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. […]

Weinlaubenhof Kracher: 50+ dessert wines, plus a few dry wines you will never taste

  Not many producers these days have older wines that are still on offer directly from the source. Their wines are either too popular, (selling out quickly each year), or the winery simply cannot afford to warehouse their inventory for years on end. Often this means that you will either end up with wine that […]

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 […]