Weinviertel

Weinviertel is by far the largest DAC wine region in Austria. It was also the first Austrian wine region to be given an official DAC title, when Austria introduced its fledgling appellation system in 2002. Wines labeled with the Weinviertel DAC title are dry, mid-bodied, white wines with the trademark citrus and spicy white pepper notes of Grüner Veltliner. Weinviertel is Austria's most important wine region in terms of both its area under vine and the quantity of wine it produces. Grüner Veltliner accounts for more than one half of this area, making Weinviertel home to more than half of all Austrian Grüner Veltliner vines. Zweigelt holds a distant (but steadily closer) second place, followed by Welschriesling, Blauer Portugieser, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscat.

Wines

Durnberg

The story of Durnberg winery, named after the name of the hill on which it is built, appears to be taken from a Hollywood movie, with three childhood buddies gathering over the years to put the foundations of one of the most successful Austrian producers. The Durnberg adventure begins in 1988, when economist Professor Cristoph Korner received a gift from his grandmother's 60 hectares of vineyard and a wine cellar in Falkenstein, Weinviertel ...