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Three Austrian wines from Tegernseerhof
The world is awash with interesting wine, even if you have to dig around a bit to find it. The problem this creates for me is I’m perpetually feeling a bit guilty for not plugging certain interesting...
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Pfaffl Hundsleiten, a brilliant Austrian Gruner Veltliner
Grüner Veltliner is one of my favourite white grape varieties. It’s pretty much restricted to Austria, although New Zealand has now started paying attention to this variety, which has a distinctive...
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Loimer Gruner Veltliner Lois: great wine, great packaging
Lunch at the BFI today, on the south bank of the Thames, near Waterloo. The Benugo restaurant is actually pretty good, and I had a very well presented starter of duck egg on salad, followed by a...
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Two good, affordable Gruner Veltliners
I have a soft-spot for Gruner Veltliner, the wonderful Austrian white grape variety that the Kiwis are now beginning to plant. Here are two good, affordable examples. The problem with cheap Gruner is...
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A selfie wine tasting of seven good value Austrian wines. This tasting reminded me how much I really like Austrian wine.
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Culmina Unicus, a Gruner Veltliner from British Columbia, Canada
On my visit to the Okanagan Valley, it was nice to meet Donald Triggs (above) and taste a few of his wines. One stood out immediately as being particularly interesting: it was Gruner Veltliner, made...
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Chenin Blanc and Grüner Veltliner
Two nice wines, from two of my favourite white varieties. The first is an own-label from Berry Bros & Rudd. It’s a sort of better class of own label: Nikolaihof is one of Austria’s top producers....
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In Austria: tasting exciting older 1er cru wines from the Österreichischer...
Michi Moosbrugger, chair of the OTW Austria is making some wonderful wines at the moment, and this tasting was a chance to look back at some of the Rieslings from ‘Erste Lagens’ (which translates as...
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Jurtschitsch Pot des Fleurs Grüner Veltliner ‘Ernte’ 2014 Austria
Amphorae are all the rage, and sometimes – as in this case – the hype around their use is justified. This Pot Des Fleurs is a beautiful wine that has spent six months on its skins, yet it is elegant...
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WT Vintners: boutique wines from Washington State
I first met Jeff Lindsay-Thorsen back in 2015, when I had a chance to taste through his wines at his garage winery in Woodinville, near Seattle. I was immediately impressed, as my write-up here shows....
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