Schlumberger sparkling wine Grüner Veltliner

Schlumberger is Austria's oldest sparkling wine producer – founded in 1842 by Robert Schlumberger, an Alsatian cellar master who learned his craft at Ruinart in Reims and was the first to bring the traditional method to Austria. As purveyors to the Imperial and Royal Court and pioneers of Austrian sparkling wine culture, the Viennese company set standards that remain valid today: base wines exclusively from Austrian contract growers, at least twelve months of lees aging, and traditional riddling. The underground cellars in the 19th district – the oldest of their kind in Austria – tell the story of this long history. For decades, Schlumberger has been the unsung hero of the Vienna Opera Ball.