{"id":71999,"date":"2024-05-20T15:32:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T14:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=71999"},"modified":"2025-02-03T11:55:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T10:55:27","slug":"weinviertel-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/weinviertel-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weinviertel festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/weinviertelfestsmall.jpg\" alt=\"A flag with Weinviertel written on it\" class=\"wp-image-71867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/weinviertelfestsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/weinviertelfestsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Now and then, Vienna&#8217;s neighbours like to drop in with a bottle of wine, a bite to eat and a tune or two. Like at the open-air Weinviertel-Fest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Neighbouring region known for its vineyards and wineries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>About 30 stands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chance to taste some rural tradition (and quality wine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next dates: TBA (if it repeats)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/food-tours-vienna-tickets-l205283\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_FoodTours\" rel=\"sponsored\">food or drink experience<\/a>* in Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/am-hof-square\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"27637\">Am Hof square<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/traditional-food-drink\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1654\">Traditional food and drink<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/may\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"15492\">Vienna in May<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A wine &amp; a welcome<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/weinviertelfest5.jpg\" alt=\"An open-air festival stage\" class=\"wp-image-71868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/weinviertelfest5.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/weinviertelfest5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Raising of the traditional Buschenschank sprig sign at a previous Weinviertel-Fest; press photo courtesy of and \u00a9 www.seidl.photo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Weinviertel is part of the province of Lower Austria and borders Vienna to the north and east. The literal translation of the name is &#8220;Wine Quarter,&#8221; which is a remarkably apt description when you know the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Small towns, estates, and plenty of nature make for a popular tourist destination, especially for excursions from Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, most importantly, the Weinviertel represents the spiritual centre of Austria&#8217;s large and long winemaking tradition. Vineyards and wineries dominate significant parts of the landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/weinviertelfest2.jpg\" alt=\"Booth sign with a church behind\" class=\"wp-image-71865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/weinviertelfest2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/weinviertelfest2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Venison and wild boar snacks at the Weinviertelfest)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Occasionally, you have the chance to sample the tourist destinations, food, products and culture of the region without actually leaving Vienna. For example at the open-air Weinviertel-Fest, which dropped into town in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The culture part, for example, came from a series of events on the stage, with music a significant component.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rest came via numerous booths lining the centre of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/am-hof-square\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"27637\">Am Hof square<\/a>. Just over 30 of them, whereby around half were wine-flavoured one way or another: mostly producers offering a sample of their products, but also wine-themed travel opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-slug-ids=\"pro977976,pro1037818\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_wine\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When a booth bears the title <em>Weinbauverein Hohenruppersdorf<\/em>, then you know you&#8217;re deep into traditional viticultural territory. This group of wineries from close to the Slovakian border, for example, has a local winemaking tradition that dates back at least 800 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No surprise, then, that most of the many tables available to stand or sit around carried glasses of wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Viennese are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/vienna-wine\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2414\">no slouches themselves<\/a> when it comes to wine production. But if the Weinviertel comes calling, a wine lover answers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/weinviertelfest3.jpg\" alt=\"Bottles of berry-flavoured beverages\" class=\"wp-image-71866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/weinviertelfest3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/weinviertelfest3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(I liked the bottles of berry-flavoured beverages at the Biobeerengarten Hummel booth)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other beverages made appearances, too, like poppies in a sea of wheat. For example, homegrown beer at K\u00fchrer Brauwerk, colourful bottles of schnapps from Zeindler Edelbr\u00e4nde, or berry-flavoured alternatives from Biobeerengarten Hummel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plenty of places offered snacks, baked items and local fare like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/sausages\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1200\">sausages<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/leberkase\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7203\">Leberk\u00e4se<\/a> to go with your beverage of choice, but with a noble or novel twist now and again. Perhaps a traditional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/kasekrainer\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3147\">K\u00e4sekrainer<\/a>, but made from wild boar rather than everyday pork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was tempted, for example, by the strawberry croissants at the Geier stand: a traditional Weinviertel bakery that now has branches in Vienna, too. Alas, a diet is a diet. But we are regular buyers of their organic crusty bread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Am Hof is right in the centre, it made a nice way to enjoy a glass of Austrian rural tradition without having to leave town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t have details for any planned return to Vienna with the event. For the record, the Weinviertel-Fest took place from May 15th to 17th. Daily opening times were 10am to 7.30pm. Entry was free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a year-round wine experience, find your way to the U4 and get out at Spittelau. You&#8217;re then close to the Schlumberger sparkling wine cellars, who do regular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/schlumberger-wine-cellars\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"71268\">self-guided cellar tours and tastings<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to Am Hof<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Just use the info at the bottom of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/am-hof-square\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"27637\">Am Hof article<\/a>. Basically, you&#8217;re going to walk through it as you wander around the old town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Am Hof, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1qE67z-6ZUivs0H9TxrZDHWDR9ObImqBL\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Vienna&#8217;s wine-growing regional neighbours dropped by to introduce its fine gastronomy and tourist attractions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71867,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-71999","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-events","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71999"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79887,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71999\/revisions\/79887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}