Gols

Gols

Major wine-growing region in Burgenland Lake Neusiedl , which was already in 1217 as "Galus" mentioned. In 16 Century reached here the wine mainly by cultivation measures Cistercian its peak. Due to the Turkish war in 1683 and the resulting devastation, there was a setback followed an eventful history. Towards the end of the 19th Gols century by the ravages of the phylloxera hit particularly extreme. Professor Paul Vetter (a wine inspector from Sopron) gained thereby great merit that the processing of the vines with American records and so successful fighting. Therefore, the citizens set out Golser thanks for the "new founder of the wine" in a monument. Loess, black soil and sandy soils allow the cultivation of different grape varieties and wines. The high humidity caused by the nearby Lake Neusiedl, and almost 2000 hours of sunshine a year also encourage botrytis and so the sweet wine. The 1,800 acres are 80% of the white varieties Grüner Veltliner (over 300 ha), Riesling, Neuburger, Muller-Thurgau, Chardonnay and Riesling, as well as 20% with the red varieties Zweigelt (200 ha), Gamay, St. Laurent and Pinot Noir planted.

Famous vineyards are Altenberg (Riede Austria) , old record, Bless , noble reason Gabarinza , Goldberg (Riede Austria) , heath land, Neuberg , riding fields, Salzberg , Schafleiten, Mirror (Riede Austria) (Spiegelluß) Ungersberg and Zwickel lands. South of the Gols in 1217 is of Cistercian priory church, founded with the single vineyards Kreuzjoch and short mountain. Every year around 11 November open around 65 Golser their wine cellar doors. There is an attractive program with basement galleries, educational wine tasting and a presentation and tasting of wines Golser. A 2.8 km long wine trail with information panels about teaching area, and wine grapes. Golser winery founded cooperatives Pannobile , Weingartner Pannonian Lake Neusiedl and Select Gols . Well-known producers are axle Paul , Werner axis , Erwin Beck , Judith Beck , Bernthaler + Bernthaler , Helmut Bruckner , Reinhard Bruckner , Gsellmann & Hans , Gsellmann Matthias , Gsellmann Siegfried , Gernot Heinrich , Juris - Stiegelmar , Lehner Erwin , Gernot Leitner , Hans Nittnaus , John Nittnaus , Pittnauer Gerhard , Claus Preisinger , George Preisinger , Helmut Preisinger , Helmuth Renner , Michael Rommer , Horst and George Schmelzer , George Schmelzer - Köllan , Temer Christian , Varga Gerhard , Christian White , Mark White , Wendelin Andreas and Wendelin Paul .