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Austria's Single Vineyard Summit 2025 – reds
Reds were outnumbered 5 to 1 at the Grafenegg tastings but more than held their own. See also our reviews of Grüner Veltliner and Riesling from Lower Austria and wines...
Julia Harding MW
Monday 10 November 2025
• 11 min read
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Putting Furmint, Blaufränkisch and Welschriesling on the map
A groundbreaking tasting of three key Eastern European varieties across 10 countries at Kog 25 Pannonia. There is a tiny, picturesque village called Kog in the eastern corner of a...
Tamlyn Currin
Wednesday 8 October 2025
• 7 min read
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Hungary's Szekszárd region – on the up
Producers here have quietly been building their own distinctive wine styles and vision. Above, Péter Vida 's vineyard of centenarian 'bonsai' Kadarka vines. A jeep tour with winemaker Péter Vida...
Dr Caroline Gilby MW
Monday 18 August 2025
• 5 min read
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In this moving entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, Sierra Newell writes about her seminal encounter with Blaufränkisch. See...
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Red wines from Carnuntum, Leithaberg, Eisenberg and the Thermenregion. The second in a series of articles by Tara and Julia...
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Confirmation of Roland Velich’s obsession with Blaufränkisch and that vines know no borders. Above, Velich with his wife, Dagmar (credit...
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A spectacular gathering of producers from Austria, Slovakia and Czechia showed off Blaufränkisch's elegant side at Newcomer Wines' Blau tasting...
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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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Red wines from Carnuntum, Leithaberg and Eisenberg. The first in a series of articles by Julia and Paula reporting on...
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The cool beauty of Austria’s most championed red.
As Jancis points out in Blaufränkisch goes uphill, regionality and appellations are...
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Muscular long-distance runner or pale sprinter? Above, wine writers Jamie Goode, JR and Stephan Reinhardt ponder this question at a...
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All about the red wine grape of which Austria is most proud.
Nick has already written about the Austrian ski...
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Austria's world-famous wine fair makes an impressive comeback, with a decided focus on the future.
Every second year since 1998...
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Hungary's red wines have one foot in the past and the other firmly in the future. See also last week's...
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A delightfully affordable transatlantic Blaufränkisch. See also Sam's introduction to Washington.
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Some great wines and great experiences in ex-Yugoslavia's first independent republic.
Last autumn, Brad and I arrived in Slovenia. We...
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…and many of them are underpriced. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
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A reminder of this source of great whites – and, now, reds. More on Saturday.
Wine regions get their moment...
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' My name is Valeria Tenison, I am a Russian sommelier and wine journalist, living in France. In 2020 I...
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