(Vienna 1883-1963) The Neuburger wine monument, 2 sketches I and II (variants), each with 3 sections, each sketch signed, dated F. v. Zülow 1935, pencil, watercolour on paper, central panels c. 123 x 68 cm each, the sides c. 123 x 44 cm each, all of them inscribed (sequence) on the reverse, folded, including a photo with a further variant (2 sketches, 1 photo)

Neuburger wine is a variety that probably originated in the Wachau region. Legend has it that two wine growers and sometimes skippers, Franz Machherndl and Christoph Ferstl, found a cluster of vines in the water of the Danube near Oberarnsdorf in the Wachau region around 1850. The vines were planted in the “Ecklgrund” near St. Peter Keller. The first wine was produced just a few years later. Its early ripening and relatively low acidity stuck out favourably compared to the grape varieties then in use; for this reason, it was soon appreciated, becoming popular among wine makers. The new vine was planted on Burgberg (also known as ‘Tausendeimerberg’, or ‘thousand-bucket mountain’) in Spitz an der Donau. The grape was taken from Arnsdorf to Spitz an der Donau (on the opposite, northern bank of the Danube). This is where the Hinterhaus ruins (colloquially also referred to as ‘Burg’, or ‘fortress’) stand today. The grape was first called ‘Burgrebe’, or Burg vine, and later ‘Neuburger’. According to an article by Wilhelm Bauer in the Austrian Wine Book, the ‘Neuburger’ vines probably derive from the Spitzer Graben, a lateral valley cultivated with many varieties situated near the place where the legendary cluster of vines was found. (Wikipedia)