Title of Good Practice : Helping Hands at Harvest Time
Region : Weinviertel (Lower Austria)
General description : At the time of harvesting wine (“Weinlese”), local small wine producers invite tourists to help them with their intensive work for a duration of either a day or longer. The tourists are involved in different steps of this work and are active in the vineyards and in the wine cellars (from harvesting the grapes to filling the bottles). They are usually not getting paid by money, but get a typical “farmer’s dinner” consisting of local products (cold meat, home made bread and cheese, new (...)

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Title of Good Practice : The “Grean” (i.e. “Green”, a synonym for Spring/Easter time)
Region : Hadres, a village in the north of the Weinviertel (Lower Austria) – similar in some other small villages in Pulkautal
General description : Around Easter time, local wine farmers used to invite their employees (harvest workers) on a special day to celebrate with enjoying their local products – in particular the latest wine - and music. Nowadays, this event is also offered to tourists, who would pay a small “all inclusive” price for food, drinks, entertainment and explanation of local food and beverage (...)

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Title of Good Practice : A Tour through the Farmhouse
Region : Region of Retz (Weinviertel, Lower Austria)
General description : Tourists are shown around traditional farmhouse with particular focus on explaining the production of local food and beverage (meat products, milk and cheese, ciders, juices, wines). They can then taste these products and buy them right there.
Objective(s) : Showing and explaining the production of local products in order to convince them of the quality of local food and beverage.
Target group(s) : Recreational tourists, people interested in farming and local (...)

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Title of Good Practice : “Wine bike tours”
Region : Lower Austria
General description : Tours by bicycle through the wine region around Retz ; different tours are named after different types of grapes typical of this very region. Tourists can stop by wine producers, try their products and, if they want, also buy them.
Objective(s) : Combination of sports activity, getting to know the landscape and culinary offer of the region. Showing and explaining local products in order to convince them of the quality of local food and beverage.
Target group(s) : Recreational tourists, people who want to (...)

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Title of Good Practice : Wirtshauskultur (culture of local pubs and inns)
Region : Lower Austria
General description : Official label supported by the federal state of Lower Austria with substantial marketing to reactivate traditional small pubs and inns and their typical local cuisine.
Objective(s) : Promotion and marketing of local culinary culture
Target group(s) : Locals and tourists
Strengths : Simple concept having good outputs for economy of the region ; good coverage of wide area
Critical Success Factors : Quality of food and drinks offered
When was the practice initiated : Middle of (...)

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Title of Good Practice : “Fassldorf” (village of barrels)
Region : Waldviertel, Lower Austria
General description :
Special accommodation offer : several big old wine barrels are rented out as accommodation, furnished in different styles
Objective(s) : Alternative accommodation
Target group(s) : (adventure) tourists, individuals and groups
Strengths : Rather unique idea attracting attention in a remote region of Lower Austria
Critical Success Factors : Weather conditions in this part of Austria are not very predictable. The average temperature is clearly below Austria’s average. For this (...)

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