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I love Vinaria magazine and more about Austrian sweet wine

Vinaria is an Austrian wine magazine, that I’ve never seen in the States. Of course, it’s written in German which somewhat limits its appeal here. A one-year subscription to the paper copy would cost me 49Euro, a hefty price, but at least for the time being, it is available free electronically on the iPad platform. […]

Win a trip to Austria!

Wine Enthusiast Magazine and the Austrian Wine Marketing Board are sponsoring a free giveaway to Austria. If you’ve ever wanted to experience the timeless history of Vienna, the romance of the Danube river, or the many exciting wines of Burgenland, Niederösterreich, Kremstal, Kamptal, or the Wachau, this may be your big chance. If I were […]

Catalog of Wines from Weingut Peter Schandl (German)

I forgot to post the complete list of wines, but I’ve included it here. This PDF file also contains descriptions of the wines as supplied by the winery (German/Deutsch). Catalog 2012

Visit to Weingut Peter Schandl

Weingut Peter Schandl is a family run business since 1741. It is currently run by Paul Schandl and his wife Elle Schandl. Our visit with Paul Schandl began with a quick stop at the tasting room. Unfortunately his wife, Elle Schandl, wasn’t feeling too well that day so we didn’t get to meet her as […]

The great sweet wines of Austria

Under gloomy skies we set off from Vienna to Burgenland, one of the most important wine-growing regions in Austria. Burgenland is known for producing great red wines especially from Blaufränkisch and Zweigelt grapes, but our primary quest this day was to learn about some of the great sweet wines of the world, including those from […]

Winery visits

Planned winery visits with confirmed apppointments!

Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012. Burgenland
Winery Kracher, Illmitz
www.kracher.at

Winery Peter Schandl. Rust
www.schandlwein.com

Thursday, Oct 25, 2012. Kamptal
Winery Birgit Eichinger, Strass
www.weingut-eichinger.at

Winery Bründlmayer, Langenlois
www.bruendlmayer.at

Friday, Oct 26, 2012. Wachau
Winery F.X. Pichler, Dürnstein
www.fx-pichler.at

Winery Alzinger, Dürnstein
www.alzinger.at

More info at AustrianWine.com