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Category Archives: Austrian Wine
Far Flung Grapes – A Different Kind of Wine Travel
“ The Whale that wanders round the Pole is not a table fish. You cannot bake or boil him whole, nor serve him in a dish…” Hilaire Belloc I’ve always loved this poem and I remember writing this first verse in … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, German Wine, Grape Varieties, Wine, Wine Travel
Tagged Amigne, Blauer Wildbacher, Completer, Cornalin, Dornfelder, Frühroter Veltliner, Fruhburgunder, Humagne, Kerner, Klevener de Heiligenstein, Lagrein, Lemberger, Neuburger, Off-Piste Grape Varieties, Petite Arvine, Plant Robert, Rare Grapes, Rauschling, Rèze, Roter Veltliner, Rotgipfler, Schiava, Schilcher, Trollinger, Vicarious Wine Travel, Zierfandler
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Wir Trinken…Blaufränkisch
There are a number of grape varieties which are almost completely identified with one country yet which have spread beyond false borders, especially those borders which have moved around in Central Europe, or in the Alpine regions. These varieties might … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, Grape Varieties, Hungarian Wine, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Wine
Tagged Ammamária Réka, Anne Krebiehl Wines of Germany, Austrian Wine, Basket Press Wines, Blaufränkisch, Burgenland, Czech Wine, Dorli Muhr Carnuntun Spitzbergen, Dva Duby Moravia, Frankovka, Franz Weninger Soprón, Hegyi-Kalo Eger, Heidi Schröck Blaufränkisch, Hungarian Wine, Joiseph BFF, Kékfrankos, Lemberger, Matic Slovenia, Modra Frankovka, Moravian Wine, Ota Sevcik Moravia, Peter Wetzer Sopron, Petr Koráb Moravia, Réka-Koncz, Rennersistas Waiting for Tom Blend, Roterfaden Lemberger, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Soprón, Strekov 1075 Frankovka, Tomas Cacik Moravia, Vino Magula
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Recent Wines July 2020 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Following on from Part 1 (the previous article on the site so I won’t provide a link), Part 2 of July’s wines at home has a definite Austrian texture to it. There are three Austrian wines here, plus one Czech, … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Aigle Chablais Vaud, Aigle Les Murailles, Alexander Koppitsch, Ama Tuscany, Amphora Wines South Australia, Australian Verdelho, Australian Zibibbo, Badoux Vins, Brad Hickey, Brash Higgins McLaren Vale, Brash Higgins ZBO 2018, Burgenland Gemischter Satz, Burgenland Wine, Castello di Ama Chianti Classico 2005, Chablais Chasselas, Chianti Classico, From Sundays Wines, Henri Badoux Vins, Joiseph Jois, Joiseph Mischkultur 2018, Koppitsch Rét, Luka Zeichmann Joiseph, Marco Pallanti, Orange on Leaves, Petr Koráb Moravia, Recent Wines July 2020 (Part 2), Rennersistas Gols, Skin Contact Verdelho, Swiss Chasselas, The Beast Verdelho Hunter Valley, Tuscan Wine, Zweigelt
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Mein Burgenland
There are always going to be places in the world where you just feel that little bit more at home, content, calm. Of course France is the country I know best, better than anywhere in the world. It’s the place … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Rust, Vienna, Wine, Wine Travel
Tagged Alexander Koppitsch, Alois Kracher, Birgit Braunstein, Burgenland, Christian Tschida, Claus Preisinger, Eduard Tscheppe, Georg Renner, Gerhard Kracher, Gols, Graupert Vines, Gut Oggau, Heidi Schrock, Helmuth Renner, Himmel Auf Erden, Illmitz, In A Hell Mood, Intergalactic Cuvée, Jois, Joiseph, Judith Beck, Kracher, Luka Zeichmann, Magna Mater Amphora Wines, Maria Koppitsch, Meinklang Farm, Neusiedl-am-See, Neusiedlersee, Newcomer Wines, Oggau, Purbach, Rennersistas, Roesler Grape Variety, Rust, Ruster Ausbruch, Stefanie Renner, Stephanie Tscheppe-Eselböck, Superglitzer, Susanne Renner, Tschida Brutal Magnum, Waiting for Tom, Weingut Koppitsch, Wild Wux
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Recent Wines April 2020 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
I hope no one minds me splitting my “wines at home” piece into two parts at the moment. As all the wines we are drinking are being drunk at home, there are somewhat more to write about, made worse by … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, 2Naturkinder, Adrian Pike, Best Valais Fendant, Brutal Cuvée, Burgenland Field Blend Red, Burgenland Red Blend, Burgenland Wine, Californian Counoise, Czech Wine, David Girard Vineyard, English Still Wine, Fendant President Troillet, Franken Bacchus, Frankovka Claret 2018, Gols Wine, Gut Oggau Brutal 2016, Jack Roberts, Johanna Jensen, Joiseph Piroska, Keep Wines, Kitzingen Wine, Luka Zeichmann, Marie-Thérèse Chappaz Fully, Melanie Drese, Michael Völker, Oggau, Ota Sevcik Moravia, Purulio Jaral 2012, Recent Wines April 2020 (Pt 1), Rennersistas Superglitzer, Roesler Grape Variety, Sierra Nevada Wine, Superglitzer 2018, Swiss Wine, Torcuato Huertas Tomás, Valerie Kathawala, Westwell Wines Pink 2018, Wine from Jois
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Isolation Inspiration Part 1: Furmint Crowdcast from Newcomer and Kiffe
I wrote earlier this week about the Zoom event hosted by Nekter Wines last Friday, an enthralling conversation with Steve Matthiasson focused on his Linda Vista Chardonnay 2017. It was the first of a series of Friday night slots from Nekter, and … Continue reading
Recent Wines January 2020 #theglouthatbindsus
Dry January…I write about wine, so that’s not going to happen, is it! I can’t even make you roll around on the floor laughing at the tired old joke about sticking to dry wine, because in the dozen most interesting … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Australian Wine, Austrian Wine, German Wine, Jura, Mosel, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alex & Maria Koppitsch, Alexandra Mossu Vigneronne, Blank Bottle for Butlers Wine Cellar, Blank Bottle Winery, David Bowley Winemaker, Domaine Mossu Voiteur, Emmanuelle Milan, Equipo Navazos, Florpower 77, François Mossu, Gewurztraminer Demoiselle, Helter Skelter Viognier Darling, Jauma Wines, Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Jerez table wine, Julian Haart, Jura Wine, Koppitsch Perspektive Weiss, Lillies Grenache, Mathieu Deiss, Mesnay Jura, Neusiedl-am-See, Palomino table wine, Patrice Béguet Vigneron, Piesporter Schubertslay Spätlese 2011, Pieter Walser, Recent Wines January 2020, Rita & Rudolf Trossen Kinheim, Sang de Gaillardon Jura Wine, Shobbrook Giallo 2016, Straight No Chaser Chardonnay 2015, Tom Shobbrook Winemaker, Trossen Rot 2018, Vibrations Riesling 2016, Vignoble du Reveur, Vinteloper Lagrein 2017
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Godforsaken Grapes (Book Review)
I’d been aware of Jason Wilson’s Godforsaken Grapes (2018) for some time, but it had never really registered as a book I needed to read until an American friend recommended it in the strongest terms. I think what had put me off, … Continue reading
Three Go Mad In Islington – Nekter, Roland, Modal Portfolio 2019
The three dynamic, young and small importers featured here have not chosen a pithy name for themselves, like the “Dirty Dozen”, so I’ve kind of done it for them in my title (sorry chaps). Nekter Wines, Roland Wines and Modal … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Austrian Wine, Californian Wine, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, South African Wines, Spanish Wine, Tuscan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Benevolent Neglect Napa, Californian Carignane, Californian Counoise, Cascina Borgatta Tagliolo Monferrato, Clos des Plantes, Cutis Deviner, Entre Vinyes Cava Funambul, Fattoria di Sammontana Montelupo, Ferdinand Wines Amador County Tempranillo, Flow Blanc de Noirs, Fogosch 2017, From Sunday Lucky's Red, Johannes Zillinger Weinviertal, Joiseph Jois, Keep Wines California, Klabjan Slovenia, Malinga Sauvignon Blanc Kamptal, Modal Wines, Nekter Roland Modal Portfolio Tasting 2019, Nekter Wines, Olivier Lejeune Anjou, Pasarene Elgin, Piroska 2018, Roland Wines, Schenter Schönberg Riesling Kamptal, Schmolzer & Brown Beechworth, Slobodne Slovakia, Sota Els Àngels Empordà, Strekov1075 Slovakia, Vinarja Kriz Croatia, Whaka Piripiri Mai Chenin Blanc, Zemiansky Sady, Zillinger Revolution Solera
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