THROUGH THE LAND OF WINE

Welcome to MoraviaCome, come; good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used, proclaimed William Shakespeare – and he certainly spoke for the Moravian wine-growers, who can use it really well. For people from South Moravia wine is not only the salt of life, but also a hobby, work and endless love. Wine is a heady and mes-merizing drink, it is variable, having its own history written into the Moravian countryside.

No m at t e r i f you b e lon g

among the eager beginners

or advanced lovers of wine,

come to Moravia and listen

to the story how the wine was

born. It begins in spring in the

awakening vineyards, culmi-

nates with the summer sun

and gains its fi nal shape in the

autumn during vintage, bub-

bling fermentation which will

deliver “The Wine”. Come to

Moravia and take an evening

strol l through the street of

wine cellars with historical

pressrooms, where you will

meet wine-growers, who will

let you peek under the hat of

their secrets. If they say “Let’s

taste something”, do not hesi-

tate, because wine-tasting in

the stylish environment will

be a great experience for all

your senses.

Moravia is woven through by

more than a thousand of kilo-

metres of marked trails, known

as Moravian wine-growing

routes. Once you come across

their symbol – the outline of

a cellar – you have found your

way. The routes are zigzag-

ging through the wine-grow-

ing countryside, they turn

towards the look-outs, lead

through the wine cellar streets

and join the signifi cant wine-

growing villages. No matter

if you get on your way by bike

or by foot, you won’t miss one

wine-growing place of inter-

est in the region. Ten regional

c i rcuits lead usua l ly a long

the side roads, somewhere on

the dirt and forest roads. Th e

circuits are connected by the

300 km long spinal Moravian

wine route from Znojmo to

Uherské Hradiště.

Th e wine-growing sub-region

znojemská involves for example the

Šobes vineyard, one of the best

wine-growing localities in Eu-

rope, the town of Znojmo with

a 30 km long underground,

wine cellars in the Louka

Monastery or romantic ruins

of the Gothic monastery Rosa

Coeli in Dolní Kounice.

Th e wine-growing sub-region

mikulovskáof fers t he Lednice-Va lt ice

Composed Area, the largest

composed landscape in the

world and at the same time a

UNESCO site. Th e dominant

feature of the landscape is the

white crest of Pálava, the west-

ernmost headland of the Car-

pathians and the renowned

grape-growing region.

Th e wine-growing sub-region

velkopavlovická off ers its visitors a tour through

the medieval Templar cellar

in Čejkov ice , w i ne-g row-

ing exposition in Hustopeče,

picturesque cellar colonies

“Pod strážním kopcem” in Vr-

bice and the “Independent

United Republic Kraví Hora”

in Bořetice.

Th e wine-growing sub-region

slováckápresents colourful folklore,

folk songs, folk costumes and

arts and craft s. In the Open

Air Museum in Strážnice you

can find a unique set of the

wine-growers’ buildings, his-

toric wine cellars are found

in Mutěnice, Petrov-Plže and

in Blatnice pod svatým An-

tonínkem.

ZNOJEMSKÁ

MIKULOVSKÁ

VELKOPAVLOVICKÁ

SLOVÁCKÁ

The wine-growing region Moravia wine-growing sub-regions:

Welcome to MoraviaCome, come; good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well

Moravia is woven through by

ing countryside, they turn

towards the look-outs, lead

through the wine cellar streets

and join the signifi cant wine-

growing villages. No matter

if you get on your way by bike

or by foot, you won’t miss one

wine growing place of inter

ZNOJEMSKÁ

MIKULOVSKÁ

VELKOPAVLOVICKÁ

SLOVÁCKÁ

he wine-growing region Moravia wine-growing sub-regions:

ZNOJMOMIKULOV

VELKÉPAVLOVICE

BŘECLAV

BRNO

UHERSKÉHRADIŠTĚ

Drnholec

Miroslav

MoravskýKrumlov

Ivančice

DolníKounice

Hrušovanyn. Jevišovkou

Valtice

Lednice

Pavlov

Šatov

Pouzdřany

Pohořelice

Židlochovice

Hustopeče

Velké Bílovice

Kloboukyu Brna

Slavkovu Brna

Bučovice

Hodonín

Dubňany

Kyjov

Ždánice

Koryčany

VracovBzenec

Veselí nadMoravou

Strážnice

Napajedla

Staré Město

Uherský Ostroh

Lanžhot

Tourist information centre ZnojmoObroková 10, Znojmotel.: +420 515 222 552www.znojmocity.cz

Tourist information centre Moravian KrumlovSmetanova 167, Moravský Krumlovtel.: +420 515 321 064www.mkrumlov.cz

Cultural and information centre of Dolní Kounice Masarykovo nám. 2, Dolní Kounice tel.: +420 546 420 005www.dolnikounice.cz

Tourist information centre of the City of BrnoMečová 5, Brnotel.: +420 542 211 090www.ticbrno.cz

Tourist information centre HustopečeDukelské nám. 23, Hustopeče tel.: +420 519 412 909www.hustopece-city.cz

Information centre Velké PavloviceHlavní 9, Velké Pavlovice tel.: +420 519 429 337www.velke-pavlovice.cz

Tourist information centre MikulovNáměstí 1, Mikulovtel.: +420 519 510 855www.mikulov.cz

Tourist information centre Lednice Zámecké nám. 68, Lednicetel.: +420 519 340 986www.lednice.cz

Tourist information centre Valtice Nám. Svobody 4, Valtice tel.: +420 519 352 978www.radnice-valtice.cz

Tourist information centre of the town of HodonínNárodní tř. 36, Hodoníntel.: +420 518 352 577www.hodonin.com

Tourist information centre BřeclavNám. T. G. Masaryka 3, Břeclav tel.: +420 519 326 900www.breclav-city.cz

Town information centre Uherské Hradiště Masarykovo nám. 21, Uherské Hradištětel.: +420 572 525 525-7www.uherske-hradiste.cz

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THE WINE-GROWING REGION BOHEMIA

THE WINE-GROWING REGION MORAVIA

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History of viticulture in MoraviaTh e fi rst vineyards in Roman colonies behind the Alps were established between 276–282, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Prob. Th e oldest witnesses to wine-growing in Moravia are the archaeological fi ndings of the wine-growers’ tools, with which the Roman legionaries worked with on the vineyards below Pálava.

Viticulture developed fur-

ther in the per iod of the

G re at Mor a -

vian Empire.

T h e m i s s i o n

o f S t s . C y r i l

a n d M e t h o -

dius and t he

need of wine

for l iturgical

purposes sup-

ported spread-

ing of vineyards. In 892

the Great Moravian Duke

Svatopluk sent the Bohemian

Duke Bořivoj and his wife Lud-

mila a barrel of Moravian wine

to celebrate the birthday of

their son Spytihněv. It was a

wonderful gift ; as Bořivoj and

Ludmila immediately started

to support the

establ ishment

of the fi rst vine-

yards in Bohe-

mia, which are

ment ioned in

medieval parch-

m e n t s a n d

m o n -

a s t e r y

c h r o n i c l e s .

Thos e are t he

oldest preserved

written documents

in our land and at the

same time the oldest

proofs of wine-growing.

Vineyards – climate – soil

From the wide choice

of t he va r ie t ie s

grown the most

popular are the

white wines, in

good vintages

of ten c lassi f ied

a mong t he wor ld

t o p w i n e s – R i e s -

l ing, Welschries-

ling, Pinot Blanc

and Pinot Gris,

C h a r d o n -

nay, Grüner

V e l t l i n e r

and Mül ler

T h u r g a u .

Aromatic wines

are represented by Sauvignons

or the originally bred varieties

Moravian Muscat and Pálava.

A romat ic red w i ne s u su-

ally come from the varieties

– St. Laurent and Lemberger

(Frankovka), the mosaic is

accomplished by Blauer Por-

tugieser, Pinot Noir, Zweigel-

trebe and the originally bred

varieties Cabernet Moravia

and André.

More at www.vinazmoravy.cz

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The wine-growing region

Moravia is presently composed

of four sub-regions: Znojmo,

Mikulov, Velké Pavlovice and

Slovacko. It involves circa

96 % of area of registered vine-

yards in the Czech Republic,

whilst the total vineyard area

reaches 18,000 hectares. Th e

uniqueness of Moravian wines

is given by the specifi c climate

conditions, various geologi-

cal origin, variability of indi-

vidual vintages, countryside

relief as well as the historical

traditions of individual parts

of Moravia. The local wines

thanks to this variability were

gift ed with attractive fl owery

tones in aroma, pleasant un-

obtrusive acid and easy taste

encouraging to take another

sip.

Varieties

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THROUGH THE LAND OF WINE

Wine Tourismin South Moravia

For the National Wine Centre, Zámek 1, 691 42 Valtice produced by Agentura Bravissimo, Znojmo, tel.: +420 515 227 788. Texts: Eva Obůrková. Sources: Vilém Kraus, Historie vinařství na Moravě, www.vinazmoravy.cz, The Partnerství Foundation, www.vinarske.stezky.cz Photos: Vít Mádr, Jan Halady, Marek Matula, Michal Solařík, archive The Partnerství Foundation. Photos of historic documents were used from the publication of Moravian Wine Bank – Historie vinařství na Moravě. Published with the support of the Wine-growers’ Fund, 2008.

You will be guided through the Wine-growing Region Moravia by the edition:y

You will be guided through the Wine-growing Region Bohemia by the edition:

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