Friedensreich Hundertwasser - The best know temporary Austrian artist

Hundertwasser died in year 2000. He was modern Austrian artist. Some pictures here.
His name means Peace-Kingdom Hundred-Water.

Vienna photos

Today i made short photo trip in Vienna old town, here are some photos:

Castle somewhere around Vienna

Parlament Vienna

Austrian Parliament was built by architect Baron Theophil von Hansen. Building is build in Greek style and is located in center of Vienna near Hofburg Imperial Palace and the Palace of Justice. I parliament is many rooms. We saw chambers of the national council, federal council and the house of representatives. Building was used by Emperor Franz Joseph I and Austro - Hungarian empire.

Schlumberger - the biggest sparkling wine producing company from Vienna

I am attending International Summer University in Vienna and today we visit very interesting company - wine producing company :)

A little history:
Robert Schlumberger was the first producer of sparkling wine in Austria. He was born in Germany, Stuttgart and was director of Ruinart, one of the best champagne houses in Reims, France. Later he started to produce champagne - wine ("Schaumwein") in Austria by using French method but Austrian grapes.

Schlumberger company was founded in 1842 and started production in Bad Vöslau, a small town south of Vienna situated in a wine-growing region. In 1843 he married Mathilde Kirchner, the daughter of a wealthy factory owner, an alliance which helped him finance his business venture. Mathilde Kirchner was also a reason that he mowed to Vienna (romantic story...)

Today is Schlumberger one of the leading producers of sparkling wine in Austria. In 1973, the company was taken over by Underberg. Warehouse capacity are about 6.000.000
bottles and they sell 3 millions bottles of sparkling wine per year.

Schlumberger sparkling wine is very good and quality, but beacause this blog is
called True mix from Slovenia i must write down that cant compete with Slovenian wines. They simply don't have so much sun in Austria and we have special soil on Carst named Terra Rosa (red soil). More about Slovenian wines in one of next posts. Temporary my blog will be True mix from Austria :)

Vienna

Pictures from Vienna: