Saturday, September 15, 2012
Falstaff Pinot-Family Trophy 2012
Things do indeed happen fast. A new generation of winegrowers — Hannes Reeh, Michael Kirchknopf and Rudi Wagentristl — took the prizes in the categories ‘Chardonnay Classic,’ ‘Weissburgunder,’ and ‘Leithaberg.’ At 43 years of age, one is already an ‘old master’ — and comes in ahead by a nose in the categories ‘Chardonnay Vins de Garde’ and ‘Reserve’ with Tatschler ’10 and Gloria ’07.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Picking the Sauvignon Blanc "Methusalemreben"
Today we harvested the Methusalemreben - the ancient Sauvignon Blanc vines in the Ried Steinmühle - terrific ripeness, perfectly healthy grapes.
2012 promises to be fabulous!
A walking-tour through the historical vineyards of the Leithagebirge
We had perfect weather for this: Anton and Andi Kollwentz led a group of passionate enthusiasts in exploring the vineyards Haussatz, Neusatz, Point, Setz, Tatschler, Dürr and Gloria.
...and of course it wouldn't have been complete without a bit of a bite to eat at the end—accompanied, naturally, by wines from the vineyard sites we had visited.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Blaufränkisch grapes with terrific ripeness...
...and we're only at the end of August!
2012 promises to be an outstanding vintage
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The first grapes are ripe!
The 2012s will be fantastic! Excellent ripeness and perfectly healthy
grapes. These here in the picture are seedless table-grapes and Roter Gutedel
(chasselas rosé).
Monday, August 13, 2012
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