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The continued popularity of heurige among younger Austrians and tourists has created demand for wineries to release their wines sooner, even as soon as possible after the harvest.

And in the same week, Austrian winemakers introduce their first wines of the vintage at local wine taverns called heurige.

Heuriger — the singular for “heurige” — refers to “this year’s,” and the private taverns were a seasonal affair at harvest time.

Information on other harvest festivals, which run through October, and a complete heurige calendar can be found at lower-austria.info/portal/en/.

There are about 200 heurige in the valley, and a few hundred more in other regions throughout Austria.