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Interesting facts about wine, the Heurigen taverns and “Buschenschenken”
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| Heuriger, Heurige und Buschenschanken | ||
| The Name “Buschenschank”
derives from the sprigs of pine hanging outside the tavern, which indicate
that it is “ausg’steckt”. In the traditional Buschenschenken
(“where the sprigs hang”) you would only get genuine Viennese
wine produced from wine growing hillsides in Vienna and of coarse top
quality original homemade cuisine. |
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Es wird a Wein sein ...
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The
Viennese soil, the unique location and the climate provide the optimal
conditions for traditional winegrowing. In the historical vineyards around
Vienna wild wine was already growing in primeval times though it could
even be proven that cultivated wine was grown there. On-site findings
show that in Vienna wine was grown already 750 b.c.. |
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| The Celts,
Illyrians and Romans continued to cultivate wine in this region. One litre
of wine was distributed to the roman soldiers per day. The roman emperor
Probus (276-282 a. d.) prompted his legionnaires to grow wine in and around
Vienna. Thereby the local people got familiarized with a new variety and
new ways of cultivating wine. Even in medieval ages the biggest part of
the later Viennese districts were covered with vineyards. |
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There are
about 720 hectors of vineyards within the town borders, which make Vienna
the capital of wine. This wine-growing region produces fine wine; the
vineyards are shaping the landscape and many people use the region for
recreation. By the way, one acre of wine is producing the annual oxygen
demand of 25 people whereas one hector of forest only produces the annual
oxygen demand of 10 people. "Wanderbares Wien": that’s the slogan you find on the maps and hiking information. Still, you will have to discover yourself the charms of the region |
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About
330 Winegrowers are producing 2 to 2,5 Mio litres of wine per year. The
main varieties for the white wine are the following: Grüner Veltiner,
Rheinriesling, Weißburgunder, Chardonnay und Welschriesling. For
the red wine it is: Blauer Zweigelt, Blauer Burgunder, Cabernet Sauvignon
and St. Laurent. A Viennese specialty is the “Gemischter Satz”
for which different varieties of wine get harvested and are put together
to ferment the result is a fruity and tangy wine and low in alcohol. |
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Most of the Viennese wine is
sold directly to the consumer, in particular through the world famous
Wiener Heurigen. The name derives from the very tangy, light and fruity
wines of last year’s Harvest. More than 140 wine growers offer
their wines through an affiliated “Heurigen”. The classic
Viennese “Heurige” only serves genuine proprietary wines.
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| Krems is one of the oldest cities of Austria. It was mentioned first in 995. Every footstep you meet more than thousand years old history - in streets, monateries, castles, battlements and old churches. | ||
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