Tag: Straußwirtschaft

A vintner's bush

The Vintner’s Bush: Europe’s Oldest Tradition?

A birch broom, fastened to a post, stands sentinel before a farmhouse in Germany’s vineyards. Red and yellow ribbons flutter from its handle. A board, bearing a hand-painted arrow pointing up the driveway, dangles below the broom. Vintner’s bushes...

Vintner's bush in Vienna.

Vintner’s Bush: Europe’s Best Tradition

In Spain and Slovenia, it’s an ivy bush. In France, a bundle of straw. Austria and Italy hang out pine branches and Germany and Switzerland birch brooms. You’ll often find them out in the country, dangling sentinel before a farmhouse. The vintner’s...

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