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Gruner Veltliner – the 'signature' grape of Austria – is by far the nation's most widely planted wine grape. As Austria battles its way back onto the international wine market as a key wine-producing nation, crisp, subtly spicy Gruner Veltliner has been its flagship wine.
The variety's name might be hard to pronounce for the uninitiated, but Austria's incisive marketeers have turned this to their advantage, dubbing the variety 'Gru-Ve', or even 'Groovy'. Gruner means 'green' and neatly reflects not only the variety's yellowish-green berries, but also the freshness and green-pepper character which typifies Gruner Veltliner wines. Veltliner – a suffix shared by several European grape varieties (notably pink-skinned Roter Veltliner) – is a referen ... more
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Weinviertel wine region
Weinviertel, meaning wine quarter, is Austria’s largest wine-producing region both in terms of area under vine and the amount of wine produced. Gruner Veltliner accounts for over half of all the vines planted in the region, and the wine produced here is distinctively dry and peppery.
Weinviertel covers a large area of land in the north-eastern corner of Austria. The Danube River flows along its southern border, and the Czech Republic and Slovakia can be found in the north and east. The Manhartsberg Mountains separate Weinviertel from the unfavorable climatic conditions of Oberosterreich in the west.
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Niederosterreich [Lower Austria] wine region
Niederosterreich, or Lower Austria, is a wine-producing region in the north-east of Austria that borders Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Responsible for roughly half of Austria’s total wine output, it is the country’s largest wine region, both geographically and in terms of production. A variety of different grape varieties are gro ... more
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