Austria Archives | Palate Press

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Who doesn’t love a place where the vineyards are steep, green gardens that produce fragrant white wines made with pinot blanc, sauvignon blanc, gewürztraminer and kerner? The elegant red wines here are made from pinot noir, lagrein and merlot grapes. This is in the far north of Italy, bordering on Read More

Nikolaihof: The Wrong Side of the Wachau

Simon J Woolf

Features Wine Spotlight

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“This is the new part of the cellar”, says Nikolaus Saahs with a wry smile as we walk around the extraordinary gothic basement of his family's estate - Nikolaihof. It's “only” 400 years old, compared to the rest which dates from the Roman era (c. 1,880 years ago). I can't Read More

Türk Grüner Veltliner Eiswein

David Honig

Wine Reviews

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"I love this wine!" With these words, Meg Houston Maker cemented the judges' selection for Best of Show in the Fifth Annual Palate Press Grand Tasting. Lychee, honey, graham cracker, and an orange peel twist with hints of white pepper in the background, all ebb and flow in waves of Read More

2009 Siegendorf Red

David Honig

Wine Reviews

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This Cab-Merlot blend may make you re-think Austrian red wine. The nose shows a blend of red and black fruits, elderberry and very ripe black cherries, butter, and tobacco leaf. On the palate, it leads with black fruit, moves to red on the mid-palate, all with underpinnings of butter and Read More

Amphora Attack

Simon J Woolf

Features Wine Spotlight

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Despite repeated attempts at coercion, I can't get Franz Landauer-Gisperg to tell me how he acquired his amphorae. “If the other winemakers round here knew where I got mine, they'd all want one” is his rather cryptic comment. A better question might be “what the hell is an amphora doing Read More

2012 Gruner Veltliner “Grooner”

Becky Sue Epstein

Wine Reviews

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Though it may be hard to imagine, the original, refreshingly light white wine spritzer was made in Austria, a mix of Gruner Veltilner wine and sparkling mineral water. It was enjoyed at summertime family dinners on outdoor patios and home and at taverns. In this particular “Grooner” wine, faint meadow Read More

Lingering Flavors, Lingering Questions: Tasting Grüner Veltliner with Aldo Sohm

Meg Houston Maker

Features

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“Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.” Virgil, Georgics (c. 29 BC), II, 490 I have tasted slate. It was on a glittering fall day in 2010, high above the Mosel River in the Juffer Sonnenuhr vineyard. My guide: a representative from Riesling producer Schloss Read More

Five Reasons to Love Austrian Red Wines

Meg Houston Maker

Features Wine Spotlight

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I recently polled a few friends to get their quick take on Austrian reds. Replies ranged from “Yum!” to “Huh?”—but heavily weighted toward the latter. True, Austria’s better known for crisp whites like Grüner Veltliner, but red grapes are grown everywhere, too, and make up a third of vineyard plantings. Read More

Vernatsch, the Cinderella of Süditrol, is ready for the ball

Nikolaihof: The Wrong Side of the Wachau

Türk Grüner Veltliner Eiswein

2009 Siegendorf Red

Amphora Attack

2012 Gruner Veltliner “Grooner”

Lingering Flavors, Lingering Questions: Tasting Grüner Veltliner with Aldo Sohm

Five Reasons to Love Austrian Red Wines

2018 Ghost of a Chance Wines “Gangster of Love” Red, Sierra Foothills

2020 One Flock Sauvignon Blanc

2020 One Flock Red Wine, California

Bellenda San Fermo, Conegliano Valdobbiadene DOCG Prosecco Superiore, Brut

2021 David Frost Sauvignon Blanc, Western Cape, South Africa