In August this year, Austria’s Minister of Agriculture and Forestry signed the Wine Law Collective Decree, laying the basis for a legal recognition of the terms Erste Lage and Grosse Lage, terms equivalent to premier and grand cru, respectively.
Prior to this decision, the term Erste Lage was used only by members of the Österreichischer Traditionsweingüter (ÖTW), the private winegrowers’ association established in Krems 30 years ago by a group...
