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Austrian wine regions
5 regions and 15 producers, with the grapes each one is built on.
Producers
15 Austrian wineries worth knowing.
Brundlmayer
Langenlois, Kamptal · founded 1804
Willi Brundlmayer's Kamptal estate is the pinnacle of Austrian Riesling outside the Wachau, with the Zobinger Heiligenstein being one of Europe's greatest terroirs.
F.X. Pichler
Wachau · founded 1975
The most celebrated producer in the Wachau, known for rich, concentrated Grüner Veltliner and Riesling from Dürnstein and Loibenberg. Wines are deliberately aged before release.
Hirtzberger
Spitz, Wachau · founded 1913
Franz Hirtzberger's estate is the benchmark for opulent, powerful Wachau Riesling from the Singerriedel and Hochrain, rivalling the finest German examples.
Knoll
Wachau · founded 1913
Wachau estate making long-lived, mineral Grüner Veltliner and Riesling from Loibner vineyard sites. Traditional style with exceptional ageing potential.
Kracher
Illmitz, Burgenland · founded 1930
The world's most celebrated producer of botrytis sweet wines, Alois Kracher established a new standard for Austrian Trockenbeerenauslese and Beerenauslese.
Loimer
Langenlois, Kamptal · founded 1958
Fred Loimer's biodynamic Kamptal estate produces elegant, mineral-driven Riesling and Gruner Veltliner alongside a thoughtful selection of Pinot Noir.
Nikolaihof
Mautern, Wachau · founded 300
The oldest wine estate in Austria, with Roman origins, now biodynamic and producing Rieslings of extraordinary mineral purity aged in old wood for years.
Prager
Wachau · founded 1715
One of the most respected estates in the Wachau, producing benchmark Grüner Veltliner and Riesling Smaragd from steep terraced vineyards above the Danube.
Rudi Pichler
Wosendorf, Wachau · founded 1993
A young Wachau master producing precise, crystalline Rieslings and Gruner Veltliners from prime Federspiel and Smaragd sites along the Danube.
Schloss Gobelsburg
Gobelsburg, Kamptal · founded 1171
A 12th-century Cistercian monastery estate run by Michael Moosbrugger, producing Kamptal Riesling and Gruner Veltliner of monastic precision and authority.
Tement
Berghausen, South Styria · founded 1160
Manfred Tement's South Styrian estate produces the finest Sauvignon Blanc in Austria, with Zieregg as the benchmark single-vineyard wine of volcanic complexity.
Veyder-Malberg
Spitz, Wachau · founded 2007
A tiny Wachau estate making some of the Danube's most electric Rieslings and Gruner Veltliners from old vines on terraced gneiss and amphibolite.
Weingut FX Pichler
Durnstein, Wachau · founded 1966
Austria's most celebrated wine estate, producing Riesling and Gruner Veltliner of extraordinary concentration from steep terraced vineyards above the Danube.
Weingut Knoll
Unterloiben, Wachau · founded 1891
The quintessential Wachau producer, Emmerich Knoll's Rieslings and Gruner Veltliners from Loibenberg and Kellerberg express the purest terroir character.
Weingut Prager
Weissenkirchen, Wachau · founded 1715
Franz Prager's estate produces some of the Wachau's most refined Rieslings, including the legendary Wachstum Bodenstein from a steep terrace above the Danube.
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