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VINEYARD INTERFACES IN THE HEART OF EUROPE SOUTHBOUND JOURNEY NAME: #austrianwine | #winesummit | 26–29 May 2019 Download Catalogue, Tasting Lists & Photos: www.austrianwine.com/wine-summit Social Media & Press AUSTRIAN WINE SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS Follow us, if you love Austrian Wine as much as we do ♥ Share your favourite moments with #austrianwine and #winesummit Instagram @austrianwine | @austrianwineuk | @austrianwineusa Facebook @oesterreichwein | @austrianwine YouTube www.youtube.com/oesterreichwein EVENT PRESS KITS with specially selected information about the winegrowing country Austria. www.austrianwine.com/press-kit Preface WELCOME TO AUSTRIA! © AWMB/Anna Stöcher 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 3 Index 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 4 Basis Info Basic Info PRAHA Route Ostrava Nürnberg Plzeň Overview Olomouc CZECH REPUBLIC Žilina České Budějovice Brno NIEDERÖSTERREICH (LOWER AUSTRIA) Banská GERMANY Bystrica Augsburg Kamptal DAC Weinviertel DAC Kremstal DAC München Linz SLOVAKIA Wachau Wien Wagram WIEN Schloßhof St. Pölten 1 12 WIEN Wiener Gemischter Satz BRATISLAVADAC Traisental DAC (VIENNA) Carnuntum Thermenregion Neusiedlersee DAC Salzburg DAC EisenstadtLeithaberg Illmitz 10 11 Andau Rosalia DAC AUSTRIA Györ Mittelburgenland DAC 9 BURGENLAND BUDAPEST Innsbruck Lutzmannsburg STEIERMARK (STYRIA) Vulkanland Steiermark DAC Szombathely 7 Eisenberg an der Pinka Graz 8 Deutsch Schützen Eisenberg DAC HUNGARY Weststeiermark DAC Kapfenstein 6 Gamlitz Kecskemét 5 Leutschach 4 2 3 Berghausen SüdsteiermarkSulztal DAC an der Weinstraße Google Maps: ITALY SLOVENIA Pécs LJUBLJANA ZAGREB Trieste 5 Osijek Venezia CROATIA Rijeka Slavonski Brod Notes 6 VINEYARD INTERFACES IN THE HEART OF EUROPE Southbound Journey Saturday, 25 May Arrival in Vienna and Transfer to your hotel Check-in at Fleming’s Selection Hotel Wien-City Josefstädter Strasse 10-12, 1080 Wien T: +43 (1) 205 99-0, www.flemings-hotels.de/selection-hotel-wien-city/ Overnight stay in Vienna Dress code for the trip: Casual (unless otherwise stated) We recommend that you bring sturdy, flat shoes and rain cover for visiting the vineyards. 7 VINEYARD INTERFACES IN THE HEART OF EUROPE Southbound Journey Sunday, 26 May 8:30 am Transfer starting at hotel Dresscode: Business Casual CONFERENCE Palais Niederösterreich, Wien 9:00 am Get-Together Foyer 9:30–9:45 am Welcome and Introduction Speaker: Willi Klinger (Managing Director AWMB) Landtagssaal 9:45–10:30 am "An active spirit gets a footing everywhere." The life and times of the Austrian grape-breeder and viticultural modernist Friedrich Zweigelt (1888-1964). Speaker: Dr. Daniel Deckers Landtagssaal Coffee Break 11:00–12:00 pm Austrian Wine Update Q&A for the press Speaker: Willi Klinger Landtagssaal 12:00–1:00 pm Austrian Wine History – An Introduction Speaker: Prof. Dr. Karl Vocelka Landtagssaal 1:00–3:00 pm Walking Lunch with Wine Bars (Kamptal, Kremstal, Thermenregion, Traisental, Wachau, Wagram) Rittersaal Free time to explore Vienna 6:30 pm Transfer starting at hotel 7:00 pm Big Heurigen Party Weingut Fuhrgassl-Huber, Wien Overnight stay in Vienna MAXX by Steigenberger Hotel Vienna Margaretengürtel 142, 1050 Wien T: +43 (1) 361 630, www.maxxhotel.com 8 VINEYARD INTERFACES IN THE HEART OF EUROPE Southbound Journey Monday, 27 May 7:30 am Transfer to Südsteiermark (Winegrowing Region) (meeting point: 7:20 am hotel lobby) 11:00 am "Grenztisch": The Table at the Border Historical Introduction: