Burgenland

Located on the eastern border of Austria, Burgenland is a region renowned for some very high quality white wines that is also rediscovering a thriving production of red wines made from Blaufränkisch and Zweigelt grapes that can benefit from sunny, continental summers. Sweet wines with botrytis are a specialty of the region, especially those produced in the terroir that develops around Lake Neusiedl. The region extends over a small strip of land that runs from the Danube River to Styria. To the west it meets the Alps, to the east it borders on Hungary, with which it shares its topographical configuration, so much so that Sopron could be called an extension of it. It houses four DAC appellations: Neusiedlersee, Leithaberg, Mittelburgenland and Eisenberg. Wines that do not meet the requirements to bear these appellations may indicate the broader appellation Burgenland on the label.