One of the three specific wine-growing regions in the Austrian province or generic wine-growing region of Styria. The elongated region borders Slovenia to the south. Western Styria is actually located in the south-west of Styria; large parts of Upper Styria lie further west than Western Styria.

The name derives from the time of the Habsburg monarchy, when Eastern and Western Styria together formed Central Styria of the Duchy of Styria, while today's Slovenian Lower Styria was the mixed German-Slovenian region with the capital Maribor an der Drau (Maribor). Viticulture can be traced back to the fourth century BC, as the Illyrians, Celts and later the Romans already cultivated vines here. Viticulture on the Ligistberg was first mentioned in a document in 1235.
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