wine tavern / young wine
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wine tavern
A tavern in Austria, usually in wine-growing regions, where winegrowers serve their young wine from the most recent harvest and often offer simple cold dishes.
Am Abend sind wir in einem gemütlichen Heurigen in Grinzing eingekehrt.
In the evening, we stopped at a cozy wine tavern in Grinzing.
young wine
The term for the young wine from the year's most recent grape harvest in Austria.
Dieser Heurige schmeckt dieses Jahr besonders fruchtig und frisch.
This young wine tastes especially fruity and fresh this year.
'Der Heurige' (wine tavern/young wine) is a typically Austrian word and concept. It is closely connected with wine culture in eastern Austria, especially in Vienna and the surrounding area.
Wenn du in Wien bist, musst du unbedingt zu einem Heurigen gehen.
If you're in Vienna, you absolutely have to go to a Heuriger.
The word comes from the adjective 'heurig' (this year's). 'Heurig' in turn comes from 'heuer', the southern German and Austrian word for 'this year'. A 'Heuriger' is therefore literally the wine 'from this year'.
Die heurige Ernte war besonders gut.
This year's harvest was especially good.
You can tell whether the tavern or the wine is meant from the verb. If you 'zum Heurigen gehen' (go to the Heuriger) or 'beim Heurigen sitzen' (sit at the Heuriger), the tavern is meant. If you 'einen Heurigen trinken' (drink a Heuriger), the wine is meant.
Wir treffen uns heute Abend beim Heurigen.
We're meeting at the Heuriger this evening.
