Visits to cellars and vineyards, portraits of estates and reviews of tastings and wine festivals.
Vienna is a city of millions with its own wine region. We show where the vines grow, who tends them and why Gemischter Satz is more than just a Heuriger wine.
Photo: Leth
A leading winery of the region grew from half a hectare in Fels am Wagram. The Leth family focuses on Grüner and Roter Veltliner, organic viticulture and rare old grape varieties.
Some grapes grow on just a few dozen hectares, others were thought to be lost. Winemakers in the Thermenregion, Vienna and Eisenstadt are bringing them back and making wines that exist nowhere else.
On 23 October 2026, Höflein becomes the stage for the ÖTW winegrowers of Carnuntum. Four wineries open their cellars, 20 estates pour wine, and different hosts cook at each station.
Photo: Philipp Caha
In Gumpoldskirchen, Johannes Gebeshuber focuses consistently on the Zierfandler and Rotgipfler grape varieties. His wines mature in the vast Lueger cellar, amidst old wooden casks and vintages that date back as far as the 1940s.
Steep stone terraces, emerald lizards and wines that can mature for decades: a journey through the wine villages of the Wachau and the question of why the emerald is the best that the valley has to offer.