Lower Austria/Niederösterreich

This wine-growing region has a total vineyard area of 3.869 hectares, and is one of the 8 wine-growing regions in the federal state of Lower Austria. The region lies to the west of Vienna, the name is taken from the Kamp river, which flows through the region from Schönberg in the north to Hadersdorf in the south, and flows into the Danube not far from Krems. Wine has been grown here since the early Middle Ages. The independent wine-growing regions Kamptal and Kremstal were previously known as the single region Kamptal-Donauland. Soils are mainly of primeval rock, clay or loess. The climate is influenced by hot Pannonian influences as well as by cool influences from the Waldviertel area. Rainfall is fairly low, and fog is frequently experienced in spring, autumn and winter. The main centre of the region is Langenlois, the largest wine-growing commune in Austria in terms of vineyard area, together with the attached communes of Gobelsburg, Haindorf and Zöbing. Other well-known wine-growing communes are Etsdorf, Hadersdorf, Kammern, Lengenfeld, Schönberg, Sittendorf, Straß im Straßertale and Walkersdorf. The most famous and best vineyard site (Ried) is the Heiligenstein (Zöbing); others are Bleckenweg, Gaisberg, Grub, Dechant, Hasel, Lamm, Loiserberg, Panzaun, Steinmassl and Wechselberg.

There are three well-known producers associations: Kamptal Klassik, Traditionsweingüter Österreich and Vinovative. Among the best-known wine producers are Aichinger, Allram, Angerer Kurt, Arndorfer, Auer Leopold, Brandl, Bründlmayer, Cobaneshof Schneider, Dolle, Eder Burgi, Ehn Ludwig, Eichinger Birgit, Grillmaier, Groll, Hager Oskar, Hiedler, Hirsch, Höfinger Egmont, Kirchmayr, Jurtschitsch, Leithner, Loimer, Nastl Günter, Rabl, Retzl, Schloss Gobelsburg, Steininger Karl, Summerer, Topf Johann, Waldschütz Reinhard, Weixelbaum and Zottlöderer. Around 85% of the total area is planted with white varieties. The varieties planted are (status as per 2000):
Grape variety Synonyms, variants Colour Hectares %-Share
Veltliner Grüner Veltliner, Weißgipfler White 2.027 52,4
Müller-Thurgau Rivaner, Riesling x Sylvaner White 433 11,2
Zweigelt Blauer Zweigelt, Rotburger Red 318 8,2
Riesling Rheinriesling, Weißer Riesling White 298 7,2
Chardonnay
Pinot Blanc Feinburgunder
Weißburgunder, Klevner White 145 3,7
Blauer Portugieser Portugieser Red 114 3,0
Frühroter Veltliner Frühroter, Malvasier White 81 2,1
Welschriesling - White 77 2,0
Blauburger - Red 65 1,7
Gemischter Satz - White 55 1,4
Neuburger - White 45 1,2
St. Laurent - Red 37 1,0
Roter Veltliner - White 33 0,9
Pinot Noir Blauburgunder, Blauer Spätburgunder Red 31 0,8
Sauvignon Blanc Muskat-Sylvaner White 23 0,6
Gemischter Satz - Red 21 0,5
Muskat-Ottonel Feinschmeckerter White 10 0,3
Cabernet Sauvignon - Red 9 0,2
Scheurebe Sämling 88 White 8 0,2
Muskateller Gelber Muskateller, Roter Muskateller White 7 0,2
Traminer Roter Traminer, Gewürztraminer White 7 0,2
Merlot - Red 7 0,2
Pinot Gris Grauburgunder, Ruländer White 6,5 0,2
Silvaner Sylvaner, Grüner Sylvaner White 5 0,1
Bouvier - White 4,4 0,1
Blaufränkisch Blauer Limberger, Limberger Red 3 0,1
Cabernet Franc - Red 0,8 -
Goldburger - White 0,8 -
Rotgipfler Rotreifler White 0,5 -
Zierfandler Spätrot, Gumpoldskirchner White 0,4 -
Jubiläumsrebe - White 0,2 -
White varieties 3.265 84,4
Red varieties 604 15,6
TOTAL 3.869 100