One of the six specific wine-growing regions in the Austrian province or generic wine-growing region of Burgenland. In 2016, the wine-growing regions were restructured with changes to the designations and area boundaries. The former name Südburgenland was replaced by Eisenberg.

The new name was chosen because the "ü" could have a disruptive effect when exporting and "Eisenberg" was already the name of the traditional wine-growing region in the past. From the 12th century onwards, the Cistercian monastic order in particular made a decisive contribution to the development of viticulture here. After the phylloxera catastrophe, the local wine speciality Uhudler was born here at the beginning of the 20th century.

Climate & soils

The Eisenberg wine-growing region differs significantly from the northern wine-growing regions of Burgenland in terms of its climatic conditions, above all due to the higher annual rainfall. The mild, Pannonian climate is characterised by intense sunshine (exposure). The forests favour a positive cooling effect at night. The soils consist mainly of ferruginous, clayey loam.

Wine-growing communities & vineyards

The area extends south of the Günser Bergland and lies on the border with Hungary. The Pinkatal Wine Route runs from the largest municipality Rechnitz in the north along the border via the municipalities Eisenberg an der Pinka with the vineyards Csaterberg, Hummergraben, Paigl, Reihburg, Saybritz and Szápari, as well as Deutsch-Schützen with the vineyards Bründlgfangen, Fasching, Ratschen and Weinberg to the south. Other municipalities are Badersdorf, Eberau, Güssing, Hannersdorf, Heiligenbrunn (with Uhudler wine shop), Kohfidisch, Moschendorf (with wine museum and Uhudler wine shop) and Strem.

Grape variety index

In 2022, the vineyards covered a total of 511 hectares of vines. Compared to 2017 with 515 hectares, this was a reduction of 4 hectares (0.8%). The share of white wine varieties is 48%, the share of red wine varieties 52%. Blaufränkisch dominates with over a third, followed by Welschriesling, Zweigelt and Merlot.