Category Archives: Wieninger

Recent Wines June 2022 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 07/07/2022 by dccrossley

June saw a very interesting bunch of wines drunk at home, but equally, it saw us drinking a lot of repeats, wines I’ve already written about. So, we have just five wines in this first selection of wines drunk at … Continue reading →

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Field Blends and Gemischter Satz – Why Should we Get to Know Them?

Posted on 11/03/2021 by dccrossley

Gemischter Satz, a wine that brings joy to my soul. Back in 2016 the UK wine trade magazine The Drinks Business asked whether Gemischter Satz will be the next big thing. Well, it hasn’t quite worked out that way but … Continue reading →

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Heuriger, Heurigen, Buschenschanks and Popups: A Walk in the Woods and Vines

Posted on 29/08/2018 by dccrossley

Vienna now ranks alongside cities like London, Paris and Berlin for adventurous winelovers to dine out in, but it is the only city among these to have its own vineyards, which begin literally at the garden fences of its northern … Continue reading →

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Wieninger and Wiener Wein

Posted on 23/08/2018 by dccrossley

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 →

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Austria at the IOD

Posted on 06/02/2018 by dccrossley

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 →

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And Now For Something…

Posted on 15/01/2016 by dccrossley

I rarely write about the wines I drink at home, but this week social media has been awash with one thing, Burgundy en primeur. Well, that’s not entirely true. Those lucky wine writers big enough to be invited to the … Continue reading →

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