Vienna Vintner wine tour 2012

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Wine lovers in Vienna have the opportunity this coming weekend to take part in a wine tour the ‘Wiener Winzertour’ (Vienna Vintner) where local wine producers will be displaying their locally produced wine specialties for the fourth consecutive year. Wine buffs can tour the Vienna wine region and treat the palette to the very best […]

Vienna is a true wine capital

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It is a little-known fact but the city of Vienna is the only capital in the world that has vineyards within the city boundaries. The Vienna city vineyards produce award-winning wines and now a wine that they officially launched last year – the Wiener Gemischter Satz – has proven to be an export winner. The […]

Wine and food holidays for men – Sattlerhof

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Located in Sernauberg in Southern Styria, one of Austria’s top winegrowing areas, two brothers Willi and Hannes Sattler are serving up the ultimate in culinary holidays at their hotel and vineyard the Sattlerhof. The pair are serving up so called holiday programmes for men including fishing for their evening meal in local lakes, grilling on […]

Wine holidays in Southern Styria

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Lovers of wine can get that bit closer to their favourite wines during a holiday in Southern Styria’s wine growing region. In the Sulmtal Sausal region holidaymakers can enjoy fantastic views over the beautiful vineyards and get a real insider look into the world of wine production at the heart of the Austrian wine making […]

Gourmet and Glock tastings at the Jagdhotel

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The four star gourmet Jagdhotel in Guntramsdorf, Austria, is hosting two evenings of wine and top culinary fare during March. The wine tasting will take place in the hotel located just 20 kilometres from Vienna. Creative, regional cuisine lies at the heart of Gabriele and Franz Fakler’s hotel located on the Austrian wine route in […]

Austrian wines to feature heavily at German trade fair

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Some 348 Austrian wine producers and experts will exhibit at Germany’s biggest wine fair in March. Wine growers, cooperatives and wine and sekt producers will take part in the “Pro Wein” event from 4 to 6 March in Dusseldorf. The International Trade Fair of Wines and Spirits entitled “Pro Wein” in Germany is an event […]

Sunday wine and champagne tasting in Salzburg

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Located on the top of the Mönchsberg Mountain in Salzburg, the city’s M32 bar and restaurant will be offering two Sundays of wine and champagne tasting during March. Blaufränkisch and Duval-Leroy champagne are the order of the day at the top restaurant, which can be enjoyed during an afternoon tasting or paired with a six […]

Neusiedler See becomes newest DAC wine region

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Following on from the regions of Eisenberg, Mittelburgenland and Lethaberg, Neusiedler See has become the most recent DAC labelled wine appellation in the state of Burgenland, Austria. The details were set in stone in the Burgtheater in Vienna yesterday (Thurs). The DAC or “Districtus Austriae Controllatus” which comes from the Latin for “Controlled District of […]

Austrian wine goes east

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Austrian wine is proving increasingly in the world wine market. On the International Wine-Growers Day in Großriedenthal, Austria, this week hundreds of producers gathered to discuss further export opportunities, particularly in East Asia. Despite a low yield throughout the course of the year the last two years have seen record exports of wine from Austria […]

Heuriger open for business again

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Famous as the big wheel, Schönbrunn Palace or the Vienna Boys Choir are the real Viennese Heuriger or wine taverns which sell their own year’s wine and small cold and hot dishes in Vienna, the only capital city in Europe that has vineyards within its city borders. Heurig means “this year’s” as an adjective, so […]