Wine region
Kremstal
Kremstal is a wine region in Austria, home to 18 wineries, known for Grüner Veltliner.
Kremstal at a glance: known for Grüner Veltliner.
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Characteristic grapes
Kremstal is best known for Grüner Veltliner.
Wine profile
145 distinct Kremstal wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
Representative Kremstal wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Berger — Gruner Veltliner Lossterrassen
- Buchegger — Gedersdorf Riesling
- Buchegger — Leopold Gruner Veltliner
- Buchegger — Pfarrweingarten Gruner Veltliner
- Buchegger — Ried Tiefenthal Riesling
- Geyerhof — Gutsreserve Gruner Veltliner
- Geyerhof — Hofstudien�Gruner Veltliner
- Geyerhof — Ried Gaisberg Gruner Veltliner Erste Lage
Austria wine designations
- DAC
- DAC means Districtus Austriae Controllatus and identifies regionally typical Austrian Qualitätswein from a legally defined wine-growing region.
- Landwein
- Landwein is the Austrian traditional category for wine with protected geographical indication from a named wine-growing region.
- Pradikatswein
- Prädikatswein is an Austrian protected-origin quality-wine category for wines meeting a specified ripeness or harvest-method Prädikat.
- Qualitatswein
- Qualitätswein is an Austrian wine with protected designation of origin from a specified wine-growing region.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
FAQs
- Where is Kremstal?
- The demarcated geographical area of the ‘Kremstal’ designation of origin comprises the city of Krems an der Donau and the municipalities of Furth bei Göttweig, Gedersdorf, Imbach, Paudorf, Rohrendorf bei Krems, Senftenberg and Stratzing-Droß in Lower Austria.
- Which grapes are associated with Kremstal?
- Kremstal is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Grüner Veltliner. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
- What do the designation terms on Kremstal wines mean?
- DAC: DAC means Districtus Austriae Controllatus and identifies regionally typical Austrian Qualitätswein from a legally defined wine-growing region. Pradikatswein: Prädikatswein is an Austrian protected-origin quality-wine category for wines meeting a specified ripeness or harvest-method Prädikat. Qualitatswein: Qualitätswein is an Austrian wine with protected designation of origin from a specified wine-growing region. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Kremstal?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Kremstal wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Kremstal?
- The current regional catalogue contains 145 linked wines from 18 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.