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Fritsch Roter Veltliner 2024 Wagram
A rare Austrian variety revived and worthy of a place at the table. From €13.15, £20.10, $24.19. It was pouring rain, cold water dripping from the sides of the tents...
Tara Q Thomas
Friday 5 December 2025
• 4 min read
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Austria's Single Vineyard Summit 2025 – other whites
From Chardonnay to Zierfandler, the final report from Tara and Julia’s marathon Austrian tasting. Tara writes One could argue that we’ve saved the best for last – the lesser-known, the...
Tara Q Thomas
Wednesday 19 November 2025
• 9 min read
Tasting articles
Austria's Single Vineyard Summit 2025 – Styria
There is no such thing as a bad vintage; there is only hard and harder. And Styria’s 2023s prove their growers’ mettle. Above, Gerhard Wohlmuth looking up at the Edelschuh...
Tara Q Thomas
Tuesday 18 November 2025
• 8 min read
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In this penultimate part of our report on the 2024 Single Vineyard Summit at Schloss Grafenegg in Austria, we review...
Tasting articles
Rieslings from Austria’s ÖTW estates tasted at the annual Single Vineyard Summit at Schloss Grafenegg, plus whites made from varieties...
Tasting articles
Red wines from Carnuntum, Leithaberg, Eisenberg and the Thermenregion. The second in a series of articles by Tara and Julia...
Tasting articles
Grüner Veltliner wines from ÖTW estates, and from producers in several other regions, tasted at the annual Single Vineyard Summit...
Wine news in 5
Plus, a potential change to the laws governing Germany’s VDP estates to help them weather the fallout of spring’s devastating...
Tasting articles
Confirmation of Roland Velich’s obsession with Blaufränkisch and that vines know no borders. Above, Velich with his wife, Dagmar (credit...
Tasting articles
A spectacular gathering of producers from Austria, Slovakia and Czechia showed off Blaufränkisch's elegant side at Newcomer Wines' Blau tasting...
Wine news in 5
Plus news of the largest transport of wine by sailboat to date, underway on the Anemos , a ship owned...
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A tasting of wines in London from Austria’s lake-influenced wine region is more memorable than its latest marketing concept. This...
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Austrians like to check themselves out against the competition … including Château d'Yquem.
In the early 1990s the late Alois...
Wine news in 5
Buyers and collectors get ready: en primeur bordeaux tastings are underway, and declarations for 2022 vintage port are trickling out...
Wines of the week
Perfectly picnic-ready Austrian white wine, sun-bright, energetic and charming, and starting at €10.99, $21.99, £19. The table was laden with...
Free for all
This follows similar guidance on Bordeaux, the rest of France and Italy. A rather shorter version of this article is...
Wines of the week
An Austrian Riesling to usher in spring, and to drink well beyond then, at a great price. Above, the terraced...
Tasting articles
Our final report on the wines shown at the 2023 ÖTW Single Vineyard Summit. See also Paula and Julia’s reviews...
Tasting articles
Our fourth report on the wines shown at the 2023 ÖTW Single Vineyard Summit. See also Paula and Julia’s reviews...
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