Vineyard Interfaces in the Heart of Europe Northbound Journey
VINEYARD INTERFACES IN THE HEART OF EUROPE NORTHBOUND JOURNEY
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We are so very glad to welcome you to this lersee, Mittelburgenland and Eisenberg year’s Austrian Wine Summit, Vineyard – all adjacent to Hungary – to Vulkanland Interfaces in the Heart of Europe! Although Steiermark, bordering on Slovenia. Accre- each Wine Summit is unique, this one feels dited specialists will elucidate the historical very special to me, as it fulfils a longtime development of each border region, while dream of mine: to pay a dedicated visit to wines from our Czech, Slovakian, Hunga- some of Austria’s best vineyards – speci- rian and Slovenian friends will accompany fically, those that lie at the borders of our you throughout 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 so- political regimes. journ in a convivial and congenial spirit. A spirit in which we hope that this Wine Sum- Now that our neighbouring countries live mit will be able to strengthen a sense of fel- in freedom together with us as members of lowship, helping to transform our nation’s the European Union, it’s high time to check borders into interfaces: vineyard interfaces up on what has happened wine-wise since in the heart of Europe. the 1980s, on both sides of these borders.
Your itinerary will lead you from the Aus- trian-Czech border in the winegrowing re- gion Weinviertel via the imposing Baroque palace Schloss Hof near the Slovakian bor- Willi Klinger der and the winegrowing regions Neusied- MANAGING DIRECTOR, AWMB
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Basic Info Route Overview ...... 5 Program...... 7 Historians...... 12 Facts & Figures...... 16
23 May Weinviertel...... 25 Seated Tasting: "The New Austrian Sekt g.U. (PDO) Pyramid"...... 27 Historical Introduction: "The Austrian-Czech Border and Its Implications for Vineyards and People"...... 35 Walk Around Tasting and Lunch: "Weinviertel Meets Moravia"...... 39 Historical Introduction: "Schloss Hof Palace in Its Historical Context, from the Great Commander Prince Eugene to Today's Touristic Attraction"...... 57 Seated Tasting: "Carnuntum Shakes Hands with Slovakia"...... 58 Neusiedlersee...... 67 Gourmet Dinner: "Burgenland Wines from Lake Neusiedl"...... 69
24 May UNESCO World Heritage Safari Tour "Zicksee"...... 77 Historical Introduction: "The Bridge of Andau and Its Significance during the Hungarian Uprising of 1956"...... 81 BBQ Lunch with Great Wines from Burgenland Focusing on Neusiedlersee Zweigelt...... 82 Mittelburgenland...... 93 Seated Tasting "Mittelburgenland Blaufränkisch Meets Sopron Kékfrankos"...... 95 Eisenberg...... 103 Gourmet Dinner with Great Wines from Burgenland Focusing on Southern Burgenland ...... 105
25 May Historical Introduction: "The Austrian-Hungarian Border and Its Implications for Vineyards and People"...... 114 Vulkanland Steiermark...... 118 Historical Introduction: "The Austrian-Slovenian Border and Its Implications for Vineyards and People"...... 121 Lunch and Wine Bar with Wines from Steiermark...... 122 Seated Tasting: "Steiermark Ortsweine – Village Appellations"...... 131
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)...... 140 Abstract Prof. Dr. Vocelka: Austrian Wine History – An Introduction...... 141 Prof. Dr. Vocelka: The Drawing of New Borders after 1918...... 142 Walking Lunch with Wine Bars...... 152 Big Heurigen Party at Weingut Fuhrgassl-Huber...... 171 Addresses Participating Wineries ...... 191 Producers of International Wines...... 217 Restaurants & Wine Barsin Vienna...... 220
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