Heurige are a Viennese speciality. They are special wine bars on
the city’s outskirts, mainly on the land of the vintner himself. In
these bars, Heurige are served from 11 November on, in pursuance
of official regulations. Heurige are wines from the same year.
One finds them near the Wienerwald or on the other bank of the Danube,
and they are equipped with rural-style tables with checkered
tablecloths. Customers fill their plates from the ample buffet and let
the wine flow freely. The motto here is a drinking-song sung by Hans
Moser ( a pre-war charachter-actor), which celebrates his love for both
red and white wine: ‘Ich tu den Wein nicht trinken,/sondern
beissen,/Ich trink den Roten grad so gern/als wie den Weissen.’ (I
don’t just drink the wine, but let it also bite me, and I like red
wine as much as white).
Heurige are said to still exist in Vienna’s surrounds. One
recognises the genuine ones by the green fir branch (the Buschen)
on the door and by an official green-and-white sticker. The new wine can
be served for a period of 300 days, after which it is no longer regarded
as a Heuriger.
Mayer am Pfarrplatz
XIX., Heiligenstädter Pfarrplatz 2
Tel. 370 33 61,
www.mayer.pfarrplatz.at
Mon-Sat
4pm-midnight, Sun 11am-midnight
In 1817 already, Beethoven came here to quench his thirst.
Heuriger Dr. Müller-Schmidt
XIX., Cobenzlgasse 38
Tel 3 20 62 71
March-Sept: daily 4pm-midnight
No ordinary wine house, because whoever wants to have a drink has to
sign up for a tour through the vineyard and gets to know more about
local winegrowing. The view on the city from the vineyard is
breathtaking.
Heuriger Familie Muth
XIX., Probusgasse 10
Tel. 370 22 47
Thursday-Tuesday 3.30pm-midnight.
Heuriger Wieninger
XXI., Stammersdorfer Str. 78
292 41 06,
www.wieninger.at
Wed-Fr from 3pm, Sa/Su/holidays from 12pm
Nierscher Heinrich
XIX., Strehlgasse 21
Tel. 440 21 46
Thursday-Monday 3pm-midnight. Closed during November and February.
Schübel-Auer
XIX., Kahlenbergerstrasse 22
Tel. 370 22 22
Monday-Saturday 3.30pm-midnight.
One of the most popular heurige at tram line D’s terminus.
Closing-time coincides with the sound of the last tram’s bell.
Stammersdorf
Vienna’s largest vintners’village, at the foot of the Bisamberg.
Here you find a few small Heurige.
