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at the sophisticated Loos Bar. feature Austrian wines. Weinbar
For sumptuous elegance there Coburg in Palais Coburg offers
is nothing like the Blaue Bar a fine range by the glass as does
inside the venerable Hotel Sacher. Wein & Co, which has several
For a taste of old-fashioned branches around the city.
1950s nightclub glamour, Eden
Bar is the place to go.
Austrian Beers
An array of beers are produced
Austrian Wines in Vienna
in Austria, with the light-bodied
Today, Austria produces some Märzen as the most common.
of the finest wines in the world, There is also Weissbier (wheat
from whites such as Grüner beer), and even the alcohol-free
The elegant interior of the sophisticated Veltliner and Riesling from the beer, Null Komma Josef, which
Blaue Bar Wachau and Kamptal regions, is made by Vienna’s Ottakringer
to reds including Blaufränkisch brewery. Also produced from
Vienna’s Bars from Mittelburgenland and this brewery are the soft Gold
Vienna has an exciting bar scene, Zweigelt from Neusiedlersee, Fassl brand, plus a pilsner and
with several modern bars, and luscious dessert wines (in an unfiltered Zwickl beer.
serving as buzzing alternatives styles such as Eiswein and The cosy, vaulted-ceiling
to the more traditional establish- Trockenbeerenauslese) from Bierhof serves these and other
ments. Fabulous views of the around the towns of Illmitz fine Austrian beers. Most order
Stephansdom, plus fine mixed and Rust. either a Seidl (0.3 litre glass)
drinks, can be had at the rooftop Vienna, a wine-growing area or the half-litre Krügel, but
Skybar on the pedestrian in its own right, produces there is also the tiny 0.2 litre
Kärntnerstrasse. Cocktails, excellent Gemischte Satz, a Pfiff, which is a must served
including tasty martinis, are traditional dry white varietal with the single-face sandwiches
served just down the street blend. Most bars in Vienna at Trzesniewski.
DIRECTORY
Cafés Café Landtmann Bars Wein & Co
Universitätsring 4, 1010 Jasomirgottstrasse 3–5,
Café Bräunerhof Vienna. Bierhof 1010 Vienna.
Stallburggasse 2, Tel (01) 241 001 00. Naglergasse 13, 1010 Tel 05 07 06-3122 (bar);
1010 Vienna. Map 2 A3. Vienna. Tel (01) 533 44 28. 05 07 06-3121 (shop).
Tel (01) 512 38 93. Map 2 B4. Map 2 C4. (One of several
Map 2 B4. Café Museum Blaue Bar im branches)
Friedrichstrasse 6, 1010
Café Central Vienna. Sacher Hotel Weinbar Coburg
Palais Ferstl, Herrengasse Tel (01) 214 00 620. Philharmonikerstrasse 4, Coburgbastei 4, 1010
1010 Vienna.
14, 1010 Vienna. Map 4 C1. Tel (01) 514 56 842. Vienna.
Tel (01) 533 37 24/61. Café Prückel Map 2 B5. Tel (01) 518 18 130.
Map 2 B3. Stubenring 24, 1010 Eden Bar Map 2 D5.
Café Diglas Vienna. Liliengasse 2, 1010
Wollzeile 10, 1010 Vienna. Tel (01) 512 61 15. Vienna.
Map 2 D4.
Tel (01) 512 57 65. Tel (01) 512 74 50.
Map 2 C4. Café Schwarzenberg Map 2 C4.
Kärntner Ring 17, 1010
Café Dommayer Vienna. Loos Bar
Dommayergasse 1, 1130 Tel (01) 512 89 98. Kärntner Durchgang 10,
Vienna. Map 4 D1. 1010 Vienna.
Tel (01) 877 54 650. Tel (01) 512 32 83.
Café Sperl Map 2 C4.
Café Frauenhuber Gumpendorferstrasse 11,
Himmelpfortgasse 6, 1060 Wien. Skybar
Kärntner Strasse 19,
1010 Vienna. Tel (01) 586 41 58 1010 Vienna.
Tel (01) 512 53 53. Demel Tel (01) 513 171 20.
Map 2 C4. Kohlmarkt 14, 1010 Map 2 C4.
Café Hawelka Vienna. Tel (01) 535 17 Trzesniewski
Dorotheergasse 6, 1010 17-0. Map 2 B4. Dorotheergasse 1, 1010
Vienna. Kleines Café Vienna.
Tel (01) 512 82 30. Franziskanerplatz 3, 1010 Tel (01) 512 32 91.
Map 2 B4. Vienna. Map 2 C4 Map 2 B4.

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