Red wines from Carnuntum, Leithaberg and Eisenberg. The first in a series of articles by Julia and Paula reporting on the Single Vineyard Summit, a week-long tasting of wines from named vineyards in Austria. Above, the Rosenberg vineyard in Carnuntum (courtesy Weingut Markowitsch). See also Paula and Julia's reports on the Grüner Veltliners, Riesling and other white varieties, and the wines of the Wachau and Styria.
The Austrians have in the last few years pulled off a staggering feat: mapping every one of the country’s named vineyards, Rieden in German (Ried in the singular), hence Riedenkarte...