Big Rainbow Love in Burgenland
Calling from the expansive, flat landscape that forms the western edge of the Pannonian Puszta steppe flatlands, Erich Stekovics is a lone voice in the…
Austria’s Vanishing Neusiedlersee. Again?
Under the onslaught of record-breaking drought, the Neusiedlersee is posing new conundrums for Austrian winegrowers. And this isn’t the first time.
Germany · Austria · Burgenland · Württemberg
Blaufränkisch Bares Its Soul
My first true Blaufränkisch moment came in 2013, at a now-shuttered restaurant in Hamburg. Thirty-six bottles from a swath of Austria’s appellations stood open for…
Get to Know: Rennersistas
This article is an excerpted chapter from We Don’t Want Any Crap in Our Wine (2019). After the book went to print, the Rennersistas informed…
The Art and Science of Martin and Andi Nittnaus
Shaping our wines is like sculpting: you start with a rock and you chisel out the sculpture,” Martin Nittnaus, 34, states confidently. The arts are never…
Weingut Heinrich: Finding Freedom in Less
It takes little to be happy. And he who is happy is king.” This 19th-century German song – with just two lines – expresses how…