Mulling Over Glühwein
I have always thought Christmas time one of extremes. The stretching of emotions as families converge, the inevitable cash flow crisis that awaits as the January bills are pushed under the door by...
View ArticleSekt & the City: Viennese Celebrations with Schlumberger
Celebrations in any form or guise would not be the same without “popping the cork” from a bottle of bubbly. This enviable association, cultivated over centuries by “brand Champagne”, has elevated the...
View ArticleSensing the Südsteiermark: A Tale of Two Hanneses
If perspective and sensory exploration is everything in wine, then the culmination of Steiermark’s landscape, aura, people, gastronomy and passion, manifests into a region that is quickly becoming the...
View ArticlePalais Coburg
To establish one of Europe’s finest, most significant wine archives and cellars is no mean feat. Peter Pühringer – a German construction engineer and fund manager who spent over €80 million restoring...
View Article11 Women & Their Wines
I will side-step the many clichés in introducing a piece on women in wine – overalls and calloused hands are not key – and go straight to setting a scene: It was at last year’s VieVinum wine exhibition...
View ArticleWine Bars of Vienna
Surely the civility litmus test of any great city is the variety and vibrancy of its wine bars.At an authentic wine bar, the fundamentals of a convivial experience can bubble from a fermentation of...
View ArticleThe Many Shades of Schilcher
Steiermark is a place that continually has me gasping at the mystery and magic of its wine and food offerings, seemingly tucked behind every picture perfect corner, nape of twisted valley, or crest of...
View ArticleThe Lighter Side of Wine
As we sweat through a blazing Vienna summer, I thought it pertinent to raise one of the hottest topics in wine at the moment, the “heat” or level of alcohol, in the wine. Obviously, wine wouldn’t be...
View ArticleRegional Branding, Austrian Style
A recent tasting of the newly released Single Vineyard (Erste Lagen) wines from the Austrian Traditional Vintners (Österreichische Traditionsweingüter) shows how far the industry has come in profiling...
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