Vines were grown on the southerly slopes of the Leithagebirge already by the Celts. From that time there exist the oldest finds of Central European viticulture. The grape seeds found in Zagersdorf date back to 700 B.C.
What is now Burgenland belonged to the province Pannonia under Roman domination. Under the Romans, viticulture flourished to such an extent that Emperor Domitian prohibited further plantings in the provinces. Emperor Probus lifted that restriction.

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