Sopron Is the Hungarian City Straddling Vines and Vision
Reviving winemaking traditions on the old frontier between East and West from those with roots in both.
One of the best places to start a study of German-speaking wines isn’t Germany: it’s Austria.
Why? Because Austria’s compact size makes it easy to get a handle on geography (ski in the west, grow wine in the east, as the Austrians themselves say) and varieties (come for the Grüner Veltliner, stay for the Blaufränkisch). Although Austria’s wine history runs deep, tradition and a flair for elegance rub shoulders with dynamic experimentation and impressive stylistic diversity.
Reviving winemaking traditions on the old frontier between East and West from those with roots in both.
Channeling literary theory in order to propose a new threshold test for fine wine.
An essay reconciling the realpolitik of Rudolf Steiner today.
“It’s not about Südsteiermark or Untersteiermark. It’s about wine.”
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A map of vanished Pannonian wine culture is beginning to reemerge with regional heroes such as Roland Velich and Tamás Kis leading the way.
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Archetype, a Portland, Oregon-based import start-up, is focused on Alpine wines. They are refining consumer’s understanding of the category and building community near and far.
The Wine Friend is a figure of great importance in the life of a wine drinker. They can take the form a kind benefactor, perhaps…
To mark a recent milestone anniversary, Austria’s association of traditional wine estates (ÖTW) invited into its fold a region that is in many regards the…
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