Vienna’s smallest vineyard grows on former traffic island
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Robert Wutzl, deputy district leader of Döbling in Vienna, Austria, and Thomas Huber of Fuhrgassl-Huber winery planted 20 grapevines on a former traffic island in the Grinzing district.
In 2023, the city of Vienna removed concrete from a traffic area near Himmelstraße, creating space for the small vineyard. Wutzl initiated the project and, with Huber’s help, cares for the vines, which include varieties like Grüner Veltliner and Riesling.
The vineyard produced its first harvest on September 10, 2026, after three years of growth. The harvest lasted only seven minutes and yielded enough grapes to fill four buckets, which will produce approximately ten bottles of wine. Huber expects the vineyard's yield to double in a few years. Wutzl plans to auction the wine, which will have a special label and numbering, to benefit a charitable cause.
The project exemplifies a return to tradition, as the wine will be a “Gemischter Satz”, a field blend of multiple grape varieties grown together, a typical practice in Vienna.
