Icy days...

We've never seen our vineyards covered in a carapace of ice like they are this year.
Fascinating! And thank goodness, this should ultimately not damage the vines...

Weingut Kollwentz
Römerhof GmbH
Hauptstraße 120
A - 7051 Großhöflein
Tel. +43 2682 65158
Fax +43 2682 65158 13
kollwentz@kollwentz.at
www.kollwentz.at

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Roasted bacon in the Leithagebirge

...and now comes time to tidy up the woods.
The best part of this is roasting bacon on hazel-boughs—
despite the temperature being -6°C/21°F, it doesn't feel cold;
and of course we've earned a sip or two of the 2012 rosé along with this...


Weingut Kollwentz
Römerhof GmbH
Hauptstraße 120
A - 7051 Großhöflein
Tel. +43 2682 65158
Fax +43 2682 65158 13
kollwentz@kollwentz.at
www.kollwentz.at

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We've picked the Beerenauslese!

We made the most of the only unrainy day, and harvested our Scheurebe before the snow arrived.

How was it outside? Ice-cold and windy!

What did we get for our efforts? After twenty hours pressing, we have 350 litres of Beerenauslese with a must-weight of 145° Oechsle.

That corresponds to some 290 grams of sugar in a litre of must...
 

The fermentation is likely to take about four weeks.

Stay tuned for further reports!

Weingut Kollwentz
Römerhof GmbH
Hauptstraße 120
A - 7051 Großhöflein
Tel. +43 2682 65158
Fax +43 2682 65158 13
kollwentz@kollwentz.at
www.kollwentz.at

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