Inside the Nussberg, Fritz Wieninger, and at the Heurige.
Winegrowing in Vienna is significant with 700 hectares planted within its city limits. That was just a nugget of sommelier trivia until I visited the Nussberg vineyard at the northern edge of the city with the team from Winebow in May. The Nussberg and Bisamberg vineyards are the two best vineyard sites in the city and both have multiple growers. Riesling, Gruner Veltliner, Pinot Blanc, and Chardonnay are all grown here. But for me, the most interesting and compelling of these wines is the traditional field blend known as Gemischter Satz, where the above mentioned varietals are picked and co-fermented together. No grower is more famous than Fritz Wieninger who promotes all Viennese wines with the same enthusiasm as he does his own wines and his family's heurige.
Fritz's heurige is a really good time. The food and atomospere are great and his wines are first class.
jessebeckerMS
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