!!!Heuriger

Heuriger, wine from last harvest, term also used for taverns where the 
Heuriger wine is served. The proximity of vineyards to the city led to 
this particular form of wine consumption in Vienna. A real Viennese 
Heuriger wine tavern is marked by a bunch of pine twigs (= 
Foehrenbusch, from which derives the term "Buschenschank" also used to 
designate this particular kind of wine tavern) or a wreath of pine 
hung above the entrance to the tavern meaning that the tavern is open 
and that the wine-grower is allowed to serve wine for a given period. 
Apart from their own wine, the vintners may also serve certain foods. 
After the feast day of Martini (November 11) of the following year the 
wine is called "old" wine. The legal basis for the right to run a 
Heuriger tavern was established under Joseph II on August 17, 
1784; now part of regional law in the provinces of Vienna, Lower 
Austria, Burgenland and Styria.


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