Wine capital Vienna

Dear partners,

to put you into the proper mood for the next meeting in Vienna (January 24/25, 2013) we intend to provide you with some facts about the 

Wine Capital Vienna

-        145 000 wine-bottles of Vienna wine were exported last year mainly to the States, 66 000 wine-bottles arrived New York.

-         There are 228 wine-growers in our capital.

           Favourite are the Mixed Set, Veltliner and Riesling; red wines – particularly Cuvees -  recover lost ground slowly

     The Vienna Mixed Set : At least three vines originated from the same vineyard are combined grape-gathered and processed.

         The mayor of Vienna is helping every year in the smallest vineyard.

         The smallest vineyard is situated at the Schwarzenbergplatz 2 in the town centre, this vineyard has 60 vines and is 100 years old

          Since 228 years there is in Vienna the so-called ‘Heurigen’ – culture, more details about this tradition will be provided at the beginning of the workshop in January

          32 litres of wine are consumed on the average per year by each resident of Vienna or about 90 ml per day – this is “drinking in moderation” assuming that 200 ml (2 units) for women and 300 ml (3 units) for men per day are considered as responsible drinking internationally, but again, this is an average value only!!!

          Finally, there are 700 hectares of vineyards in Vienna from ‘Bisamberg’ via the ‘Nussberg’ till the ‘Maurerberg’

 Conclusion:

          It is said that Vienna seems to be the one and only metropolis in Europe with own wine – what about your capital in partner countries ?

Prosit and kind regards from Vienna

Petra & Achim

Annotation:

Figures taken from the ‘Wiener Bezirkszeitung’ as of 17./18. October 2012