An Austrian wine innovator whose roots can be traced deep into the National Socialism. Laurent and Blaufränkisch varieties of grape.
Zweigelt was a Nazi party member from the word go and, as director of the Institute of Viticulture during Hitler's dictatorship, persecuted anyone who raised even the slightest suspicion of resistance, excluded Jews from his courses, and even after showed no remorse. This film by Gerald Teufel illuminates the unknown past of a highly decorated wine connoisseur and shows the real stories that may lie behind some of Austria's national treasures. Highmoor, lakes, waterfalls, mountain peaks and ski slopes form a magnificent natural scenery together.
Stewed sirloin of beef with red wine sauce or Halaszle, the famous fish soup in which zander, pike, catfish and carp are harmoniously blended together - these are just two of the many special dishes of the Lake Neusiedl region, a world cultural heritage site in the heart of Europe.
Guests are spoilt for choice in this region of culinary richness. Fed by the Pannonian sun and protected by a national park, where the region has developed a top-class cuisine. Locally grown food and traditional production methods ensure a level of indulgence rarely achieved. One rarely finds an object with as much significance as the Yugo This small car embodies, in its way, the whole history of a country now confined to the history books - the country that was once known as Yugoslavia.
Introduced in it was the first locally produced car in Josip Broz Tito's great empire. A quarter of a century later, the Yugo is still rolling along and even made it into famous Hollywood action films.
