Topi Kuusinen wrote:

I was looking at another one - Grüner Veltliner 'Smaragd' 2001
Wachau, Freie Weingartener Wachau.

FWIW, the Freie Weingärtner Wachau are a co-op in the Wachau
area. I'd also expect some kind of identification of the origin
of the grapes on the label, i.e. "Terrassen Thal Wachau" (or
something like that) for a generic Wachau wine or the name of
the vineyard for a single vineyard wine. Or maybe the Wachau on
the label denotes the generic Wachau area, then.

I am not aware of FWW Smaragd bottlings without any further
mention, and I guess this is "Terrassen Thal Wachau". Which, as
you rightly point out, is really no more than generic Wachau
(except that it says that it has been harvested from terraces).

M.