Austria’s Styria
View of Bad Gams, Austria
Steiermark: Mountains and Forests
By the Hamlet of Gersdorf
Steiermark: Farmers’ Huts in Well-Tended Fields
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Schilcherkellerweg: Trail in a Nutshell
Trail Name: Schilcherkellerweg (SKW)
Trail Type: A mid-distance circuit trail; fairly well-maintained, partly paved, some grassy or slightly rougher surfaces, and the rest is hard-packed surface; marking on the trail is good, most of the time.
Length:
Total – 10.5 kilometers/6.2 miles
Convenient to: Stainz, Deutschlandsberg, or Graz, Austria
Marking: Signs, or simply marks (on trees or poles) of blue and yellow horizontal stripes
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Zach Creek
Bridge over the Zach
Styrian Landscape
Saarburg from the Castle
Church and Castle, Saarburg
Vineyards and the Wurtzberg Winery
Water to Wine
From water to wine, and wine-gardens, the literal translation of Weingarten, German for “vineyard.” That was both the theme and the reality of this circuit hike by Sankt Stefan ob Stainz. It was here in Styria, Steiermark, in German, that I began my exploration of the wines from this southeastern corner of Austria.
Wine Notes: Austria’s Steiermark
What I Learned
The Steiermark is a wine region in the southeast corner of Austria. It is called Styria in English. The Steiermark lies just north of the Slovenian Alps, and east of the Austrian ones. Within this political and wine entity, there are three wine sub-regions.
-The easternmost, the Suedoststeiermark lies closest to Hungary, from where gets some of its climatic influences. Its topography is moderately hilly in most places, and as the name for its Vulkanland district implies, is influenced by remains of ancient volcanos.
-The southernmost, is the Suedsteiermark, which shares a long border, as well as a tradition of viticulture, with Slovenia.
-Then there is the Weststeiermark. It is known by Austrian wine-lovers, and promoted by the local tourism industry, as Schilcher-land, home to a rose wine of the same name.
Zachgraben und Weingaerten: Trail in a Nutshell
Trail Name: Zachgraben und Weingaerten (Zach Creek and Vineyards)
Trail Type: A mid-distance circuit trail; some sections maintained, others rougher, with varying surfaces, from paved to mud. This circuit is not marked (See comment)
Length:
Total – 10.1 kilometers/6 miles
Convenient to: Graz, Austria
Marking:
None (See comment!)
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