2012 Wagram Roter Veltliner Reserve dry Berg Eisenhut, Lower Austria/Niederösterreich, Austria
Winegrowers' association in the Lower Austrian wine growing region of Wagram. It emerged from the association "Collegium Vinum Wachrain" which was founded in 1989 with 50 members. In 2002 a new formation took place with the 14 member companies Bauer Stefan, Benedikt, Direder, Ecker - Eckhof, Ehn Gerhard, Greil Norbert, Heiderer-Mayer, Kolkmann, Mayer Matthias, Sauerstingl, Urbanihof Fam. Paschinger, Waldschütz Anton, Zehetner and Zwickl. A part of the former Collegium-Vinum members founded the association "Weingüter...
The federal state of Lower Austria with the capital St. Pölten is located in the east of Austria. With an area of around 19,200 km² it is the largest federal state. It encloses the Austrian federal capital ViennaIt borders the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Burgenland to the southeast, Styria to the south and Upper Austria to the west.
Even before the soldiers of Emperor Marcus Aurelius Probus (232-282) brought wine presses to the Danube, the indigenous people pressed the so-called Markomannen wine. Viticulture was...
In Austria, viticulture has been practised since the time of settlement by the Celts almost 3,000 years ago. The Burgenland municipality of Zagersdorf and the Lower Austrian municipality of Stillfried in the Weinviertel are considered the oldest wine-growing communities in Austria. In both places, grape seeds were found that date back to 700 and 900 BC respectively and can clearly be assigned to the species Vitis vinifera. The lifting of the ban on planting vines outside Italy by Emperor Domitian (51-96) by Emperor Probus (232-282) had a positive effect on viticulture. This...
The white grape variety originates from Italy or Austria. There are around 175 synonyms that attest to its great age and (formerly) wide distribution. The most important ones, grouped alphabetically by country, are Valentin, Valentin Rouge, Velteliner Rouge, Velteliner Rose (France); Herera Valtellina, Valtellina, Veltliner Rosso, Uva di Saint Valentino (Italy); Ranfolica (Croatia); Ariavina, Feldleiner, Feldleiner Rothlichter, Feldliner, Feldlinger, Fleischroter Veltliner, Fleischrother Velteliner, Fleischrother Veltliner, Fleischtraminer, Fleischtraube, Fleischweiner, Große Fleischtraube, Großer Roter Veltliner, Großer Traminer,...
