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20.04.2012 - 22.04.2012
Literature & Wine
This international festival is an annual encounter of readings, music and locally grown fine wines. The evening events at Goettweig Abbey are accompanied by modern Viennese music.
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Austria's culinary specialities from A to Z
An alphabetic tour through Austrian cuisine will help you decipher the menu and spike your appetite for delicious desserts and mouth-watering specialities: from A(pfelstrudel) to Z(irbenschnaps).
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Salzburger Nockerl… a “culinary ambassador” from Austria
This light and fluffy dessert may remind some people of Salzburg’s snow capped-mountains - but it is definitely a real treat for gourmets. Legend has it that the famous Salzburg prince archbishop of Raitenau loved his mistress Salome mainly because of her exquisitely fluffy Salzburger Nockerl.
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Your Austrian hosts
Mr and Mrs Austrian are beyond doubt epicureans. When their culinary rituals blend with the famous Austrian hospitality ("Gemütlichkeit") guests will experience a unique feast. Encounter Austrian cuisine not only at the dining table...
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Austrian Wine 101
Austria produces only one percent of the world’s wines – but this percent has reached international reputation in the last two decades. Austrian wine is a synonym for quality, diversity and local varieties of wine grapes, such as the Grüner Veltliner or Zweigelt.
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Austria's Wine Country
Austria recaptures the spirit of a bygone era: Ornate palaces, imperial monuments and echoes of Mozart’s music abound – all remind travelers of life as it once was. Nowadays, visitors to Austria discover exciting movement afoot. Austria’s vibrant wine scene has earned a worldwide reputation for quality and innovation and is the destination for those seeking culture and charm.
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Restaurant Blaue Gans in Salzburg
At the “Blue Goose”, perched atop Salzburg’s city mountain, the Mönchsberg, they pursue an overall philosophy: eat, drink, feel good, stay awhile...
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Gourmet & Inn Döllerer's Genusswelten
This golden star shines brilliantly. It comprises a gourmet restaurant, an inn (“Bürgerstube”), a fantastic vinotheque and a butchery with its own delicatessen.
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Gourmet country inn Wirtshaus Steirereck on the Pogusch
On the Pogusch, where foxes and rabbits used to wave goodnight to each other before retiring, nowadays celebrities and enjoyment-seeking guests from far and near come to enjoy whatever is on the agenda.
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Gourmet Fish Restaurant Kulmer in Birkfeld
Austria possesses an incomparable source of richness which few people are consciously aware of: clear, clean mountain water. At Fish Restaurant Kulmer, with its own fish breeding facilities, guests have benefited from this wealth for decades.
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Wine House & Restaurant Nigl
In the epicentre of the vineyards, this cluster of winemaking facilities, hotel and restaurant emanates the aura of a fairy tale. And this is not, we emphasize, simply a matter of history.
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Landhaus Bacher in the Wachau valley
Landhaus Bacher has been one of the first culinary addresses in the Wachau for many years. It is one of Austria’s very best restaurants.
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Landgasthof Jamek in the Wachau
Jamek has been an institution in the Wachau for decades now. Both for the lusciously comfortable atmosphere and the quality of everything promised...and delivered.
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Weibels Wirtshaus - Traditional Inn in Vienna
Hans Weibel was an early champion of cultivated wine-drinking in Vienna, which is why this beverage plays such a key role in all of his establishments. But man does not live from wine alone.
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Bistro "Glacis Beisl" in Vienna
This bistro is a wee bit hard to find, located atop the old city walls of Vienna. With its romantic garden, it is a popular watering hole for a widely diverse crowd.
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Wirtshaus Gmoakeller
In this rustic urban inn, located right near two of the city’s most prominent cultural institutions – the Akademietheater and the Konzerthaus – time seems to have stood still in an agreeable way.
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Weritas
The Austrian daily “Kurier” called it “Austria’s most beautiful regional wine shop”. The brainchild of local authorities and some forty top winemakers from Wagram, planned by the Viennese architectural team of “gerner°gerner plus”, and opened in September 2009, Weritas Wagram is a centre for the entire region.
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Enjoy coffee at Schaerf World
During a visit to the Schaerf World, visitors find out all they ever wanted to know about growing, refining, preparing, and – above all – enjoying coffee.
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Vinatrium Cellars
In the atmospheric cellars of the Vinatrium in Deutschkreutz one finds a nearly inexhaustible supply of wines from Central Burgenland, all of which can be sampled.
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Art Hotel Blaue Gans
“Indulge the urbane life of Mozart’s city”, is the motto of the art hotel in the middle of Salzburg’s historic downtown. And this attitude has earned the Art Hotel Blaue Gans the appreciation and affection of artists and guests alike.
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The Penz
A glass palace with panorama views: in terms of furnishings, The Penz, located in the heart of Innsbruck, is not much different than other 4-star hotels. That special something is to be discovered on the fifth floor, where the bar and restaurant offer spectacular views of Innsbruck by night.
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Wine tavern-restaurant Heurigenhof Bründlmayer
The Heurigenhof Bründlmayer is no ordinary heuriger buffet. In this preciously beautiful ensemble of historic buildings, you enjoy superb cuisine and the preeminent stars of the Austrian wine scene, courtesy of Bründlmayer.
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Traditional inn Wilder Mann in Lans
The only thing ‘wild’ about the Wilder Mann is, perhaps, what happens in the kitchen during the season of ‘wild game’. This snuggly old country inn has been popular for centuries for travellers and guests from far and near alike.
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Sigwart's Tiroler Weinstube in Brixlegg
If you try to imagine the ideal, typical, country inn in the ideal site, the picture your imagination comes up with is devilishly close to the actual Gannerhof in Innervillgraten. Everything here is just...picture perfect.
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Bittermann Vinarium in Göttlesbrunn
The so-called bittermann vinarium is a modern country inn: within age-old walls awaits a true land of plenty for all those who love to eat and drink well.
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Restaurant "Zum Schwarzen Kameel"
Zum Schwarzen Kameel is much more than just a culinary meeting place for celebrities: for nearly 400 years it has been a Viennese institution.
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Plachutta in Vienna
Plachutta is to beef what Figlmüller is to schnitzel. In keeping with the tradition of fabled Viennese beef establishments of the past, the Plachutta restaurants have now become legends themselves.
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Restaurant Eckel
If there was a superlative form for “good traditional cooking”, it would be “best traditional cooking”, and this term is the perfect description of the food at Eckel, in Vienna’s Sievering neighbourhood.
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Restaurant Figlmüller in Vienna
In Vienna Figlmüller is synonymous with schnitzel: the city’s Figlmüller restaurant makes what is probably the best and most famous schnitzel in the entire city.
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Via Culinaria - Salzburger Land
Getting to sample local specialties and savor fine cuisine is as much part of any holiday as taking snapshots or writing post cards. The Via Culinaria, a creative initiative in the SalzburgerLand, provides a true gourmet experience. Seven culinary tours cater to cheese devotees, fish fans, sweet tooth, alpine hut addicts and beer aficionados, among many others.
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Loisiarte Festival for Music & Literature
From the middle of the vineyards rises the aluminium-clad cube of the Visitors’ Centre Loisium, a symbol of how adept the winegrowing town of Langenlois is at linking the modern and the traditional. This theme is also taken up each year in March by the Loisiarte music and literature festival.
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Schrammel.Klang.Festival in the Waldviertel
World Music from the Waldviertel: Litschau, Austria’s northernmost city, is the birthplace of the traditional “Schrammel” music. In July, the area surrounding the Herrensee and the Herrensee theatre serves as the location for three days of Austrian folk music, sometimes conventional and occasionally eccentric.
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Traditional inn "Zum Huth"
Huth is a prime example of a contemporary Viennese inn: modern in appearance, but classic when it comes to hospitality and cuisine.
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Craving Austria?
We have compiled our favorite dishes to make sure you can create your Austrian vacation memories at home.
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Plan your trip to the Austrian Wine Country
Austria’s wine regions are both beautiful and easy to visit. In fact, once you step off the plane in Vienna, you have already arrived in one of the world’s most unique wine region. Vienna. Then about one hour south east of Vienna lies the Burgenland, and one hour west of Vienna is the region of Lower Austria with many beautiful valleys. Many of them along the Danube.
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Experiences "off the beaten path"
Looking for great authentic travel experiences? Just move the "slider" to your travel preference and we'll show where we think you should go. You most likely will encounter unexpected like the "Poppy village ".
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EAT.ART & AB.ART
Daniel Spoerri, artist of “nouveau realisme” stemming from Rumania, made an impact with Eat-Art Events and Object Art Works.
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Culinary Danube
The Danube is not only known for its culture, landscape and beautiful nature, it is also famous for its culinary delights and therefore a top address for gourmets.
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Essential listing on Austrian and European tours including Austria
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Essential listing on Danube cruises
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Essential listing on music, art and cultural tours
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Gasthaus Haberl
Until recently he was the famous chef of the well established Hotel Sacher in Vienna and now Hans Peter Fink took over the traditional rural inn of his in-laws and was awarded with two "Gault Millau" hats right away.
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Schilcherland
Supposedly time passes by slower in Schilcherland than anywhere else. At least this was claimed by people who spent some memorable time enjoying a glass of wine at a typical wine tavern a “Buschenschank“ right within the soft hills of south-western Styria and completely neglected time.
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Pannonian Living
Vacation on the sunny side of Austria. In the unusual and typical Pannonian accommodation life is at its glory.
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Restaurant Obauer
In the opinion of many gourmets the brothers Karl and Rudi Obauer are the most successful in the country. Every year their restaurant achieves the highest nominations by national and international gourmet guides.
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Hotel Rathaus
Award-winning Chef Klaus Fleischhaker, who operates the well-known Gourmet-Restaurant Pfefferschiff in the City of Salzburg, has made his dream come true in Vienna: He created a hotel in which everything is dedicated to wine.
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Mühltalhof
An exceptional hotel for Spa lovers, people looking for relaxation, night owls and those in search of adventures at the Mühlviertel you may experience indulgence and culture with heart and soul.
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Rauch-Hof
In the Schilcherland with its vineyards and wine taverns is situated an entire piece of art: At the Rauch-Hof you are welcome to lounge idyllic, enjoy outstanding food and discover unusual culture.
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Zotter Chocolate Factory
Once upon the time around 1990 there was a master confectioner who thought that all the existing chocolate creations on the market are simply a little bit too boring. So after business hours he started to explore in the quietness of his company's back room...
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Glühwein...the perfect winter warmer
The result of the right mixture using red-wine, cinnamon stick, sugar, oranges and cloves is the delicious taste of Glühwein. Glühwein is mostly consumed either at traditional Christmas markets or after a day on the Austrian slopes in one of the cosy mountain huts.
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Vanillekipferl...the Austrian Christmas cookie
For all those who want to enjoy a little Austrian Christmas atmosphere at home, here is the recipe of the Vanillekipferl (Vanilla Crescents) a delightfully light cookie, with a hint of vanilla.
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Staud's in Vienna
To combine fine pickled vegetables with the thought of emergency rations would prove the delicious variety of Staud’s products completely wrong. Non-believers will be convinced by visiting the Staud’s Pavillion at the Yppenplatz in Vienna.
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Vinothek Weinwerk Burgenland
Contemporary architecture in the heart of the premises from the renaissance era: right in the center of the wine growing village Neusiedl am See was created one of the most impressing wine cellars of Austria.
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Sacher Torte...a bittersweet symphony
Created in 1832 by 16 year old apprentice chef Franz Sacher at the court of Prince Metternich, it must be the most famous chocolate cake in the world today. The recipe for the Original Sacher-Torte is a well-kept secret, known only to confectioners at Hotel Sacher in Vienna.
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Wiener Apfelstrudel
It is truly one of the best known Austrian desserts – Wiener Apfelstrudel, freshly baked, served with icing sugar and Viennese coffee! Who can resist this classical, mouth-watering dessert!
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Tafelspitz…the king of the beef dishes
When Viennese talk about ‘beef’, they always mean boiled beef with ‘Tafelspitz’ the king of the beef dishes. No Viennese holiday is complete without tasting this delicious beef dish.
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Wachauer Marillenknödel…fruity filling in a sweet shell
The mild climate and fertile soil of the Wachau Valley not only produce outstanding white wines; they are also perfect for fruit-growing. When the apricots are ripe, this Lower Austrian region becomes a dumpling paradise.
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Kaiserschmarren…a dish fit for an emperor
Be that as it may: the Austrian “Mehlspeisen”, or ‘flour desserts’, have their own magic! The king of all “Schmarren”, the “Kaiserschmarren”, was one of Emperor (Kaiser) Francis Joseph’s favourites after he famously praised the dairyman of a small inn for his culinary prowess where he first tried the chopped, sweetened pancakes.
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Wiener Schnitzel…the classic veal dish
A specialty originating from the Italian “costoletta milanese” – a breaded and fried veal escalope.
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Austria's Eastern Edge
Burgenland is unlike anywhere else in Austria. Whereas Austria is known for rugged Alps, pirouette-inducing meadows or the excitement of Vienna, Burgenland sits on the edge of Central Europe’s vast Pannonian plain.
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Coffeehouse culture in Austria
Cafés are an everyday part of city living and in Vienna in particular they are at the heart of city life. Around 1900, a visit to a Viennese café was a spectacular experience, newspapers were displayed on custom-made stands, waiters wore tailcoats and ceilings were decorated with elaborate chandeliers.
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Bring home an edible souvenir
After you have returned back home you can still enjoy the tastes of Austria: Styrian pumpkinseed oil, Zotter chocolate, Manner Schnitten hazelnut wafers and the famous Mozart chocolate balls are all popular culinary souvenirs.
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Time-Honored yet Trendy: Austria's Cities
Austria’s cities fascinate with their monumental buildings spanning all major epochs from Gothic to Renaissance, from Baroque to Jugendstil, and Post Modernism. Historic settings for modern events, leisurely shopping tours and wonderful culinary experiences. Let yourself be charmed!
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Austrian Beer - Cheers!
A good beer has only four ingredients: water, grain, a little hops and yeast - the rest depends on the brewer’s skill. (And in Austria, we've got plenty!)
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Naschmarkt
A culinary voyage around the world takes not 80 days but minutes in Vienna’s Naschmarkt.
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Pelzmann Pumpkin Seed Oil
It’s known as the black gold of Southern Styria: pumpkin seed oil. These days a modest, family-run oil press has become the world’s biggest producer of this delicacy.
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Wachau
A region which straddles the banks of the Danube, rich in history, blessed with a mild climate and outstanding white wines, the UNESCO cultural heritage site of Wachau is a magical land in every season.
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Lanserhof
Guests at this hotel can improve their wellbeing with an individually tailored programme. The future of your sustained good health lies in the Tirol.
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Erich Stekovics
Eric Stekovics has scoured the world for tomato seeds in his quest to revive some nearly forgotten flavours. Today more than 3,200 varieties of tomato thrive in his fields near the Neusiedlersee.
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Steirereck
One of the most famous gourmet restaurants of the city can be found in one of the most beautiful parts of Vienna, in the middle of the Stadtpark and on the banks of the river: the Steirereck and its sister establishment, the Meierei next door.
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Restaurant Taubenkobel in Schützen
The Taubenkobel restaurant is one of the best in the country. And for those who are hesitant to enter such spheres, the light version in the form of a pretty bistro is just the ticket.
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Vienna
Did you know, that to this day Vienna is the only world capital with a significant wine production within it's city limits? Respected vintners are bringing their visions to the exploding culinary and cultural renaissance happening in Vienna.
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Linz and its Linzer Torte
The "Linzer Torte" is considered the oldest known cake in the world. It was already mentioned by name as early as 1653. Yet who named or invented the cake will always remain a mystery.
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Vienna's World Class Vineyards
No other country can lay claim to so much viticulture and wine culture in its capital city. Grapes were cultivated here as early as 1132 AD and it’s now “in” to drink Viennese wine.
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Vineyards along the Danube
From Vienna, drive along the Danube westward towards Lower Austria. Just past the city of Krems, you’ll encounter idyllic, terraced vineyards of the Wachau valley.
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Mouthwatering Wachau
Amazingly sweet and luscious apricots, wholesome “Wachauer Laberl” fresh fish – the goodies are tempting and the tables along the Danube richly laden.
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Kamptal Gardens
The gardens of the Kamptal have been especially blessed by nature and 19 unique oases of green can be visited in one of the most beautiful valleys in Lower Austria.
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Mohndorf - the unique Waldviertel poppy seed
A small village in the Waldviertel has devoted itself totally to the poppy: the inhabitants of Armschlag have even patented the unique Waldviertel grey poppy seed.
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Bregenzerwald
This valley, once completely covered by forest, lies between Lake Constance and the Arlberg and is the ideal destination for gourmet holidays amidst pristine nature.
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Upscale - yet affordable dining experiences
Looking for an upscale dining experience? We have compiled a list of restaurants, that will enhance you travel experience. This list is in no way complete since there are so many of them throughout Austria.
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Guten Appetit! Eating with Austrians
Austrians take their food seriously and this dedication shows in their gastronomic rituals.
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Austria's Wine Regions
The miracle of Austria is that all of its wine regions are incredibly easy to visit. In fact, once you step off the plane in Vienna, you have already arrived in one of the world’s most unique wine regions.
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Prost! Drinking with Austrians
Drinking has its own ceremonial protocol in which eye-contact plays a central role.
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A late-night institution: the Würstelstand
After a long night of revelry, there is nothing like a hearty snack to avoid a rude awakening the next day.
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