Wagram consists of two areas separated by the Danube. To the north and along the river, the above-mentioned much larger area extends between the Kamptal wine-growing regions in the west and Vienna in the East. It also gave its name to the wine-growing region and covers about 2,100 hectares. Well-known winegrowing communities are Fels am Wagram (with the vineyards Fumberg, Hammergraben, Mitterweg, Schafberg, Weelfel, Wora); Grafenwörth (Am Berg, Kellerweingarten, Nußberg and Rosenberg); Großriedenthal (Alter Weingarten, Eisenhut and Goldberg); Großweikersdorf as well as Kirchberg am Wagram (Hundsberg, Schlossberg and Steinberg).
East of it and south of the Danube lies the second part named after the town Klosterneuburgincluding the city of Tulln and the community of Atzenbrugg. When the Donauland was renamed Wagram, it received the status of a large site. The vineyards of the much smaller part comprise around 350 hectares of vines. Höflein, Kierling, Kritzendorf, Maria Gugging, Weidling and Weidlingbach belong to Klosterneuburg. Well-known vineyards are Franzhauser, Weidling, Wieden and Ziegelgrub. The climate is influenced by the Danube, the protection against cold northern air from the foothills of the Manhartsberg and the nearby Pannonian area.
List of vine varieties
In 2015 the vineyards covered a total of 2,720 hectares of vines. Compared to 2009 with 2,452 hectares, this was an increase of 11%. The share of red wine varieties amounts to 21.5% and that of white wine varieties to 78.5%. Grüner Veltliner dominates with almost half of the stock, followed by Zweigelt and Müller-Thurgau.
DAC system
The origin-based DAC system is in preparation.
Producers
Well known producers are Arkadenhof Hausdorf, Bauer Anton, Bauer Josef, Bauer Naturnaher Weinbau, Bauer Stefan, Bayer Franz, Blauensteiner Leopold, BRÜNDY, Diwald Martin, Ecker - Eckhof, Ehmoser Josef, Ernst Harald, Fritsch Karl, Fritz Josef, Gerhold Rainer, Greil Norbert, Güntschl Ludwig, Hanauer Hof, Heiderer-Mayer, Kolkmann, Leth Franz, Mayer Franz Anton, Mehofer - Neudeggerhof, Ott Bernhard, Polsterer Andreas, Reinberger Alfred, Salomon Fritz, Sauerstingl, Schloss Fels, Schneider Franz, Schuster Karl, Söllner, Stift Klosterneuburg, Urbanihof Fam. Paschinger, Waldschütz Anton, Weinhof Grill, Wimmer-Czerny, Wöber Josef and Zimmermann Rudolf Two well-known wine-growing associations are Wagramer Selektion and Weingüter Wagram
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