Vienna Airport is the near located international airport and it is a good starting point to start to explore wineries in Lower Austria.

The best way to experience wineries in Lower Austria is by driving a car and visiting the vineyards directly. Most of the wineries are located close to Sankt Polten town and you can easily get there from Vienna following A21 route. It takes around one hour to get to Sankt Polten town.

One of the easiest and fastest way to explore wineries in Lower Austria is get from Vienna to Sankt Polten by train. There is a direct train departing from Vienna Hbf and arriving at St.Polten Hbf. Services depart every 15 minutes, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 33 min.

The best season to visit wineries in Lower Austria is Spring when nature wakes up again after winter when the tills turn green and the winemakers open their cellars to the visitors.  Enjoy the first days of spring in a charming environment of wineries in Lower Austria. The combination of a magical land, traditional holidays, excellent regional dishes, and fine wine guarantees an exceptional experience. For an unusual spring adventure, you can go by bike or on foot.

Wineries in Lower Austria bring together the best of the old and new worlds of wine making. Here you can find a large number of wineries of various types from old family-owned wineries to medal winning wineries. All of them are balancing tradition and modernity, following their own philosophy of winemaking.

Wineries in Lower Austria are well equipped and ready to host visitors. Almost all the wineries have access for reduced mobility people, they offer activities for kids and bus parking for groups. You can also feel free to take your pets while traveling to the wineries in Lower Austria.  Some of the wineries provide accommodation and restaurant services too.

Most of the wineries in Lower Austria use the following grape varieties in wine production:

Red Varieties: Zweigelt, Pinot Noir, Blaukrankisch
White Varieties: Grüner Veltliner, Riesling, Chardonnay

Wineries in Lower Austria are well-known for its legendary Gruner Veltliner. In addition, other grape varieties are grown here, including Zinfandel, Riesling, Zweigelt. The latter, by the way, produces an excellent Austrian dry red wine with a deep cherry-ruby color, an expressive berry aroma, and a refined velvety taste.

In recent years, several winemakers in the Lower Austria region have begun to develop a sparkling wine known as Sekt Methode Traditionelle. These wines are produced using conventional fermentation methods that occur in the bottle.

Some words to remember before you visit wineries in Lower Austria:

“Prost!” – Cheers!
“Wein” – Wine
“Weingut”- Winery
“Weinprobe” – Wine tasting
“Weinstraße” – Wine route