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Austrian Wines
Austria can boast some truly excellent wines, in particular
its white wines, and production meets almost the entire
domestic demand. The largest wine-producing area is Lower
Austria, particularly the Weinviertel and the Wachau valley.
Burgenland, southern Styria and the environs of Vienna are
Graz also key regions. The most popular white wines are Grüner
Veltliner, Welschriesling and Weissburgunder. The land around
Neusiedler See produces white wines, but is particularly famous
for its reds: Zweigelt and the
full-bodied Blaufränkisch.
The light Schilcher
rosé comes from
Deutschlandsberg in
Styria. The sweet dessert
wine Eiswein, made from
5 Kitzeck grapes picked after the
In the centre of town, in an old inn first frosts, is also produced Label for Austrian red wine from
between the church and the pub, is in Austria. Gumpoldskirchen
a fascinating wine museum. Kitzeck
also boasts the highest vineyards in
Europe, growing on steep slopes at
an altitude of 564 m (1,850 ft).
6 Leibnitz
Several traces reveal earlier Roman settlements in the
town of Leibnitz. The archaeological finds are now on
display in nearby Seggau Castle.
Graz
Feldbach

Mur

Weisse Sulm
Maribor

Eibiswald
Tips for Drivers
Length of route: 66 km
7 Ehrenhausen (41 miles).
Vineyards form the pristine Stopping places: inns and
landscape surrounding rooms to rent are dotted
Ehrenhausen. The greatest along the route.
attraction of this historic Suggestions: a visit to the
town is the mausoleum of Steirisches Weinmuseum
Rupert von Eggenberg (wine museum) in Kitzeck:
(died 1611), a hero of the Steinriegel 15. Tel (03456) 3000.
Turkish wars, with an Open Apr–Oct: 10am–noon,
interior designed by 2–5pm daily; Nov–Mar: 9am–
Johann Bernhard noon Mon–Fri.
Fischer von Erlach.

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