Austria

"From 63-year-old vines on gneiss and mica schist, the 2015 Grüner Veltliner Weissenkirchner Weitenberg is deep, complex and mineral on the nose, p...

Rudi Pichler is one of the leading growers of Austria's Wachau, producing beautifully precise wines from the steep terraced vineyards around Wösend...

Alois Kracher wines are among Austria’s finest, renowned for exceptional sweet wines from Burgenland. Specializing in Beerenauslese and Trockenbeer...

"The tartness and chew of rhubarb, combined with the cyanic glow of apple pips and an incisive sprinkling of crushed stone and white pepper, make f...

"Harvested in mid-November, this presents a traminer-like bouquet of lichee, peach, honey and brown spices. Rich and honeyed on the palate, it also...

"Given the gelatinous nature and increasing power of the previous wines, readers may understand the trepidation with which I approached the 2000 #1...

"The 2000 #8 Welschriesling Trockenbeerenauslese Zwischen den Seen (7.5% alcohol, 314.2 grams residual sugar/liter, and 7.2 grams/liter total acidi...

"deep, refined and very intense on the nevertheless finessed nose that tends almost toward red wine or Colheita in its toasty and darker-toned frui...

"A blend of 40% Chardonnay, 30% Welschriesling, and 10% Traminer fermented in new oak barrels as well as 20% Scheurebe fermented in cask. (This not...

"As always with Alois Kracher, he has labeled his wines either "Nouvelle Vague" or "Zwischen den Seen". The Nouvelle Vague (listed as NV) were vini...

Stift Goettweig is owned by the spectacular monastery that overlooks nearly all of the vineyards within the appellation.  From vines aged between 5...

"Peter Veyder-Malberg remains a pioneer in the postmodern Wachau, although there are still not that many producers following his road toward terroi...