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Wines of the week 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

Schloss Grafenegg at night at the 2025 OTW Single Vineyard Summit

Tasting articles 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

Gerhard Wohlmuth looking up at the Edelschuh vineyard

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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Grandfather of Grüner

See also Julia's article today about a tasting of mature Grüner Veltliners and Rieslings in Austria. When's the best time...

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Mature Austrian whites

See also Hrishi Poola's article today on the Grandfather of Grüner Veltliner in Australia. Tasting older Austrian whites in the...

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Johanneshof Reinisch Satzing Rotgipfler 2015/16 Thermenregion

From €18.50, £26.99, $40 Find this wine This wine is a grand cru in everything but name and price. The...

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Lower Austria's 2016 whites – bright and crisp

Following in the footsteps, and the timeline, of the VDP, the Austrian Traditionsweingüter, a private association of producers in the...

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G & H Heinrich Zweigelt 2015 Burgenland

From €11.50, 17.50 Swiss francs, £16.95, 174.90 Norwegian krone, 277 Chinese yuan Find this wine 'The essence of this twig...

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Austria's indigenous reds

See also Julia's review of 84 Austrian white wines. The trend for alternative varieties continues to interest the world of...

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Aged Austrians

See also today's vintage summary of Austria 2016. Peter Pan may have inspired some of these deliciously mature wines tasted...

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Austria's impressive 2015 whites

When members of the Traditionsweingüter, the private wine producers' association in Kremstal, Kamptal, Traisental and Wagram, were not marking out...

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Kamptal, Kremstal and Traisental go burgundian

Austria's Traditionsweingüter don't stand still for long, as I found out at their recent substantial tasting of the 2015 vintage...

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Herbert Zillinger’s 2015 Grüner Veltliners

From €6.70, £12.50, 16 Swiss francs, 120 Danish krone Find these wines I’m delighted to report that the wines of...

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Please try more sweet wines

This article has been syndicated. See also our Bordeaux assemblage published tomorrow. Not much about wine makes me sad, but...

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German, Austrian and Swiss assemblage

See this guide to our assemblages. Jancis writes The exhilarating number of high scores at the top of the German...

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Wieninger Riesling 2015 Wien

From €9.94, £14, $22 Find this wine – and note that in the US it is called Riesling Vienna Hills...

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All change on Austrian wine labels

Out with Neusiedlersee-Hügelland and Mittelburgenland, in with Ried, or single vineyard. These and other long-discussed amendments to Austrian wine names...