(AustrianTimes) - Wine-makers were more than satisfied after the first drinking of the new harvest in Deutschkreutz, in the district of Oberpullendorf in Burgenland province, yesterday evening (Thurs). After a long, warm summer growers expected not only a high quality vintage but hope that the harvest of over 715,000 hectolitres in Burgenland will make up for last year’s production which was 54 per cent lower. "The demand is great. We will fill some of the bottles earlier this year in order to provide for these markets. With this vintage we can recapture the market again," said Burgenland’s Minister for Agriculture Andreas Liegenfeld (ÖVP).