The wine growing regions of Austria

There are currently 3 wine regions ("Weinbauregionen") defined in Austria, which comprise 19 wine areas ("Weinbaugebiete"). Within the 3 wine regions there are 3 generic and 16 specific wine areas. The generic wine areas act as a catch basin if a wine from a specific area with DAC status does not qualify for DAC status. An example would be a Riesling made in the specific wine area Weinviertel. Since the Weinviertel only has a DAC status for Grüner Veltliner. In that case the generic wine area Niederösterreich functions as the area shown on the labels of Riesling wines from Weinviertel.

The 3 wine-growing regions are:

  • Weinland, which includes the Austrian states of Niederösterreich, Wien and Burgenland
  • Steirerland, which is the state of Steiermark (Styria)
  • Bergland, which includes the states Oberösterreich (Upper Austria), Salzburg, Kärnten (Carinthia), Tirol (Tyrol), Vorarlberg

The 19 wine-growing areas are:

  • Niederösterreich (generic), Weinviertel, Wachau, Kremstal, Kamptal, Traisental, Wagram, Carnuntum, Thermenregion
  • Burgenland (generic), Neusiedlersee, Neusiedlersee-Hüge, Mittelburgenland, Südburgenland
  • Wien
  • Steiermark (generic), Südoststeiermark, Südsteiermark, Weststeiermark

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