Viennese Wine & Heurige

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Viennese wine & Heurige

Vienna is the only metropolis that grows enough wine within its city limits to make it worth mentioning. 700 hectares of Viennese vineyards leave their mark on the cityscape and its culture of pleasure. Wine growing has a long tradition in Vienna. White wines are grown in around 80 percent of the vineyards, with the Wiener Gemischter Satz being a specialty. Nowadays, Vienna presents itself as a city with a lively wine scene. Viennese wine is enjoyed in the city's many bars and restaurants or on the edge of town in wine taverns that offer wine from their own vineyards and buffet tables piled high with home-made delicacies. Since 2019, Viennese heuriger culture has also been considered an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO.

A wine tavern

The Viennese Heurige

They are as famous as the Giant Ferris Wheel, Schönbrunn Palace, the Vienna Boys Choir or the Lipizzaner.

People at the Heuriger

Soul food, Vienna-style: Discover places of enjoyment

Viennese Cuisine is a unique culinary style all of its own making. Creativity and a splash of variety are the order of the day.

Chris Cummins in a vineyard

With VIENNA / NOW to the wine

VIDEO: Discover Viennese wine. In our video, our host Chris tells you where the best places are.

Christ Vineyards

The New Face of Wine

Not only does Viennese wine have a long tradition, it also has a young, urban face.

Vines

Vienna wine: Gemischter Satz

The Viennese wine specialty, Wiener Gemischter Satz, is currently experiencing a revival and has been included by the international Slow Food...

Zum Schwarzen Kameel Restaurant

Vinotheques & wine bars

Viennese wine is right at the top of the wine list, not only in heuriger but also in many of the city's eateries.

Cozy heuriger taverns in Vienna

There’s a line from an old Viennese song: “It must be a slice of heaven, Vienna and the wine.” Vienna and its vineyards are certainly a wonderful...

Vine cellar at Palais Coburg

The most beautiful wine cellars

Wine has had a long tradition in Vienna. This is reflected not only by the numerous heurige but also several beautiful, old wine cellars. These...

Vineyards around Vienna

Vineyard and Wine Cellar Tours

Vienna and wine are inextricably linked. After all, Vienna is the only metropolis in the world to cultivate an appreciable wine-growing industry...

Vienna Heurigen Express, view of entire train

Vienna Heurigen Express

Go on a journey of discovery through Vienna's idyllic wine growing areas on board the Vienna Heurigen Express. The ride takes passengers through...

Vienna: vineyard, Wieninger am Nussberg

Vineyards and vistas

Lots of routes lead to wine in Vienna. The best of these take in the city’s landmark hills and are not just for hikers. Ticket to ride and...

A vineyard

Neustift, Heiligenstadt, Sievering, Grinzing, Nussdorf

Cozy Viennese “heurige” (wine taverns) also await you in the old Viennese wine villages of Neustift, Nussdorf, Sievering and Grinzing.

A wine tavern

Oberlaa, Ottakring, Hernals

The “heurige” (wine taverns) in the Viennese wine villages of Oberlaa (in the south of the city), Ottakring and Hernals are usually small but...

Cellar lane in Vienna

Stammersdorf, Strebersdorf, Jedlersdorf

In the Vienna on the “other side” of the Danube, you can also find traditional Viennese heurige villages, such as Stammersdorf and Strebersdorf –...

Pouring wine at the heuriger

Mauer

Although the ride with the tram no. 60 to Mauer takes a little longer, it’s certainly worth it to visit to one of the "heurige" (wine taverns)...

Hiking trail

Wine walking on the Cobenzl

The Cobenzl winery and children's farm can be reached on foot from the old wine-growing towns of Sievering or Grinzing. Also ideal as a loop walk.

People in the vineyards, with a view of Vienna

Wine walking on the Kahlenberg

The tour leads from Nussdorf through picturesque vineyards on the Nussberg up the Kahlenberg, where you can visit the Stefaniewarte and St.