For the first time in Austria, two grape varieties characterize a profile of origin Traisental DAC: Grüner Veltliner and Riesling as Appellation Varieties

The Traisental is the first wine-growing area in Austria to utilize two region-typical grape varieties for appellation marketing. Beginning with the 2006 vintage, Grüner Veltliner and Riesling, with their distinct taste profiles, will be featured under the denomination "Traisental dac". "The Traisental has become an outrider for stronger controlled denomination of origin (dac) marketing in the wine-growing areas along the Danube," says an enthusiastic Willi Klinger, the new managing director of the Austrian Wine Marketing Service in Vienna. Adds the head of the Traisental´s Regional Wine Committee, Johann Steyrer, who is also excited about the new appellation: "For us, it is important to intensify the profile of the Traisental, and to bring only the region-typical Veltliner and Riesling with this denomination of origin to the market."
The estimated annual production of Traisental dac wines is approximately 300,000 bottles, the majority of which will be sold directly from the wineries or at the traditional Austrian Buschenschanken wine taverns.