🗺️ Austrian wine
The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes and appellations.
Austrian wine is the wine of a country with a long tradition of grape growing in Central Europe. The vineyards lie in the east: in Lower Austria, Burgenland, Styria and in Vienna itself. These and other states of the country belong to the wines of Europe. The main grape is Grüner Veltliner, white, fresh, with a peppery note. Among reds, Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch and Sankt Laurent are known. Austria has many varieties of its own, such as Zierfandler, Rotgipfler, Rössler and Neuburger. Riesling is also widely grown. Austrian wines are divided into quality classes. There is the DAC system, wines named for a place, and Prädikat wines by sugar level, such as Strohwein or Ausbruch. In Vienna wine is made from several varieties together, a style called Wiener Gemischter Satz. The country is small, but the styles vary: from dry whites to sweet wines from noble rot by Lake Neusiedl.
What it includes
How it connects to Wine
🗺️ Austrian wine → kind of → 🗺️ Wines of Europe → kind of → 🍷 Wine
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- Part of
- 🗺️ Wines of Europe
- Native grapes
- 🍇 Zweigelt, 🍇 Grüner Veltliner, 🍇 Silvaner, 🍇 Kober 5BB, 🍇 Neuburger, 🍇 Zierfandler, 🍇 Roter Veltliner, 🍇 Sauvin, 🍇 St. Georgen, 🍇 Rathay
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🍇 Donauveltliner, 🍇 Georg, 🍇 Veltliner, 🍇 Rösler, 🍇 Stephanie, 🍇 Veltliner Rotweiss, 🍇 Silvaner Rot, 🍇 Barthainer Grün, 🍇 Donauriesling, 🍇 Mohrenkönigin, 🍇 Pinot Nova, 🍇 Vulpea, 🍇 Rotgipfler, 🍇 Blauburger, 🍇 Goldburger, 🍇 Jubiläumsrebe, 🍇 Laska, 🍇 Frühroter Veltliner, 🍇 Žametovka, 🍇 Wildbacher, 🍇 Portugieser Rot, 🍇 Österreichisch Weiss, 🍇 Kober 125 AA - Wines made here
- 🍷 Rotling, 🍷 Schilcher, 🍷 Trocken, 🍷 Halbtrocken, 🍷 Lieblich, 🍷 Süß, 🍷 Perlwein, 🍷 Sekt, 🍷 Biodynamic wine, 🍷 Mulled wine
- Related to
- 🍷 Late harvest wine, 🍷 Noble rot, 🍷 Botrytised wine, 🍷 Ice wine, 🍷 Straw wine, 🍷 Strohwein
- Classifications
- 🏷️ Landwein, 🏷️ Qualitätswein, 🏷️ Kabinett, 🏷️ Spätlese, 🏷️ Auslese, 🏷️ Beerenauslese, 🏷️ Trockenbeerenauslese, 🏷️ Eiswein, 🏷️ DAC, 🏷️ Austrian Prädikatswein
- Grape products
- 🥃 Weinbrand
Frequently asked questions
What is Austria's main grape?
Grüner Veltliner, a white grape with a fresh taste and a peppery note.
Where is wine made in Austria?
Mostly in the east: Lower Austria, Burgenland, Styria and Vienna.
What is DAC?
A system of names that ties a wine to its place of origin and the typical style of the area.
What to read next
- 🍇 Silvaner — A white grape from Central Europe, known for the dry wines of Franconia and Alsace.
- 🍷 Straw wine — Sweet wine from grapes dried on straw, reeds or in the wind.
- 🍷 New wine — Wine from the new harvest, drunk in its first autumn and winter.
- 🏷️ Qualitätswein — German quality wine from one of 13 regions; adding sugar is allowed.
- 🥃 Weinbrand — The German name for brandy made from wine.
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🗺️ German wine · 🗺️ Slovak wine · 🗺️ Czech wine · 🗺️ Ukrainian wine · 🗺️ Hungarian wine · 🗺️ Greek wine
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