What is Heuriger?
{{Orphan|date=May 2009}} '''Heuriger''' is a word that describes the [[wine]] of the current year, and the places which serve it. According to a law of 1784, the winemakers may serve their own current wine, without a special license. These restaurants are licensed according to laws of the [[Bundesland]]. In [[Vienna]] these laws date from 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ris2.bka.gv.at/Dokument.wxe?QueryID=LrW&Dokumentnummer=LRWI_L600_000&WxeFunctionToken=42349710-04d9-4e62-ba11-a3f046feb923|title=''Gesetz über den Ausschank von selbsterzeugtem Wein und Obstwein, von Trauben- und Obstmost und von Trauben- und Obstsaft (Wiener Buschenschankgesetz)'', 1975, LRWI L600/000|language=de|publisher=Austrian state|access-date=2008-09-17|archive-date=2008-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921034228/http://www.ris2.bka.gv.at/Dokument.wxe?QueryID=LrW&Dokumentnummer=LRWI_L600_000&WxeFunctionToken=42349710-04d9-4e62-ba11-a3f046feb923|url-status=dead}}</ref> Very often,these establishments also serve [[cheese]] and [[sausage]]s, other meat products, certain kinds of fish, [[mixed pickle]]s, [[egg (food)|egg]]s, various spreads (to put on breads) etc. Usually they only serve cold dishes. ==References== {{reflist}} {{food-stub}} [[Category:European restaurants]] [[Category:Wine]] [[Category:Austrian food]]