G’mischter Sotz is Andert Wein’s name for their version of a Gemischter Satz, or a ‘field blend.’ Most blended wines – say, a Bordeaux – are vinified individually, and then the wines blended. In a field blend, the grapes are grown and vinified together. Historically, it might not have even have been known what all […]
Category: Austria
StockWerk Grüner Veltliner, Geyerhof, 2021, Kremstal Austria
Since first having it in Austria in December 2011, I’ve been a huge Grüner Veltliner fan. I can’t say I’ve tried them all, but more often than not, when I come across one I hadn’t had before, I’ll pick it up. At least, I don’t recall having had this particular one before. Stuff from Geyerhof, […]
Fuchs und Hase Pet Nat Vol 4. Kamptal, Austria
Pet Nat – short for pétillant naturel (naturally sparkling). I’m not going to go into the details about what it is, because you can read about them here. I’ll just say that this is a favourite of mine, so when I saw it when I was out for a drink with a friend (OK, yes, […]
Judith Beck Neuburger Bambule!, 2016, Burgenland, Austria
Bambule! is Judith Beck’s low-intervention range of wines. Neuburger is an Austrian white grape. This is a skin-contact wine, often known as an orange wine. It’s a wine made with white wine grapes, but as with a red wine, the grape skins are left in contact with the juice to extract flavour and tannins. This […]
Domäne Wachau ‘Gneis + Löss’ Grüner Veltliner 2020.
This is not the wine I had planned to review first. So how did it end up being the one? For reasons I can’t remember, I was browsing The Wine Society’s website. And I saw this wine. So I immediately ordered a case of six. Why? Because, in my experience, it’s a simple, but charming […]