The continuity of this development is documented down to the present day by names of wineries or actual ownership. Medieval times were a golden age for wine growing. Large parts of Vienna were planted with grape vines and the French Cistercians exported their already detailed knowledge about wine to the Danube region – a turn of events whose effects can still be seen and tasted today. Along the Danube, visitors can still see and experience the history of wine growing. Not in dusty old museums, but on visits to age-old wine cellars such as the one at Klosterneuburg Abbey or at Nikolaihof in Mautern. The latter is one of the oldest in the land. And the wein.sinn Wine World of Winzer Krems manages to be a bridge between old cellars with archived wines that date back to 1948 (still available for purchase) and the modern wine world presented in audiovisual exhibitions. Admission to the largest monument to wine in Austria is free. The natural stone terraces in the Wachau, a millennium task, are still being worked on.
