Nice bottle we drunk at a cosy wine bar. Very special kind of GV, more Burgundian in style. Aged in barriques and thus quite buttery and oaky – but very well integrated oak. Very smooth and creamy, rich in taste and Read the rest of this entry »

Eine tolle Veranstaltung der Österreich-Wein „Marketinggesellschaft“ war das. Circa 30 renommierte Winzer aus allen Regionen Österreichs haben im modernen, aber durch Beschallung eines Streichquartetts auch folkloristisch gediegenen Rahmen des Cocoon Club 3-4 Weine Ihres Sortiments vorgestellt. Da kann man nicht nicht hingehen, vor allem wenn das Fingerfood Menu von Sternekoch Mario Lohninger sich dann auch noch so schmackhaft anhört wie es dann auch war. Read the rest of this entry »

Alle 3 Flaschen sind unkomplizierte, aber trotzdem leckere Rotweine die perfekt einen netten Grillabend begleitet haben.
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Wobei die 2 Österreicher mir ein Tick mehr Spaß gemacht haben als der Südfranzose.

2006 Red, Weingut Heinrich, Burgenland Read the rest of this entry »

As I walked through the wine stalls of my specialist store, screening the available German Rieslings of the fabulous 2007 vintage, the sommelier came to me and recommended I should have a try of some 2006 wines from Austria, which supposedly was an outstanding vintage there. After he poured me a convincing sip for trying, I finished up with 2 Loimer wines in my basket. Read the rest of this entry »

This past evening we made a blind tasting of German Chardonnays. Chardonnay isn’t of course a typical German variety; it is rather a Burgundian variety, very famous for its Chablis wines.
Since some years, several German winemakers planted Chardonnay and tried to surf on this internationally popular wave.
These last years also, my father and I tried one German Chardonnay and were very convinced. This made us curious of course if there are more such convincing “Chards” growing here. So we decided to organize some more samples and blind taste them in a nice round. Actually this was our first real blind tasting, honouring the name of this blog: a shame it came that late!
So here’s the plot: we had 5 bottles, Read the rest of this entry »

Das Weingut Pittnauer liegt in derselben Ortschaft am Neusiedlersee wie das Weingut Heinrich, dessen Zweigelt 2003 wir schon einmal probiert hatten. Read the rest of this entry »