Wine Rap

From "Tafelwein" to "Unterlagsreben"

German Tafelwein .wav .mp3 .rm
English table wine 231kB 12kB 40kB
Definition The simplest rank of quality for Austrian wine requires grapes with a minimum must weight of 10,6° KMW.

German Thermenregion .wav .mp3 .rm
English Thermal Region 284kB 14kB 40kB
Definition 2,330 hectares of poor, rocky and for some part heavy, loamy soils are under vines. The climate is Pannonian, with dry, hot summers and cold winters. The main varietals are Pinot Blanc, Neuburger, Zierfandler, and Rotgipfler. One third of the area is planted with red grape varieties with St. Laurent being the districts most promising variety. The traditional Zierfandler and Rotgipfler are vinified as top-end quality wines.

German Traisental .wav .mp3 .rm
English Traisen Valley 284kB 14kB 40kB
Definition With its 680 hectares under vines the Traisental produces mainly Grüner Veltliner, a variety well suited to the dry, sandy, or gravel-loam soils creating wines with depth and charm. Riesling and Chardonnay are cultivated here too, as well as the traditional Austrian red wine grapes.

German Traube .wav .mp3 .rm
English cluster 179kB 9kB 40kB
Definition Grape bunch

German Traubenstiel .wav .mp3 .rm
English peduncle 252kB 13kB 40kB
Definition Bunchstem

German Traubenwickler .wav .mp3 .rm
English moths 252kB 13kB 40kB
Definition Integrated pest control methods including the use of pheromones are successful strategies against damage from moths in Austrian vineyards.

German Trester .wav .mp3 .rm
English pomace 179kB 9kB 40kB
Definition Mass of grape skins, stems, seeds and pulp left after pressing.

German Tresterhut .wav .mp3 .rm
English cap 252kB 13kB 40kB
Definition Alcoholic fermentation produces CO² that gets trapped in grape skins and other solids in the must. These solids float to the top of the must and form the "cap".

German Triebe .wav .mp3 .rm
English shoots 168kB 9kB 40kB
Definition New vine growth

German Trockenbeerenauslese .wav .mp3 .rm
English wine from completely botrytized grapes 368kB 18kB 61kB
Definition This rank of quality for Austrian wine requires that the grapes be shriveled and completely affected by noble rot. Harvested grapes have a minimum must weight of 30° KMW. The wine must have a minimum of 5% alcohol.

German Umkehrosmose .wav .mp3 .rm
English reverse osmosis 273kB 14kB 40kB
Definition Method of removing water and concentrating wine or grape juice by using pressure (80-100 bar) and difference in molecular size.

German Umpumpen .wav .mp3 .rm
English pumping over 210kB 11kB 40kB
Definition The process of circulating fermenting red wine to cover the cap of floating grape skins.

German Umziehen .wav .mp3 .rm
English racking 221kB 11kB 40kB
Definition The process of removing clear wine from the settled sediment in the bottom of a container, particularly important with wines matured in small oak barrels.

German Unterlagsreben .wav .mp3 .rm
English rootstocks 315kB 15kB 51kB
Definition As elsewhere in the world various varieties of resistant American rootstocks are used for vinifera vines to prevent damage from phylloxera and disease.