The Austrian winegrowing district Carnuntum is located east of Vienna in Lower Austria. Zweigelt from the Rubin Carnuntum wine producers show a refreshing pithiness, the Spitzerberg in the eastern part of the growing region Carnuntum is famous fort he indigenous grape variety Blaufränkisch. Not to mention St. Laurent, as well an indigenous variety. The most important white variety is Grüner Veltliner.
Unsere Wurzeln Schon die Römer wussten warum...
The region takes its name from the ancient Roman city Carnuntum (today, Petronell near Bad Deutsch-Altenburg), which thanks to numerous excavations of its amphitheatre and temple ruins offers a penetrating glimpse into a time when the cultivation of wine in the region experienced its first flowering.
