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Category Archives: Austria
Sisters Are Doin’ It at Weingut Renner
Our trip to visit Rennersistas at Gols began very early with a forty-five minute train ride from Vienna Hauptbahnhof to Neusiedl-am-See, and an eleven kilometre cycle into the wind. It made us slightly late and very hot for our 10.30 appointment, but … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austria, Austrian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Vienna, Wine, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel
Tagged Austrian Natural Wine, Austrian Wine, Austrian Wine Tourism, Burgenland, Claus Preisinger Gols, Gols, Mole West, Neusiedl-am-See, Neusiedlersee on a bike, Renner Pannobile, Rennersistas, Stefanie Renner, Tasting at Rennersistas, Waiting for Tom 2017, Weingut Renner
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New at Newcomer
I read recently, under the Decanter Magazine headline “Bordeaux becalmed”, that for the first time since Sotheby’s started selling wine in 1970 Bordeaux has dipped below 50% in sales. The decline in popularity of this once king of the wine … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Sparkling Wine, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops
Tagged Christian Tschida Brutal Red, Christian Tschida Sonja Cabernet Franc, Claus Preisinger Gols, Enderle & Moll Baden, In A Hell Mood Pet Nat, Jutta Ambrositsch Rakete, Michael Grindl Weinviertal, Michael Wenzel Rust, Milan Nestarec, Mythopia Swiss Wine, Neusiedlersee Wine, Newcomer Wines, Prévost La Closerie London Retail Source, Puszta Libre, Rennersistas Gols, Strohmeier Schilcher Frizzante, Vienna Wine, Waiting For Tom White Blend, Wiener Gemischter Satz
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Newcomer at RIBA
Already this year there have been some astoundingly good Tastings on the London circuit, but Newcomer Wines’ “The Old New World” at the Royal Institute of British Architects was right up there with the best. I remember my first visit … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Swiss Wine, Vienna, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Attila Homonna Tokaj, Austrian Sauvignon Blanc, Blauer Wildbacher, Christian Tschida, Christoph Hoch Kremstal, Christoph Neumeister, Claus Preisinger Gols, Czech Wine, Ewald Tscheppe, Hollenburg Kremstal, In A Hell Mood 2017, Jutta Ambrositsch, Markus Altenburger, Milan Nestarech Moravia, Mythopia, Newcomer Wines at RIBA, Pechsteinkopf, Rennersistas, Rudolf Trossen, Schilcher, Steiermark Wine, Strohmeier, Weingut Odinstal, Weingut Pranzegg Bozen, Werlitsch, Wiener Gemischter Satz
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Austria at the IOD
As with the Australia Day Tasting the other week, I’d not been to the annual Advantage Austria London tasting for a couple of years, but the 2018 event seemed to suggest a few of the newer, exciting, producers were attending alongside the … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, Neusiedlersee, Rust, Vienna, Wachau, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wieninger, Wine Tastings
Tagged Advantage Austria Tasting, Arnold Holzer, Austria, Austrian Wine, Bernhard Ott, Blaufränkisch, Burgenland, Ebner-Ebenauer, Emmerich Knoll Wachau, Ernst Triebaumer, Eschenhof Holzer, Gerhard Kracher, Gruner Veltliner, Gunter & Regina Triebaumer, Herbert Tiebaumer, Leth Fels am Wagram, Marion Ebner, Martin Diwald, Neusiedlersee, Nikolaihof Wachau, Poysdorf, Roter Veltliner, Rust, Wagram, Weinhof Waldschutz, Weinviertel, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wieninger Vienna
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Gut Oggau Family Reunion
Many family reunions are fraught with tension, petty jealousies and conflict under the surface. This particular family reunion was the happiest I have ever attended. Gut Oggau is probably known to many who will read this article, but for those … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged 2016 Vintage in Burgenland, Austrian Wine, Biodynamics in Austria, Brutal Wine Series, Burgenland, Dynamic Vines, Eduard Tscheppe-Eselböck, Gut Oggau, Gut Oggau Family Reunion 2016, Neusiedlersee, Oggau, Rösler Grape Variety, Stephanie Tscheppe-Eselböck
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Austria’s Sparkling Again (Sekt not dregs and…)
Monday 7 February, I should have been at the Wines of Austria Tasting at London’s Institute of Directors. I wasn’t. Never mind, I’m still going to write about Austrian wines, but some of the Austrian wines you don’t often hear … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Austrian Sekt, Austrian Sparkling Wine, Blauer Wildbacher, Christoph Hoch Kalkspitz, Claus Preisinger Ancestral, Fritz Wieninger, Loimer Extra Brut, Martin Diwald Gruner Veltliner Brut, Meinklang Foam, Meinklang Prosa Frizzante, Schilcher, Schilchersekt, Schloss Gobelsburg Blanc de Blancs, Schlumberger Cuvee Klimt, Schlumberger Sekt, Steininger, Wieninger Cuvee Katharina, Wines of Austria
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Of Austria and Ostriches
If you read this Blog regularly you’ll know what I think of Austria – it’s the most exciting wine country in Europe right now. Let’s face it, I’ve probably written that phrase enough times this year for it to have … Continue reading
Raw Part 1 – The Austrians
There were nearly 220 wine producers exhibiting at the Raw Wine Fair this past Sunday/Monday. The Old Truman Brewery, off London’s Brick Lane, is an excellent venue for an event like this, but even so it was necessary to get … Continue reading
My New Austrian Klangers
My introduction to Austrian wine, and the reason I became such a big fan, was the wines of the Danube (Kamptal, Kremstal and above all, Wachau). Producers like Präger, Hirtzberger and Knoll formed a part of my cellar long before … Continue reading
Now This Really Is Weird!
It’s not often that I blog about a single wine. That’s not to say that there aren’t single wines worth focusing on. I mean, everyone was writing about the new vintage of Krug a couple of months ago, but that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine
Tagged Austrian Wine, Christoph Hoch, Hollenburg, Kalkspitz, Kremstal, Méthode Ancestrale, Newcomer Wines, pét-nat, weird wines
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