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    Grüner Veltliner

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Austria's own white grape, planted on almost a third of the country's vineyards.

    VIVC
    № 129301
    Berry skin
    white (blanc)1
    Origin
    Austria1
    Synonyms in VIVC
    791
    central lobepetiolar sinuslobes: 5cluster
    parentunknown
    parentSavagnin (Traminer)
    Grüner Veltliner

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    vinoluma engraving: schematic leaf after the description (5 lobes).

    Where Grüner Veltliner comes from and grows

    1. Origin (VIVC)Austria
    2. Atlas regionWachau

    Country of origin as given by VIVC. Regions are those where the atlas sources mention the variety; not a complete list of where it grows.

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    Traminer and a village vine

    VIVC records the variety as Veltliner Grün, from Austria, with 79 synonyms.1 It lists Savagnin (Traminer) as a parent confirmed by markers and leaves the other unknown.1 The Austrian Wine Marketing Board names the second parent as St. Georgen, a vine found in St. Georgen in Burgenland.2

    Where it grows

    Austrian Wine gives its area as 13,518 hectares, 29.4% of Austria's vineyards.2 It is planted above all in Niederösterreich and northern Burgenland.2

    Under the 2020 Wachau DAC ordinance, single-vineyard wines (Riedenweine) from the Wachau may only be Grüner Veltliner or Riesling.3

    Other names

    Examples of synonyms recorded in VIVC: Green Veltliner, Cima Bianca, Dreimaenner, Feldlinger, Bielospicak.1

    Around the world

    In 2023 it covered 19,082 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 42 of 1497 varieties in the database.4

    The largest area is in Austria: 14,427 ha (76% of the world total), across 17 countries.4

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area shrank by 54%.4

    1. Austria14,427 ha
    2. Slovakia1,823 ha
    3. Czechia1,487 ha
    4. Hungary1,219 ha
    5. New Zealand43 ha
    6. the United States24 ha
    7. Australia20 ha
    8. Germany14 ha
    9. Argentina12 ha
    10. Canada6 ha
    11. Poland3.3 ha
    12. Croatia2.3 ha

    Area, 2023

    41,08318,83419,12519,0822000201020162023

    Regions

    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 12930. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (JKI), accessed 2026-10-14. level 2 · checked 2026-10-13
    2. Grüner Veltliner (grape variety page). Austrian Wine Marketing Board (Österreich Wein Marketing GmbH), accessed 2026-10-14. level 4 · checked 2026-10-13
    3. DAC-Verordnung „Wachau“, BGBl. II Nr. 200/2020 (5 May 2020). Republik Österreich, RIS (Bundeskanzleramt), 2020. level 1 · checked 2026-10-13
    4. Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 to 2023. Anderson K., Nelgen S., Puga G. Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide (CC BY 4.0), 2026. level 3 · checked 2026-10-13