This is where Johanneshof Reinisch Zierfandler Spiegel come from! Repost from Austrian Wine Discover Ried Spiegel and Ried Wiege Gumpoldskirchen in the Thermenregion where the white wines of Zierfandler and Rotgipfler remain the focus today sometimes as monovarietal wines and sometimes blended together. The vines benefit here from the Pannonian climate with hot summers and dry autumns as well as the 1800 annual hours of sunshine. Constant air currents enable the grapes to dry quickly after dew or rainfall in autumn. Loamy soils of finely grained deposits predominate. A high coarse fraction is common, stemming from solidified or loose gravel and sands with high limestone content and substantial remains of shells, snails and other marine life. Rubble-laden hillside deposits help in matters of drainage and warming. ©AWMB/Robert Herbst