Wine-growing region

A wine-growing region generally describes a landscape in which wine is grown. In contrast, the term wine-growing area is much more specific, as it describes a geographical region as an indication of origin in which wine with the wine-law designation of this wine-growing area may be grown.

Wine- growing region is also a term from the Austrian wine law , see Viticulture in Austria . In the amendment of 1999, this law defines four regions: Wine Country Austria (with the federal states of Lower Austria and Burgenland ), Steirerland (federal state of Styria ), Vienna and Bergland Austria (with the remaining five federal states).

The reason for this measure is that sufficiently large catchment areas for the production of table wines (e.g. under the designation Weinland Österreich ) have been created.

The wine-growing regions have gained additional importance through the introduction of the DAC concept in several wine-growing areas, since in cases where the name of the wine-growing area matches the DAC, only very specific varieties may be placed on the market as DACs. The rest may u. a. come on the market under the name of the wine-growing region.