Wine regions Austria

Wine regions Austria - Spitz in front of the vineyards
One of the wine regions of Austria is the Wachau - Spitz in front of the vineyards

Discover wine regions Austria

Wine Regions Austria - Enjoy the slopes where the wines ripen in the sun. Let yourself be inspired by a way of life that celebrates the enjoyment.

Most wine regions in Austria are located in the hills east of the Alps in Lower Austria. However, there are also wine regions in Carinthia, especially along the border with Slovenia. These are often still insider tips. Here you will learn more about it.

The wine regions in Austria are characterized by wines that are specially tailored to their terrain. Learn more about how they are grown. What makes her so special? Which grape varieties are there? What role does the climate play? Where can you learn more about it?
 
Try the wines of the country in one of the gourmet restaurants. Visit Buschenschanken and Heurigen and immerse yourself in a world of pleasure. Explore the vineyards on a hike. Talk to winemakers and get tips from the people who know the wines best. Learn which meal suits which wine best. Learn which vintners like to receive you. Do you even like to stay with the winegrower? Also you can find tips here. Increase your knowledge of the wine. There is much to experience on a road trip through the wine growing areas of the country.

You can experience these regions particularly well at wine festivals. Fun is always a tour through the region. Visit the winemakers and taste their own products. So you not only get to know the wines, but also the people who produce them. A stay in a wine region becomes particularly exciting.

 

Styria - Destination to Savor

For the Styrian holiday for connoisseurs, discover places where the vinegar flows like honey and the oil tastes like nuts. On this tour through Styria you will get to know a vinegar factory and a pumpkin seed mill that produces Styrian seed oil.

What can be seen in Retz in the Weinviertel

Retz im Weinviertel At the beginning of January we were in Retz in the Weinviertel in Lower Austria for a few days. The Hotel Althof in Retz invited us to get to know its new winegrower's room. There you can also go on holiday to Austria's wine-growing regions in winter. The hotel alone would have been enough to make us feel at home in Retz in the Weinviertel [...]

Hotel Althof Retz, where wine plays the main role

“Those who can enjoy no longer drink wine, they taste secrets!” This sentence by Salvador Dali above the bed in our vintner's room in the Hotel Althof Retz puts me in a wine-blissful mood. This should not leave me until the end of our stay in this hotel. It cannot be overlooked that in the Hotel Althof Retz the wine [...]

Winery rooms in the estate Pössnitzberg in Styria

Have you ever slept with grapevines in the room? No? We do. The winery rooms at Gut Pössnitzberg in Styria make this possible. There is no bedside table next to the bed, but a plant pot in which real grapevines grow. Behind it there are climbing grids on the wall, perhaps to give the vines a hold for their [...]

Sparkling wine from Südsteiermark matures in the cellar of Gut Pössnitzberg

Something is happening in the cellar of Gut Pössnitzberg During our visit to Gut Pössnitzberg * in Glanz on the South Styrian Wine Route in Austria, we are lucky that hotel director Rainer Ogrinigg invites us to wine and sparkling wine tasting in the estate's sparkling wine cellar. At this time of year, the sparkling wines from the previous season rest in the cool chambers of the cellar, [...]