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Category Archives: Austria
Recent Wines (August 2018) #theglouthatbindsus
It seems a long time ago, August, days of thirty-degree plus temperatures, three meals a day taken out in the garden, and hardly a serious red wine drunk. Nothing here will be anything more than light red, although the Blank … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Austria, Austrian Wine, Champagne, Jura, Natural Wine, Rosé, Rosé Wine, Savoie Wine, Sparkling Wine, Vienna, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Blauer Wildbacher, Bruno Schueller, Champagne Bruno Paillard Premiere Cuvee, Clos Cibonne Cotes de Provence, Domaine de la Tournelle Arbois, Domaine Gerard Schueller Sylvaner, Dominique Lucas, Famille de Conti Petillant Naturel, L'Uva Arbosiana, Les Vignes de Paradis Savoie, Puszta Libre! 2017 Claus Preisinger, Rakete Jutta Ambrositsch, Recent Wines August 2018, Rotes Haus Wiener Gemischter Satz Nussberg, Schilcher, Schilcher Frizzante Strohmeier, Tibouren Clos Cibonne 2014, Top Alsace Sylvaners, Tour des Gendres, Vin des Allobroges Savagnin
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Vienna for Adventurous Eating and Drinking
Plenty has been written about the Vienna wine scene, and a whole lot more plastered over social media. You don’t really need a guide to eating and drinking natural wines in Vienna (although, as always, the Raisin app is your … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, Dining, Vienna, Viennese Cafés, Wiener Beisl, Wine, Wine Shops, Wine Travel
Tagged Cafe Sperl Vienna, Feinkost Gerhard Urbanek, Friedrich Silchersekt, Glacis Beisl, Jutta Ambrositsch und Mast 2017, Kopitsch, MAST Vienna, Mast Weinbistro, Meinl am Graben Wine Shop, Nittnaus, Off the Radar Vienna Cafe, Preisinger, Uhudler, Uhudler Frizzante Weinhof Zieger, Vienna Beisl, Vienna Dining and Drinking, Vienna for Wine Lovers, Vienna Naschmarkt, Vinifero Wine Shop, Wein & Co Vienna, Wine From Isabella Grape
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Wieninger and Wiener Wein
It is no secret that I have a disproportionate passion for Wiener Gemischter Satz, compared that is to most sane wine obsessives. It’s not just the flavours, nor an interest in field blends in general. Once you’ve seen these unique, … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Heurigen, Vienna, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wieninger, Wine, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel
Tagged Austrian Wine, Bisamberg, Fritz Wieninger, Georg Grohs, Hajszan Neumann, Nussberg, Nussberg Kaasgraben, Nussberg Rosengartel, Nussberg Ulm, Vienna's Vineyards, Viennese Wines, Weingut Wieninger, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wieninger Grand Select
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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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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 