- Strohwein
Strohwein or Schilfwein is an Austrian
wine term in the "Prädikatswein " category which designates astraw wine , a sweetdessert wine made fromraisin -like driedgrape s. [http://www.winesfromaustria.com/data/law1.html Wines from Austria: Quality Designations in Detail] , accessed on May 22, 2008] [http://www.api.or.at/akis/download/gestze/weingesetz%20bgbl%2087%202005.pdf Bundesgesetz über den Verkehr mit Wein und Obstwein (Weingesetz 1999) - The Austrian Wine Law - updated until BGBl. I Nr. 87/2005] , § 11. Prädikatswein] "Stroh" is German forstraw , while "Schilf" means reed.The minimum
must weight requirements for Strohwein or Schilfwein is 25degrees KMW , the same as for AustrianBeerenauslese , and these regulations are part of the Austrianwine law . The grapes are furthermore required to be dried for a minimum of three months, either by laying the grape bunches on mats of straw or reed, or by hanging the bunches up for drying by suspending them from pieces of string. However, if the grapes have reached a must weight of at least 30 ºKMW (same must weight as aTrockenbeerenauslese ) after a minimum of two months, the grapes are allowed to be pressed at this earlier time.Strohwein and Schilfwein are treated as synonyms by the wine law, and the choice between them therefore depends on local naming tradition rather than the specific material used for the drying mats for a specific batch of wine.
The Strohwein "Prädikat" exists only in Austria, not in Germany.
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