Kevin Puls works in advertising and PR. His passion for Austrian wine began nearly two decades ago and he’s regularly tasted the vintages of the Alpenrepublik from the Wachau to Styria. His weakness for estates that work organically and for natural wines started with Gut Oggau’s 2007 vintage. He’s also a regular visitor to Franken. He blogs about food, wine, and the people who make them.
It’s an anniversary that still has some bottled up with anger. Johannes Hirsch, the acclaimed biodynamic Kamptal winemaker, is celebrating 20 years of screwcaps. He rejoices…...
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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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Wine regions are threaded along the Danube, one after another, like a string of Chanel pearls. Wagram, Kamptal, Kremstal, Wachau. And Traisental — the only…...
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Was everything really better in the past? Well, people were at least more patient. Vaccines were developed over the course of years. Under Communism…...
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