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In Austria already since the time of the settlement by the Celts Winegrowing operated just under 3,000 years ago. The Burgenland community Zagersdorf and the Lower Austrian community Stillfried in the Weinviertel are considered the oldest wine-growing communities in Austria. In both places grape seeds were found, which from the time 700 and 900 v. Chr. Chr. Originate and clearly the species Vitis vinifera are assigned. The lifting of the emperor Domitian (51-96) ban on the planting of vines outside Italy by emperors Probus (232-282) had a positive effect on viticulture....
The red variety comes from Austria, Synonyms are Blauer Kracher, Blauer Kräutler, Melbertraube, Schilcher, Schilcher grape, Schlehenblauer and Wildbacher. About the ancestry There are different versions. After a little believable hypothesis should already Celts 400 BC In the area of today Styria have pressed a wine from the wild vine. In the 19th century, some ampelographers were suspected of being directly from Wild vines was domesticated. The Ampelograph Franz Xaver Debris (1800-1858) again in 1841 the bird grape as an ancestor. According to 2009 were made DNA analysis...
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