Climbing the Schloßberg and Styrian wine culture

20 October 2021

After an exciting arrival in our apartment hotel in Graz, a few beers with the local Irish ’entrepreneurial community’, and a good night’s sleep, we started off our first real day in Graz walking to the city center and subsequently climbing the Schloßberg to find one of the most beautiful views over Graz and the adjacent mountain ranges. After a nice cup of coffee or radler in the sun, we took the 175 meter long, 64 meter tall Schloßbergrutsche (slide) back down to street level.

In the afternoon, our favorite bus driver took us to Leibnitz, where we enjoyed a tour through the beautiful Schloss Seggau. The lovely tour guide explained many things about the history of this bishop’s castle. They made us taste some of the lovely wines produced right there next to the castle and across the valley. To stay in the theme, we continued to a local Buschenschank, a sort of traditional Austrian tavern where local wine producers serve their youngest wines accompanied by some cold foods. At the time of writing we are on our way back to Graz, where the night is still young and full of promises.