Sustainability

Question 1

Which are the three major sustainable kind of viticulture in Austria?
Which are their respectively % (until 2019 data)?
What about sustainable viticulture?

Answer 1

• Integrated viticulture: 77%.
•Organic viticulture: 14% of Austria’s total area under vine, with which Austria plays a leading role on the world stage.
• Biodynamic viticulture.
9% of the area under vine has been certified as sustainable (complicity between ecology -grape growing, wine production, vineyard system-, economy and society, for which Austrian Viticultural Association has perhaps developed an online-tool for measuring the sustainable work practices of the domestic wine production sector.