VINEYARD INTERFACES IN THE HEART OF EUROPE SOUTHBOUND JOURNEY
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We are so very glad to welcome you to this lersee – all adjacent to Hungary – to the year’s Austrian Wine Summit, Vineyard imposing Baroque palace Schloss Hof near Interfaces in the Heart of Europe! Although the Slovakian border. Accredited specialists each Wine Summit is unique, this one feels will elucidate the historical development of very special to me, as it fulfils a longtime each border region, while wines from our dream of mine: to pay a dedicated visit to Czech, Slovakian, Hungarian and Sloveni- some of Austria’s best vineyards – speci- an friends will accompany you throughout fically, those that lie at the borders of our your visit. country; these borders that never were bor- ders until after 1918. New lines of demar- Finally, you will assemble in Vienna with cation were drawn then, which abruptly di- your colleagues from the other Wine Sum- vided excellent terroirs, leaving the parts in mit groups for a day’s conference dedica- separate countries and leading to a century ted to the history of Austrian wine. In the of widely divergent development, governed evening, we will all celebrate with a casual for many decades by essentially adversarial Heurigen party, and thus conclude your political regimes. sojourn in a convivial and congenial spirit. A spirit in which we hope that this Wine Now that our neighbouring countries live Summit will be able to strengthen a sen- in freedom together with us as members of se of fellowship, helping to transform our the European Union, it’s high time to check nation’s borders into interfaces: vineyard up on what has happened wine-wise since interfaces in the heart of Europe. the 1980s, on both sides of these borders.
Your itinerary will lead you from the Aus- trian-Slovenian border in the winegrowing regions Südsteiermark and Vulkanland Steiermark via the winegrowing regions Willi Klinger Eisenberg, Mittelburgenland and Neusied- MANAGING DIRECTOR, AWMB
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Basic Info Route Overview ...... 5 Program...... 7 Historians...... 12 Facts & Figures...... 14 23 May Südsteiermark...... 23 "Grenztisch": The Table at the Border – Historical Introduction: "The Austrian-Slovenian Border and Its Implications for Vineyards and People"...... 26 Typical Austrian "Buschenschank" Lunch with Wine Bar: "The Wine Portfolio of Süd- and Weststeiermark"...... 30 Seated Sauvignon Blanc Tasting: "Steiermark meets Štajerska Slovenija"...... 41 Big Bottle Dinner with Steiermark Whites and Best of Austrian Pinot Noir...... 50 24 May Vulkanland Steiermark ...... 57 Walk Around Tasting: "Vulkanland Steiermark"...... 59 Typical Styrian Lunch with your Favourite Bottle from the Walk Around Tasting...... 66 Eisenberg...... 69 Historical Introduction: "The Austrian-Hungarian Border and Its Implications for Vineyards and People"...... 71 Seated Tasting: "Eisenberg Blaufränkisch from Both Sides of the Border"...... 75 Mittelburgenland...... 81 Dinner with Wine Bar: "Mittelburgenland Blaufränkisch Meets Sopron Kékfrankos"...... 83 25 May Neusiedlersee...... 93 Historical Introduction: "The Bridge of Andau and Its Significance during the Hungarian Uprising of 1956"...... 95 Horse-Drawn Carriage Ride Through the Vineyards and National Park of Lake Neusiedl...... 96 BBQ with Wines from Around Lake Neusiedl...... 97 Seated Tasting: "Austria’s Liquid Gold – A Food Pairing Seminar"...... 104 Weinviertel...... 110 Historical Introduction: "Schloss Hof Palace in Its Historical Context, from the Great Commander Prince Eugene to Today’s Touristic Attraction"...... 113 Walk Around Tasting: "Weinviertel and Carnuntum with a Glimpse Across the Borders"...... 114 26 May – Conference Day Abstract Dr. Deckers: "An active spirit gets a footing everywhere. " The life and times of the Austrian grape-breeder and viticultural modernist Friedrich Zweigelt (1888-1964)...... 132 Abstract Prof. Dr. Vocelka: Austrian Wine History – An Introduction...... 133 Prof. Dr. Vocelka: The Drawing of New Borders after 1918...... 134 Walking Lunch with Wine Bars...... 144 Big Heurigen Party at Weingut Fuhrgassl-Huber...... 163 Addresses Participating Wineries ...... 181 Producers of International Wines...... 205 Restaurants & Wine Bars in Vienna...... 208
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