Riesling stars in this second part of Julia and Tara’s report on their week-long immersion in high-end Austrian wines. These back-lit Riesling grapes were photographed by Schloss Gobelsburg’s Michael Moosbrugger in the Kamptal.
Julia writes Riesling came off worse than Grüner Veltliner in the rains that pounded the cellars, vineyards and dry-stone walls along the Danube in September 2024, its thinner-skinned berries swollen by the rain more prone to burst and subsequently rot, as explained in last week’s report on Grüner Veltliner.
However, winegrowers have become extremely nimble in dealing with climate chaos and those who were able to...
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