Monasteries

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Many Roman Catholic religious communities owned extensive vineyards. The monastery operations were often based on professional viticulture. These orders contributed significantly to the development of viticulture in many European countries and also in the New World. The Benedictine, Carthusian and Cistercian orders are among the best known and most important in terms of viticulture. See also Eucharist, Church and Mass wine.

Klöster - Saint Pierre d’Hautvillers

The picture above shows the famous Benedictine abbey of Saint Pierre d'Hautvillers in Champagne, where the famous monk Dom Pierre Pérignon (1638-1715), who is credited with the invention of champagne, worked. The picture below shows Heiligenkreuz Abbey in the Vienna Woods in Lower Austria, which was founded by the Cistercian order in 1133. They also founded the Freigut Thallern winery, one of the oldest wineries in Austria, near the well-known wine-growing community of Gumpoldskirchen in the wine-growing region of Thermenregion. The order still runs it today.

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