Only 448 hectares are planted with vines. Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt and Welschriesling make up the majority. These are accompanied by small quantities of Muskat-Ottonel, Riesling and Weissburgunder. All thrive on the thick, ferruginous clay soil.
Burgenland smallest wine region calls itself, appropriately, the "wine idyll". At the beginning of this century, the wine-makers were ruled by the Hungarian crown. Today they cultivate Austrian vines in a mild Pannonian climate - intense, but not too hot.
The vineyards lie on a romantic hillside around Eisenberg and Deutsch-Schützen, not far from the biggest wine growing area, Rechnitz. The wine museum in Moschendorf provides a valuable look at the region's history, but the vinothèque next door offers a taste of it: 60 of the Südburgenland's best wines can be sampled and bought here - each one is testimony to the wine region's resurgence in wine-making. Blaufränkisch is the leading red variety: velvety, gentle and dry. The white varieties are racy and fruity.
Uhudler is the regional speciality, hailing from the sleepy village of Heiligenbrunn, this grape at one time had dominated the entire area. Now, it is primarily a curiosity.