VINEYARD INTERFACES IN THE HEART OF EUROPE SOUTHBOUND JOURNEY
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WELCOME TO AUSTRIA!
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We are so very glad to welcome you to this thus get your visit with us underway in a year’s Austrian Wine Summit, Vineyard convivial and congenial spirit. Interfaces in the Heart of Europe! Although each Wine Summit is unique, this one feels Your itinerary will then lead you from the very special to me, as it fulfils a longtime Austrian-Slovenian border in the wine- dream of mine: to pay a dedicated visit to growing regions Südsteiermark and Vul- some of Austria’s best vineyards – speci- kanland Steiermark via the winegrowing fically, those that lie at the borders of our regions Eisenberg, Mittelburgenland and country; these borders that never were bor- Neusiedlersee – all adjacent to Hungary ders until after 1918. New lines of demar- – to the imposing Baroque palace Schloss cation were drawn then, which abruptly di- Hof near the Slovakian border. Accredi- vided excellent terroirs, leaving the parts in ted specialists will elucidate the historical separate countries and leading to a century development of each border region, while of widely divergent development, governed wines from our Czech, Slovakian, Hungar for many decades by essentially adversarial ian and Slovenian friends will accompany political regimes. you throughout your visit.
Now that our neighbouring countries live In doing this, we hope this year’s Wine in freedom together with us as members of Summit will be able to help 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.
At the beginning of your itinerary, you will assemble in Vienna with your colleagues from the other Wine Summit groups, for a day’s conference dedicated to the history of Austrian wine. In the evening, we will all Willi Klinger celebrate with a casual Heurigen party, and MANAGING DIRECTOR, AWMB
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Basic Info Route Overview ...... 5 Program...... 7 Facts & Figures...... 14
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)...... 26 Abstract Prof. Dr. Vocelka: Austrian Wine History – An Introduction...... 27 Prof. Dr. Vocelka: The Drawing of New Borders after 1918...... 28 Walking Lunch with Wine Bars...... 38 Big Heurigen Party at Weingut Fuhrgassl-Huber...... 57 27 May Südsteiermark ...... 75 "Grenztisch": The Table at the Border – Historical Introduction: "The Austrian-Slovenian Border and Its Implications for Vineyards and People"...... 78 Typical Austrian Buschenschank Lunch with Wine Bar: "The Wine Portfolio of Süd- and Weststeiermark"...... 81 Seated Sauvignon Blanc Tasting: "Steiermark meets Štajerska Slovenija"...... 91 Big Bottle Dinner with Steiermark Whites and Best of Austrian Pinot Noir...... 101 28 May Vulkanland Steiermark ...... 107 Walk Around Tasting: "Vulkanland Steiermark"...... 109 Typical Styrian Lunch with your Favourite Bottle from the Walk Around Tasting...... 116 Eisenberg...... 119 Historical Introduction: "The Austrian-Hungarian Border and Its Implications for Vineyards and People"...... 121 Seated Tasting: "Eisenberg Blaufränkisch from Both Sides of the Border"...... 125 Mittelburgenland...... 131 Dinner with Wine Bar: "Mittelburgenland Blaufränkisch Meets Sopron Kékfrankos"...... 133 29 May Neusiedlersee...... 143 Historical Introduction: "The Bridge of Andau and Its Significance during the Hungarian Uprising of 1956"...... 145 Horse-Drawn Carriage Ride Through the Vineyards and National Park of Lake Neusiedl...... 148 BBQ with Wines from Around Lake Neusiedl...... 149 Seated Tasting "Austria’s Liquid Gold – A Food Pairing Seminar"...... 156 Weinviertel...... 160 Historical Introduction: "Schloss Hof Palace in Its Historical Context, from the Great Commander Prince Eugene to Today’s Touristic Attraction"...... 163 Walk Around Tasting: "Weinviertel and Carnuntum with a Glimpse Across the Borders"...... 164 Addresses Participating Wineries ...... 179 Producers of International Wines...... 203 Restaurants & Wine Bars in Vienna...... 206
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Route Ostrava Nürnberg Plzeň Overview
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