, unrelated to the Rhine Riesling, that is grown throughout Southeastern & Central Europe. It has many synonyms, including Borba blanca.

thumb|Beim Heurigen in Grinzing, painting by [[Rudolf Alfred Höger (1900)]] In eastern Austria, a Heuriger (; Austrian pronunciation: Heiriga, Hungarian: Kurta kocsma) is a tavern where local winemakers serve their new wine under a special licence in alternating months during the growing season. Each state in Austria has slightly varying rules on how many Heuriger of a town can be open at any given time and for how long in total during the year. The Heurige are renowned for their atmosphere of Gemütlichkeit shared among a throng enjoying young wine, simple food, and – in some places &nda

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Blaufränkisch (; German for blue Frankish) is a dark-skinned variety of grape used for red wine. Blaufränkisch, which is a late-ripening variety, produces red wines which are typically rich in tannin and may exhibit a pronounced spicy character.

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style of wine in the European country of Austria

thumb|An Austrian Beerenauslese from Alois Kracher|Kracher. Beerenauslese (, ) is a German language wine term for a late harvest wine with noble rot. Beerenauslese is a category in the Prädikatswein category of the Austrian and German wine classifications, and is a category above Auslese. Beerenauslese wines, often called "BA" for short, are usually made from grapes affected by noble rot, that is "botrytized" grapes.

thumb|upright|Botrytized grape cluster Trockenbeerenauslese (, ), or TBA, is a German or Austrian botrytized wine made entirely from the individually selected grapes fully "dried" from Botrytis cinerea ("noble rot"), hence the name. Trockenbeerenauslese is a very sweet wine, highest among the wines of the QmP ("quality wine with distinction") category that includes also Auslese and Beerenauslese.

Zierfandler is a grape variety used to make white wine in the Thermenregion of Austria. It is also known as Spätrot ("late red") because it turns red just before harvest time. It is traditionally blended with Rotgipfler but is increasingly being sold as a varietal wine. Zierfandler wines are typically elegant and quite sweet, but with much balancing acidity and a nutty bouquet of pistachios and almonds. They are capable of ageing well.

right|thumb|A Spätlese level wine from the Mosel

thumb|Klopotec in Pavla Vas, [[Lower Carniola (Slovenia)]] A klopotec (pronounced ) is a wooden mechanical device on a high wooden pole, similar to a windmill. It is used as a bird scarer in the vineyards of traditional wine-growing landscapes of Slovenia, Austria, and Croatia. It is one of the symbols of Slovenia and Styria.

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thumb|Two bottles of German Riesling Auslese from the same Rheingau producer, one with a gold capsule (Goldkapsel) to denote extra ripeness

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thumb|A riesling kabinett from Mosel The word kabinett (, literal meaning: cabinet), or sometimes kabinettwein (, literal meaning: a wine set aside in a cabinet), is a German language wine term for a wine made from fully ripened grapes of the main harvest, typically picked in September, and are usually made in a light style. In the German wine classification system, kabinett is the lowest level of prädikatswein, lower in ripeness than spätlese.

Uhudler is a wine from Südburgenland, Austria, (see Burgenland). In appearance it is often a rosé colour, but is also made as a white wine. It has intense flavours of strawberry and black currants, a characteristic taste often called "foxy" in wine parlance. The grape varieties used are highly resistant to phylloxera and other diseases; as a result they do not often have to be sprayed with pesticides. Requiring only little fertilization.

Rotgipfler is a grape variety used to make aromatic white wine. It is almost exclusively found in the Gumpoldskirchen district of the Thermenregion in Austria. It is often blended with Zierfandler (which is also known as Spätrot) to make Spätrot-Rotgipfler. It is also increasingly used for quality wines. Such Rotgipfler wines are powerful, high in alcohol and suitable for cellaring.

classification for wine in Austria

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