Jörgen is a village in the municipality of
Tieschen
Tieschen is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a fe ...
in the ''
Bezirk'' of
Südoststeiermark in the
Federal State of Styria in
Austria. Its population was 159 in 2016.
Jörgen is known for its fine white wines. Next to the more common white wines, it also produces
Uhudler wines in small quantities. Uhudler is a unique
wine from Austria, which originates in the
Burgenland region. In Jörgen the white version may often be found, whereas is in Burgenland, its appearance is often a rosé colour. It has intense flavours of
strawberry
The garden strawberry (or simply strawberry; ''Fragaria × ananassa'') is a widely grown hybrid species of the genus '' Fragaria'', collectively known as the strawberries, which are cultivated worldwide for their fruit. The fruit is widely ap ...
and
black currants, a characteristic taste often called "foxy" in wine parlance. The grape varieties used are highly resistant to
phylloxera
Grape phylloxera is an insect pest of commercial grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America. Grape phylloxera (''Daktulosphaira vitifoliae'' (Fitch 1855) belong to the family Phylloxeridae, within the order Hemiptera, bugs ...
and other diseases; as a result they do not often have to be sprayed with
pesticide
Pesticides are substances that are meant to control pests. This includes herbicide, insecticide, nematicide, molluscicide, piscicide, avicide, rodenticide, bactericide, insect repellent, animal repellent, microbicide, fungicide, and lampri ...
s. They also require little
fertilization because of their vigorous growth.
References
Cities and towns in Südoststeiermark District
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