!!!Buschenschank

Buschenschank (wine tavern), started to spring up in the 18%%sup th/%  
century when Emperor Joseph II decreed on August 17, 1784 that 
owners of vineyards were allowed to sell wine (  Heuriger), Most (a 
drink drier than cider and slightly less alcoholic) and Sturm (Most 
which has started fermenting) as well as non-alcoholic beverages and 
cold food on their own premises. There are Buschenschank taverns in 
the federal provinces of Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland, Styria, 
Carinthia and Tirol; they are subject to the special trading 
regulations (owners of a Buschenschank need a special licence; they 
are permitted to sell their products tax-free during a limited time of 
the year only; if the Buschenschank is open, the custom is to display 
a "Buschen", or bunch of evergreen boughs, over the entrance).

!Literature
N. Massauer, Die Land- und Forstwirtschaft in der 
Gewerbeordnung, 1978.


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